Rob Philpotts, 37 goals Plymouth Vaults Ray Spear, 28 goals Signal Box Oak Villa
The Plymouth and West Devon Football League, or just the PWD or P&D, is a football competition based in Devon, England. The league's top division, the Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system. This top division is a direct feeder to the Devon League South & West.
The league currently has one Saturday division – the Premier Division – along with five Sunday divisions.
History
In Plymouth, between World War One and Two there was a United Churches League – which was the origin of the Plymouth Combination League. This league later amalgamated with the Plymouth and District League to become the Plymouth and District Combination League, and then in 2004 the league in its current format was formed, with the amalgamation of Plymouth's two Sunday leagues, the West Devon Sunday Football League and the Plymouth Sunday Football League, to become the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League. It is thus one of the few leagues in England to administer both Saturday and Sunday competitions. Because of this, many clubs have both Saturday and Sunday teams under the same name and the league allows players to register for both Saturday and Sunday teams.
Since 1904 a youth league, the Devon Junior and Minor League,[1] has existed as a platform for teams with age ranges of U9s to U18s in Plymouth, South West Devon and East Cornwall. Numerous clubs in the PWD have youth teams in the DJM, although this is more common with fully fledged sports clubs, and less common with 'pub teams'.[2]
2024–25 Saturday member clubs
Premier Division
Hedges
Horrabridge Rangers
Horrabridge Rangers 2nds
Lakeside Athletic 2nds
Plymouth Eco
Plymouth Hope
Princerock
Signal Box Oak Villa
Tamar View
Tamar View 2nds
The Lugger
The Victory Pub
University of Plymouth
2024–25 Sunday member clubs
Premier Division
AFC Stoke
Hooe Rovers
PDM
Porto Plymouth
Queen and Constitution
The Anchorage
Tirio
Division One
Ker Street
London Inn United
Plymouth Rangers
Princerock
Seymour Arms
Tamerton Foliot
Woodside
Division Two
Estover United
Horrabridge Rangers
Hunter District
Ker Street United
Saltram Athletic Blue
Sporting Club Plymouth
Tamar View
The Anchorage 2nds
The Victory Pub
Division Three
Admiral MacBride
Cherry Tree
Hunter District 2nds
Inter Plymouth
Princetown
Seymour Arms 2nds
Signal Box Oak Villa
Tamar View 2nds
Division Four
AFC Stoke 2nds
Admiral MacBride 2nds
Chaddlewood Miners Old Boys
The Firkin Scholar
Harbertonford
Hunter District 3rds
South Brent
Tavistock Wanderers
The Victory Pub 2nds
Previous League Champions
Season
Premier
Senior
Intermediate
07–08:
Wessex LA Rangers
Royal Mail
Horrabridge Rangers Reserves
08–09:
Mount Gould FC
The Ordulph Arms
Roborough FC Reserves
The divisions were renamed ahead of the 2009–10 season.
Season
One
Two
Three
Four
Sunday One
09–10:
Tamarside FC
Roborough Reserves
Windsor Car Sales
–
10–11:
Mount Gould FC
Chaddlewood Miners OB
Vospers Oak Villa Reserves
–
11–12:
Roborough FC
Lee Moor FC
The Hideaway Cafe
The Windmill
12–13:
Mount Gould FC
The Windmill (Devon)
Plymouth Hope
Sporting Plymouth
The Railway Inn
13–14:
Mount Gould FC
Morley Rangers
Sporting Plymouth
Ernesettle DRDE Trust
Kings Tamerton CA
The divisions were again renamed ahead of the 2014–15 season. Sunday records are incomplete prior to the 2016–17 season.
1 The 2019–20 season was abandoned by the league's executive committee due to the coronavirus pandemic. The teams listed here were in first place in the standings at the time of abandonment, but were not officially recognised as champions.[3][4][5][6]
Cup Competitions
The Premier Cup (all Saturday teams)
The Challenge Bowl (only Saturday division one teams)
The Ken Rickard League Cup (all Sunday teams)
The Sunday League Challenge Cup (only Sunday division one teams)
The Brian Ayres Saturday Plate (for teams eliminated from the Premier Cup in the first round)
The Brian Ayres Sunday Plate (for teams eliminated from the Ken Rickard League Cup in the first round)
