2024–25 Western Football League

The 2024–25 Western Football League season (known as the 2024–25 Jewson Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 123rd in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First.

Western Football League
Season2024–25

The constitution was announced on 17 May 2024.[1]

The Premier Division (step 5) will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off.

Premier Division

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The Premier Division is increased from 18 to 20 clubs after Helston Athletic and Falmouth Town were promoted to the Southern League Division One South and Millbrook were relegated to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Clevedon Town 15 10 4 1 43 15 +28 34 Promotion to Southern League
2 Brixham 17 10 4 3 29 12 +17 34 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Barnstaple Town 15 10 1 4 38 16 +22 31
4 Buckland Athletic 14 9 3 2 39 11 +28 30
5 Portishead Town 14 9 2 3 36 19 +17 29
6 Street 17 8 5 4 26 21 +5 29
7 Nailsea & Tickenham 15 9 1 5 32 20 +12 28
8 Shepton Mallet 17 8 3 6 30 20 +10 27
9 Ivybridge Town 17 8 3 6 23 21 +2 27
10 Brislington 16 8 1 7 35 21 +14 25
11 Bridgwater United 18 8 1 9 26 32 −6 25
12 Wellington 16 8 0 8 21 31 −10 24
13 Paulton Rovers 15 7 2 6 32 33 −1 23
14 Saltash United 20 6 3 11 22 36 −14 21
15 Oldland Abbotonians 16 6 2 8 20 18 +2 20
16 Ilfracombe Town 18 5 3 10 20 32 −12 18
17 A.F.C. St Austell 17 5 2 10 28 36 −8 17
18 St Blazey 15 3 4 8 17 33 −16 13
19 Torpoint Athletic 17 4 0 13 26 38 −12 12 Relegation to step 6
20 Welton Rovers 17 0 0 17 7 85 −78 0
Updated to match(es) played on 18:35, 2 November 2024 (UTC). Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First Division

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The First Division remains at 22 clubs after Portishead Town and Brislington were promoted to the Premier Division; Wincanton Town were promoted to the Wessex League Premier Division; Middlezoy Rovers were transferred to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East, and Bishop Sutton were relegated.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Calne Town 20 14 3 3 47 20 +27 45 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Bradford Town 18 14 1 3 49 13 +36 43 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Hallen 19 13 4 2 41 14 +27 43
4 Bitton 18 12 1 5 44 27 +17 37
5 Longwell Green Sports 20 10 5 5 43 29 +14 35
6 Wells City 18 10 3 5 46 21 +25 33
7 Devizes Town 17 9 5 3 36 15 +21 32
8 Cadbury Heath 19 9 3 7 29 27 +2 30
9 Cribbs Reserves 20 9 2 9 40 35 +5 29
10 Bristol Telephones 18 8 4 6 44 30 +14 28
11 Sturminster Newton United 17 8 4 5 26 21 +5 28
12 Mendip Broadwalk 20 8 4 8 34 44 −10 28
13 Avonmouth 21 8 3 10 42 43 −1 27
14 Shirehampton 15 8 1 6 28 25 +3 25
15 AEK Boco 20 6 4 10 30 33 −3 22
16 Hengrove Athletic 19 5 4 10 29 38 −9 19
17 Radstock Town 18 5 2 11 29 42 −13 17
18 Warminster Town 17 3 6 8 18 30 −12 15
19 Odd Down 20 3 5 12 25 48 −23 14
20 Cheddar 20 4 2 14 18 51 −33 14 Possible relegation to
feeder leagues
21 Keynsham Town 19 3 4 12 19 55 −36 13
22 Gillingham Town 19 1 2 16 19 75 −56 5
Updated to match(es) played on 18:46, 2 November 2024 (UTC). Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

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  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The FA. 17 May 2024.
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