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2024–25 Western Football League

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Western Football League
Season2024–25

The 2024–25 Western Football League season (known as the 2024–25 Jewson Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 123rd in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First.

The constitution was announced on 17 May 2024.[1]

The Premier Division (step 5) will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off.

Premier Division

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The Premier Division is increased from 18 to 20 clubs after Helston Athletic and Falmouth Town were promoted to the Southern League Division One South and Millbrook were relegated to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Portishead Town (T) 35 27 3 5 103 35 +68 84 Promotion to Southern League
2 Clevedon Town (Q) 35 25 5 5 97 32 +65 80 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Brixham (Q) 35 23 5 7 73 38 +35 74
4 Barnstaple Town 34 19 4 11 73 50 +23 61
5 Buckland Athletic 34 17 7 10 70 38 +32 58
6 Nailsea & Tickenham 34 18 3 13 57 43 +14 57
7 Paulton Rovers 35 17 5 13 77 70 +7 56
8 Street 34 16 6 12 58 53 +5 54
9 Shepton Mallet 35 16 5 14 60 41 +19 53
10 Ivybridge Town 36 14 9 13 57 47 +10 51
11 Brislington 34 15 5 14 59 54 +5 50
12 Oldland Abbotonians 34 13 7 14 50 51 −1 46
13 A.F.C. St Austell 35 14 4 17 60 63 −3 46
14 Wellington 35 14 3 18 44 68 −24 45
15 Saltash United 35 13 4 18 62 57 +5 43
16 Torpoint Athletic 35 13 3 19 60 65 −5 42
17 Bridgwater United 35 11 6 18 42 63 −21 39
18 St Blazey 34 6 8 20 39 79 −40 26
19 Ilfracombe Town 35 6 6 23 32 76 −44 24 Relegation to step 6
20 Welton Rovers (R) 35 1 0 34 22 172 −150 3
Updated to match(es) played on 17:47, 5 April 2025 (UTC). Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated

First Division

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The First Division remains at 22 clubs after Portishead Town and Brislington were promoted to the Premier Division; Wincanton Town were promoted to the Wessex League Premier Division; Middlezoy Rovers were transferred to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East, and Bishop Sutton were relegated.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Hallen (T) 38 28 5 5 87 25 +62 89 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Calne Town (Q) 39 27 3 9 97 44 +53 84 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Bradford Town 39 24 7 8 86 40 +46 79
4 Devizes Town 38 24 6 8 91 32 +59 78
5 Bitton 39 24 6 9 75 49 +26 74[a]
6 Wells City 39 22 7 10 81 38 +43 73
7 Longwell Green Sports 39 22 7 10 96 60 +36 73
8 Sturminster Newton United 38 20 6 12 67 54 +13 66
9 Bristol Telephones 38 16 11 11 89 63 +26 59
10 Shirehampton 39 17 7 15 61 61 0 58
11 Cadbury Heath 39 17 6 16 67 69 −2 57
12 Cribbs Reserves 39 16 8 15 77 70 +7 56
13 Mendip Broadwalk 38 15 9 14 68 75 −7 54
14 AEK Boco 39 15 8 16 61 59 +2 53
15 Avonmouth 38 13 6 19 74 79 −5 45
16 Odd Down 39 9 9 21 53 89 −36 36
17 Hengrove Athletic 39 8 11 20 47 62 −15 35
18 Radstock Town 39 10 5 24 56 86 −30 35
19 Cheddar 39 8 7 24 34 79 −45 30[b]
20 Warminster Town 38 7 9 22 41 90 −49 30 Possible relegation to
feeder leagues
21 Keynsham Town (R) 39 4 8 27 42 124 −82 20
22 Gillingham Town (R) 38 1 5 32 29 131 −102 8
Updated to match(es) played on 18:16, 5 April 2025 (UTC). Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bitton had four points deducted
  2. ^ Cheddar had one point deducted

References

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  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The FA. 17 May 2024.
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