2009–10 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2009–10
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 Western Football League season (known as the 2009–10 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th 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 league champions for the tenth time in their history were Bideford, who took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Wells City.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 20 teams, reduced from 21 the previous season after Frome Town were promoted to the Southern League, and Chard Town and Devizes Town were relegated to the First Division:

Larkhall Athletic, champions of the First Division.
Longwell Green Sports, runners up in the First Division.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bideford !Bideford (C) (P)	38	27	6	5	93	37	+56	87	Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
2	Willand Rovers !Willand Rovers	38	24	11	3	79	30	+49	83
3	Ilfracombe Town !Ilfracombe Town	38	21	10	7	64	45	+19	73
4	Bishop Sutton !Bishop Sutton	38	19	6	13	69	55	+14	63
5	Welton Rovers !Welton Rovers	38	16	13	9	66	52	+14	61
6	Street !Street	38	19	4	15	65	62	+3	61
7	Bristol Manor Farm !Bristol Manor Farm	38	16	11	11	70	55	+15	59
8	Bitton !Bitton	38	16	8	14	58	55	+3	56
9	Brislington !Brislington	38	14	9	15	44	48	−4	51
10	Dawlish Town !Dawlish Town	38	14	9	15	57	63	−6	51
11	Longwell Green Sports !Longwell Green Sports	38	13	10	15	50	63	−13	49
12	Hallen !Hallen	38	13	8	17	52	55	−3	47
13	Wellington !Wellington	38	13	7	18	63	72	−9	46
14	Larkhall Athletic !Larkhall Athletic	38	12	10	16	61	72	−11	46
15	Barnstaple Town !Barnstaple Town	38	13	6	19	67	76	−9	45
16	Radstock Town !Radstock Town	38	12	5	21	44	63	−19	41
17	Corsham Town !Corsham Town	38	11	5	22	51	64	−13	38
18	Sherborne Town !Sherborne Town	38	9	9	20	63	80	−17	36
19	Melksham Town !Melksham Town (R)	38	10	5	23	41	84	−43	35	Relegation to the First Division
20	Calne Town !Calne Town (R)	38	8	8	22	51	77	−26	32	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to games played on 28 April 2010.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

The First Division featured two new clubs in a league of 20 after Larkhall Athletic and Longwell Green Sports were promoted to the Premier Division:

Chard Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Devizes Town, relegated from the Premier Division
Almondsbury F.C. changed their name to Almondsbury UWE F.C. after an agreement with the University of the West of England.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wells City !Wells City (C) (P)	38	29	4	5	76	33	+43	91	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Odd Down !Odd Down (P)	38	25	6	7	75	43	+32	81	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Gillingham Town !Gillingham Town	38	23	8	7	95	51	+44	77
4	Bradford Town !Bradford Town	38	21	10	7	82	50	+32	73
5	Westbury United !Westbury United	38	22	5	11	81	49	+32	71
6	Oldland Abbotonians !Oldland Abbotonians	38	20	10	8	82	42	+40	70
7	Hengrove Athletic !Hengrove Athletic	38	20	8	10	75	43	+32	68
8	Keynsham Town !Keynsham Town	38	22	5	11	68	45	+23	068^*
9	Shrewton United !Shrewton United	38	18	5	15	76	67	+9	59
10	Bridport !Bridport	38	16	6	16	65	66	−1	54
11	Cadbury Heath !Cadbury Heath	38	15	8	15	62	64	−2	53
12	Portishead Town !Portishead Town	38	14	6	18	53	59	−6	48
13	Almondsbury UWE !Almondsbury UWE	38	13	4	21	79	84	−5	43
14	Elmore !Elmore	38	13	4	21	66	93	−27	43
15	Clevedon United !Clevedon United	38	12	6	20	58	72	−14	42	Resigned at the end of the season
16	Chard Town !Chard Town	38	7	11	20	40	74	−34	32
17	Shepton Mallet !Shepton Mallet	38	8	6	24	33	78	−45	30
18	Roman Glass St George !Roman Glass St George	38	5	11	22	38	72	−34	26
19	Devizes Town !Devizes Town	38	8	2	28	40	104	−64	26
20	Minehead Town !Minehead Town (R)	38	3	7	28	39	94	−55	16	Relegation to the Somerset County League

Updated to games played on 26 April 2010.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^*Keynsham Town had three points deducted.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

External links

Western League Official Site

References

League tables

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

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Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Chelsea Everton Fulham Hull City Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Portsmouth Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wolverhampton Wanderers

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