2007–08 South West Peninsula League
The 2007–08 South West Peninsula League season was the first in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league had been formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The Premier Division of the South West Peninsula League is on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One.
Premier Division
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← 2006-07 SWFL 2006-07 DCFL 2008–09 → |
The Premier Division featured 18 teams which had played in other leagues the previous season.
Nine were from the South Western League: Bodmin Town, Falmouth Town, Launceston, Liskeard Athletic, Plymouth Parkway, St Blazey, Saltash Town, Tavistock and Torpoint Athletic.
Eight were from the Devon County League: Buckland Athletic, Cullompton Rangers, Dartmouth, Elburton Villa, Holsworthy, Ivybridge Town, Newton Abbot Spurs and Witheridge.
One club, Clyst Rovers, had played in the Western League Division One during 2006–07, and had transferred directly from that league.
- There was no relegation from the league this season.
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodmin Town (C) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 91 | 32 | +59 | 81 | |
| 2 | Saltash United | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 38 | +45 | 71 | |
| 3 | Plymouth Parkway | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 88 | 49 | +39 | 70 | |
| 4 | Falmouth Town | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 87 | 41 | +46 | 62 | |
| 5 | Launceston | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 76 | 55 | +21 | 61 | |
| 6 | Torpoint Athletic | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 61 | |
| 7 | Dartmouth | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 64 | 54 | +10 | 59 | |
| 8 | St Blazey | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 74 | 61 | +13 | 51 | |
| 9 | Witheridge | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 70 | 56 | +14 | 48 | |
| 10 | Tavistock | 34 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 80 | −14 | 48 | |
| 11 | Ivybridge Town | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 38 | |
| 12 | Newton Abbot Spurs | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 55 | 86 | −31 | 37 | |
| 13 | Liskeard Athletic | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 36 | |
| 14 | Buckland Athletic | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 53 | 66 | −13 | 31 | |
| 15 | Elburton Villa | 34 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 58 | 68 | −10 | 30 | |
| 16 | Holsworthy | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 46 | 77 | −31 | 28 | |
| 17 | Clyst Rovers | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 42 | 99 | −57 | 24 | |
| 18 | Cullompton Rangers | 34 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 32 | 109 | −77 | 24 |
Updated to games played on 7 May 2008.
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.
Division One East
- Division One East consisted of seventeen clubs.
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDiff | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budleigh Salterton (C) | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 84 | 21 | +63 | 80 | |
| 2 | Plymstock United | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 64 | Transferred to Division One West |
| 3 | Newton Abbot (P) | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 69 | 37 | +32 | 63 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 4 | Stoke Gabriel | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 65 | 35 | +30 | 63 | |
| 5 | Exmouth Town | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 63 | |
| 6 | University of Exeter | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 89 | 39 | +50 | 60 | |
| 7 | Totnes & Dartington | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 63 | 39 | +24 | 55 | |
| 8 | Appledore | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 51 | |
| 9 | Ottery St Mary | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 62 | +3 | 48 | |
| 10 | Axminster Town | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 55 | 63 | –8 | 43 | |
| 11 | Okehampton Argyle | 32 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 54 | 76 | –22 | 32 | |
| 12 | Alphington | 32 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 51 | 85 | –34 | 30 | |
| 13 | Liverton United | 32 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 45 | 52 | –7 | 29 | |
| 14 | Galmpton United | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 56 | 74 | –18 | 29 | |
| 15 | Teignmouth | 32 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 38 | 102 | –64 | 24 | |
| 16 | Crediton United | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 48 | 91 | –43 | 18 | |
| 17 | Buckfastleigh Rangers | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 28 | 121 | –93 | 14 |
Division One West
- Division One West consisted of sixteen clubs.
| Pos | Club | Pl | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDiff | Pts | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadebridge Town (C) (P) | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 73 | Promotion to the Premier Division |
| 2 | Porthleven | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 30 | +68 | 71 | |
| 3 | Mousehole | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 66 | 58 | +8 | 51 | |
| 4 | Camelford | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 50 | |
| 5 | Penryn Athletic | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 66 | 40 | +26 | 47 | |
| 6 | Newquay | 30 | 15 | 2 | 13 | 70 | 49 | +21 | 47 | |
| 7 | Vospers Oak Villa | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 51 | 49 | +2 | 46 | |
| 8 | Hayle | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 44 | |
| 9 | Dobwalls | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 71 | 59 | +12 | 44 | |
| 10 | Foxhole Stars | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 62 | 68 | –6 | 41 | |
| 11 | Penzance | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 62 | –5 | 40 | |
| 12 | Millbrook | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 52 | 48 | +4 | 38 | |
| 13 | Wendron CC United | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 63 | –20 | 31 | |
| 14 | Callington Town | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 49 | 79 | –30 | 23 | |
| 15 | Goonhavern Athletic | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 99 | –65 | 18 | Left at the end of the season |
| 16 | St Austell | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 28 | 113 | –85 | 8* |
- * St Austell had three points deducted.