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2013–14 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season2013–14

The 2013–14 Western Football League season (known as the 2013–14 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

The league champions for the second time in their history were Larkhall Athletic, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Bradford Town.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured three new clubs in a league of 21, increased from 20 the previous season after Barnstaple Town and Wells City were relegated to the First Division:

Promotion applications to the Southern League

The four clubs that applied for promotion to Step 4 were: Brislington, Bristol Manor Farm, Hallen and Larkhall Athletic. Gillingham Town did not apply.[2]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Larkhall Athletic (C, P) 40 34 5 1 114 33 +81 107 Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
2 Bristol Manor Farm 40 26 8 6 104 32 +72 86
3 Gillingham Town 40 23 7 10 87 47 +40 76
4 Odd Down 40 22 8 10 76 45 +31 74
5 Street 40 21 5 14 75 65 +10 68
6 Bitton 40 19 8 13 75 58 +17 65
7 Melksham Town 40 20 5 15 74 67 +7 65
8 Willand Rovers 40 18 6 16 69 63 +6 60
9 Sherborne Town 40 18 5 17 74 70 +4 59
10 Brislington 40 16 11 13 61 59 +2 59
11 Buckland Athletic 40 16 10 14 72 51 +21 58
12 Bridport 40 15 8 17 78 81 −3 53
13 Cadbury Heath 40 15 5 20 77 80 −3 50
14 Longwell Green Sports 40 11 14 15 52 69 −17 47
15 Slimbridge 40 12 7 21 53 70 −17 43
16 Winterbourne United 40 13 6 21 77 104 −27 42[a]
17 Hallen 40 11 11 18 55 75 −20 34[b]
18 Ilfracombe Town 40 10 3 27 47 93 −46 33 Resigned before the 2014–15 season
19 Bishop Sutton 40 8 8 24 47 92 −45 32
20 Radstock Town (R) 40 10 4 26 51 110 −59 31[c] Relegation to the First Division
21 Hengrove Athletic (R) 40 8 4 28 33 87 −54 28
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2014. Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Winterbourne United had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Sherborne Town on 20 November.
  2. ^ Hallen had ten points deducted for fielding an ineligible player in four matches: at Slimbridge on 13 August (3 pts); at Radstock Town on 3 September (1 pt); against Brislington on 11 September (3 pts); at Hengrove Athletic on 5 October (3 pts).[3]
  3. ^ Radstock Town had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Bishop Sutton on 10 August.

First Division

The First Division featured five new clubs after Hengrove Athletic and Sherborne Town were promoted to the Premier Division, Shrewton United resigned, and Elmore transferred to the South West Peninsula League:

Clubs that applied for a transfer to this division:

Other clubs that applied for promotion to this division:

Ashton & Backwell finished third in their league, with Minehead second,[4] but Ashton & Backwell were listed for promotion instead of Minehead in a League press release on 24 May, after Minehead failed the ground grading.[5] Chippenham Park and Wincanton Town were also listed.[6]

  • Cribbs Friends Life F.C. changed their name to Cribbs F.C. after losing the backing of their sponsors.[7]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Bradford Town (C, P) 42 32 6 4 143 43 +100 102 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Shepton Mallet (P) 42 26 11 5 113 52 +61 89
3 Barnstaple Town 42 26 5 11 102 62 +40 83
4 Wincanton Town 42 23 8 11 116 70 +46 77
5 Cribbs 42 23 8 11 89 61 +28 77
6 Welton Rovers 42 21 11 10 82 56 +26 74
7 Corsham Town 42 20 10 12 62 71 −9 70
8 Wellington 42 18 10 14 65 64 +1 64
9 Almondsbury UWE 42 19 7 16 77 78 −1 64
10 Chippenham Park 42 19 6 17 64 72 −8 63
11 Devizes Town 42 19 7 16 71 72 −1 60[a]
12 Roman Glass St George 42 16 5 21 78 91 −13 53
13 Calne Town 42 14 10 18 74 70 +4 52
14 Ashton & Backwell United 42 15 7 20 49 63 −14 52
15 Chard Town 42 14 9 19 56 58 −2 51
16 Wells City 42 14 8 20 63 75 −12 50
17 Cheddar 42 12 9 21 66 92 −26 45
18 Warminster Town 42 11 9 22 55 88 −33 42
19 Keynsham Town 42 12 6 24 56 94 −38 42
20 Westbury United 42 11 8 23 50 75 −25 38[b]
21 Oldland Abbotonians 42 5 10 27 54 104 −50 25
22 Portishead Town 42 5 4 33 34 108 −74 19
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2014. Source: [2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Devizes Town had four points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Keynsham Town on 26 October (one point) and against Cheddar on 2 November (three points).
  2. ^ Westbury United had three points deducted for fielding an ineligible player against Welton Rovers on 11 January.

References

  1. ^ "Official statement from Plymouth Parkway FC". Plymouth Parkway FC. 10 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Adrian Foster: Gillingham Town's Calor Southern League promotion push is over". Western Gazette. 3 December 2013. Archived from the original on 9 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  3. ^ "2013–14 Final Table". Football Mitoo. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Street Reserves undone by Ashton & Backwell fightback". This Is Somerset. 14 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Disappointed Minehead will try again next season". sportssouthwest. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Press release". Toolstation Western League. 24 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Doubt over future of Cribbs Causeway Friends Life football club, previously featured on Soccer AM". This Is Bristol. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 27 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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