2022–23 Western Football League Premier Division

Western Football League Premier Division 2022–23
Season information
Winners	Mousehole
Promoted	Mousehole
Relegated	Keynsham Town
Season statistics
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The 2022–23 Western Football League season (known as the 2022–23 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 121st 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 constitution was announced on 12 May 2022.

The Premier Division was increased to 20 clubs from 19 after Exmouth Town and Tavistock were promoted to the Southern League South Division, and Bridport were relegated to the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East. Brislington requested demotion to Division One, which the league accepted.

Five new clubs joined the division.

• Promoted from Division One:
  • Sherborne Town
  • Welton Rovers

• Promoted from the South West Peninsula League Premier Division East:
  • Torpoint Athletic

• Promoted from the South West Peninsula League Premier Division West:
  • Falmouth Town

• Relegated from the Southern League Division One South:
  • Barnstaple Town

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Mousehole (C, P)	36	26	8	2	93	32	+61	86	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Saltash United	36	26	6	4	98	39	+59	84	Qualification for an inter-step play-off
3	Barnstaple Town	36	24	3	9	77	49	+28	75
4	Bridgwater United	36	20	9	7	84	41	+43	69
5	Buckland Athletic	36	22	2	12	69	48	+21	68
6	Helston Athletic	36	18	12	6	60	38	+22	66
7	Falmouth Town	36	16	8	12	62	48	+14	56
8	Shepton Mallet	36	15	10	11	58	45	+13	55
9	Street	36	13	10	13	49	63	−14	49
10	Ashton & Backwell United	36	14	6	16	60	52	+8	48	Resigned at the end of the season
11	Clevedon Town	36	13	7	16	60	69	−9	46
12	Torpoint Athletic	36	12	9	15	68	75	−7	45
13	Millbrook	36	11	7	18	45	59	−14	40
14	Welton Rovers	36	10	6	20	47	83	−36	36
15	Wellington	36	9	8	19	51	72	−21	35
16	Ilfracombe Town	36	7	11	18	47	65	−18	32
17	Sherborne Town	36	8	7	21	41	64	−23	31
18	Cadbury Heath	36	4	6	26	34	87	−53	18	Voluntarily demoted to Division One
19	Keynsham Town (R)	36	5	3	28	39	113	−74	18	Relegated to Division One
20	Bitton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from the league

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

• Bitton resigned from the league on 21 October 2022 and their playing record of P13 W1 D1 L11 GF10 GA37 Pts4 was expunged.

Inter-Step Playoff

29 April 2023	Bristol Manor Farm	2–0	Saltash United	Sea Mills, Bristol
15:00	Robbins 34 Nielsen 63			Stadium: The Creek Attendance: 379

External links

• Western League Official Site
• League tables