2021–22 Western Football League

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The 2021–22 Western Football League season (known as the 2021–22 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be 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.

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.

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tavistock 26 17 6 3 69 28 +41 57 Promotion to
2 Mousehole 22 15 2 5 61 32 +29 47 Promotion to Southern League or qualification for the inter-step play-offs[a]
3 Exmouth Town 23 13 5 5 64 28 +36 44
4 Ilfracombe Town 25 13 5 7 51 36 +15 44
5 Bridgwater United 24 13 3 8 55 33 +22 42
6 Bitton 25 12 5 8 54 45 +9 41
7 Shepton Mallet 25 11 7 7 57 28 +29 40
8 Helston Athletic 23 11 7 5 50 37 +13 40
9 Saltash United 23 11 5 7 53 30 +23 38
10 Millbrook 25 10 7 8 54 38 +16 37
11 Clevedon Town 25 9 9 7 53 41 +12 36
12 Buckland Athletic 25 10 6 9 50 40 +10 36
13 Keynsham Town 25 9 8 8 51 47 +4 35
14 Wellington 23 7 7 9 33 42 −9 28
15 Brislington 24 8 3 13 34 68 −34 27
16 Cadbury Heath 27 7 2 18 34 65 −31 23
17 Street 23 5 3 15 26 50 −24 18
18 Ashton & Backwell United 25 4 4 17 31 61 −30 16 Possible relegation to step 6[b]
19 Bridport 28 1 0 27 12 143 −131 3 Relegation to step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 17:26, 5 February 2022 (UTC). Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ At the end of the 2021–22 season, the 10 runners-up from step 5 with the most points per game (PPG) will be automatically promoted. The remaining six runners-up will contest inter-step play-off matches with the six third-from-bottom clubs with the fewest PPG from the eight divisions at step 4. The winner of each match will rise to or stay at step 4 for the 2022–23 season, while each loser will drop to or remain at step 5.[5]
  2. ^ Twelve clubs with the most PPG out of 16 that are second-from-bottom at step 5 will be reprieved.[5]

Stadia and locations[]

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:

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sherborne Town 28 19 6 3 89 32 +57 63 Promotion to
2 Welton Rovers 28 18 6 4 63 29 +34 60 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Warminster Town 27 18 5 4 60 26 +34 59
4 Radstock Town 29 14 7 8 60 56 +4 49
5 Wincanton Town 25 14 5 6 79 42 +37 47
6 Odd Down 29 12 7 10 58 54 +4 43
7 Cheddar 28 11 7 10 58 55 +3 40
8 Tytherington Rocks 28 10 8 10 48 52 −4 38
9 Wells City 28 9 10 9 58 53 +5 37
10 AEK Boco 26 10 7 9 38 40 −2 37
11 Bishop Sutton 29 10 6 13 55 59 −4 36
12 Lebeq United 28 9 8 11 62 63 −1 35
13 Oldland Abbotonians 25 11 2 12 53 57 −4 35
14 Longwell Green Sports 29 9 7 13 46 54 −8 34
15 Hengrove Athletic 29 9 7 13 50 63 −13 34
16 Gillingham Town 30 8 9 13 53 62 −9 33
17 Almondsbury 26 10 2 14 37 50 −13 32
18 Portishead Town 27 10 4 13 41 43 −2 31[a]
19 Bristol Telephones 26 7 3 16 42 72 −30 24 Possible relegation to
feeder leagues
20 Bishops Lydeard 26 5 6 15 39 61 −22 21
21 Devizes Town 27 4 2 21 33 99 −66 14
Updated to match(es) played on 20:56, 10 February 2022 (UTC). Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Portishead Town had three points deducted.

Stadia and locations[]

Club Location Stadium Capacity
AEK Boco Bristol (Hanham) Greenbank Road
Almondsbury Almondsbury The Field
Bishops Lydeard Bishops Lydeard Darby Way
Bishop Sutton Bishop Sutton Lakeview 1,500
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[]

  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. ^ a b "Changes to promotion and relegation at Step 5". North East Counties Football League. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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