The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England. It was formed in 1896. The League has eight divisions of which the highest, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system. It is a feeder to the Southern Combination League Division Two. Membership is not limited to clubs from West Sussex. Currently the league also includes teams from Surrey and Hampshire though these are from places that are close to the county boundaries.
The West Sussex Football League operates one pre-season opener, three league cups and five charity cup competitions.
The pre-season opening match of the season is the Walter Rossiter Trophy which is contested between the previous season's league winner and Centenary Cup winners. The current holder is West Chiltington.
The league's main cup is the Centenary Cup which includes teams from the league's top three tiers, from the Premier Division to Division Two. The current holder of the cup is Capel.
The league's two other cups are the Tony Kopp Cup for the Northern section of Divisions 3, 4 and 5 and the Bareham Trophy for the Southern sections of the same lower divisions. The current holder of the Tony Kopp Cup is Barns Green Reserves and the holder of the Bareham Trophy is Barnham Trojans Reserves.
The remaining competitions within the league are the charity cups, these operate laterally across the northern and southern section of each division. These cups are:
| Competition | Qualifying Divisions | 2021-22 Winner |
|---|---|---|
| Malcolm Simmonds Memorial Cup | Premier Division and Division 1 | Capel |
| Chichester Charity Cup | Division 2 North and South | Unicorn Reserves |
| Division 3 Charity Cup | Division 3 North and South | Barnham Trojans Reserves |
| Division 4 Charity Cup | Division 4 North and South | Angmering Village Reserves |
| Division 5 Charity Cup | Division 5 North and South | No competition |
Barnham Trojans | Barns Green | Billingshurst Reserves | Delunited | Felpham Colts | Harting | Horsham Crusaders | Lavant | Petworth | Rudgwick | TD Shipley | Watersfield
AFC Fishbourne | Cowfold | Henfield | Hunston Community Club | Stedham United | The Unicorn (Bognor Regis) | Wisborough Green
Barnham Trojans Reserves | Capel Reserves | East Dean | Ewhurst | Flansham Park Rangers | Goring by Sea C&FC | Holbrook Olympic | Horsham Crusaders Reserves | Rudgwick Reserves | Southwater Royals
Ashhurst United | Billingshurst 3rds | Brockham | Cowfold Reserves | Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors | Horsham Crusaders AFC | Newdigate | Slinfold First | Southwater Reserves | TD Shipley Reserves
Angmering | Beaumont Park | East Preston Development | Ferring Reserves | Fittleworth | Milland | Optimus | Pulborough | Wittering United | Yapton
Ashington Rovers | Holbrook Olympic Reserves | Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors Reserves | Horsham Crusaders Town | Horsham Trinity | Rudgwick Development | Southwater Royals Reserves | Southwater 3rds | TD Shipley 3rds | Westcott (1935)
AFC Fernhurst | Ambassadors | Felpham Colts Reserves | Flansham Park Rangers Reserves | Hunston Community Club Reserves | Queen Head Raiders | Selsey Reserves | Worthing Town Reserves | Yapton Reserves
Chapel | Fittleworth Reserves | Henfield Reserves | Horsham Crusaders Athletic | Petworth Reserves | Stedham United Reserves | Thakeham Village | Upper Beeding Reserves | Watersfield Reserves | Wisborough Green Reserves
The league ran 11 divisions up until 2015 when Division 5 Central was dropped. In 2016, Division One was split into North and South to increase back to 11 divisions. In 2023/24 the Championship South was dropped and Division One was brought back in. Division Four was also dropped and Division Three Central was introduced.
| Season | Premier Division | Division One | Division One North | Division One South | Division Two North | Division 2 South | Division Three North | Division Three South | Division Four North | Division Four South | Division Five North | Division Five Central | Division Five South |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012/13 | Cowfold | Wittering United | Ockley | Newtown Villa Reserves | AFC Roffey Club Reserves | The Vardar VIP | Border Wanderers | Hammer United | Faygate United Thirds | FC Amberley | The Crown | ||
| 2013/14 | Bosham | Predators | AFC Roffey Club Reserves | Stedham United | Horsham Trinity | Angmering Seniors | FC Amberley | Coal Exchange | Capel Reserves | West Chiltington Reserves | The Unicorn | ||
| 2014/15 | Ockley | Petworth | Wisborough Green | Newtown Villa Reserves | Ewhurst | The Crown | Capel | Ajax Trees | Border Wanderers Reserves | Watersfield | Worthing Borough | ||
| 2015/16 | Lancing United | Hunston Community Club | Ashington Rovers | Angmering Seniors | Horsham Crusaders | Worthing Borough | Thakeham Village | Elmer | Ewhurst Reserves | Tangmere | |||
| 2016/17 | Nyetimber Pirates | Ashington Rover | Angmering Seniors | Border Wanderers | The Unicorn | Westcott 1935 | Nyetimber Pirates Reserves | Rowfant Village | Watersfield | Capel Reserves | Lancing United Thirds | ||
| 2017/18 | Nyetimber Pirates | Capel | Angmering | Westcott 1935 | Lavant Reserves | Horley AFC | Yapton Reserves | Southwater Royals | Boxgrove | Brockham | Del United | ||
| 2018/19 | West Chiltington | Steyning Town Reserves | Nyetimber Pirates Reserves | Cowfold Reserves | Watersfield | Southwater Royals | Barnham Trojans | TD Shipley Reserves | Fernhurst Sports | Slinfold Reserves | The Unicorn Reserves | ||
| 2019/20 | Season abandoned | ||||||||||||
| 2020/21 | Season abandoned | ||||||||||||
| Season | Premier Division | Championship | Championship South | Division Two North | Division Two South | Division Three North | Division Three South | Division Four North | Division Four South | Division Four Central | |||
| 2021/22 | Capel | Barns Green | Fishbourne | Henfield | Lavant Reserves | Holbrook | Barnham Trojans Reserves | Barns Green Reserves | Goring by Sea Cricket | Rudgwick 3rds | |||
| Season | Premier Division | Championship | Division One | Division Two North | Division Two South | Division Three North | Division Three South | Division Three Central | |||||
| 2022/23 | Barns Green | Felpham Colts | TD Shipley | Holbrook Olympic | Barnham Trojan Reserves | Horsham Crusaders AFC | Ferring Reserves | Ashurst United | |||||
| 2023/24 |