Western_Football_League

Western Football League

Western Football League

Association football league in England


The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as the Toolstation League for sponsorship reasons.

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Recent restructuring of the English football league system has placed the two divisions, known as the Premier Division and Division One (each a maximum of twenty-two clubs) at the ninth and tenth tiers overall, known as Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System.

The champion club get promoted to a Step 4 league, which in practice will almost certainly be the Southern League Division One South. Below the Western League are four local leagues covering smaller areas, the Gloucestershire County League, the Somerset County League, the Dorset Premier League and the Wiltshire League.[1] The South West Peninsula League Premier Divisions East and West are also feeders to the Western League but due to having Step 6 status (the same level as the Western League Division One), they feed directly into the Western League Premier Division.

List of 2023–24 member clubs

Premier Division

Western Football League is located in Southwest England
Barnstaple Town
Barnstaple Town
Bridgwater United
Bridgwater United
Brixham
Brixham
Buckland Athletic
Buckland Athletic
Clevedon Town
Clevedon Town
Falmouth Town
Falmouth Town
Helston Athletic
Helston Athletic
Ilfracombe Town
Ilfracombe Town
Millbrook
Millbrook
Nailsea & Tickenham
Nailsea & Tickenham
Oldland Abbotonians
Oldland Abbotonians
Saltash United
Saltash United
Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet
St Blazey
St Blazey
Street
Street
Torpoint Athletic
Torpoint Athletic
Wellington
Wellington
Welton Rovers
Welton Rovers
Map showing the location of teams in Western Football League, Premier Division in 2023–24
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Division One

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History

The league was formed in 1892 as the Bristol & District League, and became the Western League in 1895.[2] Another Bristol & District League was later formed, which remains active at a much lower level than the Western League. In the years before World War II, many teams played in both the Southern and Western Leagues; the Western League was considered as secondary to the Southern League.

On four occasions, member clubs have lifted the FA Vase, Tiverton Town twice, Taunton Town once and most recently Truro City, who beat A.F.C. Totton in 2007[3] at the first final to be held at the new Wembley Stadium before a competition record crowd of 27,754. Truro City were the only one of the three to win the FA Vase while in Division One, while none are current members of the Western League, as all three have since progressed to the Southern League.

Founder members

List of champions

Bristol & District League

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Western Football League

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Teams promoted to Southern League (since 1946)

The area covered by the Western League is coloured in dark green.
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References

  1. Houlihan, Owen (24 May 2013). "FOOTBALL: Chippenham Park to join Toolstation League". Gazette and Herald. Wiltshire. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  2. "Truro storm back to lift FA Vase". 13 May 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

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