2023–24 Western Football League

The 2023–24 Western Football League season (known as the 2023–24 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 122nd 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
Season2023–24
2024–25 →

The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023.[1] Starting this season, the Premier Division (step 5) will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off. This replaces the previous inter-step play-off system. For this season only, there will be only one club relegated from the Premier Division.[2]

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced to 18 clubs from 20 after Mousehole were promoted to the Southern League South Division; Sherborne Town were transferred to the Wessex League; Cadbury Heath took voluntary demotion to Division One, Keynsham Town were relegated to Division One, and Ashton & Backwell United and Bitton resigned from the league.

Mangotsfield United were initially transferred from the Hellenic League Premier Division, but were moved back after the resignation of Shrivenham from that league.

Four new clubs joined the division.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Clevedon Town 11 8 3 0 26 6 +20 27 Promotion to Southern League
2 Helston Athletic 11 8 1 2 47 13 +34 25 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Bridgwater United 11 8 1 2 42 18 +24 25
4 Brixham 13 7 3 3 32 12 +20 24
5 Falmouth Town 11 7 2 2 24 8 +16 23
6 Buckland Athletic 13 6 3 4 37 25 +12 21
7 Barnstaple Town 9 5 4 0 29 13 +16 19
8 Shepton Mallet 12 5 4 3 22 21 +1 19
9 Torpoint Athletic 12 5 3 4 18 17 +1 18
10 Street 11 5 3 3 22 23 −1 18
11 Nailsea & Tickenham 11 5 0 6 24 25 −1 15
12 Ilfracombe Town 12 4 3 5 19 20 −1 15
13 St Blazey 13 3 4 6 18 21 −3 13
14 Welton Rovers 12 2 3 7 13 21 −8 9
15 Saltash United 12 2 2 8 19 33 −14 8
16 Oldland Abbotonians 12 2 0 10 14 39 −25 6
17 Wellington 12 1 3 8 8 38 −30 6
18 Millbrook 10 0 0 10 2 63 −61 0 Relegation to step 6
Updated to match(es) played on 17:11, 21 October 2023 (UTC). Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First Division

The First Division remained at 22 clubs after Nailsea & Tickenham and Oldland Abbotonians were promoted to the Premier Division; Bishops Lydeard were transferred to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East, FC Bristol and Tytherington Rocks were transferred to the Hellenic League Division One, and Almondsbury were relegated.

Six new clubs joined:

  • From the Premier Division:
  • Reserve and development teams are not eligible for promotion to step 5, or the playoffs.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Radstock Town 19 15 1 3 51 21 +30 46 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Portishead Town 18 14 3 1 56 12 +44 45 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Brislington 18 13 2 3 69 24 +45 41
4 Wincanton Town 19 11 4 4 44 34 +10 37
5 Cribbs Reserves 18 11 3 4 49 29 +20 36
6 Bitton 18 11 3 4 37 24 +13 36 Qualification for the play-offs
7 Bradford Town 18 9 5 4 45 28 +17 32
8 Wells City 15 8 2 5 30 22 +8 26
9 Middlezoy Rovers 19 8 2 9 38 44 −6 26
10 Bristol Telephones 18 8 2 8 32 42 −10 26
11 Cadbury Heath 17 8 1 8 41 31 +10 25
12 AEK Boco 17 7 4 6 32 25 +7 25
13 Odd Down 19 7 2 10 41 59 −18 23
14 Hallen 18 6 4 8 27 28 −1 22
15 Longwell Green Sports 17 6 3 8 31 35 −4 21
16 Shirehampton 18 6 2 10 33 41 −8 20
17 Warminster Town 17 5 2 10 34 44 −10 17
18 Hengrove Athletic 18 4 4 10 33 48 −15 16
19 Gillingham Town 18 5 1 12 31 49 −18 16
20 Keynsham Town 14 3 1 10 24 47 −23 10 Possible relegation to
feeder leagues
21 Cheddar 18 3 1 14 29 54 −25 10
22 Bishop Sutton 19 0 2 17 13 79 −66 2
Updated to match(es) played on 17:19, 21 October 2023 (UTC). Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References
  1. "REVEALED: Club allocations 2023-24 announced by The FA". The Non-League Football Paper. 15 May 2023.
  2. "STEP 5 TO 4 PROMOTION/RELEGATION UPDATE". The FA. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
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