The 2016–17 Sussex Senior Cup (also known as the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup) is the 129th season of the annual knockout tournament for competitive football teams in Sussex, a historic county of England. It is sponsored by Parafix, and is known as the Parafix Sussex Senior Cup for sponsorship purposes.[1] This is the fifth season of a six-year partnership, after contract negotiations saw the initial three-year contract extended for an additional three years in 2015.[1] The competition will begin with the first round in September 2016 and the final will be played in May 2017.
The defending champions are Eastbourne Borough, who won the cup for the third time having defeated Worthing 1-0 in the previous year's competition.
Sussex-based clubs from the English Football League, National League South and Isthmian League together with the two highest ranked Southern Combination Football League Premier Division clubs enter at the second round.
The remaining Sussex-based Southern Combination Premier Division clubs and Sussex-based clubs from Southern Combination Division One and Southern Counties East Premier Division enter at the first round.
Clubs entering in this round
Clubs advancing from previous round
First round (36 clubs)
18 clubs from Southern Combination Division One
17 clubs from Southern Combination Premier Division
1 club from Southern Counties East Premier Division
Second round (32 clubs)
2 clubs from Southern Combination Premier Division
The first round of the Sussex Senior Cup took place on Saturday 6 August 2016 at approximately 5.50pm. It was broadcast live on BBC Sussex. The draw was carried out by Ken Benham, Chief Executive of the Sussex County Football Association and Colin Wills, director of Parafix, who sponsor the 2016/17 competition.[2][3]
The following 36 teams are due to take part in the first round of the Sussex Senior Cup[4] and 18 ties will take place.
