2022–23 Western Football League Division One

Western Football League Division One 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Brislington
Promoted	Nailsea & Tickenham Oldland Abbotonians
Relegated	Almondsbury
Season statistics
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The First Division was increased from 21 clubs to 22 after Sherborne Town and Welton Rovers were promoted to the Premier Division, and Devizes Town were relegated.

Four new clubs joined:

• Brislington, voluntarily demoted from the Premier Division
• Hallen, relegated from the Hellenic Football League Premier Division
• Nailsea & Tickenham, promoted from the Somerset County League
• Shirehampton, promoted from the Gloucestershire County Football League

• Lebeq United changed their name to FC Bristol.
• Brislington are ineligible for promotion after taking voluntary demotion from the Premier Division last season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Brislington (C)	42	36	2	4	130	35	+95	110
2	Nailsea & Tickenham (P)	42	31	5	6	120	45	+75	98	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Wells City	42	29	9	4	94	38	+56	96	Qualification for the play-offs
4	Oldland Abbotonians (O, P)	42	24	9	9	92	53	+39	81
5	Wincanton Town	42	22	5	15	93	71	+22	71
6	Shirehampton	42	21	6	15	89	70	+19	69
7	Bishop Sutton	42	19	9	14	69	62	+7	66
8	FC Bristol	42	19	4	19	84	87	−3	61	Transferred to the Hellenic League
9	Hallen	42	16	11	15	70	63	+7	59
10	Warminster Town	42	16	10	16	57	58	−1	58
11	AEK Boco	42	17	4	21	73	88	−15	55
12	Longwell Green Sports	42	16	5	21	78	96	−18	53
13	Odd Down	42	13	12	17	72	72	0	51
14	Portishead Town	42	15	7	20	55	70	−15	52
15	Hengrove Athletic	42	14	8	20	67	71	−4	50
16	Bristol Telephones	42	14	11	17	59	68	−9	50
17	Gillingham Town	42	11	8	23	72	100	−28	41
18	Cheddar	42	10	9	23	53	72	−19	39
19	Radstock Town	42	8	13	21	57	79	−22	37
20	Tytherington Rocks	42	9	9	24	41	97	−56	36	Reprieved and transferred to the Hellenic League
21	Bishops Lydeard	42	8	8	26	46	102	−56	32	Reprieved and transferred to the South West Peninsula League
22	Almondsbury (R)	42	7	10	25	38	112	−74	31	Relegated to the Gloucestershire County League

Source: Toolstation Western League.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

• Bristol Telephones had three points deducted.

Promotion playoffs

		Semi-finals				Final
	3	Wells City	0
	6	Shirehampton	3
						4	Oldland Abbotonians	2
						6	Shirehampton	1
	4	Oldland Abbotonians	2 (11)
	5	Wincanton Town	2 (10)

External links

• Western League Official Site
• League tables