Western Football League

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. 
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 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 smaller areas, the Gloucestershire County League, the Somerset County League, the Dorset Premier Football League and the Wiltshire League. The South West Peninsula League Premier Division is also a feeder to the Western League but due to having Step 6 status (the same level as the Western League Division One), it feeds directly into the Western League Premier Division.
==List of current clubs==
Premier Division:
Division One:
==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 in 2007 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===
Bedminster (later merged with Bristol South End to form Bristol City) | Clevedon (later Clevedon Town) | Clifton Association | Eastville Rovers (later Bristol Rovers) | Mangotsfield | St. George (later merged with Roman Glass F.C. to form Roman Glass St George) | Trowbridge Town | Warmley | Wells
===List of champions===
Year 	Champions
1893 	Warmley
1894 	Warmley
1895 	Hereford Thistle
1896 	Warmley
1897 	Warmley
1898 	Bristol City
1899 	Swindon Town
1900 	Bristol Rovers
1901 	Portsmouth
1902 	Portsmouth
1903 	Portsmouth
1904 	Tottenham Hotspur
1905 	Plymouth Argyle
1906 	Queens Park Rangers
1907 	West Ham United
1908 	Millwall
1909 	Millwall
1910 	Treharris
1911 	Bristol City Reserves
1912 	Welton Rovers
1913 	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1914 	Cardiff City
1915–19	No competition due toWorld War I
1920 	Douglas
1921 	Bristol City Reserves
1922 	Yeovil and Petters United
1923 	Weymouth
1924 	Lovells Athletic
Year 	Champions
1925 	Yeovil and Petters United
1926 	Bristol City Reserves
1927 	Bristol City Reserves
1928 	Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1929 	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1930 	Yeovil and Petters United
1931 	Exeter City Reserves
1932 	Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1933 	Exeter City Reserves
1934 	Bath City
1935 	Yeovil and Petters United
1936 	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1937 	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1938 	Bristol City Reserves
1939 	Lovells Athletic
1940 	Trowbridge Town
1941–45	No competition due toWorld War II
1946 	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1947 	Trowbridge Town
1948 	Trowbridge Town
1949 	Glastonbury
1950 	Wells City
1951 	Glastonbury
1952 	Chippenham Town
1953 	Barnstaple Town
1954 	Weymouth Reserves
1955 	Dorchester Town
1956 	Trowbridge Town
Year	Champions
1957	Poole Town
1958	Salisbury
1959	Yeovil Town Reserves
1960	Torquay United Reserves
1961	Salisbury
1962	Bristol City Reserves
1963	Bristol City Reserves
1964	Bideford
1965	Welton Rovers
1966	Welton Rovers
1967	Welton Rovers
1968	Bridgwater Town
1969	Taunton Town
1970	Glastonbury
1971	Bideford
1972	Bideford
1973	Devizes Town
1974	Welton Rovers
1975	Falmouth Town
1976	Falmouth Town
1977	Falmouth Town
1978	Falmouth Town
1979	Frome Town
1980	Barnstaple Town
1981	Bridgwater Town
1982	Bideford
1983	Bideford
1984	Exmouth Town
1985	Saltash United
Year	Champions
1986	Exmouth Town
1987	Saltash United
1988	Liskeard Athletic
1989	Saltash United
1990	Taunton Town
1991	Mangotsfield United
1992	Weston-super-Mare
1993	Clevedon Town
1994	Tiverton Town
1995	Tiverton Town
1996	Taunton Town
1997	Tiverton Town
1998	Tiverton Town
1999	Taunton Town
2000	Taunton Town
2001	Taunton Town
2002	Bideford
2003	Team Bath
2004	Bideford
2005	Bideford
2006	Bideford
2007	Corsham Town
2008	Truro City
2009	Bitton
2010	Bideford
2011	Larkhall Athletic
2012	Merthyr Town
2013	Bishop Sutton
==Teams promoted to Southern League (since 1946)==
Year	Team 	Position
1949	Weymouth 	3rd
1957	Poole Town 	1st
1958	Trowbridge Town 	5th
1968	Salisbury 	2nd
1971	Andover 	2nd
1972	Bideford 	1st
1972	Minehead 	2nd
1972	Dorchester Town 	7th
1977	Taunton Town 	9th
1982	Bridgwater Town 	3rd
1992	Weston-super-Mare 	1st
1993	Clevedon Town 	1st
1999	Tiverton Town 	2nd
2000	Mangotsfield United	2nd
2001	Chippenham Town 	2nd
2002	Taunton Town 	2nd
2003	Team Bath 	1st
2004	Paulton Rovers 	2nd
2007	Bridgwater Town 	2nd
2008	Truro City 	1st
2009	Frome Town 	2nd
2010	Bideford 	1st
2012	Merthyr Town 	1st
==External links==
*Official Site
*Western League -Fixtures, Results and Tables
Category:Western Football League
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