2007–08 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2007–08
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Western Football League season (known as the 2007–08 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 106th 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 Truro City, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Wellington.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 21, reduced from 22 the previous season after the promotion of Bridgwater Town to the Southern League, the relegation of Keynsham Town to the First Division, and the resignation of Torrington, who joined the North Devon League.

Ilfracombe Town, third in the First Division.
Truro City, champions of the First Division.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Truro City !Truro City (C) (P)	40	33	4	3	132	39	+93	103	Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
2	Dawlish Town !Dawlish Town	40	25	11	4	103	45	+58	86
3	Willand Rovers !Willand Rovers	40	22	10	8	78	48	+30	76
4	Frome Town !Frome Town	40	21	11	8	86	41	+45	74
5	Corsham Town !Corsham Town	40	20	11	9	71	63	+8	71
6	Bideford !Bideford	40	17	17	6	85	46	+39	68
7	Bitton !Bitton	40	19	7	14	71	46	+25	64
8	Ilfracombe Town !Ilfracombe Town	40	19	7	14	76	69	+7	64
9	Welton Rovers !Welton Rovers	40	17	10	13	44	35	+9	61
10	Devizes Town !Devizes Town	40	16	12	12	68	70	−2	60
11	Melksham Town !Melksham Town	40	13	12	15	51	57	−6	51
12	Barnstaple Town !Barnstaple Town	40	14	8	18	71	67	+4	50
13	Brislington !Brislington	40	12	13	15	55	61	−6	49
14	Calne Town !Calne Town	40	15	4	21	57	70	−13	49
15	Hallen !Hallen	40	13	10	17	64	81	−17	49
16	Bristol Manor Farm !Bristol Manor Farm	40	10	9	21	64	84	−20	39
17	Radstock Town !Radstock Town	40	10	8	22	60	83	−23	38
18	Street !Street	40	8	9	23	36	80	−44	33
19	Bishop Sutton !Bishop Sutton	40	7	8	25	41	99	−58	29
20	Chard Town !Chard Town	40	8	4	28	53	104	−51	28
21	Odd Down !Odd Down (R)	40	5	7	28	30	108	−78	22	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to games played on 4 May 2008.
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 featured three new clubs in a league of 21, reduced from 22 the previous season after Truro City and Ilfracombe Town were promoted to the Premier Division, Biddestone resigned and Clyst Rovers transferred to the South West Peninsula League.

Keynsham Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Oldland Abbotonians, promoted as third-place finishers in the Somerset County League.
Roman Glass St George, promoted as champions of the Gloucestershire County League.

Final table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Wellington !Wellington (C) (P)	40	27	8	5	124	45	+79	89	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Sherborne Town !Sherborne Town (P)	40	26	7	7	111	41	+70	85	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Larkhall Athletic !Larkhall Athletic	40	26	7	7	87	43	+44	85
4	Shrewton United !Shrewton United	40	23	5	12	82	71	+11	74
5	Cadbury Heath !Cadbury Heath	40	22	7	11	82	59	+23	73
6	Hengrove Athletic !Hengrove Athletic	40	20	9	11	83	61	+22	69
7	Westbury United !Westbury United	40	20	8	12	92	62	+30	68
8	Longwell Green Sports !Longwell Green Sports	40	19	11	10	71	47	+24	68
9	Portishead !Portishead	40	17	12	11	81	59	+22	63
10	Roman Glass St George !Roman Glass St George	40	15	10	15	70	55	+15	55
11	Shepton Mallet !Shepton Mallet	40	16	5	19	71	79	−8	53
12	Oldland Abbotonians !Oldland Abbotonians	40	13	11	16	80	77	+3	50
13	Bradford Town !Bradford Town	40	14	8	18	62	84	−22	50
14	Keynsham Town !Keynsham Town	40	14	7	19	51	67	−16	49
15	Clevedon United !Clevedon United	40	12	8	20	50	75	−25	44
16	Elmore !Elmore	40	11	7	22	73	106	−33	40
17	Minehead Town !Minehead Town	40	10	10	20	55	96	−41	40
18	Bridport !Bridport	40	10	6	24	64	77	−13	36
19	Backwell United !Backwell United	40	7	10	23	48	101	−53	31	Resigned at the end of the season
20	Almondsbury !Almondsbury	40	6	12	22	44	82	−38	30
21	Weston St Johns !Weston St Johns (R)	40	5	6	29	54	148	−94	21	Relegation to the Somerset County League

Updated to games played on 3 May 2008.
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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Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Derby County Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Reading Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wigan Athletic

Championship	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Queens Park Rangers Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Stoke City Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

League One	Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Cheltenham Town Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Leeds United Leyton Orient Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Port Vale Southend United Swansea City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Yeovil Town

League Two	Accrington Stanley Barnet Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Chesterfield Dagenham & Redbridge Darlington Grimsby Town Hereford United Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Milton Keynes Dons Morecambe Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers

Conference Premier	Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Crawley Town Droylsden Ebbsfleet United Exeter City Farsley Celtic Forest Green Rovers Grays Athletic Halifax Town Histon Kidderminster Harriers Northwich Victoria Oxford United Rushden & Diamonds Salisbury City Stafford Rangers Stevenage Borough Torquay United Weymouth Woking York City

Others	AFC Wimbledon Gateshead Newport County

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