The 2012–13 Western Football League season (known as the 2012–13 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th 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 season began on 4 August 2012.
The league champions for the first time in their history were
Bishop Sutton
Bishop Sutton () is a village on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, within the affluent Chew Valley in Somerset. It lies east of Chew Valley Lake and north east of the Mendip Hills, approximately ten miles south of Bristol on the A368, W ...
. The champions of Division One were
Sherborne Town.
Premier Division
The Premier Division featured five new clubs in a league of 20, increased from 18 the previous season after
Merthyr Town were promoted to the
Southern League, and
Corsham Town and
Sherborne Town were relegated to the First Division:
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Buckland Athletic, promoted as runners-up in the
South West Peninsula League
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 league covers Cornwall, Devon, western Somerset and western Dors ...
.
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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 ...
, champions of Division One.
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Melksham Town, runners-up in Division One.
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Gillingham Town, third in Division One.
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Winterbourne United, promoted from the
Hellenic League.
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Brislington
Brislington is an area in the south east of the city of Bristol, England. It is on the edge of Bristol and from Bath, Somerset, Bath. Brislington Brook runs through the area in the woodlands of Nightingale Valley and St Anne's Wood. Brislingto ...
and
Hallen applied for promotion to Step 4 (Southern League Division One South & West), and one of them would have been promoted if their application had been accepted and that club won the league. If neither club won the league, one could have been promoted if a second- or third-place finish had been achieved. They could not both win promotion.
However, Brislington failed to achieve the required ground grading, and Hallen failed to finish in a top three position, so no club was promoted.
League table
First Division
The First Division featured five new clubs in a league of 21, increased from 19 the previous season after Cadbury Heath, Melksham Town and Gillingham Town were promoted to the Premier Division:
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Cheddar, promoted as runners-up in the
Somerset County League
The Somerset County League is a football competition based in England. The Premier Division operates at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted ten clubs to it since ...
.
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Corsham Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Cribbs Friends Life, promoted as champions of the
Gloucestershire County League
The Gloucestershire County Football League is a association football, football league in England, founded in 1968. The league is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA.
It sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System and is ...
.
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Sherborne Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Warminster Town, transferred from the
Wessex League
The Wessex Football League, known as the Velocity Wessex Football League for sponsorship reasons, is an English regional men's football league in southern England. Its members are primarily from Hampshire and Dorset, but clubs from adjoining co ...
.
League table
References
League tables
External links
Western League Official Site
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