| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
2011–12 → | |
The2010–11 Western Football League season (known as the2010–11 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th in the history of theWestern Football League, afootball competition in England. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.
The league champions for the first time in their history wereLarkhall Athletic. The champions of Division One were newcomersMerthyr Town.
The Premier Division featured two new clubs in a league of 19, reduced from 20 the previous season afterBideford were promoted to theSouthern League, andCalne Town andMelksham Town were relegated to the First Division:
Premier League championsLarkhall Athletic[1] and runners-upBitton[2] were both ineligible for promotion to theSouthern League due to ground grading issues.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larkhall Athletic(C) | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 83 | 46 | +37 | 79 | |
| 2 | Bitton | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 71 | 37 | +34 | 70 | |
| 3 | Ilfracombe Town | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 67 | |
| 4 | Willand Rovers | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 69 | 40 | +29 | 65 | |
| 5 | Bishop Sutton | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 66 | 38 | +28 | 63 | |
| 6 | Dawlish Town | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 78 | 65 | +13 | 61 | Resigned before the 2011–12 season |
| 7 | Bristol Manor Farm | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 63 | +10 | 61 | |
| 8 | Odd Down | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 60 | 47 | +13 | 59 | |
| 9 | Wells City | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 67 | 55 | +12 | 55 | |
| 10 | Corsham Town | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 48 | 49 | −1 | 51 | |
| 11 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 65 | 74 | −9 | 51 | |
| 12 | Radstock Town | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 59 | 56 | +3 | 48 | |
| 13 | Street | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 50 | 61 | −11 | 45 | |
| 14 | Sherborne Town | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 70 | −12 | 43 | |
| 15 | Brislington | 36 | 9 | 11 | 16 | 36 | 56 | −20 | 38 | |
| 16 | Hallen | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 56 | 79 | −23 | 36 | |
| 17 | Longwell Green Sports | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 35 | 79 | −44 | 26 | |
| 18 | Wellington(R) | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 48 | 87 | −39 | 21 | Relegation to theFirst Division |
| 19 | Welton Rovers(R) | 36 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 38 | 80 | −42 | 19 |
The First Division featured three new clubs, reduced to 19 teams from 20 the previous season, after Odd Down and Wells City were promoted to the Premier Division,Clevedon United resigned andMinehead Town were relegated. Both the latter two clubs joined theSomerset County Football League.
Oldland Abbotonians finished second in the First Division, but were refused promotion due to ground grading issues.Bridport took the second promotion place instead.Elmore were accepted into the First Division for 2011–12 despite finishing bottom of the table this season.[3]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Merthyr Town(C, P) | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 118 | 33 | +85 | 90 | Promotion to thePremier Division |
| 2 | Oldland Abbotonians | 36 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 93 | 46 | +47 | 76 | |
| 3 | Bridport(P) | 36 | 23 | 3 | 10 | 74 | 44 | +30 | 72 | Promotion to thePremier Division |
| 4 | Cadbury Heath | 36 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 68[a] | |
| 5 | Devizes Town | 36 | 21 | 2 | 13 | 63 | 65 | −2 | 65 | |
| 6 | Bradford Town | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 84 | 62 | +22 | 61 | |
| 7 | Gillingham Town | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 73 | 57 | +16 | 60 | |
| 8 | Melksham Town | 36 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 63 | 51 | +12 | 55 | |
| 9 | Shrewton United | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 71 | 79 | −8 | 51 | |
| 10 | Hengrove Athletic | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 58 | −6 | 46 | |
| 11 | Calne Town | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 72 | 56 | +16 | 44[b] | |
| 12 | Almondsbury UWE | 36 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 64 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Chard Town | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 57 | 68 | −11 | 41 | |
| 14 | Shepton Mallet | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 47 | 76 | −29 | 38 | |
| 15 | Roman Glass St George | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 43 | 76 | −33 | 36 | |
| 16 | Keynsham Town | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 45 | 61 | −16 | 35 | |
| 17 | Westbury United | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 45 | 82 | −37 | 30 | |
| 18 | Portishead Town | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 84 | −36 | 29 | |
| 19 | Elmore | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 47 | 127 | −80 | 17 |