The 2014–15 Western Football League season (known as the 2014–15 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 113th 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 are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
The league champions for the first time in their history were
Melksham Town.
Slimbridge
Slimbridge is a village and civil parish near Dursley in Gloucestershire, England.
It is best known as the home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's Slimbridge Reserve which was started by Sir Peter Scott.
Canal and Patch Bridge
The Glou ...
finished in a promotion position and were promoted to the
Southern League. The champions of Division One were
Barnstaple Town.
Premier Division
The Premier Division features two new clubs in a league of 19, reduced from 21 after the promotion of
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 ...
to the
Southern League, and the relegation of
Hengrove Athletic and
Radstock Town to the First Division.
Ilfracombe Town also left, resigning from the league shortly before the start of the season:
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Bradford Town, champions of Division One.
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Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Somerset, England, some southwest of Bath, Somerset, Bath, south of Bristol and east of Wells, Somerset, Wells. It had an estimated population of 10,810 in 2019. ...
, runners-up in Division One.
Exmouth Town finished 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 ...
but were refused promotion due to ground grading issues.
The following clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Brislington, Bristol Manor Farm, Melksham Town and Slimbridge.
Melksham Town's new stadium was not ready and their existing stadium failed the ground grading.
League table
Locations
Results
First Division
The First Division features two new clubs in a league of 22, after the promotion of Bradford Town and Shepton Mallet to the Premier Division:
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Hengrove Athletic, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Radstock Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
League table
Locations
Results
References
League tables
External links
Western League Official Site
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