The 2022–23 South West Peninsula League season was the 16th in the history of 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 ...

, a

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competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division 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 ...

. The league was formed in 2007 from the merger of the

Devon County League The Devon County Football League was a football competition based in England. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. History The league was formed in 1992 in order to form an intermediate level bet ...

and the South Western League, and, with the exception of

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Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

, features clubs based in

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and

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. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the

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as the Western League Division One (Step 6). The constitution was announced on 12 May 2022. With a view to a merger between the South West Peninsula League and the Western League in 2023–24, four clubs were to be automatically promoted from each division to Step 5, depending on ground grading. The fifth-placed clubs may also have been promoted, on a PPG (points per game) basis. However, the FA scrapped the merger in February 2023 after a breakdown in negotiations, and promotion was reverted to one club per division.

Premier Division East

Premier Division East featured 19 teams, reduced from 20 the previous season, after Torpoint Athletic were promoted to the Western League Premier Division; Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police were relegated and

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resigned from the league.

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were initially transferred to Premier Division West, but were transferred back after the reprieve of St Dennis. Two clubs joined the division: *

, relegated from the Western League Premier Division. *

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, promoted from the

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South & West Division.

League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

Premier Division West

Premier Division West featured 18 teams, the same as the previous season after Falmouth Town were promoted to the Western League Premier Division, and Porthleven resigned from the league. St Dennis had initially been relegated from the league, but were reprieved due to a resignation elsewhere in the pyramid. Two clubs joined the division: * Bude Town, promoted from the St Piran Football League East Division. *

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, promoted from the St Piran Football League West Division.

League table

Results table

Stadia and locations

References

External links

South West Peninsula League
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