2020–21 Western Football League

The 2020–21 Western Football League season (known as the 2020–21 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 119th 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
Season2020–21
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The constitution was announced on 21 July 2020.[1]

After the abandonment of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] the league's constitution remained unchanged, with the planned structural changes being put back to this season.

This season, the Premier Division champions will be promoted to Step 4. The runners-up in this division and ten other Step 5 divisions in other leagues will be ranked according to PPG (points per game), and the top four in that ranking will also be promoted. The remaining seven runners-up will compete in "winner takes all" play-offs with seven clubs finishing bottom in Step 4 leagues, the winners being placed at Step 4 and the losers at Step 5 for 2021–22.[3]

The bottom clubs in all 14 Step 5 divisions will be ranked according to PPG, and the 12 lowest-ranked clubs will be relegated to Step 6.

In Division One, the top four clubs will be promoted to Step 5, and the bottom two are liable to relegation to Step 7.

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained unchanged, with 21 clubs.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Plymouth Parkway 13 11 2 0 50 10 +40 35 Promotion to Southern League Division One South
2 Tavistock 11 8 1 2 34 18 +16 25 Possible promotion to Step 4 via PPG or a play-off
3 Exmouth Town 11 8 0 3 32 16 +16 24
4 Clevedon Town 13 7 3 3 26 18 +8 24
5 Cribbs 12 7 2 3 24 16 +8 23
6 Westbury United 12 7 2 3 22 17 +5 23
7 Street 13 7 1 5 33 26 +7 22
8 Roman Glass St George 12 7 0 5 19 15 +4 21
9 Buckland Athletic 15 6 3 6 23 22 +1 21
10 Bitton 8 6 0 2 29 13 +16 18
11 Bradford Town 14 5 3 6 28 29 −1 18
12 Shepton Mallet 11 4 4 3 20 19 +1 16
13 Bridgwater Town 11 5 1 5 18 20 −2 16
14 Keynsham Town 13 4 3 6 18 21 −3 15
15 Brislington 12 4 2 6 22 29 −7 14
16 Cadbury Heath 10 4 0 6 18 23 −5 12
17 Wellington 14 3 3 8 15 29 −14 12
18 Odd Down 13 3 1 9 15 38 −23 10
19 Hallen 14 2 3 9 25 37 −12 9
20 Bridport 10 1 0 9 6 31 −25 3
21 Chipping Sodbury Town 12 0 2 10 9 39 −30 2 Possible relegation to Step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 20:36, 10 January 2021 (UTC). Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Stadia and locations
Club Finishing position in 2018–19 Stadium
Bitton3rdRapid Solicitors Stadium
Bradford Town7thBradford on Avon Sports Club
Bridgwater Town4thFairfax Park
Bridport13thSt Mary's Field
Brislington18thBrislington Stadium
Buckland Athletic9thKingskerswell Road
Cadbury Heath14thSpringfield
Chipping Sodbury Town10thThe Ridings
Clevedon Town6thThe Hand Stadium
Cribbs8thThe Lawns
Exmouth Town2nd South West Peninsula League Premier Division (promotion)King George V Ground
Hallen12thThe Hallen Centre
Keynsham Town1st Western League Division One (promotion)Crown Fields
Odd Down15thLew Hill Memorial Ground
Plymouth Parkway2ndBolitho Park
Roman Glass St George17thOaklands Park
Shepton Mallet11thPlaying Fields (Shepton)
Street8th Southern League Division One South (voluntary relegation)The Tannery Ground
Tavistock1st South West Peninsula League Premier Division (promotion)Langsford Park
Wellington16thThe Playing Field (Wellington)
Westbury United5thMeadow Lane

First Division

The First Division also remained unchanged, with 20 clubs.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Corsham Town 10 9 1 0 35 13 +22 28 Promotion to Step 5
2 Welton Rovers 11 8 2 1 29 12 +17 26
3 Calne Town 9 8 0 1 23 6 +17 24
4 Ashton & Backwell United 10 7 2 1 26 14 +12 23
5 Wincanton Town 12 6 2 4 26 20 +6 20
6 Warminster Town 11 6 1 4 27 16 +11 19
7 Radstock Town 10 6 0 4 23 19 +4 18
8 Wells City 10 5 1 4 19 17 +2 16
9 Bishop Sutton 10 5 1 4 17 18 −1 16
10 Almondsbury 11 5 1 5 18 24 −6 16
11 Lebeq United 9 4 2 3 20 17 +3 14
12 Portishead Town 10 4 2 4 16 14 +2 14
13 Sherborne Town 11 4 1 6 17 19 −2 13
14 Bristol Telephones 9 4 0 5 20 21 −1 12
15 Hengrove Athletic 9 3 3 3 10 12 −2 12
16 Cheddar 10 4 0 6 21 24 −3 12
17 Bishops Lydeard 11 1 1 9 12 28 −16 4
18 Oldland Abbotonians 9 1 0 8 8 23 −15 3
19 Longwell Green Sports 10 0 1 9 11 34 −23 1 Relegation to Step 7
20 Devizes Town 10 0 1 9 11 38 −27 1
Updated to match(es) played on 20:40, 10 January 2021 (UTC). Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Stadia and locations
Club Finishing position in 2018–19 Stadium
Almondsbury6th Hellenic Football League Division One West (transferred)Almondsbury Sports & Social Club
Ashton & Backwell United4thLancer Scott Stadium
Bishop Sutton17thLakeview
Bishops Lydeard12thCothelstone Road
Bristol Telephones20thBTRA Sports Ground
Calne Town8thBremhill Road
Cheddar2ndBowdens Park
Corsham Town3rdSouthbank Ground
Devizes Town11thNursteed Road Ground
Hengrove Athletic19th Western Football League Premier Division (relegated)Paprika Park
Lebeq United1st Gloucestershire County League (promoted)Oaklands Park
Longwell Green Sports5thLongwell Green Community Centre
Oldland Abbotonians18thAitchinson Playing Fields
Portishead Town16thBristol Road
Radstock Town15thSouthfields Recreation Ground
Sherborne Town13thRaleigh Grove
Warminster Town6thWeymouth Street
Wells City10thAthletic Ground (Wells)
Welton Rovers9thWest Clewes
Wincanton Town14thWincanton Sports Ground

References
  1. "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). Non League Paper. 21 July 2020.
  2. "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non-League Football paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
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