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The South West
Peninsula
Football League
was formed following
an amalgamation of
the South Western
Football League and the
Devon County Football
League in June 2007, having
been in the planning stages for
several years prior to that.
The league is a
Limited Company
(Number 06255952)
and is run by a 12 man
board of directors who
meet regularly to govern
the league. Half the board are
Officers and the other half are
elected club representatives. In
addition we are affiliated to the
Football Association in London and are
both a National League System member
and a Supply League for the purpose of
referee development and promotion.
The initial constitution saw 51 clubs of
which 20 came from the Devon County
League, 18 from the South Western League,
three clubs each from the Cornwall
Combination League, Devon & Exeter League,
East Cornwall Premier League & South Devon
League and one club from the Western
League.
In the summer of 2008 the league took in an
additional five clubs to allow a Premier
Division of 20 clubs and two Division 1s of 18
clubs each.
Many clubs enter the FA Cup and FA Vase,
with the league having some success
especially in the Vase where Bodmin Town
have reached the last 32 and Torpoint Athletic
the last 16 in recent years.
These clubs were placed in one of three
divisions: Premier Division – Clubs from
throughout Devon & Cornwall and placed at
Step 6 of the National League System,
Division 1 East – Clubs all from Devon and
placed at Step 7 of the National League
System and Division 1 West – Clubs of which
the majority come from Cornwall and the
others from West Devon and again placed at
Step 7 of the National League System.
The League’s main sponsor is Carlsberg and
the cup sponsors Westward Investments.
SWPLeague Premier Division table 2012-2013
P
Bodmin Town
Plymouth Parkway
Elburton Villa
St Austell
Launceston
Saltash United
Witheridge
St Blazey
Camelford
Tavistock
Liverton United
Newquay
Ivybridge Town
Torpoint Athletic
Bovey Tracey
Falmouth Town
Cullompton Rgs
Liskeard Athletic
Penzance
At the end of each season one club can be
promoted from the Premier Division to the
Western League Premier (Step 5), the bottom
two clubs can be relegated to Division 1 East
& West and one club from each of Division 1
East & West can be promoted to the Premier
Division. The bottom side in each of the
Division 1s can be relegated to one of six
feeder leagues beneath the league, each of
whose member clubs can apply for
promotion to the league.
The League also runs a knock-out Cup
Competition that involves all member clubs
with the first snd second rounds played on a
regional basis before the last 16 clubs
compete over the whole two county area.
W
D
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
36
28
24
24
23
19
17
17
16
16
17
15
15
14
12
11
8
8
5
0
6
6
5
5
4
9
6
8
7
2
5
4
4
9
9
6
3
6
2
L
F
A
GD PTS
2 127 28 +99
6 89 45 +44
7 95 53 +42
8 89 45 +44
13 64 46 +18
10 77 43 +34
13 84 58 +26
12 79 57 +22
13 76 53 +23
17 73 71 +2
16 75 72 +3
17 68 62 +6
18 65 75 -10
15 59 68
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16 49 84 -35
22 48 87 -39
25 44 106 -62
25 44 108 -64
34 22 166 -144
90
78
77
74
61
60
57
56
55
53
50
49
46
45
42
30
27
20
2
1 point deducted from Liskeard Athletic for ineligible player v Newquay (2/2/13)
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