2012–13 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2012–13
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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:

Buckland Athletic, promoted as runners-up in the South West Peninsula League.
Cadbury Heath, champions of Division One.
Melksham Town, runners-up in Division One.
Gillingham Town, third in Division One.
Winterbourne United, transferred from the Hellenic League.

Only Brislington and Hallen applied for promotion to Step 4 (Southern League Division One South & West), and one of them would have been promoted if their application had been accepted and that club won the league. If neither club won the league, one could have been promoted if a second- or third-place finish had been achieved. They could not both win promotion.^[1]^[2] However, Brislington failed to achieve the required ground grading, and Hallen failed to finish in a top three position, so no club was promoted.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bishop Sutton !Bishop Sutton (C)	38	24	10	4	94	34	+60	82
2	Brislington !Brislington	38	22	10	6	73	42	+31	76
3	Gillingham Town !Gillingham Town	38	23	4	11	93	59	+34	73
4	Cadbury Heath !Cadbury Heath	38	22	4	12	85	53	+32	70
5	Larkhall Athletic !Larkhall Athletic	38	21	6	11	77	50	+27	69
6	Street !Street	38	18	6	14	74	62	+12	60
7	Bitton !Bitton	38	17	8	13	60	63	−3	59
8	Odd Down !Odd Down	38	16	10	12	84	58	+26	58
9	Hallen !Hallen	38	17	6	15	78	68	+10	57
10	Buckland Athletic !Buckland Athletic	38	15	10	13	77	59	+18	55
11	Willand Rovers !Willand Rovers	38	15	10	13	52	53	−1	55
12	Winterbourne United !Winterbourne United	38	15	4	19	66	84	−18	49
13	Melksham Town !Melksham Town	38	14	6	18	62	74	−12	48
14	Bridport !Bridport	38	11	14	13	55	63	−8	47
15	Longwell Green Sports !Longwell Green Sports	38	12	9	17	49	64	−15	45
16	Ilfracombe Town !Ilfracombe Town	38	13	5	20	52	70	−18	44
17	Radstock Town !Radstock Town	38	10	10	18	60	85	−25	40
18	Bristol Manor Farm !Bristol Manor Farm	38	11	6	21	55	72	−17	39
19	Wells City !Wells City (R)	38	7	6	25	57	90	−33	27	Relegation to the First Division
20	Barnstaple Town !Barnstaple Town (R)	38	3	4	31	23	123	−100	13	Relegation to the First Division

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:

Cheddar, promoted as runners-up in the Somerset County League.
Corsham Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Cribbs Friends Life, promoted as champions of the Gloucestershire County League.
Sherborne Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Warminster Town, transferred from the Wessex League.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sherborne Town !Sherborne Town (C) (P)	40	28	9	3	116	53	+63	93	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Hengrove Athletic !Hengrove Athletic (P)	40	29	4	7	93	34	+59	91	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Bradford Town !Bradford Town	40	26	5	9	103	48	+55	83
4	Corsham Town !Corsham Town	40	24	8	8	92	55	+37	80
5	Oldland Abbotonians !Oldland Abbotonians	40	24	7	9	77	37	+40	79
6	Chard Town !Chard Town	40	24	4	12	94	59	+35	76
7	Shepton Mallet !Shepton Mallet	40	21	7	12	85	63	+22	70
8	Cribbs Friends Life !Cribbs Friends Life	40	19	8	13	79	55	+24	65
9	Calne Town !Calne Town	40	16	12	12	67	58	+9	60
10	Almondsbury UWE !Almondsbury UWE	40	15	8	17	67	65	+2	53
11	Cheddar !Cheddar	40	15	3	22	76	85	−9	48
12	Elmore !Elmore	40	14	7	19	88	100	−12	048^*	Transferred to the South West Peninsula League
13	Keynsham Town !Keynsham Town	40	15	6	19	59	73	−14	048^‡
14	Portishead Town !Portishead Town	40	15	3	22	63	82	−19	48
15	Warminster Town !Warminster Town	40	10	11	19	60	83	−23	41
16	Welton Rovers !Welton Rovers	40	11	7	22	54	88	−34	40
17	Roman Glass St George !Roman Glass St George	40	9	10	21	49	76	−27	37
18	Wellington !Wellington	40	9	6	25	62	99	−37	33
19	Westbury United !Westbury United	40	8	8	24	46	82	−36	32
20	Shrewton United !Shrewton United	40	8	6	26	43	105	−62	30	Resigned at the end of the season
21	Devizes Town !Devizes Town	40	8	5	27	65	138	−73	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.

Elmore resigned from the Western League at the end of the season, and transferred to the South West Peninsula League which operates at the same level of the football pyramid. This was to increase the number of local matches the club would play.^[3]

Shrewton United also resigned from the Western League at the end of the season, and dropped down to the Wiltshire League for financial reasons.^[4]

References

League tables

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

External links

Western League Official Site

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

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