2008–09 Wessex Football League

Wessex Football League

Season	2008–09
Champions	Poole Town
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Wessex Football League was the 23rd season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were Poole Town, who were denied promotion to the Southern League due to ground grading problems. VT were promoted as runners-up.^[1] There was the usual programme of promotion and relegation between the two Wessex League divisions.^[2]

For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.^[3]

League tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, reduced from 23 the previous season, after A.F.C. Totton were promoted to the Southern League, and Downton and Ringwood Town were relegated to Division One. Two new clubs joined:^[3]

• Laverstock & Ford, runners-up in Division One.
• Newport (IOW), relegated from the Southern League.

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Poole Town (C)	42	38	2	2	144	34	+110	116
2	VT (P)	42	31	8	3	141	35	+106	101	Joined the Southern League
3	Moneyfields	42	29	4	9	99	44	+55	91
4	Wimborne Town	42	26	9	7	115	41	+74	87
5	Brockenhurst	42	24	10	8	71	41	+30	82
6	Newport (IOW)	42	24	5	13	87	64	+23	77
7	Christchurch	42	22	8	12	77	48	+29	74
8	Hamworthy United	42	21	5	16	77	73	+4	68
9	New Milton Town	42	18	10	14	72	55	+17	64
10	Fareham Town	42	16	13	13	64	53	+11	61
11	Romsey Town	42	16	12	14	65	75	–10	60
12	Bemerton Heath Harlequins	42	16	5	21	56	67	–11	53
13	Cowes Sports	42	13	11	18	65	78	–13	50
14	Brading Town	42	13	8	21	62	70	–8	47
15	Bournemouth	42	12	8	22	60	89	–29	44
16	Hayling United	42	11	8	23	66	96	–30	41
17	Alresford Town	42	11	7	24	53	88	–35	40
18	Lymington Town	42	10	8	24	58	104	–46	38
19	Alton Town	42	9	9	24	56	105	–49	36
20	Laverstock & Ford	42	8	7	27	49	106	–57	31
21	Hamble A.S.S.C. (R)	42	5	6	31	30	121	–91	21	Relegated to Division One
22	Horndean (R)	42	5	5	32	45	125	–80	20

Division One

Division One consisted of 21 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Laverstock & Ford were promoted to the Premier Division, and Liss Athletic left the league. Two clubs were relegated from the Premier Division:^[3]

• Downton
• Ringwood Town

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Totton & Eling (C) (P)	40	31	8	1	124	34	+90	100*	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Blackfield & Langley (P)	40	28	7	5	102	35	+67	91
3	United Services Portsmouth	40	23	8	9	119	66	+53	77
4	Petersfield Town	40	22	10	8	86	56	+30	76
5	Warminster Town	40	22	8	10	98	47	+51	74
6	Whitchurch United	40	21	10	9	102	62	+40	73
7	Hythe & Dibden	40	19	10	11	101	78	+23	67
8	Farnborough North End	40	18	12	10	66	49	+17	66
9	Fawley	40	18	8	14	84	59	+25	62
10	Stockbridge	40	16	12	12	68	66	+2	60
11	Ringwood Town	40	17	6	17	86	80	+6	57
12	Amesbury Town	40	15	8	17	83	90	–7	53
13	Verwood Town	40	14	9	17	65	75	–10	51
14	A.F.C. Aldermaston	40	12	6	22	64	91	–27	42
15	Shaftesbury	40	11	9	20	61	92	–31	42
16	Tadley Calleva	40	11	6	23	66	102	–36	39
17	Downton	40	9	10	21	56	91	–35	37
18	East Cowes Victoria Athletic	40	8	8	24	48	109	–61	32
19	A.F.C. Portchester	40	6	11	23	49	106	–57	29
20	Andover New Street	40	7	6	27	58	111	–53	27
21	Fleet Spurs	40	3	6	31	36	123	–87	15

• * Totton & Eling had one point deducted.

References

1. "VT promoted to Southern League". Southern Daily Echo. 27 May 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
2. "Wessex League 1986–2011". Non League Matters. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
3. "2008–09 Wessex League". FCHD. Retrieved 14 February 2014.