The 2008–09 South West Peninsula League season was the second in the history of the
South West Peninsula League
The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League. The league is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall, Devon and West ...
, a
football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Toolstation, so it is also known as ...
. The league had been formed in 2007 from the merger of the
Devon County League
The Devon County Football League was a football competition based in England. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System.
History
The league was formed in 1992 in order to form an intermediate level be ...
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 champions for the second season running were
Bodmin Town.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 teams, increased from 18 the previous season. Two new clubs joined the league:
*
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the So ...
, third-placed club in Division One East.
*
Wadebridge Town, champions of Division One West.
League table
Division One East
*Division One East consisted of eighteen clubs, increased from seventeen the previous season.
*Newton Abbot were promoted to the Premier Division and Plymstock United were transferred to Division One West, and three new clubs joined the division: Exeter Civil Service, Bovey Tracey and Royal Marines.
*Galmpton United merged with Torbay Gentlemen to form Galmpton United & Torbay Gents.
Division One West
*Division One West consisted of seventeen clubs, increased from sixteen the previous season.
*Wadebridge Town were promoted to the Premier Division and Goonhavern Athletic left the league.
*Three new clubs joined: Godolphin Atlantic, Plymstock United (transferred from Division One East) and Truro City Reserves.
References
External links
South West Peninsula League
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South West Peninsula League
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