The North Devon Football League is a
football
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competition based in England. It was established in 1904. The top division of this league, which is the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the
English football league system
The English football league system, also known as the football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's association football clubs in England, with five teams from Wales, one from Guernsey, one from Jersey and one from the Isl ...
and is a feeder to the new
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. ...
since 2019, and prior to that, the
South West Peninsula League. The ''North Devon Gazette'' sponsors the league and so the full, sponsored name of the league is the North Devon Gazette Football League.
The league covers a 50-mile radius from
Barnstaple
Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...
.
2022–23 Members
Premier Division
*Appledore Lions
*Boca Seniors
*Bradworthy
*Braunton Reserves
*Chittlehampton
*Combe Martin
*Eastside
*Hartland Clovelly
*Kilkhampton
*North Molton Sports Club Reserves
*Park United
*Shamwickshire Rovers
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Torrington Reserves
Senior Division
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Appledore Reserves
*Barum United
*Braunton 3rds
*Fremington Reserves
*Hartland Clovelly Reserves
*
Holsworthy
Holsworthy is a market town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Torridge District, Torridge district of Devon, England, some west of Exeter. The River Deer, a tributary of the River Tamar, forms the western boundary of the paris ...
Reserves
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Ilfracombe Town Reserves
*Landkey Town
*Sandymere Blues
*Shebbear United
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Torridgeside Reserves
*Woolsery
Intermediate Division One
*AFC Dumnonii
*
Bideford
Bideford ( ) is a historic port town on the estuary of the River Torridge in north Devon, south-west England. It is the main town of the Torridge local government district.
Toponymy
In ancient records Bideford is recorded as ''Bedeford'', ''By ...
Reserves
*Braunton 4ths
*Combe Martin Reserves
*Georgeham & Croyde Rovers
*Kingsley Wizards
*Lynton
*Merton
*Northam Lions
*Putford
*South Molton
Intermediate Division Two
*Bideford 3rds
*Bridgerule
*Hartland Clovelly 3rds
*High Bickington
*Kingsley Park
*Langtree Lions
*Morwenstow
*Northam Lions Reserves
*SAS Equalizers
*Shamwickshire Rovers Reserves
*Shebbear United Reserves
Old divisions
Here are the old divisions of the league which have since become defunct:
*Division Two – The division below the Premier Division, which ran from 1904 to 1958.
*Division Three – The division below Division Two, which ran from 1921 to 1951.
*Intermediate Division Three – The division below Intermediate Division Two, which ran from 2018 to 2022.
*Intermediate Division Four – The division below Intermediate Division Three, which ran from 1971 to 1981.
*Minor Division – The division below every other division in the league, which ran from 1934 to 1983.
Recent divisional Champions
''The 2000–01 season was abandoned due to an outbreak of
foot and mouth disease
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) or hoof-and-mouth disease (HMD) is an infectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals, including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever lasting two to six days, follow ...
in the area.''
''The 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.''
League Champions by team since 1904
References
External links
Official website
1904 establishments in England
Football leagues in England
Football in Devon
North Devon
Sports leagues established in 1904
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