The Somerset County League is a

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competition based in England. The Premier Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the

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. It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted a club in seven of the last ten seasons – Hengrove Athletic, Portishead, Radstock Town, Oldland Abbotonians, Wells City, Cheddar, Ashton & Backwell United and Nailsea & Tickenham. Presently, the league has four divisions. It is fed by the Bath and North Somerset District League, the Mid-Somerset League, the Perry Street and District League, the Taunton & District Saturday League, the Yeovil and District League, and the Weston-super-Mare and District League. It is affiliated to the Somerset County FA which was formed in 1885.

History

The Somerset County League, also known as the Somerset Senior League, was founded in 1890. Six of the current teams in the Somerset County League have competed at a higher level, namely: *

Chard Town Chard Town Football Club is a football club based in Chard, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Dening Sports Fields. History The club was established in 1920. They became mem ...

* Clevedon United * Glastonbury * Ilminster Town *

Minehead Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...

* Peasedown Miners Welfare Among the clubs that have left the Somerset County League and now compete at a higher level are: * Ashton & Backwell United *

Bishops Lydeard Bishops Lydeard () is a village and civil parish located in Somerset, England, north-west of Taunton in the district of Somerset West and Taunton. The civil parish encompasses the hamlets of East Lydeard, Terhill, and East Bagborough, and had a ...

* Bishop Sutton * Brislington * Bridgwater Town * Bristol Manor Farm * Cheddar * Hengrove Athletic *

Keynsham Town Keynsham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Keynsham, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Crown Fields. History The club was established in 1895 ...

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* Nailsea & Tickenham *

Odd Down Odd Down is an area of the city of Bath, Somerset, England. A suburb of the city, Odd Down is located west and south of the city centre. The city ward population taken at the 2011 census was 5,681. A section of the Wansdyke medieval earthwork ...

* Oldland Abbotonians * Paulton Rovers * Portishead Town * Radstock Town *

Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parish in the Mendip District of Somerset, England, some south-west of Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. Mendip District Council is based t ...

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* Taunton Town * Wellington * Wells City * Yeovil Town

Clandown Clandown is a village lying north of Radstock in Somerset, England, just off the Fosseway. It is north of Radstock. The nearby Bowlditch Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest. History Clandown was formerly a mi ...

had three periods in the Western Football League but rejoined the Somerset County League in 1992 before folding in 2004. Westland-Yeovil eventually folded after leaving the County League for the Western League but they subsequently reformed as Westland Sports and now compete in the Dorset Premier League.

2022–23 Members

;Premier Division *

*Chilcompton Sports * Clevedon United *Clutton *Fry Club * Ilminster Town *

Reserves *Mendip Broadwalk *Middlezoy Rovers *Nailsea United *Stockwood Green *Stockwood Wanderers *Timsbury Athletic *Watchet Town * Wells City Reserves *Worle ;Division One * Ashton & Backwell United Reserves *Burnham United *Castle Cary *Middlezoy Rovers Reserves *

* Nailsea & Tickenham Reserves *Saltford *Somerton Town *Staplegrove *

Reserves *Uphill Castle *Welton Rovers Reserves *Westfield *Winscombe *Wrington Redhill *Yatton & Cleeve United ;Division Two *AFC Brislington *Ashcott *Banwell *

Reserves *Cam Valley * Cheddar Reserves *Chew Magna *Combe St. Nicholas *Cutters Friday * Glastonbury *Hutton *Imperial *Long Ashton * Peasedown Miners Welfare * Portishead Town Reserves ;Division Three * Bishop Sutton Reserves *Burnham United Reserves * Clevedon United Reserves *Congresbury *Draycott *Fry Club Reserves *Nailsea United Reserves * Radstock Town Reserves *Somerton Town Reserves *St George Easton In Gordano *Tunley Athletic *Winscombe Reserves *Worle Rangers *Yatton & Cleeve United Reserves

Premier Division Champions

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