2011–12 Western Football League

The 2011–12 Western Football League season (known as the 2011–12 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Western Football League
Season2011–12

The league champions for the first time in their history were Merthyr Town, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Cadbury Heath.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 18, reduced from 19 the previous season after the relegation of Wellington and Welton Rovers, and the late resignation of Dawlish Town:

Dawlish Town withdrew from the league on 22 July 2011, after the fixtures for the new season had been announced.[1] A new fixture list was subsequently compiled.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Merthyr Town (C, P) 34 22 9 3 96 32 +64 75 Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
2 Bitton 34 23 4 7 74 35 +39 73
3 Larkhall Athletic 34 21 4 9 67 29 +38 67
4 Hallen 34 19 8 7 59 41 +18 65
5 Willand Rovers 34 18 7 9 62 37 +25 61
6 Bishop Sutton 34 16 10 8 60 37 +23 58
7 Brislington 34 14 11 9 49 34 +15 53
8 Bristol Manor Farm 34 13 8 13 63 57 +6 47
9 Odd Down 34 13 9 12 54 48 +6 47[lower-alpha 1]
10 Street 34 14 4 16 56 58 −2 46
11 Ilfracombe Town 34 12 8 14 52 52 0 44
12 Wells City 34 13 5 16 54 66 −12 44
13 Longwell Green Sports 34 10 8 16 30 47 −17 38
14 Bridport 34 10 4 20 42 81 −39 34
15 Barnstaple Town 34 9 5 20 45 66 −21 32
16 Radstock Town 34 8 3 23 33 74 −41 27
17 Sherborne Town (R) 34 8 3 23 36 91 −55 27 Relegation to the First Division
18 Corsham Town (R) 34 6 4 24 21 68 −47 22
Updated to match(es) played on 8 May 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Odd Down had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Merthyr Town on 8 October 2011.

First Division

The First Division featured two new clubs in a league of 19, after Merthyr Town and Bridport were promoted to the Premier Division:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Cadbury Heath (C, P) 36 25 9 2 88 32 +56 84 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Melksham Town (P) 36 24 6 6 77 42 +35 78
3 Gillingham Town (P) 36 22 6 8 94 52 +42 72
4 Calne Town 36 21 7 8 60 34 +26 70
5 Bradford Town 36 16 10 10 72 44 +28 58
6 Chard Town 36 15 7 14 62 54 +8 52
7 Welton Rovers 36 14 8 14 61 57 +4 49[lower-alpha 1]
8 Roman Glass St George 36 13 10 13 48 51 −3 49
9 Almondsbury UWE 36 14 6 16 70 67 +3 48
10 Hengrove Athletic 36 12 10 14 53 59 −6 45[lower-alpha 2]
11 Oldland Abbotonians 36 11 11 14 52 53 −1 44
12 Portishead Town 36 12 8 16 48 61 −13 44
13 Keynsham Town 36 11 13 12 52 59 −7 43[lower-alpha 3]
14 Elmore 36 12 6 18 51 64 −13 42
15 Shrewton United 36 10 9 17 63 88 −25 39
16 Shepton Mallet 36 9 10 17 59 84 −25 37
17 Westbury United 36 10 5 21 48 65 −17 35
18 Wellington 36 9 5 22 40 84 −44 32
19 Devizes Town 36 5 8 23 34 82 −48 23
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2012. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Welton Rovers had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Portishead Town on 13 August 2011.
  2. Hengrove Athletic had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Portishead Town on 3 December 2011.
  3. Keynsham Town had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Shepton Mallet on 5 November 2011.

References
  1. "Dawlish quit Western League". Pitchero non-league. 23 July 2011.
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