The 2025–26 Western Football League season (known as the 2025–26 Jewson Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 124th 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 ...
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football
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competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First.
The constitution was announced on 15 May 2025.
The Premier Division (step 5) will promote two clubs; one as champions and one via a four-team play-off.
Premier Division
The Premier Division remains at 20 clubs after
Portishead Town and
Brixham
Brixham is a coastal town and civil parish in the borough of Torbay in the county of Devon, in the south-west of England. As of the 2021 census, Brixham had a population of 16,825. It is one of the main three centres of the borough, along with ...
were promoted to the
Southern League Division One South,
Ilfracombe Town were relegated to the
South West Peninsula League Premier Division East, and
Welton Rovers were relegated to the First Division.
Four new clubs joined the division:
*One relegated from the
Southern League Division One South:
**
Helston Athletic
*One promoted from the
South West Peninsula League Premier Division East:
**
Sidmouth Town
*One promoted from the
South West Peninsula League Premier Division West:
**
Newquay
Newquay ( ; ) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is a civil parishes in England, civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries with an airport and a spaceport, and a fishing port on t ...
*One promoted from Division One
**
Bradford Town
League table
First Division
The First Division is reduced to 20 clubs from 22 clubs after
Bradford Town were promoted to the Premier Division;
Hallen were promoted to the
Hellenic League Premier Division;
Cribbs Reserves were demoted after their first team was relegated, and
Gillingham Town were relegated.
Two new clubs joined the division:
*One promoted from 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 ...
:
**
Almondsbury
Almondsbury () is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interc ...
*One relegated from the
Premier Division:
**
Welton Rovers
League table
References
League tables
External links
Western League Official Site
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