2014–15 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 2014–15

The 2014–15 Western Football League season (known as the 2014–15 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 113th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Melksham Town. Slimbridge finished in a promotion position and were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Barnstaple Town.

Premier Division

The Premier Division features two new clubs in a league of 19, reduced from 21 after the promotion of Larkhall Athletic to the Southern League, and the relegation of Hengrove Athletic and Radstock Town to the First Division. Ilfracombe Town also left, resigning from the league shortly before the start of the season:[1]

Exmouth Town finished runners-up in the South West Peninsula League but were refused promotion due to ground grading issues.

The following clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Brislington, Bristol Manor Farm, Melksham Town and Slimbridge.[2] Melksham Town's new stadium was not ready and their existing stadium failed the ground grading.

There is not certain to be any relegation this season as the division is not full.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Melksham Town (C) 36 23 7 6 89 41+48 76
2 Buckland Athletic 36 23 2 11 90 41+49 71
3 Slimbridge (P) 36 20 6 10 55 36+19 66 Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
4 Bristol Manor Farm 36 18 9 9 67 40+27 63
5 Odd Down 36 18 8 10 78 56+22 62
6 Willand Rovers 36 18 7 11 78 60+18 61
7 Bitton 36 17 7 12 67 52+15 58
8 Bradford Town 36 17 6 13 71 61+10 57
9 Shepton Mallet 36 16 7 13 70 700 55
10 Brislington 36 14 10 12 64 45+19 52
11 Sherborne Town 36 13 11 12 62 53+9 50
12 Cadbury Heath 36 15 5 16 71 8312 50
13 Street 36 12 8 16 64 640 44
14 Bridport 36 13 5 18 44 6622 44
15 Gillingham Town 36 13 4 19 66 682 43
16 Longwell Green Sports 36 12 5 19 49 6718 41
17 Hallen 36 8 7 21 41 7029 31
18 Winterbourne United 36 8 4 24 49 9344 28
19 Bishop Sutton (R) 36 4 2 30 30 139109 14 Relegation to the First Division

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.

Locations

Bishop Sutton
Bitton
Bradford Town
Bridport
Brislington
Bristol Manor Farm
Buckland Athletic
Cadbury Heath
Gillingham Town
Hallen
Melksham Town
Odd Down
Shepton Mallet
Sherborne Town
Slimbridge
Street
Willand Rovers
Winterbourne United
Locations of the 2014–15 Western League Premier Division teams

Results

Home ╲ Away BIS BIT BRABRIBRIBMFBUCCADGILHALLGSMELODDSHESHESLISTRWILWIN
Bishop Sutton 12 111 25 011 10 05 23 23 20 09 03 03 05 04 12 03 45 02
Bitton 02 34 12 10 21 14 51 11 41 30 43 24 12 22 21 14 22 30
Bradford Town 04 12 12 12 12 04 32 12 52 33 12 21 26 00 11 11 12 21
Bridport 51 03 03 00 00 10 11 13 00 24 03 20 32 32 01 25 24 31
Brislington 50 00 12 00 11 11 21 41 10 01 23 11 22 02 20 10 40 01
Bristol Manor Farm 31 10 10 20 11 02 11 31 50 30 14 12 31 22 51 20 31 11
Buckland Athletic 30 02 50 30 23 04 30 51 20 31 00 50 50 12 01 20 20 42
Cadbury Heath 20 02 23 41 10 11 34 03 13 21 14 44 22 43 21 32 12 04
Gillingham Town 130 13 12 30 24 13 41 24 04 00 03 23 23 31 20 31 11 22
Hallen 50 12 25 10 22 01 04 13 01 01 04 13 24 03 11 04 21 41
Longwell Green Sports 21 11 10 10 12 03 31 23 21 02 13 03 13 11 01 03 25 12
Melksham Town 11 30 03 30 22 30 13 41 31 11 30 43 51 10 03 64 00 61
Odd Down 60 22 01 31 13 31 12 24 21 11 11 22 53 00 03 40 31 30
Shepton Mallet 31 10 12 20 21 21 15 34 21 00 12 20 03 22 00 10 24 21
Sherborne Town 50 10 13 12 23 02 21 12 01 11 31 02 22 21 30 32 13 21
Slimbridge 30 30 11 01 10 31 03 21 30 20 21 00 10 44 12 20 21 20
Street 11 11 13 23 30 22 32 31 01 30 41 21 02 11 11 10 00 22
Willand Rovers 41 12 11 40 41 11 43 51 21 10 12 12 01 21 22 05 62 40
Winterbourne United 21 17 01 02 32 15 01 15 21 14 12 04 34 12 33 12 53 23

Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division

The First Division features two new clubs in a league of 22, after the promotion of Bradford Town and Shepton Mallet to the Premier Division:

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Barnstaple Town (C) (P) 42 30 10 2 128 27+101 0100 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Welton Rovers (P) 42 28 9 5 85 41+44 93
3 Cribbs (P) 42 26 12 4 88 43+45 90
4 Wincanton Town 42 24 4 14 101 77+24 76
5 Chard Town 42 21 7 14 74 68+6 70
6 Almondsbury UWE 42 21 6 15 77 67+10 69
7 Wellington 42 20 8 14 70 62+8 68
8 Ashton & Backwell United 42 19 10 13 81 62+19 67
9 Corsham Town 42 19 7 16 79 67+12 64
10 Cheddar 42 19 9 14 92 85+7 063
11 Chippenham Park 42 15 10 17 68 62+6 55
12 Hengrove Athletic 42 15 10 17 75 750 55
13 Radstock Town 42 15 10 17 73 730 55
14 Oldland Abbotonians 42 15 10 17 58 7012 55
15 Calne Town 42 13 12 17 63 8522 51
16 Warminster Town 42 12 9 21 63 7411 45
17 Keynsham Town 42 11 9 22 62 10947 42
18 Devizes Town 42 11 6 25 59 8324 039
19 Wells City 42 9 10 23 62 8422 37
20 Roman Glass St George 42 7 15 20 39 7435 36
21 Portishead Town 42 8 5 29 39 8849 29
22 Westbury United 42 6 8 28 52 11260 26

Updated to games played on 16:09, 2 May 2015 (UTC).
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Cheddar had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Roman Glass St George on 22 November.
Barnstaple Town were awarded a home win after Devizes Town failed to arrive for the match on 2 May.[3]
(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.

Locations

Almondsbury UWE
Ashton & Backwell United
Barnstaple Town
Calne Town
Chard Town
Cheddar
Cribbs
Devizes Town
Oldland Abbotonians
Portishead Town
Warminster Town
Wellington
Wells City
Westbury United
Wincanton Town
Locations of the 2014–15 Western League First Division teams

Results

Home ╲ Away ALM ASH BARCALCHACHECHICORCRIDEVHENKEYOLDPORRADROMWARWLLWLSWLTWESWIN
Almondsbury UWE 40 01 44 11 42 12 21 11 25 01 21 40 10 26 10 21 11 31 11 31 05
Ashton & Backwell United 21 05 30 22 45 10 10 00 12 32 00 40 30 10 00 40 20 00 02 40 03
Barnstaple Town 53 33 70 43 50 21 30 11 21 50 11 40 70 80 31 71 41 00 80 13
Calne Town 12 01 04 22 33 14 21 00 51 01 01 40 21 33 25 22 21 21 02 00 20
Chard Town 10 33 00 31 01 12 12 13 20 21 41 30 20 17 12 04 43 32 01 31 30
Cheddar 23 21 00 12 03 21 43 12 20 23 31 21 20 32 30 31 34 22 13 10 33
Chippenham Park 01 20 03 00 12 33 22 34 10 01 24 12 62 20 11 00 01 32 11 41 13
Corsham Town 42 43 11 41 12 00 00 42 43 04 52 52 41 01 10 50 01 10 11 42 03
Cribbs 10 21 00 31 60 20 11 42 52 21 20 11 21 11 11 10 12 21 20 71 32
Devizes Town 01 12 01 01 01 34 00 10 31 30 32 03 31 11 00 02 05 12 02 11 00
Hengrove Athletic 12 22 04 11 21 24 04 12 11 41 22 21 11 41 41 12 22 72 03 22 32
Keynsham Town 14 29 13 22 13 33 12 11 16 42 10 24 03 21 10 10 11 33 25 20 33
Oldland Abbotonians 31 03 10 42 12 22 10 03 13 11 22 41 21 01 11 00 21 32 21 41 20
Portishead Town 20 12 16 12 00 21 01 21 30 21 12 12 11 03 00 12 02 14 00 30 24
Radstock Town 12 20 05 11 20 33 56 12 00 21 54 12 14 20 00 01 00 22 12 30 42
Roman Glass St George 02 11 04 11 23 16 11 04 02 03 31 13 22 10 31 00 12 40 13 11 02
Warminster Town 00 12 01 13 02 34 20 61 12 23 11 50 20 41 02 11 22 43 01 42 24
Wellington 24 32 11 21 01 21 32 01 12 31 01 10 10 40 11 20 31 20 23 10 21
Wells City 04 11 02 01 01 02 01 22 13 24 22 31 10 30 30 11 30 30 02 30 22
Welton Rovers 32 10 00 70 43 10 43 21 11 25 20 22 11 12 01 10 30 32 41 30 21
Westbury United 02 14 02 02 33 62 13 02 03 41 24 51 20 21 04 01 22 22 22 23 32
Wincanton Town 32 35 25 54 21 13 21 10 12 53 21 31 20 50 21 32 42 31 21 02 52

Updated to games played on 2 May 2015.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

  1. "Ilfracombe Town to withdraw from Western League". Western Morning News. 30 July 2014.
  2. "Promotion To Step 4". NWCFL. 11 December 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  3. Toolstation Western League awards Barnstaple Town the points after Devizes no-show North Devon Journal, 22 May 2015. Accessed 27 May 2015

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