2022–23 South West Peninsula League

The 2022–23 South West Peninsula League season was the 16th in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and, with the exception of Bridport in Dorset, features clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One (Step 6).

The constitution was announced on 12 May 2022.[1]

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.[2] However, the FA scrapped the merger in February 2023 after a breakdown in negotiations, and promotion was reverted to one club per division.[3]

Premier Division East

South West Peninsula League

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 Ottery St Mary resigned from the league.

Holsworthy were initially transferred to Premier Division West, but were transferred back after the reprieve of St Dennis.

Two clubs joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Brixham (C, P) 36 30 4 2 112 23 +89 94 Promoted to the Western League
2 Okehampton Argyle 36 26 5 5 79 28 +51 83
3 Crediton United 36 23 9 4 84 42 +42 78
4 Ivybridge Town 36 21 8 7 70 37 +33 71
5 Bovey Tracey 36 22 2 12 81 51 +30 68
6 Axminster Town 36 18 8 10 64 53 +11 62
7 Newton Abbot Spurs 36 17 9 10 87 51 +36 60
8 Teignmouth 36 17 7 12 62 53 +9 58
9 Sidmouth Town 36 17 5 14 84 68 +16 56
10 Cullompton Rangers 36 15 3 18 62 74 −12 48
11 Bridport 36 11 8 17 51 65 −14 41
12 Torridgeside 36 11 7 18 65 89 −24 40
13 Honiton Town 36 10 9 17 46 67 −21 39
14 Dartmouth 36 12 1 23 45 84 −39 37
15 Torrington 36 9 6 21 54 87 −33 33
16 Elburton Villa 36 7 10 19 45 68 −23 31
17 Holsworthy 36 8 3 25 30 72 −42 27 Reprieved and transferred to Premier Division West
18 Elmore (R) 36 5 7 24 51 111 −60 22 Relegated to the Devon League
19 Plymouth Marjon (R) 36 6 3 27 42 91 −49 21
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table

Home \ Away AXM BOV BRP BRX CRE CUL DAR ELB ELM HOL HON IVY NAS OKE PLY SID TEI TRS TRT
Axminster Town — 1–0 1–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 3–2 5–4 0–0 4–1 5–2
Bovey Tracey 0–3 — 4–0 3–1 0–3 1–4 6–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–0 4–0 3–1 5–2 4–0
Bridport 4–2 2–7 — 1–2 2–3 0–5 0–2 2–2 2–5 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–0
Brixham 4–0 4–0 1–0 — 2–1 2–0 6–0 2–1 9–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 6–0 4–0 5–1 6–0 4–0
Crediton United 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–2 — 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2
Cullompton Rangers 0–4 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–2 — 0–3 2–4 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–4 0–6 0–2 4–2 0–3 1–1 2–1 4–2
Dartmouth 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–4 — 4–3 4–3 1–0 2–1 0–4 1–5 0–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–3
Elburton Villa 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–4 2–3 — 1–1 1–3 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–5 1–5 3–4 2–2
Elmore 2–3 1–5 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–5 3–3 2–1 — 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–7 0–3 2–9 3–4 0–4 2–2
Holsworthy 1–2 2–4 1–5 0–7 0–5 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–1 — 3–4 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1
Honiton Town 0–2 2–5 2–1 0–2 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–2 4–3 1–1 0–0 1–1
Ivybridge Town 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 1–4 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 0–0 1–0 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0 7–2
Newton Abbot Spurs 1–2 2–1 6–0 2–2 3–4 6–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 — 2–0 1–0 1–4 4–0 9–0 1–1
Okehampton Argyle 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 6–0
Plymouth Marjon 0–5 1–2 1–5 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 1–3 3–4 2–3 — 1–1 2–3 3–3 3–1
Sidmouth Town 3–3 0–1 1–1 4–4 1–5 3–1 4–1 2–4 6–2 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–1 0–4 3–1 — 0–1 3–1 3–1
Teignmouth 3–1 4–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 7–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 2–4 2–0 0–3 2–1 2–0 — 2–1 0–2
Torridgeside 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–4 2–3 1–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 7–3 2–5 2–2 0–3 4–2 3–3 0–2 — 3–2
Torrington 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–4 0–4 0–2 0–4 3–1 2–0 4–2 1–1 3–2 0–2 6–0 2–3 0–2 4–5 —
Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

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Locations of the 2022–23 South West Peninsula League Premier Division East teams on a map of Devon
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Locations of the 2022–23 South West Peninsula League Premier Division East teams on a map of Dorset
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Axminster Town Axminster Tiger Way 3,000
Bovey Tracey Bovey Tracey Mill Marsh Park 3,000
Bridport Bridport St Mary's Field 2,000
Brixham Brixham Wall Park 2,000
Crediton United Crediton Lords Meadow 3,000
Cullompton Rangers Cullompton Speeds Meadow 1,000
Dartmouth Dartmouth Long Cross 1,000
Elburton Villa Plymouth Haye Road 2,000
Elmore Tiverton Horsdon Park 2,000
Holsworthy Holsworthy Upcott Field 2,000
Honiton Town Honiton Mountbatten Park 800
Ivybridge Town Ivybridge Erme Valley 2,000
Newton Abbot Spurs Newton Abbot Recreation Ground 3,000
Okehampton Argyle Okehampton Simmons Park 2,500
Plymouth Marjon Plymouth The Campus 1,000
Sidmouth Town Sidmouth Manstone Lane 2,500
Teignmouth Teignmouth Coombe Valley 2,000
Torridgeside Great Torrington Donnacroft 1,000
Torrington Great Torrington Vicarage Field 500

Premier Division West

South West Peninsula League

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:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 St Blazey (C, P) 30 25 1 4 88 24 +64 76 Promoted to the Western League
2 Wendron United 30 23 4 3 99 35 +64 73
3 Liskeard Athletic 30 22 4 4 99 28 +71 70
4 Wadebridge Town 30 21 4 5 88 32 +56 67
5 Bude Town 30 17 4 9 70 48 +22 55
6 Newquay 30 16 5 9 57 42 +15 53
7 Dobwalls 30 13 5 12 51 57 −6 44
8 St Austell 30 12 5 13 41 60 −19 41
9 Camelford 30 11 2 17 47 59 −12 35
10 Callington Town 30 9 4 17 58 67 −9 31
11 Mullion 30 8 5 17 53 76 −23 29
12 Bodmin Town 30 7 7 16 43 79 −36 28
13 Penzance 30 7 5 18 40 70 −30 26
14 Launceston 30 6 6 18 37 77 −40 24
15 Sticker 30 4 7 19 39 91 −52 19
16 St Dennis 30 4 2 24 32 97 −65 14 Reprieved from relegation
17 Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[a] Resigned from the league
18 Penryn Athletic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0[b]
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Godolphin Athlantic (Newquay) announced on 3 January 2023 that the club had folded and resigned from the league. Their record of PL19 W4 D0 L15 GF24 GA63 Pts12 was expunged the following day.[4]
  2. ^ Penryn Athletic resigned from the league on 21 June 2022 without playing a match. They were placed bottom of the league for relegation purposes.[5]

Results table

Home \ Away BOD BUD CAL CAM DOB GAN LAU LIS MUL NQY PNR PNZ STA STB STD STI WAD WEN
Bodmin Town 3–1 0–4 2–2 1–2 5–1 0–9 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–6 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–2
Bude Town 2–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 6–2 1–3 2–6 6–1 5–1 1–1 1–1
Callington Town 0–2 1–3 5–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 3–3 0–1 6–2 1–2 0–3 8–0 3–0 1–4 1–5
Camelford 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 6–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 3–4
Dobwalls 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–1 7–1 3–3 0–0 0–3 2–1 4–4 0–1 3–2 3–2 0–1 1–5
Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay)
Launceston 3–3 1–4 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–5 2–3 2–2 0–4 0–4
Liskeard Athletic 6–0 2–0 2–2 5–0 6–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 0–2 5–0 4–0 3–0 2–3
Mullion 1–3 2–4 7–2 4–1 3–4 1–0 0–1 3–4 3–2 3–2 1–5 5–0 0–0 2–3 0–4
Newquay 5–0 5–2 2–5 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 3–3 1–3
Penryn Athletic
Penzance 2–0 1–3 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–3 0–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–5 2–2
St Austell 0–3 1–0 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 0–6 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–4 0–3 3–0 0–7 0–4
St Blazey 4–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 4–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–0 2–4
St Dennis 0–4 4–5 0–3 0–3 0–0 0–3 3–5 4–3 1–4 1–1 2–3 0–3 1–3 0–6 1–5
Sticker 3–3 1–2 0–2 0–5 2–4 2–2 0–6 3–3 0–2 3–5 2–2 0–5 3–1 2–3 1–6
Wadebridge Town 7–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 0–3 7–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–1 7–1 3–1
Wendron United 1–1 2–3 8–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–3 2–0 4–0 3–1
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia and locations

2022–23 South West Peninsula League is located in Cornwall
Bodmin Town
Bodmin Town
Bude Town
Bude Town
Callington Town
Callington Town
Camelford
Camelford
Dobwalls
Dobwalls
Godolphin Atlantic
Godolphin Atlantic
Launceston
Launceston
Liskeard Athletic
Liskeard Athletic
Mullion
Mullion
Newquay
Newquay
Penryn Athletic
Penryn Athletic
Penzance
Penzance
St Austell
St
Austell
St Blazey
St Blazey
St Dennis
St
Dennis
Sticker
Sticker
Wadebridge Town
Wadebridge Town
Wendron United
Wendron United
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Locations of the 2021–22 South West Peninsula League Premier Division West teams on a map of Cornwall
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Bodmin Town Bodmin Priory Park 5,000
Bude Town Bude Broadclose Park 2,000
Callington Town Callington Marshfield Parc 1,000
Camelford Camelford Trefrew Park 1,000
Dobwalls Dobwalls Lantoom Park 2,000
Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) Newquay Godolphin Way 1,000
Launceston Launceston Pennygillam 1,000
Liskeard Athletic Liskeard Lux Park 2,000
Mullion Mullion Clifden Park 1,000
Newquay Newquay Mount Wise Stadium 5,000
Penryn Athletic Penryn Kernick Road 2,000
Penzance Penzance Penlee Park 1,100
St Austell St Austell Poltair Park 6,000
St Blazey St Blazey Blaise Park 3,500
St Dennis St Dennis Boscawen Park 2,000
Sticker Sticker Burngullow Lane 2,000
Wadebridge Town Wadebridge Bodieve Park 1,500
Wendron United Wendron Underlane 1,000

References

  1. ^ "The FA provides update on National League System club allocations at Steps 3–6". The FA. 12 May 2022.
  2. ^ "REACTION: Peninsula and Western League merger plans rubber-stamped by FA". Teignmouth Today. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Merger of Western League and Peninsula League scrapped". Devon Live. 22 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  4. ^ "January 3 SWP League Updates & Latest News". South West Premier League. 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. ^ "SWP League statement". SWPL. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.