2015–16 South West Peninsula League

The 2015–16 South West Peninsula League season is the ninth in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league had been formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The Premier Division of the South West Peninsula League is on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One.

The constitution was announced on 15 May 2015. With regard to relegation from Division One East and Division One West, if only one club were eligible for promotion from these two divisions, then no club would be relegated, but if two clubs were eligible, then one club would be relegated and a playoff match would determine the relegated club.^[1] In the event, Okehampton Argyle accepted relegation without participating in a playoff.

Premier Division

South West Peninsula League

← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The Premier Division features 20 teams, the same as the previous season, after Bovey Tracey were relegated to Division One East, and Elmore resigned mid-season. Two new clubs joined the league:

• Helston Athletic, promoted from Division One West.
• Tavistock, promoted from Division One East.

• No club has applied for promotion to Step 5.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Bodmin Town	36	26	8	2	127	40	+87	86
2	St Austell	36	26	4	6	102	47	+55	82
3	Plymouth Parkway	36	21	9	6	91	41	+50	72
4	Tavistock	36	22	5	9	93	42	+51	71
5	Godolphin Atlantic	36	17	7	12	68	54	+14	58
6	Saltash United	36	17	5	14	63	56	+7	56
7	Witheridge	36	16	8	12	64	71	−7	56
8	Ivybridge Town	37	16	5	16	72	66	+6	53
9	Torpoint Athletic	37	15	7	15	58	61	−3	52
10	Helston Athletic	37	14	9	14	62	66	−4	51
11	Falmouth Town	37	14	8	15	57	61	−4	50
12	Exmouth Town	37	14	4	19	63	82	−19	46
13	Launceston	38	9	17	12	51	58	−7	44
14	Cullompton Rangers	37	11	10	16	63	71	−8	43
15	Callington Town	36	9	12	15	54	71	−17	39
16	Camelford	36	9	11	16	44	75	−31	38
17	St Blazey	37	10	5	22	52	98	−46	35
18	Newquay	36	10	4	22	46	93	−47	34
19	Stoke Gabriel	36	8	7	21	56	65	−9	31	Relegation to Division One East/West
20	Elburton Villa (R)	37	6	5	26	40	108	−68	23

Updated to games played on 21:27, 3 May 2016 (UTC).
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.

Division One East

Division One East features 18 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Tavistock were promoted to the Premier Division, Plymstock United were transferred to Division One West and two new clubs joined:

• Bovey Tracey, relegated from the Premier Division.
• Tiverton Town Reserves, promoted from the Devon and Exeter League.

• Only Tiverton Town Reserves have applied for promotion to the Premier Division, and the club passed the ground grading requirements.

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Tiverton Town Reserves (C) (P)	32	26	5	1	91	24	+67	83	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Exeter University	33	21	5	7	74	45	+30	68
3	Teignmouth	32	18	8	5	68	31	+37	65‡
4	St Martins	32	19	8	5	74	39	+35	65
5	Galmpton United	33	16	5	10	66	56	+8	53‡
6	Alphington	34	16	4	14	65	57	+8	52
7	Newton Abbot Spurs	33	15	4	14	67	60	+7	49
8	Brixham	34	14	3	16	80	66	+14	48
9	Axminster Town	33	14	6	13	72	61	+11	48
10	Budleigh Salterton	34	12	9	13	60	55	+5	45
11	Appledore	33	12	7	12	63	56	+7	43‡
12	Exwick Villa	32	13	4	15	48	73	–25	43
13	Sidmouth Town	32	12	3	17	64	70	–6	39
14	Crediton United	32	11	4	17	54	69	–15	37
15	Bovey Tracey	33	9	4	20	59	82	–23	31
16	Liverton United	32	8	6	18	51	76	–25	30
17	Totnes & Dartington	34	9	3	22	52	105	–53	30
18	Okehampton Argyle (R)	32	0	4	27	39	120	–81	1‡	Relegation to Level 12

‡ Appledore v Okehampton Argyle (10 March 2016) – Okehampton could not raise a team and forfeited the match. Appledore were awarded three points and Okehampton were deducted three points.

‡ Galmpton United v Appledore (10 April 2016) – Appledore could not raise a team, so Galmpton were awarded three points and Appledore were deducted three points.

‡ Teignmouth v Galmpton United (1 May 2016) – Galmpton could not raise a team, so Teignmouth were awarded three points and Galmpton were deducted three points.

• Updated to 21:32, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Division One West

Division One West features 17 clubs, increased from 16 the previous season, after Helston Athletic were promoted to the Premier Division, Perranporth resigned from the league and three new clubs joined:

• Plymouth Argyle Reserves, applying from outside the pyramid system.
• Plymstock United, transferred from Division One East.
• Wendron United, promoted from the Cornwall Combination.

• Liskeard Athletic, Plymouth Argyle Reserves, St Dennis and Sticker applied for promotion to the Premier Division. St Dennis failed the ground grading requirements, and the other clubs passed.

Pos	Club	Pl	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff	Pts	Notes
1	Mousehole (C)	29	27	1	1	120	16	+104	83
2	Plymouth Argyle Reserves (P)	31	25	3	3	96	24	+72	78	Promotion to the Premier Division
3	Sticker	30	22	2	6	84	33	+51	68
4	Penryn Athletic	30	18	4	8	92	33	+59	58
5	Liskeard Athletic	31	16	5	10	91	60	+31	53
6	St Dennis	29	17	1	11	84	72	+12	52
7	Plymstock United	30	15	6	9	54	47	+7	51
8	Bude Town	28	14	5	9	73	49	+24	47
9	Penzance	29	11	5	13	57	75	–18	38
10	Wendron United	29	10	8	11	48	66	–18	38
11	Holsworthy	31	11	3	16	53	64	–11	36
12	Illogan RBL	31	8	5	18	55	96	–41	29
13	Millbrook	30	6	5	19	44	90	–46	23
14	Dobwalls	30	6	2	22	33	78	–45	20
15	Porthleven	32	5	5	22	35	92	–57	20
16	Wadebridge Town	31	3	10	18	36	92	–56	19
17	Vospers Oak Villa	29	3	6	20	43	111	–68	15

• Updated to 21:38, 3 May 2016 (UTC)

Promotion from feeder leagues for 2016–17

Clubs must achieve the necessary ground grading, and finish in the top three of their league. Only one club per league will be accepted. If two or more clubs satisfy all requirements and are considered of equal merit, the league board will decide on which club(s) to accept.

The following clubs have applied for promotion to Division One East and West for next season:

• Cornwall Combination – Ludgvan (failed), Mullion (passed)
• Devon & Exeter Football League – Elmore (passed), Feniton (passed), Newtown (passed), Topsham Town (failed)
• North Devon Football League – Ilfracombe Town (passed), Torridgeside (passed)
• Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League – Plymouth Marjon (passed), Plymouth Sol (withdrawn)
• South Devon Football League – Buckland Athletic Reserves (passed), Dartmouth (failed), Watcombe Wanderers (withdrawn)

References

1. "Subject: Applications for Promotion to, and within the SWP League". Phil Hiscox (Company Secretary, SWPL). 15 May 2015.

External links

• South West Peninsula League