2017–18 Western Football League

The 2017–18 Western Football League season (known as the 2017–18 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th 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
Season2017–18
ChampionsStreet
PromotedStreet, Melksham Town

The constitution was announced on 26 May 2017.[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, and featured three new clubs after Bristol Manor Farm were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, Gillingham Town resigned from the league, and Sherborne Town were relegated to the First Division.

With the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all runners-up were promoted.

Teams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Street (C, P) 38 32 3 3 100 31 +69 99 Promotion to Southern League Division One South
2 Melksham Town (P) 38 26 6 6 99 39 +60 84
3 Willand Rovers 38 24 6 8 93 37 +56 78
4 Bradford Town 38 23 9 6 88 47 +41 78
5 Buckland Athletic 38 25 3 10 84 54 +30 78
6 Shepton Mallet 38 20 2 16 63 52 +11 62
7 Bridport 38 18 4 16 82 62 +20 58
8 Bridgwater Town 38 18 4 16 61 51 +10 58
9 Hengrove Athletic 38 16 8 14 73 60 +13 56
10 Bitton 38 14 11 13 58 66 −8 53
11 Cribbs 38 14 8 16 75 62 +13 50
12 Clevedon Town 38 13 8 17 56 63 −7 47
13 Chipping Sodbury Town 38 13 6 19 65 76 −11 45
14 Odd Down 38 12 8 18 55 62 −7 44
15 Wellington 38 12 6 20 52 73 −21 42
16 Brislington 38 10 10 18 51 71 −20 40
17 Hallen 38 8 10 20 44 80 −36 34
18 Cadbury Heath 38 8 8 22 62 115 −53 32
19 Longwell Green Sports (R) 38 5 5 28 33 111 −78 20 Relegation to the First Division
20 Wells City (R) 38 3 7 28 33 115 −82 12[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Wells City had four points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

Stadia and locations
Club Finishing position last season Stadium[2]
Bitton A.F.C19thRapid Solicitors Stadium
Bradford Town5thBradford on Avon Sports Club
Bridgwater Town22nd Southern League Division One South & West (relegated)Fairfax Park
Bridport16thSt Mary's Field
Brislington10thBrislington Stadium
Buckland Athletic4thKingskerswell Road
Cadbury Heath11thSpringfield
Chipping Sodbury Town13thThe Ridings
Clevedon Town14thThe Hand Stadium
Cribbs8thThe Lawns
Hallen18thThe Hallen Centre
Hengrove Athletic2nd First Division (promoted)Norton Lane
Longwell Green Sports17thShellards Road
Melksham Town3rdEastern Way
Odd Down7thLew Hill Memorial Ground
Shepton Mallet12thPlaying Fields
Street2ndThe Tannery Ground
Wellington1st First Division (promoted)The Playing Field
Wells City15thAthletic Ground
Willand Rovers6thSilver Street

First Division

The First Division consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, and featured two new clubs after the promotion of Hengrove Athletic and Wellington to the Premier Division:

Step 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Westbury United (C, P) 42 28 11 3 97 29 +68 95 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Roman Glass St George (P) 42 28 9 5 120 49 +71 93
3 Keynsham Town 42 27 8 7 120 62 +58 89
4 Cheddar 42 21 9 12 90 61 +29 72
5 Devizes Town 42 20 10 12 90 65 +25 70
6 Radstock Town 42 19 10 13 86 67 +19 67
7 Oldland Abbotonians 42 19 7 16 82 74 +8 64
8 Welton Rovers 42 18 9 15 80 65 +15 63
9 Chard Town 42 17 11 14 70 59 +11 62
10 Wincanton Town 42 17 10 15 63 71 −8 61
11 Chippenham Park 42 13 15 14 57 69 −12 54
12 Bishop Sutton 42 16 6 20 70 91 −21 54
13 Almondsbury 42 15 8 19 60 64 −4 53 Transferred to Hellenic League Division One West
14 Bishops Lydeard 42 16 5 21 74 96 −22 53
15 Malmesbury Victoria 42 14 9 19 69 97 −28 51 Transferred to Hellenic League Division One West
16 Bristol Telephones 42 14 8 20 74 98 −24 50
17 Calne Town 42 14 7 21 66 94 −28 49
18 Ashton & Backwell United 42 12 10 20 42 61 −19 46
19 Sherborne Town 42 13 6 23 78 95 −17 45
20 Corsham Town 42 10 9 23 43 71 −28 39
21 Portishead Town 42 8 8 26 45 89 −44 31[lower-alpha 1]
22 Warminster Town 42 6 9 27 54 103 −49 27
Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Portishead Town had one point deducted.

Stadia and locations
Club Finishing position last season Stadium[3]
Almondsbury22ndAlmondsbury Sports & Social Club
Ashton & Backwell United7thLancer Scott Stadium
Bishop Sutton16thLakeview
Bishops Lydeard6thCothelstone Road
Bristol Telephones1st Gloucestershire County Football League (promoted)BTRA Sports Ground
Calne Town21stBremhill Road
Chard Town10thDenning Sports Field
Cheddar3rdBowdens Park
Chippenham Park8thHardenhuish Park
Corsham Town19thSouthbank Ground
Devizes Town11thNursteed Road Ground
Keynsham Town4thCrown Fields
Malmesbury Victoria9thFlying Monk Road
Oldland Abbotonians17thAitchinson Playing Fields
Portishead Town14thBristol Road
Radstock Town5thSouthfields Recreation Ground
Roman Glass St George15thOaklands Park
Sherborne Town20th Western Football League Premier Division (relegated)Raleigh Grove
Warminster Town18thWeymouth Street
Welton Rovers20thWest Clewes
Westbury United12thMeadow Lane
Wincanton Town13thWincanton Sports Ground

References
  1. "Club Allocations for Step 5–6" (PDF). FA. 26 May 2017.
  2. http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/divisions/16/6/
  3. http://www.nonleaguematters.co.uk/divisions/16/6/
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