2012–13 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 2012–13

The 2012–13 Western Football League season (known as the 2012–13 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th 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 season began on 4 August 2012.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Bishop Sutton. The champions of Division One were Sherborne Town.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured five new clubs in a league of 20, increased from 18 the previous season after Merthyr Town were promoted to the Southern League, and Corsham Town and Sherborne Town were relegated to the First Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bishop Sutton (C) 38 24 10 4 94 34+60 82
2 Brislington 38 22 10 6 73 42+31 76
3 Gillingham Town 38 23 4 11 93 59+34 73
4 Cadbury Heath 38 22 4 12 85 53+32 70
5 Larkhall Athletic 38 21 6 11 77 50+27 69
6 Street 38 18 6 14 74 62+12 60
7 Bitton 38 17 8 13 60 633 59
8 Odd Down 38 16 10 12 84 58+26 58
9 Hallen 38 17 6 15 78 68+10 57
10 Buckland Athletic 38 15 10 13 77 59+18 55
11 Willand Rovers 38 15 10 13 52 531 55
12 Winterbourne United 38 15 4 19 66 8418 49
13 Melksham Town 38 14 6 18 62 7412 48
14 Bridport 38 11 14 13 55 638 47
15 Longwell Green Sports 38 12 9 17 49 6415 45
16 Ilfracombe Town 38 13 5 20 52 7018 44
17 Radstock Town 38 10 10 18 60 8525 40
18 Bristol Manor Farm 38 11 6 21 55 7217 39
19 Wells City (R) 38 7 6 25 57 9033 27 Relegation to the First Division
20 Barnstaple Town (R) 38 3 4 31 23 123100 13

Updated to games played on 8 May 2013.
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 five new clubs in a league of 21, increased from 19 the previous season after Cadbury Heath, Melksham Town and Gillingham Town were promoted to the Premier Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sherborne Town (C) (P) 40 28 9 3 116 53+63 93 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Hengrove Athletic (P) 40 29 4 7 93 34+59 91
3 Bradford Town 40 26 5 9 103 48+55 83
4 Corsham Town 40 24 8 8 92 55+37 80
5 Oldland Abbotonians 40 24 7 9 77 37+40 79
6 Chard Town 40 24 4 12 94 59+35 76
7 Shepton Mallet 40 21 7 12 85 63+22 70
8 Cribbs Friends Life 40 19 8 13 79 55+24 65
9 Calne Town 40 16 12 12 67 58+9 60
10 Almondsbury UWE 40 15 8 17 67 65+2 53
11 Cheddar 40 15 3 22 76 859 48
12 Elmore 40 14 7 19 88 10012 048* Transferred to the South West Peninsula League
13 Keynsham Town 40 15 6 19 59 7314 048
14 Portishead Town 40 15 3 22 63 8219 48
15 Warminster Town 40 10 11 19 60 8323 41
16 Welton Rovers 40 11 7 22 54 8834 40
17 Roman Glass St George 40 9 10 21 49 7627 37
18 Wellington 40 9 6 25 62 9937 33
19 Westbury United 40 8 8 24 46 8236 32
20 Shrewton United 40 8 6 26 43 10562 30 Resigned at the end of the season
21 Devizes Town 40 8 5 27 65 13873 29

Updated to games played on 8 May 2013.
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
* Elmore had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Shrewton United on 15 September 2012.
Keynsham Town had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Shrewton United on 22 September 2012.
(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.

References

  1. "Applications For Promotion - Step 5 To Step 4". The Official Website of The North West Counties Football League. 11 December 2012.
  2. "Step 4 applications received". TheFA.com. 6 December 2012.
  3. "Elmore to quit Western League". Pitchero non-league. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2013.
  4. "Shrews confirm Western League departure". Sport 4 Salisbury. 13 April 2013.

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