The 2011–12 Western Football League season (known as the 2011–12 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 110th 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
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...
competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
The league champions for the first time in their history were
Merthyr Town, who were promoted to the
Southern League. The champions of Division One were
Cadbury Heath
Cadbury Heath is a residential suburb in South Gloucestershire, England. It is in Oldland parish in the eastern fringe of the Bristol Built-up Area, east of Bristol city centre, and borders the neighbourhoods of Longwell Green, Oldland Com ...
.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 18, reduced from 19 the previous season after the relegation of
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
and
Welton Rovers, and the late resignation of
Dawlish Town:
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Bridport
Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...
, third in the First Division.
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Merthyr Town, champions of the First Division.
Dawlish Town withdrew from the league on 22 July 2011, after the fixtures for the new season had been announced.
A new fixture list was subsequently compiled.
League table
First Division
The First Division featured two new clubs in a league of 19, after Merthyr Town and Bridport were promoted to the Premier Division:
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Wellington
Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...
, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Welton Rovers, relegated from the Premier Division.
League table
References
League tables
External links
Western League Official Site
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