The 2009–10 Western Football League season (known as the 2009–10 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th in the history of the
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a association football, 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 Jewson, so it ...
, a
football
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competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
The league champions for the tenth time in their history were
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 District, Torridge Districts of England, local government district.
Toponymy
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, who took promotion to the
Southern League. The champions of Division One were
Wells City.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 20 teams, reduced from 21 the previous season after
Frome Town were promoted to the
Southern League, and
Chard Town and
Devizes Town were relegated to the First Division:
*
Larkhall Athletic
Larkhall (, ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.
Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West. Larkhall ...
, champions of the First Division.
*
Longwell Green Sports, runners up in the First Division.
Final table
First Division
The First Division featured two new clubs in a league of 20 after Larkhall Athletic and Longwell Green Sports were promoted to the Premier Division:
*
Chard Town, relegated from the Premier Division
*
Devizes Town, relegated from the Premier Division
*Almondsbury F.C. changed their name to
Almondsbury UWE F.C. after an agreement with the
University of the West of England
The University of the West of England (also known as UWE Bristol) is a Public university, public research university, located in and around Bristol, England, UK. With more than 39,912 students and 4,300 staff, it is the largest provider of hi ...
.
Final table
References
League tables
External links
Western League Official Site
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