2016–17 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 2016–17
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The 2016–17 Western Football League season (known as the 2016–17 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) will be the 115th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced from 21 clubs to 20, and features two new clubs after Barnstaple Town were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, Winterbourne United resigned from the league, and Welton Rovers were relegated to the First Division.

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bristol Manor Farm 20 16 3 1 58 17+41 51 Promotion to Southern League Division One S&W
2 Melksham Town 19 13 4 2 59 25+34 43
3 Street 19 13 3 3 50 24+26 42
4 Buckland Athletic 18 12 3 3 50 23+27 39
5 Willand Rovers 19 12 3 4 41 21+20 39
6 Bradford Town 20 10 7 3 46 27+19 37
7 Odd Down 19 10 3 6 55 39+16 33
8 Cribbs 20 9 2 9 42 34+8 29
9 Chipping Sodbury Town 19 8 2 9 32 37−5 26
10 Wells City 20 7 5 8 37 48−11 26
11 Gillingham Town 19 8 1 10 45 34+11 25
12 Cadbury Heath 17 7 4 6 41 33+8 25
13 Shepton Mallet 21 7 4 10 40 43−3 25
14 Clevedon Town 20 7 3 10 46 48−2 24
15 Brislington 17 7 2 8 34 37−3 23
16 Bridport 18 5 4 9 27 33−6 19
17 Bitton 19 4 2 13 24 54−30 14
18 Longwell Green Sports 20 4 1 15 18 65−47 13
19 Sherborne Town 20 2 3 15 24 85−61 9 Relegation to the First Division
20 Hallen 20 1 1 18 19 60−41 4

Updated to games played on 18:46, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

First Division

The First Division was increased from 21 clubs to 22, and features three new clubs after the promotion of Chipping Sodbury and Wells City to the Premier Division:

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Keynsham Town 23 17 1 5 52 22+30 52 Promotion to the Premier Division
2 Wellington 22 15 5 2 49 21+28 50
3 Hengrove Athletic 22 14 4 4 57 17+40 46
4 Cheddar 22 14 4 4 54 25+29 46
5 Malmesbury Victoria 22 11 5 6 50 38+12 38
6 Wincanton Town 23 10 5 8 40 37+3 35
7 Devizes Town 21 10 3 8 46 460 33
8 Ashton & Backwell United 22 10 2 10 38 44−6 32
9 Bishops Lydeard 21 9 4 8 33 35−2 31
10 Radstock Town 21 8 6 7 38 29+9 30
11 Westbury United 22 10 0 12 31 43−12 30
12 Chard Town 21 8 5 8 29 34−5 29
13 Warminster Town 22 8 4 10 34 38−4 28
14 Portishead Town 20 8 3 9 25 26−1 27
15 Welton Rovers 23 8 2 13 32 53−21 26
16 Roman Glass St George 22 8 1 13 34 49−15 25
17 Oldland Abbotonians 20 7 1 12 26 31−5 22
18 Bishop Sutton 22 6 3 13 24 33−9 21
19 Corsham Town 21 5 6 10 30 43−13 21
20 Calne Town 21 7 0 14 25 47−22 21
21 Chippenham Park 22 6 5 11 44 57−13 020‡ Relegation to Level 11
22 Almondsbury UWE 21 2 5 14 28 51−23 11

Updated to games played on 18:51, 3 December 2016 (UTC).
Source: .
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
‡ Chippenham Park were deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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