2018–19 Western Football League
# 2018–19 Western Football League

The 2018–19 Western Football League season (known as the 2018–19 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) is the 117th in the history of the Western Football League, a football competition in England. Teams are divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

The constitution was announced on 25 May 2018.

## Premier Division

The Premier Division consists of 20 clubs, the same as last season, after Street and Melksham Town were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, and Longwell Green Sports and Wells City were relegated to the First Division. Four new clubs joined:

* Plymouth Parkway, promoted from the South West Peninsula League.
* Roman Glass St George, runners-up in the First Division.
* Shortwood United, resigned from the Southern League West Division.
* Westbury United, champions of the First Division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Willand Rovers (C, P) | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 116 | 31 | +85 | 95 | Promotion to Southern League Division One South |
| 2 | Plymouth Parkway | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 110 | 37 | +73 | 93 | |
| 3 | Bitton | 38 | 29 | 5 | 4 | 112 | 44 | +68 | 92 | |
| 4 | Bridgwater Town | 38 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 94 | 43 | +51 | 81 | |
| 5 | Westbury United | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 50 | +26 | 74 | |
| 6 | Clevedon Town | 38 | 21 | 1 | 16 | 78 | 62 | +16 | 64 | |
| 7 | Bradford Town | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 78 | 55 | +23 | 62 | |
| 8 | Cribbs | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 71 | 61 | +10 | 60 | |
| 9 | Buckland Athletic | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 58 | |
| 10 | Chipping Sodbury Town | 38 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 59 | 84 | −25 | 49 | |
| 11 | Shepton Mallet | 38 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 74 | 83 | −9 | 48 | |
| 12 | Hallen | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 55 | 69 | −14 | 47 | |
| 13 | Bridport | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 64 | 76 | −12 | 44 | |
| 14 | Cadbury Heath | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 53 | 88 | −35 | 42 | |
| 15 | Odd Down | 38 | 12 | 5 | 21 | 53 | 76 | −23 | 41 | |
| 16 | Wellington | 38 | 12 | 3 | 23 | 55 | 80 | −25 | 39 | |
| 17 | Roman Glass St George | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 55 | 85 | −30 | 32 | |
| 18 | Brislington | 38 | 9 | 4 | 25 | 55 | 84 | −29 | 31 | |
| 19 | Hengrove Athletic (R) | 38 | 5 | 6 | 27 | 40 | 102 | −62 | 21 | Relegation to the First Division |
| 20 | Shortwood United (R) | 38 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 29 | 132 | −103 | 9 | Relegation to Hellenic League Division One West |

## First Division

The First Division consists of 20 clubs, reduced from 22 the previous season, after Roman Glass St George and Westbury United were promoted to the Premier Division, and Almondsbury and Malmesbury Victoria were transferred to the Hellenic League Division One West. Two new clubs joined:

* Longwell Green Sports, relegated from the Premier Division.
* Wells City, relegated from the Premier Division.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Keynsham Town (C, P) | 38 | 30 | 3 | 5 | 94 | 28 | +66 | 93 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Cheddar | 38 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 84 | |
| 3 | Corsham Town | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 69 | 43 | +26 | 70 | |
| 4 | Ashton & Backwell United | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 65 | |
| 5 | Longwell Green Sports | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 79 | 67 | +12 | 64 | |
| 6 | Warminster Town | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 62 | |
| 7 | Chard Town | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 79 | 63 | +16 | 60 | Demoted due to ground grading failure |
| 8 | Calne Town | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 56 | |
| 9 | Welton Rovers | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 60 | 57 | +3 | 56 | |
| 10 | Wells City | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 68 | 61 | +7 | 55 | |
| 11 | Devizes Town | 38 | 16 | 5 | 17 | 63 | 68 | −5 | 53 | |
| 12 | Bishops Lydeard | 38 | 14 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 68 | +5 | 48 | |
| 13 | Sherborne Town | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 49 | 59 | −10 | 47 | |
| 14 | Wincanton Town | 38 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 74 | 74 | 0 | 44 | |
| 15 | Radstock Town | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 61 | 70 | −9 | 42 | |
| 16 | Portishead Town | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 59 | 98 | −39 | 40 | |
| 17 | Bishop Sutton | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 42 | 79 | −37 | 39 | |
| 18 | Oldland Abbotonians | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 50 | 83 | −33 | 35 | |
| 19 | Chippenham Park | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 53 | 79 | −26 | 34 | Club folded at the end of the season |
| 20 | Bristol Telephones | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 46 | 122 | −76 | 24 | Reprieve from relegation |

* ↑ Bristol Telephones had one point deducted.

## Les Phillips Cup

Preliminary Round ties were played from 25 September until 2nd October 2018. 16 clubs from the First Division and Premier Division, entered at this stage of the competition.

| Date | Home team (tier) | Score | Away team (tier) | Att. |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 25/09/2018 | Radstock Town (10) | 1–2 | Bishops Lydeard (10) | 44 |
| 25/09/2018 | Chipping Sodbury Town (9) | (p) 1–1 | Oldland Abbotonians (10) | 60 |
| 25/09/2018 | Brislington (9) | 3–1 | Hengrove Athletic (9) | 56 |
| 25/09/2018 | Corsham Town (10) | (p) 2-2 | Hallen A.F.C (9) | 52 |
| 25/09/2018 | Chippenham Park (10) | 2–2 (p) | Cadbury Heath (9) | 32 |
| 25/09/2018 | Cheddar A.F.C (10) | 2-1 | Bradford Town (9) | 31 |
| 26/09/2018 | Bridport F.C (9) | 10-0 | Bristol Telephones (10) | 81 |
| 02/10/2018 | Bitton A.F.C (9) | 0-2 | Plymouth Parkway (9) | 75 |
