2021–22_Western_Football_League

2021–22 Western Football League

Football league season

The 2021–22 Western Football League season (known as the 2021–22 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

Western Football League
Season	2021–22
Champions	Tavistock
Promoted	Tavistock Exmouth Town
Relegated	Brislington Bridport
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The constitution was announced on 18 May 2021.^[1]

After the abandonment of the previous two seasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic,^[2]^[3] a number of promotions were decided on a points per game basis over the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced to 19 clubs from 21 after Plymouth Parkway were promoted to the Southern League, and Bradford Town, Chipping Sodbury Town, Cribbs, Hallen, Roman Glass St George and Westbury United were transferred to the Hellenic League. Odd Down requested demotion to Division One, which the league accepted.

Prior to this season, Bridgwater Town merged with women's club Yeovil United, forming Bridgwater United.^[4]

Six new clubs joined the division.

From Division One:
- Ashton & Backwell United

From the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East:
- Ilfracombe Town
- Millbrook

From the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West:

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Tavistock (C, P)	36	23	8	5	96	34	+62	77	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Exmouth Town (P)	36	23	8	5	92	31	+61	77^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Promoted to the Southern League
3	Mousehole	36	22	7	7	90	46	+44	73^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Saltash United	36	20	5	11	80	46	+34	65
5	Bridgwater United	36	20	5	11	69	39	+30	65
6	Shepton Mallet	36	17	9	10	77	36	+41	60
7	Clevedon Town	36	16	11	9	76	54	+22	59
8	Ilfracombe Town	36	16	8	12	62	56	+6	56
9	Helston Athletic	36	14	12	10	67	49	+18	54
10	Buckland Athletic	36	15	8	13	69	54	+15	53
11	Keynsham Town	36	15	8	13	68	58	+10	53
12	Millbrook	36	12	9	15	60	70	−10	45
13	Bitton	36	13	6	17	64	75	−11	45
14	Wellington	36	11	10	15	52	64	−12	43
15	Cadbury Heath	36	10	5	21	48	81	−33	35
16	Street	36	9	5	22	48	71	−23	32
17	Brislington	36	9	5	22	42	95	−53	32	Voluntarily demoted to Division One^{[lower-alpha 3]}
18	Ashton & Backwell United	36	7	8	21	47	80	−33	29	Reprieved from relegation^{[lower-alpha 4]}
19	Bridport (R)	36	1	1	34	17	185	−168	4	Relegated to the South West Peninsula League

Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Exmouth Town were promoted as they were one of ten runners-up at Step 5 promoted on a PPG (points per game) basis.
Mousehole v Keynsham Town, 5 April 2022 – Keynsham did not send a team to Mousehole, and Mousehole were awarded the three points.
Brislington requested voluntary demotion to Division One for the 2022–23 season.
Ashton & Backwell United were one of the twelve clubs with the most PPG (points per game) out of 16 second-bottom clubs at Step 5, and were reprieved from relegation.^[5]

Stadia and locations

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ashton & Backwell United	Backwell	Recreation Ground
Bitton	Bitton	Recreation Ground	2,000
Bridgwater United	Bridgwater	Fairfax Park	2,500
Bridport	Bridport	St Mary's Field	2,000
Brislington	Bristol (Brislington)	Brislington Stadium	3,000
Buckland Athletic	Newton Abbot	Homers Heath
Cadbury Heath	Cadbury Heath	Springfield
Clevedon Town	Kenn	Hand Stadium	3,500
Exmouth Town	Exmouth	Southern Road
Helston Athletic	Helston	Kellaway Park
Ilfracombe Town	Ilfracombe	Marlborough Park	2,000
Keynsham Town	Keynsham	Crown Field
Millbrook	Millbrook	Jenkins Park
Mousehole	Mousehole	Trungle Parc
Saltash United	Saltash	Kimberley Stadium
Shepton Mallet	Shepton Mallet	The Playing Fields	2,500
Street	Street	The Tannery	1,500
Tavistock	Tavistock	Langsford Park	2,000
Wellington	Wellington	The Playing Field	1,500

First Division

The First Division was increased from 20 clubs to 21 after Ashton & Backwell United were promoted to the Premier Division, and Calne Town and Corsham Town were promoted and transferred to the Hellenic League Premier Division.

Four new clubs joined:

AEK Boco, promoted from the Gloucestershire County Football League
Gillingham Town, promoted from the Dorset Premier Football League
Odd Down, voluntarily demoted from the Premier Division
Tytherington Rocks, transferred from the Hellenic Football League Division One West

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sherborne Town (C, P)	40	31	6	3	124	38	+86	99	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Warminster Town	40	28	5	7	84	33	+51	89	Qualification for the play-offs
3	Wincanton Town	40	27	7	6	126	49	+77	88
4	Welton Rovers (O, P)	40	27	7	6	90	39	+51	88
5	Radstock Town	40	18	9	13	75	74	+1	63
6	Cheddar	40	17	11	12	81	71	+10	62
7	Wells City	40	16	12	12	82	69	+13	60
8	AEK Boco	40	16	12	12	64	59	+5	60
9	Odd Down	40	16	9	15	82	78	+4	57
10	Oldland Abbotonians	40	17	4	19	84	84	0	55
11	Bishop Sutton	40	15	7	18	73	70	+3	52
12	Tytherington Rocks	40	14	10	16	60	75	−15	52
13	Lebeq United	40	13	12	15	84	82	+2	51
14	Gillingham Town	40	12	10	18	73	87	−14	46
15	Hengrove Athletic	40	12	9	19	62	81	−19	45
16	Portishead Town	40	13	7	20	55	63	−8	43^{[lower-alpha 1]}
17	Longwell Green Sports	40	11	9	20	63	87	−24	42
18	Almondsbury	40	12	2	26	54	95	−41	38
19	Bristol Telephones	40	10	5	25	56	114	−58	35	Reprieved from relegation^{[lower-alpha 2]}
20	Bishops Lydeard	40	6	6	28	50	98	−48	24	Reprieved from relegation^{[lower-alpha 2]}
21	Devizes Town (R)	40	6	7	27	55	131	−76	22^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Relegated to the Wiltshire League

Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Portishead Town had three points deducted.
All third-from-bottom sides at Step 6 were reprieved from relegation, and a number of second-from-bottom sides, including Bishops Lydeard, were reprieved on a PPG (points per game) basis.^[6]
Devizes Town had three points deducted.

Promotion playoffs

Semi-finals			Final

2	Warminster Town	2

5	Radstock Town	0
			2	Warminster Town	0

			4	Welton Rovers	1
4	Welton Rovers	2

3	Wincanton Town	0

Welton Rovers were at home for their playoff semi-final as Wincanton Town were unable to host the fixture.

Stadia and locations

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AEK Boco	Bristol (Hanham)	Greenbank Road
Almondsbury	Almondsbury	The Field
Bishop Sutton	Bishop Sutton	Lakeview	1,500
Bishops Lydeard	Bishops Lydeard	Darby Way
Bristol Telephones	Bristol (Stockwood)	Stockwood Lane
Cheddar	Cheddar	Bowdens Park
Devizes Town	Devizes	Nursteed Road	2,500
Gillingham Town	Gillingham	Woodwater Lane
Hengrove Athletic	Bristol (Whitchurch)	Norton Lane
Lebeq United	Almondsbury	Oaklands Park
Longwell Green Sports	Longwell Green	Longwell Green Community Stadium	1,000
Odd Down	Bath	Lew Hill Memorial Ground	1,000
Oldland Abbotonians	Oldland Common	Aitchison Playing Field
Portishead Town	Portishead	Bristol Road
Radstock Town	Radstock	Southfields Recreation Ground	1,250
Sherborne Town	Sherborne	Raleigh Grove	1,150
Tytherington Rocks	Tytherington	Hardwicke Playing Field
Warminster Town	Warminster	Weymouth Street
Wells City	Wells	The Athletic Ground	1,500
Welton Rovers	Midsomer Norton	West Clewes	2,400
Wincanton Town	Wincanton	Wincanton Sports Ground

References

League tables

[1]
"National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2021–22". The Football Association. 18 May 2021.
[2]
"Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
[3]
"FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
[4]
"Yeovil United To Merge With Bridgwater Town To Form Bridgwater United FC". Since 71. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
[5]
"Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
[6]
"Promotion / Relegation – 2021/22 Season". Southern Counties East Football League. November 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.

External links

Western League Official Site

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