2015–16 Western Football League

Western Football League

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The 2015–16 Western Football League season (known as the 2015–16 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 114th 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's constitution was announced on 11 June 2015.^[1]

Premier Division

The Premier Division was increased from 19 clubs to 21, and features four new clubs after Slimbridge were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, and Bishop Sutton were relegated to the First Division.

• Barnstaple Town, champions of the First Division.
• Clevedon Town, demoted from Southern League Division One South & West for ground grading reasons.
• Cribbs, third-placed club in the First Division.
• Welton Rovers, runners-up in the First Division.

Seven clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Barnstaple Town, Brislington, Bristol Manor Farm, Buckland Athletic, Odd Down, Melksham Town and Street.^[2] Odd Down failed the ground grading requirements, and Melksham's new ground will not be ready in time for next season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Odd Down (C)	38	28	4	6	98	45	+53	88
2	Barnstaple Town (P)	38	27	4	7	78	33	+45	85	Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
3	Bristol Manor Farm	38	25	5	8	109	44	+65	80
4	Buckland Athletic	38	24	6	8	91	34	+57	78
5	Melksham Town	38	22	7	9	65	38	+27	73
6	Willand Rovers	38	21	7	10	72	52	+20	70
7	Street	38	20	5	13	82	63	+19	65
8	Bradford Town	38	19	5	14	91	58	+33	62
9	Gillingham Town	37	15	8	14	73	64	+9	53
10	Shepton Mallet	37	18	7	12	60	50	+10	052^‡
11	Brislington	37	14	4	19	43	63	−20	46
12	Cadbury Heath	38	11	10	17	66	77	−11	43
13	Sherborne Town	38	10	10	18	50	70	−20	40
14	Bitton	38	11	6	21	55	73	−18	39
15	Cribbs	38	10	7	21	55	72	−17	37
16	Hallen	37	11	3	23	48	91	−43	36
17	Longwell Green Sports	38	10	7	21	45	90	−45	036^†
18	Bridport	37	10	5	22	50	89	−39	35
19	Clevedon Town	38	6	6	26	33	100	−67	24
20	Welton Rovers (R)	37	3	8	26	39	97	−58	17	Relegation to the First Division
21	Winterbourne United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league, record expunged

Updated to games played on 21:19, 3 May 2016 (UTC).
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Winterbourne United resigned in December 2015 and their record of P15 W3 D0 L12 GF21 GA39 ₧9 was expunged.^[3]
‡ Shepton Mallet were deducted 12 points for fielding an ineligible player.^[4]
† Longwell Green Sports were deducted one point, and Shepton Mallet awarded three points (reason unknown).
(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 was reduced from 22 clubs to 21, and features two new clubs after the promotion of Barnstaple Town, Cribbs and Welton Rovers to the Premier Division:

• Bishop Sutton, relegated from the Premier Division.
• Chipping Sodbury Town, promoted from the Gloucestershire County League.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chard Town	39	22	8	9	69	47	+22	74	Promotion to the Premier Division
2	Wells City	38	22	7	9	86	58	+28	73
3	Chipping Sodbury Town	39	22	7	10	78	52	+26	73
4	Cheddar	40	21	9	10	81	57	+24	72
5	Oldland Abbotonians	39	21	6	12	79	54	+25	69
6	Hengrove Athletic	39	20	7	12	55	36	+19	67
7	Ashton & Backwell United	39	20	9	10	85	54	+31	066^‡
8	Keynsham Town	40	20	6	14	84	65	+19	66
9	Portishead Town	38	18	10	10	77	51	+26	64
10	Corsham Town	40	17	9	14	81	61	+20	60
11	Almondsbury UWE	39	16	8	15	74	54	+20	56
12	Wellington	40	15	10	15	71	56	+15	55
13	Chippenham Park	40	14	11	15	51	52	−1	53
14	Calne Town	38	15	7	16	59	65	−6	52
15	Radstock Town	39	15	6	18	65	71	−6	51
16	Warminster Town	39	13	7	19	52	71	−19	46
17	Wincanton Town	39	12	7	20	73	89	−16	43
18	Roman Glass St George	40	11	7	22	71	95	−24	40
19	Devizes Town	40	11	5	24	55	107	−52	38
20	Westbury United	39	8	6	25	50	96	−46	30
21	Bishop Sutton	40	2	2	36	29	134	−105	8

Updated to games played on 21:17, 3 May 2016 (UTC).
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^‡ Ashton & Backwell United were deducted three points.
(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

• League tables

1. http://www.toolstationleague.com/
2. "Promotion applications for clubs aiming for Step 4". The FA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
3. "Winterbourne United resign from Toolstation Western League". Non League Daily. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
4. "Shepton Mallet thumped after learning of 12-point deduction". Shepton Mallet journal. 26 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

External links

• Western League Official Site