# 2022–23 South West Peninsula League

The 2022–23 South West Peninsula League season was the 16th in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and, with the exception of Bridport in Dorset, features clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One (Step 6).
The constitution was announced on 12 May 2022.
With a view to a merger between the South West Peninsula League and the Western League in 2023–24, four clubs were to be automatically promoted from each division to Step 5, depending on ground grading. The fifth-placed clubs may also have been promoted, on a PPG (points per game) basis. However, the FA scrapped the merger in February 2023 after a breakdown in negotiations, and promotion was reverted to one club per division.

## Premier Division East

Premier Division East featured 19 teams, reduced from 20 the previous season, after Torpoint Athletic were promoted to the Western League Premier Division; Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police were relegated and Ottery St Mary resigned from the league.
Holsworthy were initially transferred to Premier Division West, but were transferred back after the reprieve of St Dennis.
Two clubs joined the division:
* Bridport, relegated from the Western League Premier Division.
* Teignmouth, promoted from the Devon Football League South & West Division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Brixham (C, P) | 36 | 30 | 4 | 2 | 112 | 23 | +89 | 94 | Promoted to the Western League |
| 2 | Okehampton Argyle | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 79 | 28 | +51 | 83 | |
| 3 | Crediton United | 36 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 42 | +42 | 78 | |
| 4 | Ivybridge Town | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 70 | 37 | +33 | 71 | |
| 5 | Bovey Tracey | 36 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 81 | 51 | +30 | 68 | |
| 6 | Axminster Town | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 64 | 53 | +11 | 62 | |
| 7 | Newton Abbot Spurs | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 87 | 51 | +36 | 60 | |
| 8 | Teignmouth | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 62 | 53 | +9 | 58 | |
| 9 | Sidmouth Town | 36 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 84 | 68 | +16 | 56 | |
| 10 | Cullompton Rangers | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 62 | 74 | −12 | 48 | |
| 11 | Bridport | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 | |
| 12 | Torridgeside | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 65 | 89 | −24 | 40 | |
| 13 | Honiton Town | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 46 | 67 | −21 | 39 | |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 36 | 12 | 1 | 23 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 37 | |
| 15 | Torrington | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 54 | 87 | −33 | 33 | |
| 16 | Elburton Villa | 36 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 68 | −23 | 31 | |
| 17 | Holsworthy | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 30 | 72 | −42 | 27 | Reprieved and transferred to Premier Division West |
| 18 | Elmore (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 51 | 111 | −60 | 22 | Relegated to the Devon League |
| 19 | Plymouth Marjon (R) | 36 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 42 | 91 | −49 | 21 | Relegated to the Devon League |

### Results table

| Home \ Away | AXM | BOV | BRP | BRX | CRE | CUL | DAR | ELB | ELM | HOL | HON | IVY | NAS | OKE | PLY | SID | TEI | TRS | TRT |
| Axminster Town | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 5–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Bovey Tracey | 0–3 | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 4–0 |
| Bridport | 4–2 | 2–7 | — | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Brixham | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 9–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| Crediton United | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Cullompton Rangers | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Dartmouth | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | — | 4–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 |
| Elburton Villa | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 3–4 | 2–2 |
| Elmore | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 3–3 | 2–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–7 | 0–3 | 2–9 | 3–4 | 0–4 | 2–2 |
| Holsworthy | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 0–7 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Honiton Town | 0–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Ivybridge Town | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 7–2 |
| Newton Abbot Spurs | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–0 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 1–1 |
| Okehampton Argyle | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Plymouth Marjon | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 2–3 | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 |
| Sidmouth Town | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Teignmouth | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Torridgeside | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 7–3 | 2–5 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | — | 3–2 |
| Torrington | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 4–5 | — |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Axminster Town | Axminster | Tiger Way | 3,000 |
| Bovey Tracey | Bovey Tracey | Mill Marsh Park | 3,000 |
| Bridport | Bridport | St Mary's Field | 2,000 |
| Brixham | Brixham | Wall Park | 2,000 |
| Crediton United | Crediton | Lords Meadow | 3,000 |
| Cullompton Rangers | Cullompton | Speeds Meadow | 1,000 |
| Dartmouth | Dartmouth | Long Cross | 1,000 |
| Elburton Villa | Plymouth | Haye Road | 2,000 |
| Elmore | Tiverton | Horsdon Park | 2,000 |
| Holsworthy | Holsworthy | Upcott Field | 2,000 |
| Honiton Town | Honiton | Mountbatten Park | 800 |
| Ivybridge Town | Ivybridge | Erme Valley | 2,000 |
| Newton Abbot Spurs | Newton Abbot | Recreation Ground | 3,000 |
| Okehampton Argyle | Okehampton | Simmons Park | 2,500 |
| Plymouth Marjon | Plymouth | The Campus | 1,000 |
| Sidmouth Town | Sidmouth | Manstone Lane | 2,500 |
| Teignmouth | Teignmouth | Coombe Valley | 2,000 |
| Torridgeside | Great Torrington | Donnacroft | 1,000 |
| Torrington | Great Torrington | Vicarage Field | 500 |

## Premier Division West

Premier Division West featured 18 teams, the same as the previous season after Falmouth Town were promoted to the Western League Premier Division, and Porthleven resigned from the league.
St Dennis had initially been relegated from the league, but were reprieved due to a resignation elsewhere in the pyramid.
Two clubs joined the division:
* Bude Town, promoted from the St Piran Football League East Division.
* Mullion, promoted from the St Piran Football League West Division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | St Blazey (C, P) | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 88 | 24 | +64 | 76 | Promoted to the Western League |
| 2 | Wendron United | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 99 | 35 | +64 | 73 | |
| 3 | Liskeard Athletic | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 99 | 28 | +71 | 70 | |
| 4 | Wadebridge Town | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 88 | 32 | +56 | 67 | |
| 5 | Bude Town | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 70 | 48 | +22 | 55 | |
| 6 | Newquay | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 42 | +15 | 53 | |
| 7 | Dobwalls | 30 | 13 | 5 | 12 | 51 | 57 | −6 | 44 | |
| 8 | St Austell | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 41 | 60 | −19 | 41 | |
| 9 | Camelford | 30 | 11 | 2 | 17 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 35 | |
| 10 | Callington Town | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 58 | 67 | −9 | 31 | |
| 11 | Mullion | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 29 | |
| 12 | Bodmin Town | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 79 | −36 | 28 | |
| 13 | Penzance | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 40 | 70 | −30 | 26 | |
| 14 | Launceston | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 77 | −40 | 24 | |
| 15 | Sticker | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 39 | 91 | −52 | 19 | |
| 16 | St Dennis | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 32 | 97 | −65 | 14 | Reprieved from relegation |
| 17 | Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from the league |
| 18 | Penryn Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from the league |
* ↑ Godolphin Athlantic (Newquay) announced on 3 January 2023 that the club had folded and resigned from the league. Their record of PL19 W4 D0 L15 GF24 GA63 Pts12 was expunged the following day.
* ↑ Penryn Athletic resigned from the league on 21 June 2022 without playing a match. They were placed bottom of the league for relegation purposes.

### Results table

| Home \ Away | BOD | BUD | CAL | CAM | DOB | LAU | LIS | MUL | NQY | PNZ | STA | STB | STD | STI | WAD | WEN |
| Bodmin Town | | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 0–9 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Bude Town | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–3 | 2–6 | 6–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Callington Town | 0–2 | 1–3 | | 5–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| Camelford | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–4 |
| Dobwalls | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | | 7–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Launceston | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 |
| Liskeard Athletic | 6–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 6–1 | 5–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| Mullion | 1–3 | 2–4 | 7–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 3–4 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1–5 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–4 |
| Newquay | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 1–3 |
| Penryn Athletic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Penzance | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 |
| St Austell | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–7 | 0–4 |
| St Blazey | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 |
| St Dennis | 0–4 | 4–5 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 0–6 | 1–5 |
| Sticker | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–5 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 3–1 | | 2–3 | 1–6 |
| Wadebridge Town | 7–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 7–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 7–1 | | 3–1 |
| Wendron United | 1–1 | 2–3 | 8–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | |

### Stadia and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Bodmin Town | Bodmin | Priory Park | 5,000 |
| Bude Town | Bude | Broadclose Park | 2,000 |
| Callington Town | Callington | Marshfield Parc | 1,000 |
| Camelford | Camelford | Trefrew Park | 1,000 |
| Dobwalls | Dobwalls | Lantoom Park | 2,000 |
| Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) | Newquay | Godolphin Way | 1,000 |
| Launceston | Launceston | Pennygillam | 1,000 |
| Liskeard Athletic | Liskeard | Lux Park | 2,000 |
| Mullion | Mullion | Clifden Park | 1,000 |
| Newquay | Newquay | Mount Wise Stadium | 5,000 |
| Penryn Athletic | Penryn | Kernick Road | 2,000 |
| Penzance | Penzance | Penlee Park | 1,100 |
| St Austell | St Austell | Poltair Park | 6,000 |
| St Blazey | St Blazey | Blaise Park | 3,500 |
| St Dennis | St Dennis | Boscawen Park | 2,000 |
| Sticker | Sticker | Burngullow Lane | 2,000 |
| Wadebridge Town | Wadebridge | Bodieve Park | 1,500 |
| Wendron United | Wendron | Underlane | 1,000 |