2006–07 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2006–07
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Western Football League season (known as the 2006–07 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 105th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Corsham Town, although it was runners-up Bridgwater Town who took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were newcomers Truro City.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new clubs in a league of 22, increased from 21 the previous season after Exmouth Town resigned and Backwell United were relegated to the First Division.

Chard Town, runners-up in the First Division.
Dawlish Town, champions of the First Division.
Street, third-placed in the First Division.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Corsham Town !Corsham Town (C)	42	29	9	4	81	30	+51	96
2	Bridgwater Town !Bridgwater Town (P)	42	29	7	6	91	34	+57	94	Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
3	Frome Town !Frome Town	42	28	7	7	86	41	+45	91
4	Bideford !Bideford	42	23	8	11	88	48	+40	77
5	Melksham Town !Melksham Town	42	21	10	11	84	48	+36	73
6	Willand Rovers !Willand Rovers	42	21	10	11	69	46	+23	73
7	Barnstaple Town !Barnstaple Town	42	21	9	12	72	71	+1	72
8	Bitton !Bitton	42	19	10	13	66	49	+17	67
9	Hallen !Hallen	42	20	7	15	72	60	+12	67
10	Dawlish Town !Dawlish Town	42	17	8	17	73	66	+7	59
11	Odd Down !Odd Down	42	17	7	18	50	53	−3	58
12	Bristol Manor Farm !Bristol Manor Farm	42	14	12	16	50	51	−1	54
13	Calne Town !Calne Town	42	15	7	20	57	58	−1	52
14	Devizes Town !Devizes Town	42	14	10	18	58	70	−12	52
15	Welton Rovers !Welton Rovers	42	12	15	15	54	47	+7	51
16	Radstock Town !Radstock Town	42	14	5	23	58	78	−20	47
17	Brislington !Brislington	42	11	13	18	44	61	−17	46
18	Chard Town !Chard Town	42	9	11	22	51	78	−27	38
19	Street !Street	42	9	11	22	50	83	−33	38
20	Torrington !Torrington	42	9	6	27	46	105	−59	33	Resigned at the end of the season
21	Bishop Sutton !Bishop Sutton	42	9	4	29	38	89	−51	31
22	Keynsham Town !Keynsham Town (R)	42	4	8	30	35	107	−72	20	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to games played on 14 May 2007.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

The First Division remained at 22 clubs after Chard Town, Dawlish Town and Street were promoted to the Premier Division, and Saltash United left to join the South Western League. Four clubs joined:

Backwell United, relegated from the Premier Division.
Hengrove Athletic, promoted as champions of the Somerset County League.
Sherborne Town, promoted as runners-up in the Dorset Premier League.
Truro City, transferred as runners-up in the South Western League.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Truro City !Truro City (C) (P)	42	37	4	1	185	23	+162	115	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Portishead !Portishead	42	29	6	7	88	33	+55	93
3	Ilfracombe Town !Ilfracombe Town (P)	42	29	5	8	98	51	+47	92	Promotion to the Premier Division
4	Sherborne Town !Sherborne Town	42	25	8	9	87	44	+43	83
5	Larkhall Athletic !Larkhall Athletic	42	24	8	10	88	41	+47	80
6	Westbury United !Westbury United	42	19	10	13	71	57	+14	67
7	Wellington !Wellington	42	18	9	15	63	60	+3	63
8	Longwell Green Sports !Longwell Green Sports	42	17	11	14	51	44	+7	62
9	Cadbury Heath !Cadbury Heath	42	17	9	16	78	69	+9	60
10	Hengrove Athletic !Hengrove Athletic	42	17	7	18	58	64	−6	58
11	Bridport !Bridport	42	17	6	19	84	81	+3	57
12	Shrewton United !Shrewton United	42	15	11	16	65	71	−6	56
13	Biddestone !Biddestone	42	15	9	18	69	73	−4	54	Resigned at the end of the season
14	Clevedon United !Clevedon United	42	14	12	16	54	69	−15	54
15	Almondsbury !Almondsbury	42	11	11	20	47	73	−26	44
16	Elmore !Elmore	42	10	14	18	62	94	−32	44
17	Bradford Town !Bradford Town	42	12	4	26	42	86	−44	40
18	Backwell United !Backwell United	42	10	8	24	48	105	−57	38
19	Weston St Johns !Weston St Johns	42	8	10	24	47	93	−46	34
20	Shepton Mallet !Shepton Mallet	42	8	10	24	34	83	−49	34
21	Clyst Rovers !Clyst Rovers	42	8	9	25	61	108	−47	33	Transferred to the South West Peninsula League
22	Minehead Town !Minehead Town	42	7	9	26	42	100	−58	30

Updated to games played on 19 May 2007.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

External links

Western League Official Site

References

League tables

Western League

Premier Division	Barnstaple Town Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Welton Rovers Willand Rovers Winterbourne United

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Chipping Sodbury Town Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Westbury United Wincanton Town

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Club seasons

FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sheffield United Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Barnsley Birmingham City Burnley Cardiff City Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Hull City Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Luton Town Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Southend United Stoke City Sunderland West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Boston United Bristol Rovers Bury Chester City Darlington Grimsby Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Conference National	Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Grays Athletic Halifax Town Kidderminster Harriers Morecambe Northwich Victoria Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds Southport St Albans City Stafford Rangers Stevenage Borough Tamworth Weymouth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon F.C. United of Manchester Gateshead Newport County

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