The 2009–10 South West Peninsula League season was the third 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 D ...
, a
football
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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 bet ...
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
The National League System comprises the six levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the English Football League. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association. The National League System has a h ...
as the Western League Division One.
The champions for the first time in their history were
Buckland Athletic.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 teams, the same as the previous season. Two new clubs joined the league after
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 Sou ...
were expelled and
Newton Abbot Spurs were relegated to Division One East:
*
Bovey Tracey
Bovey Tracey () is a small town and civil parish in Devon, England, on the edge of Dartmoor, its proximity to which gives rise to the "slogan" used on the town's boundary signs, "The Gateway to the Moor". It is often known locally as "Bovey". It ...
, runners-up in Division One East.
*
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
, champions of Division One West.
League table
Division One East
*Division One East consisted of eighteen clubs, the same as the previous season.
*Bovey Tracey were promoted to the Premier Division and Buckfastleigh Rangers had resigned during the previous season. They were replaced by Newton Abbot Spurs (relegated from the Premier Division) and Bickleigh.
Division One West
*Division One West consisted of seventeen clubs, the same as the previous season.
*Penzance were promoted to the Premier Division and were replaced by Perranporth.
References
External links
South West Peninsula League
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