Western Football League

Western Football League
Founded1892 (1892)
CountryEngland
Other club(s) fromWales
DivisionsPremier Division
Division One
Number of teams42
20 (Premier Division)
22 (Division One)
Level on pyramidLevels 9–10
Feeder toSouthern League Division One South
Relegation toDorset Premier League
Gloucestershire County League
Somerset County League
Wiltshire League
South West Peninsula League*
*Only relegated from &
promoted to Premier Division
Domestic cup(s)Les Phillips Cup
Current championsHelston Athletic (Premier Division)
Portishead Town (Division One)
(2023–24)
WebsiteOfficial
Current: 2024–25 season

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 Jewson, so it is also known as the Jewson Western League for sponsorship reasons.

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 get promoted to a Step 4 league, which in practice will almost certainly be the Southern League Division One South. Below the Western League are four local leagues covering smaller areas, the Gloucestershire County League, the Somerset County League, the Dorset Premier League and the Wiltshire League.[1] The South West Peninsula League Premier Divisions East and West are also feeders to the Western League but due to having Step 6 status (the same level as the Western League Division One), they feed directly into the Western League Premier Division.

  1. ^ Houlihan, Owen (24 May 2013). "FOOTBALL: Chippenham Park to join Toolstation League". Gazette and Herald. Wiltshire. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2013.

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