The 2022–23 South West Peninsula League season was the 16th 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

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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 was 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, with the exception of

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, features clubs based in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

and

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...

. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One (Step 6). The constitution was announced on 12 May 2022. With a view to a merger between the South West Peninsula League and the Western League in 2023–24, four clubs were to be automatically promoted from each division to Step 5, depending on ground grading. The fifth-placed clubs may also have been promoted, on a PPG (points per game) basis. However, the FA scrapped the merger in February 2023 after a breakdown in negotiations, and promotion was reverted to one club per division.

Premier Division East

Premier Division East featured 19 teams, reduced from 20 the previous season, after Torpoint Athletic were promoted to the Western League Premier Division; Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police were relegated and

Ottery St Mary Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fair ...

resigned from the league.

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were initially transferred to Premier Division West, but were transferred back after the reprieve of St Dennis. Two clubs joined the division: *

, relegated from the Western League Premier Division. *

Teignmouth Teignmouth ( ) is a seaside town, fishing port and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is situated on the north bank of the estuary mouth of the River Teign, about 12 miles south of Exeter. The town had a population of 14,749 at the ...

, promoted from the

Devon Football League The Devon Football League is a football competition based in England. It consists of 32 clubs, split into two divisions, North & East and South & West. The league sits at step 7 of the National League System, or level 11 of the football pyramid ...

South & West Division.

League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

Premier Division West

Premier Division West featured 18 teams, the same as the previous season after

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were promoted to the Western League Premier Division, and

Porthleven Porthleven () is a town, civil parish and fishing port near Helston, Cornwall, England. The most southerly port in Great Britain, it was a harbour of refuge when this part of the Cornish coastline was infamous for wrecks in the days of sail. Th ...

resigned from the league. St Dennis were initially relegated from the league, but were reprieved due to a resignation elsewhere in the pyramid. Two clubs joined the division: * Bude Town, promoted from the St Piran Football League East Division. *

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, promoted from the St Piran Football League West Division.

League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

References

External links

South West Peninsula League
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