The 2011–12 Western Football League season (known as the 2011–12 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th in the history 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 ...

, a

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competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First. The league champions for the first time in their history were

Merthyr Town Merthyr Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Tref Merthyr) is a Welsh semi-professional association football, football club based in Merthyr Tydfil, currently playing in the , in the seventh tier of the English football league system. The ...

, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were

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Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 18, reduced from 19 the previous season after the relegation of

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and Welton Rovers, and the late resignation of Dawlish Town: *

Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and withi ...

, third in the First Division. *

, champions of the First Division. Dawlish Town withdrew from the league on 22 July 2011, after the fixtures for the new season had been announced. A new fixture list was subsequently compiled.

League table

First Division

The First Division featured two new clubs in a league of 19, after Merthyr Town and Bridport were promoted to the Premier Division: *

, relegated from the Premier Division. * Welton Rovers, relegated from the Premier Division.

League table

References

League tables

External links

Western League Official Site
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