2024–25 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season2024–25

The 2024–25 Western Football League season (known as the 2024–25 Jewson Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 123rd in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions: the Premier and the First.

The constitution was announced on 17 May 2024.[1]

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 is increased from 18 to 20 clubs after Helston Athletic and Falmouth Town were promoted to the Southern League Division One South and Millbrook were relegated to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Portishead Town 21 15 3 3 59 24 +35 48 Promotion to Southern League
2 Brixham 22 14 4 4 46 20 +26 46 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Barnstaple Town 21 14 3 4 55 23 +32 45
4 Clevedon Town 20 13 5 2 61 23 +38 44
5 Street 23 12 5 6 39 29 +10 41
6 Shepton Mallet 23 11 5 7 45 25 +20 38
7 Buckland Athletic 21 11 4 6 52 23 +29 37
8 Paulton Rovers 20 11 3 6 46 40 +6 36
9 Ivybridge Town 21 9 5 7 36 28 +8 32
10 Bridgwater United 24 10 2 12 34 46 −12 32
11 Brislington 22 9 4 9 43 33 +10 31
12 Nailsea & Tickenham 19 10 1 8 37 29 +8 31
13 Wellington 22 10 0 12 26 40 −14 30
14 A.F.C. St Austell 22 9 2 11 41 43 −2 29
15 Oldland Abbotonians 20 8 3 9 29 27 +2 27
16 Saltash United 25 8 3 14 34 46 −12 27
17 Ilfracombe Town 24 6 4 14 27 50 −23 22
18 St Blazey 22 4 5 13 26 52 −26 17
19 Torpoint Athletic 23 5 1 17 33 52 −19 16 Relegation to step 6
20 Welton Rovers 25 0 0 25 11 127 −116 0
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2024. Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

First Division

The First Division remains at 22 clubs after Portishead Town and Brislington were promoted to the Premier Division; Wincanton Town were promoted to the Wessex League Premier Division; Middlezoy Rovers were transferred to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East, and Bishop Sutton were relegated.

Five new clubs joined the division:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Calne Town 27 18 3 6 63 30 +33 57 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Hallen 25 17 5 3 52 20 +32 56 Qualification for the play-offs
3 Bitton 25 18 2 5 61 32 +29 56
4 Bradford Town 23 17 3 3 60 17 +43 54
5 Devizes Town 23 13 6 4 55 21 +34 45
6 Sturminster Newton United 24 13 4 7 42 29 +13 43
7 Longwell Green Sports 26 12 6 8 52 41 +11 42
8 Cadbury Heath 28 12 4 12 53 53 0 40
9 Wells City 22 12 3 7 50 26 +24 39
10 Bristol Telephones 24 11 5 8 59 39 +20 38
11 Cribbs Reserves 25 12 2 11 48 44 +4 38
12 Mendip Broadwalk 25 11 5 9 48 50 −2 38
13 Shirehampton 22 11 4 7 39 34 +5 37
14 Avonmouth 27 10 4 13 55 55 0 34
15 AEK Boco 26 9 4 13 39 44 −5 31
16 Radstock Town 25 8 4 13 44 50 −6 28
17 Hengrove Athletic 23 6 5 12 35 44 −9 23
18 Odd Down 26 5 5 16 35 63 −28 20
19 Cheddar 26 5 4 17 23 64 −41 19
20 Warminster Town 24 4 6 14 26 55 −29 18 Possible relegation to
feeder leagues
21 Keynsham Town 27 3 5 19 29 90 −61 14
22 Gillingham Town 27 1 5 21 24 91 −67 8
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2024. Source: Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ^ "THE FA RELEASES NATIONAL LEAGUE SYSTEM CLUB ALLOCATIONS FOR STEPS 1-6 IN 2024-25 TERM". The FA. 17 May 2024.