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 South Western Football League was an English association football league composed of clubs from Cornwall and west and north Devon. It consisted of a single division at the eleventh overall tier of the English football league system, the seven ...

. The league is restricted to clubs based in

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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 ...

and

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. The league consists of two Premier Divisions (East and West), which are ranked at Step 6 in the National League System. Until 2019–20, there was a single Premier Division at Step 6, and two divisions at Step 7 (Division One West and Division One East). Subject to applying, receiving the required ground grading and finishing high enough in the league table, one club from each Premier Division can be promoted to the Western League Premier Division each season. As of 2022, six clubs have been promoted from the league – Buckland Athletic after finishing as runners-up in 2012, Plymouth Parkway after finishing as champions in 2018, Tavistock and Exmouth Town who were first and second in 2019, and Falmouth Town and Torpoint Athletic who finished as division champions in 2022. The bottom two clubs from each Premier Division can be relegated each season to the nearest feeder league. The feeder league for Premier Division West is the

St Piran Football League The St Piran Football League is an English football league that was founded in 2019 to act as a feeder league to the South West Peninsula League, at step 7 of the National League System. Member clubs 2022–23 West Division * Falmouth Town Re ...

. The feeder for Premier Division East is the

Devon League 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 a ...

. The league's principal sponsor is

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. The League Cup competition is sponsored by Walter C Parson Funeral Directors and is called The Walter C Parson Cup.

Champions

Walter C Parson Cup Winners (formerly Throgmorton Cup)

*2007–08 – Bodmin Town *2008–09 – Bodmin Town *2009–10 – Buckland Athletic *2010–11 – Plymouth Parkway *2011–12 – Bodmin Town – beating Buckland Athletic 6–5 on penalties (0–0 aet) *2012–13 – Bodmin Town *2013–14 – Plymouth Parkway *2014–15 – Godolphin Atlantic *2015–16 – Bodmin Town *2016–17 –

St Austell St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon. St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958. History St Austell was ...

*2017–18 – Falmouth Town *2018–19 – Saltash United *2019–20 – No winner; season abandoned *2020–21 – Not played *2021–22 – Torpoint Athletic

Member clubs

The constitutions of the two divisions for 2022–23 are:

References

External links

Official SWPL website
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