Too many goals are driving out the weaker teams, according to the Sussex County League (Photo: Dave Burt)
The Sussex County League has scrapped goal difference this season, leaving continental-style head-to-head statistics to determine the positions of sides level on points. Continue reading
Title hopefuls Crawley Wasps were comfortable winners but league newcomers Parkwood never gave up
Abandoned after 90 minutes
Newly promoted Parkwood were made to feel the heat as Crawley Wasps gave them an inkling of the task ahead of them in the next tier of regional football at a baking Oakwood. Continue reading
Worthing United 2 (Knight 28; E Chrimes 80)Further evidence – if evidence were needed – that county league football in Sussex is going to be a classier affair this season was provided by another of the league’s newcomers today. Continue reading
Cbichester City join the Premier League elite where they will be competing against a Lewes side now paying their women the same as their men (Photos: Caroline Henry-Evans/James Boyes)
Love it or fear its consequences, the Super League has ignited a change in women’s domestic football, forcing standards among the genuine challengers in the Premier League to rise inexorably. Continue reading
Saltdean United 5 (Sands 3, 29, 55, 56, 82)The early signs suggest the standard in the Sussex County League this season is going to be pretty high.
With almost double the number of sides compared with last year – including some exciting new teams – competition is set to be fierce at the upper end of the Women’s Division. Continue reading
Both sides can be satisfied with their performances in a combative friendly (Photo: John Holden)
Two teams who, a few months ago were two divisions apart, continued their pre-season journeys in a no-holds-barred clash at Oaklands Park that should leave both managers satisfied with how preparations are progressing. Continue reading
