WESTERN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

::''This article is about the British league. For the American league with the same name see Western Football League (US).''
The 'Western Football League' is a football league in the south west of England. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as the 'Toolstation League'.
Recent restructuring of the English football league system has placed the two divisions, known as the Premier Division and Division One (which each consist 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 may apply for promotion to a Step 4 league, which in practice will almost certainly be the Southern League Division One South and West. Below the Western League are four local leagues covering even smaller areas, the Somerset Senior League, the Wiltshire League, Gloucestershire County League, and the South West Peninsula League Premier Division, which feeds directly into the Western League Premier Division.

Contents
List of current clubs
History
Founder members
List of champions
Teams promoted to Southern League (since 1946)
References
External links

List of current clubs



★ 'Premier Division:'
Barnstaple Town |
Bideford |
Bishop Sutton |
Bitton |
Brislington |
Bristol Manor Farm |
Calne Town |
Chard Town |
Corsham Town |
Dawlish Town |
Devizes Town |
Frome Town |
Hallen |
Ilfracombe Town |
Melksham Town |
Odd Down |
Radstock Town |
Street |
Truro City |
Welton Rovers |
Willand Rovers |

★ 'First Division:'
Almondsbury |
Backwell United |
Bradford Town |
Bridport |
Cadbury Heath |
Clevedon United |
Elmore |
Hengrove Athletic |
Keynsham Town |
Larkhall Athletic |
Longwell Green Sports |
Minehead |
Oldland Abbotonians |
Portishead |
Roman Glass St George |
Shepton Mallet |
Sherborne Town |
Shrewton United |
Wellington (Somerset) |
Westbury United |
Weston St. Johns

History


The league was formed in 1892 as the Bristol & District League, and became the Western League in 1895. (There is also a Bristol & District League today, but this is a feeder league to the Gloucestershire County 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 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. Neither of the former clubs are current members of the Western League, as both have since progressed to the Southern League.
Founder members

Bedminster | Clevedon (later Clevedon Town) | Clifton Association | Eastville Rovers (later Bristol Rovers) | Mangotsfield | St. George | Trowbridge Town | Warmley | Wells
List of champions



YearChampions
1893Warmley
1894Warmley
1895Hereford Thistle
1896Warmley
1897Warmley
1898Bristol City
1899Swindon Town
1900Bristol Rovers
1901Portsmouth
1902Portsmouth
1903Portsmouth
1904Tottenham Hotspur
1905Plymouth Argyle
1906Queens Park Rangers
1907West Ham United Reserves
1908Millwall
1909Millwall
1910Treharris
1911Bristol City Reserves
1912Welton Rovers
1913Bristol Rovers Reserves
1914Cardiff City Reserves
1915-19No competition due to World War I
1920Douglas
1921Bristol City Reserves
1922Yeovil and Petters United
1923Weymouth
1924Lovells Athletic


YearChampions
1925Yeovil and Petters United
1926Bristol City Reserves
1927Bristol City Reserves
1928Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1929Bristol Rovers Reserves
1930Yeovil and Petters United
1931Exeter City Reserves
1932Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1933Exeter City Reserves
1934Bath City
1935Yeovil and Petters United
1936Bristol Rovers Reserves
1937Bristol Rovers Reserves
1938Bristol City Reserves
1939Lovells Athletic
1940Trowbridge Town
1941-45No competition due to WWII
1946Bristol Rovers Reserves
1947Trowbridge Town
1948Trowbridge Town
1949Glastonbury
1950Wells City
1951Glastonbury
1952Chippenham Town
1953Barnstaple Town
1954Weymouth Reserves
1955Dorchester Town
1956Trowbridge Town


YearChampions
1957Poole Town
1958Salisbury
1959Yeovil Town Reserves
1960Torquay United Reserves
1961Salisbury
1962Bristol City Reserves
1963Bristol City Reserves
1964Bideford
1965Welton Rovers
1966Welton Rovers
1967Welton Rovers
1968Bridgwater Town
1969Taunton Town
1970Glastonbury
1971Bideford
1972Bideford
1973Devizes Town
1974Welton Rovers
1975Falmouth Town
1976Falmouth Town
1977Falmouth Town
1978Falmouth Town
1979Frome Town
1980Barnstaple Town
1981Bridgwater Town
1982Bideford
1983Bideford
1984Exmouth Town


YearChampions
1985Saltash United
1986Exmouth Town
1987Saltash United
1988Liskeard Athletic
1989Saltash United
1990Taunton Town
1991Mangotsfield United
1992Weston-super-Mare
1993Clevedon Town
1994Tiverton Town
1995Tiverton Town
1996Taunton Town
1997Tiverton Town
1998Tiverton Town
1999Taunton Town
2000Taunton Town
2001Taunton Town
2002Bideford
2003Team Bath
2004Bideford
2005Bideford
2006Bideford
2007 Corsham Town


Teams promoted to Southern League (since 1946)


YearTeamPosition
1949Weymouth3rd
1957Poole Town1st
1958Trowbridge Town5th
1968Salisbury2nd
1971Andover2nd
1972Bideford1st
1972Dorchester Town7th
1977Taunton Town9th
1982Bridgwater Town3rd
1992Weston-super-Mare1st
1993Clevedon Town1st
1999Tiverton Town2nd
2000Mangotsfield United2nd
2001Chippenham Town2nd
2002Taunton Town2nd
2003Team Bath1st
2004Paulton Rovers2nd

References



★ Football Club History Database

External links



★ Official Site


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