2021–22 South West Peninsula League

The 2021–22 South West Peninsula League season will be the 15th 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 is restricted to 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 18 May 2021.^[1]

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

Premier Division East[]

Premier Division East features 20 teams, the same number as the previous season, after Ilfracombe Town and Millbrook were promoted to the Western League Premier Division.

Two clubs joined from the Devon Football League South & West Division:

On 2 June 2021, Stoke Gabriel merged with Torbay Police, creating Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police.^[4]

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Okehampton Argyle	23	16	2	5	52	26	+26	50	Promotion to
2	Ottery St Mary	22	15	0	7	64	39	+25	45
3	Ivybridge Town	21	14	2	5	52	34	+18	44
4	Torpoint Athletic	17	14	1	2	57	19	+38	43
5	Newton Abbot Spurs	22	13	1	8	61	46	+15	40
6	Brixham	17	12	2	3	52	17	+35	38
7	Axminster Town	20	10	7	3	42	19	+23	37
8	Cullompton Rangers	24	12	1	11	45	38	+7	37
9	Dartmouth	18	10	4	4	37	32	+5	34
10	Plymouth Marjon	26	10	2	14	46	57	−11	32
11	Elmore	21	9	2	10	42	38	+4	29
12	Torrington	21	8	4	9	38	38	0	28
13	Torridgeside	19	8	1	10	39	48	−9	25
14	Holsworthy	20	6	6	8	27	36	−9	24
15	Elburton Villa	16	7	1	8	39	30	+9	22
16	Crediton United	23	7	1	15	54	63	−9	22
17	Bovey Tracey	18	6	2	10	36	52	−16	20
18	Honiton Town	20	5	3	12	24	47	−23	18	Possible relegation to feeder leagues
19	Sidmouth Town	21	1	1	19	25	88	−63	4
20	Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police	23	1	1	21	29	94	−65	4

Updated to match(es) played on 19:20, 18 December 2021 (UTC). Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results table[]

Home \ Away	AXM	BOV	BRX	CRE	CUL	DAR	ELB	ELM	HOL	HON	IVY	NAS	OKE	OTT	PLY	SID	STK	TRP	TRS	TRT
Axminster Town	—	2–2		4–0	2–1			2–1		1–0	1–1	5–0				0–0	4–0		2–2	2–0
Bovey Tracey		—		1–3		3–0	3–1			6–2	4–5		3–5	0–7		2–1	3–2
Brixham		5–0	—	6–1		3–1					4–0	2–3	0–0	6–3	6–0					3–1
Crediton United		0–1		—	3–4	1–3		4–3	1–1	7–0		1–4	0–1		1–2			1–2		3–1
Cullompton Rangers	2–0	2–1	1–3		—	3–0			0–2	1–2	1–2		0–2		3–0	5–0	2–1	1–2	2–0
Dartmouth		3–2		3–2		—	2–2		1–1				1–0		2–1	6–3				2–1
Elburton Villa	0–3			6–0	1–5	0–2	—		0–3		0–3			3–4	3–1		13–0		0–2	2–1
Elmore	1–0	2–0						—	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	3–4		2–0	3–1			3–1	3–2
Holsworthy	2–2		1–0	3–1	1–2				—	0–0		2–1		1–3						2–1
Honiton Town	2–0		0–1			3–3		1–2	3–1	—				1–4	2–4
Ivybridge Town			1–1	5–4			1–0		2–0	7–0	—	4–0		3–1		5–1		1–2		2–1
Newton Abbot Spurs			0–3		2–1			2–1	5–1	4–2		—	3–0	2–3		7–0	5–1	2–7	5–1
Okehampton Argyle	0–2				4–1	4–0				1–0	3–1		—				4–1	0–3	4–1	2–2
Ottery St Mary		6–0		2–1	4–2		1–2		2–1			2–1	0–3	—	4–2	3–1	2–1		0–1
Plymouth Marjon	0–5	2–1			1–2	1–1		0–5	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–2	0–3		—	3–0	2–1	1–2	6–1
Sidmouth Town			1–5	1–6	1–3		0–3	5–3			2–3		1–6	0–5		—		1–5	1–6	3–6
Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police		4–4		4–5		0–4	2–3	1–7		0–3	2–3	2–5	0–1	0–5	0–6	3–2	—		2–3
Torpoint Athletic	4–4		2–0		4–1			5–1	6–1		3–1	6–1	0–2	4–0				—
Torridgeside			2–4	3–7		2–3				1–2			2–3		2–1		6–2	1–0	—
Torrington	1–1			3–2	0–0			2–0	2–2	1–0		0–5	2–0	4–3	5–1		2–0			—

Updated to match(es) played on 20:10, 18 December 2021 (UTC). Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations[]

Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police

Torpoint Athletic

Torridgeside

Torrington

Locations of the 2021–22 South West Peninsula League Premier Division East teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Axminster Town	Axminster	Tiger Way	3,000
Bovey Tracey	Bovey Tracey	Mill Marsh Park	3,000
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
Ottery St Mary	Ottery St Mary	Washbrook Meadows	1,000
Plymouth Marjon	Plymouth	The Campus	1,000
Sidmouth Town	Sidmouth	Manstone Lane	2,500
Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police	Stoke Gabriel	Kia Speedwell Stadium	1,000
Torpoint Athletic	Torpoint	The Mill	1,000
Torridgeside	Great Torrington	Donnacroft	1,000
Torrington	Great Torrington	Vicarage Field	500

Premier Division West[]

Premier Division West features 18 teams, reduced from 20 the previous season after Helston Athletic, Mousehole and Saltash United were promoted to the Western League Premier Division.

One new club joined from the St Piran Football League West Division:

Penryn Athletic

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Falmouth Town	17	17	0	0	72	17	+55	51	Promotion to
2	Camelford	20	11	4	5	56	35	+21	37
3	Liskeard Athletic	14	11	2	1	48	22	+26	35
4	Dobwalls	18	11	1	6	41	26	+15	34
5	Wendron United	18	10	3	5	53	40	+13	33
6	St Blazey	16	9	3	4	39	27	+12	30
7	Newquay	19	9	2	8	43	41	+2	29
8	Wadebridge Town	17	9	1	7	37	37	0	28
9	St Austell	18	7	4	7	27	33	−6	25
10	Launceston	20	7	3	10	29	38	−9	24
11	Penryn Athletic	17	7	2	8	47	37	+10	23
12	Callington Town	20	5	5	10	40	42	−2	20
13	Sticker	20	6	0	14	29	60	−31	18
14	Bodmin Town	13	5	1	7	27	27	0	16
15	Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay)	16	4	3	9	31	44	−13	15
16	Penzance	18	4	0	14	26	57	−31	12	Possible relegation to feeder leagues
17	St Dennis	17	0	0	17	13	75	−62	0	Possible relegation to feeder leagues
18	Porthleven	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0^[a]	Resigned from the league

Updated to match(es) played on 20:17, 18 December 2021 (UTC). Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Porthleven resigned from the league on 14 September 2021 and their playing record of P7 W1 D2 L4 GF6 GA20 Pts5 was expunged.^[5]

Results table[]

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

Updated to match(es) played on 20:19, 18 December 2021 (UTC). Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations[]

Bodmin Town

Callington Town

Camelford

Dobwalls

Falmouth Town

Godolphin Atlantic

Launceston

Liskeard Athletic

Newquay

Penryn Athletic

Penzance

Porthleven

St
Austell

St Blazey

St
Dennis

Sticker

Wadebridge Town

Wendron United

Locations of the 2021–22 South West Peninsula League Premier Division West teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bodmin Town	Bodmin	Priory Park	5,000
Callington Town	Callington	Marshfield Parc	1,000
Camelford	Camelford	Trefrew Park	1,000
Dobwalls	Dobwalls	Lantoom Park	2,000
Falmouth Town	Falmouth	Bickland Park	6,000
Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay)	Newquay	Godolphin Way	1,000
Launceston	Launceston	Pennygillam	1,000
Liskeard Athletic	Liskeard	Lux Park	2,000
Newquay	Newquay	Mount Wise Stadium	5,000
Penryn Athletic	Penryn	Kernick Road	2,000
Penzance	Penzance	Penlee Park	1,100
Porthleven	Porthleven	Gala Parc	1,500
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

References[]

^ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2021–22". The Football Association. 18 May 2021.
^ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
^ "FA provides update on NLS Steps 3-6". The Football Association. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Stoke Gabriel woes arrested with Police merger". The Non-League Paper. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
^ "Porthleven AFC resign from South West Peninsula League". Falmouth Packet. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

External links[]

South West Peninsula League

[table_hth_POR0.89573101834195-6] Porthleven resigned from the league on 14 September 2021 and their playing record of P7 W1 D2 L4 GF6 GA20 Pts5 was expunged.^[5]

[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] "Stoke Gabriel woes arrested with Police merger". The Non-League Paper. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021.

[5] "Porthleven AFC resign from South West Peninsula League". Falmouth Packet. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

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