CD SegoSalaSegovia, Spain↗
Sussex Futsal did not suddenly appear in 2017. The club was already building a local base, playing national competition and pushing for promotion years before the cup-final breakthrough.
From early FA futsal at Hastings Academy to Division 2 South, a national cup final, the SegoSala partnership and later National League campaigns, the Sussex story has moved through several different eras.
Explore the club record book →The early years matter. They explain how Sussex went from a Hastings-based futsal project to one of the strongest second-tier sides in the country.
The badge begins. The club’s identity, later carried into national competition, dates from 2013.
An FA Futsal Fives directory lists Sussex Futsal in the South East with Graham Knight as club contact and Hastings Academy as the venue. A surviving competition record also places Sussex in FA Futsal Division 2 South, including an 11–5 away win at Braintree in December 2014.
The FA again lists Sussex in Division 2 South. A contemporary Chiswick Futsal report says London Zappsport finished just behind Sussex and was preparing to face Sussex in the promotion play-offs. A historical league scoring archive records Sam Cruttwell with 39 goals in 11 games that season.
Sussex won 13 of 14 league matches in South Division 2 and knocked out holders Oxford City on the road to the national cup finals.
Sussex came from behind to beat Manchester 5–2 in the semi-final, then finished national runners-up after a 10–5 defeat to Baku. Sam Cruttwell scored four goals across the weekend and Alan Foster was also on target in the final.
Graham Knight, Jimmy Elford and Paul Wilson travelled to Spain to formalise the partnership with CD SegoSala, opening a direct connection to Spanish coaching, development and elite futsal culture.
The years after the cup final established Sussex as a regular national-level club rather than a one-season story.
Sussex entered the season as a Division One South club and carried the momentum forward. The surviving season record shows 16 matches with 13 wins, one draw and two defeats.
One of the club’s strongest fully digitised campaigns: 21 matches, 15 victories and 113 goals. The squad included a mix of long-serving Sussex players and established futsal talent.
When the FA launched the new National Futsal Series, Sussex was selected for Tier Two South. The opening round brought a 9–2 win over MK Mavericks, with Sussex also hosting the Tier Two South programme alongside Sussex County FA.
Sussex was drawn against London Escolla in the first round of the national cup at the University of Essex — another marker of the club’s continued presence in the English game.
The pandemic disrupted the English futsal calendar and broke the continuity of the national competitions. It also leaves a visible gap in the statistical record.
The club returned to a fuller league programme and several familiar names continued to wear the badge.
Sussex recorded 17 matches, eight wins, three draws and six defeats in the National Futsal League.
Sussex finished second in the National Futsal League South East B qualifiers with six wins, one draw and three defeats from ten league matches.
The attack exploded: Sussex recorded 11 wins, one draw and four defeats across 16 league matches, scoring 130 goals. The season also added another chapter for long-serving players such as Jimmy Elford, Zak Boutwood and the Cruttwells.
Sussex Futsal 2.0 is not a replacement for what came before. It is a cleaner platform for the badge, the club’s history and the next competitive chapter.
A consistent Sussex Futsal brand.
A permanent club record rather than memories disappearing into old posts.
A foundation for the next senior programme.
A stronger home for sponsors and CD SegoSala.
Meet the players who carried Sussex across different eras in our Hall of Fame.
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