2023–24 South West Peninsula League

The 2023–24 South West Peninsula League season was the 17th 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 was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League and, with the exceptions of Bishops Lydeard in Somerset and Bridport in Dorset, features clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One (Step 6).

The constitution was announced on 15 May 2023.[1]

Premier Division East

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South West Peninsula League
ChampionsIvybridge Town
PromotedIvybridge Town

Premier Division East featured 17 teams, reduced from 19 the previous season, after Brixham were promoted to the Western League Premier Division; Holsworthy were transferred to Premier Division West, and Plymouth Marjon and Elmore were relegated.

Two clubs joined the division:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Ivybridge Town (C, P) 32 27 3 2 113 22 +91 84 Promoted to the Western League Premier Division
2 Bovey Tracey 32 16 10 6 83 42 +41 58
3 Axminster Town 32 16 10 6 68 41 +27 58
4 Bridport 32 17 6 9 70 56 +14 57
5 Okehampton Argyle 32 16 8 8 61 39 +22 56
6 Newton Abbot Spurs 32 16 8 8 75 58 +17 56
7 Crediton United 32 16 7 9 71 50 +21 55
8 Elburton Villa 32 15 9 8 52 35 +17 54
9 Sidmouth Town 32 14 6 12 69 58 +11 48
10 Cullompton Rangers 32 14 5 13 56 50 +6 47
11 Teignmouth 32 11 10 11 61 68 −7 43
12 Torrington 32 10 6 16 39 55 −16 36
13 Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police 32 9 5 18 55 76 −21 32
14 Honiton Town 32 5 13 14 52 82 −30 28
15 Torridgeside 32 5 5 22 32 92 −60 20 Reprieved from relegation
16 Bishops Lydeard 32 4 3 25 40 94 −54 15
17 Dartmouth (R) 32 2 4 26 25 104 −79 10 Relegated to a feeder league
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results table

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Home \ Away AXM BLY BOV BRP CRE CUL DAR ELB HON IVY NAS OKE SID STK TEI TRS TRT
Axminster Town 7–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–1 1–5 2–0 3–0 5–4 2–0 1–1 5–0 4–1
Bishops Lydeard 0–2 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–2 4–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 3–2 2–2 3–1 1–2
Bovey Tracey 1–1 5–0 3–3 4–0 1–4 4–0 2–2 5–1 1–4 2–2 0–1 3–1 4–0 5–1 5–0 4–1
Bridport 0–0 2–1 3–2 6–3 3–1 6–2 2–2 3–2 1–3 3–2 0–5 0–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 2–1
Crediton United 2–1 5–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–3 6–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 4–1 2–1 0–1
Cullompton Rangers 4–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 5–0 0–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 3–0 3–2 2–1 2–3 1–0 1–0
Dartmouth 1–4 4–1 0–5 2–4 0–4 0–7 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–3 2–0 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–2 0–5
Elburton Villa 1–1 3–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 3–1 2–3 0–3 0–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–1
Honiton Town 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–6 2–2 2–1 0–4 0–2 4–5 0–0 2–2 1–5 4–4 2–2 2–2
Ivybridge Town 6–0 7–0 1–1 2–0 5–1 2–0 6–0 2–0 6–1 4–1 1–1 3–1 7–0 1–0 6–2 7–0
Newton Abbot Spurs 0–0 3–1 2–3 2–1 2–2 3–2 5–1 3–1 3–1 0–4 1–3 3–3 4–3 1–1 5–3 2–0
Okehampton Argyle 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 1–3 4–3 2–4 1–1 1–1
Sidmouth Town 4–2 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–2 4–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 3–2 1–2 2–5 1–1 4–3 4–0 0–0
Stoke Gabriel & Torbay Police 2–2 3–2 2–3 4–3 1–4 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–1 1–4 1–3 1–4 3–3 6–2 0–1
Teignmouth 2–2 6–5 3–1 4–6 1–3 1–0 H/W 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–2 3–2 2–4
Torridgeside 0–1 1–5 0–7 1–0 0–3 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–5 0–5 3–6 0–3 2–4 3–0 0–0 2–2
Torrington 0–1 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–4 0–3 2–0 3–1 0–1
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Premier Division West

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South West Peninsula League
ChampionsAFC St Austell
PromotedAFC St Austell

Premier Division West featured 17 teams, the same as the previous season, after St Blazey were promoted to the Western League Premier Division, and Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) folded.

Two clubs joined the division:

  • Reserve and development teams were not eligible for promotion to step 5.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 A.F.C. St Austell (C, P) 32 28 1 3 110 33 +77 85 Promoted to the Western League Premier Division
2 Liskeard Athletic 32 26 3 3 127 30 +97 81
3 Wadebridge Town 32 21 2 9 73 46 +27 65
4 Newquay 32 19 6 7 66 36 +30 63
5 Wendron United 32 19 5 8 87 56 +31 62
6 Dobwalls 32 16 4 12 77 50 +27 52
7 Callington Town 32 14 4 14 72 66 +6 46
8 Camelford 32 12 9 11 54 53 +1 45
9 Penzance 32 13 6 13 50 56 −6 45
10 Launceston 32 13 5 14 63 65 −2 44
11 Holsworthy 32 11 5 16 41 51 −10 38
12 Bude Town 32 11 5 16 69 82 −13 34[a]
13 Bodmin Town 32 9 2 21 39 92 −53 29
14 Mullion 32 8 4 20 69 88 −19 28 Voluntary demotion
15 Truro City Reserves 32 8 1 23 39 98 −59 25 Reprieved from relegation
16 St Dennis 32 6 2 24 39 112 −73 20 Voluntary demotion
17 Sticker 32 3 6 23 32 93 −61 18[b] Reprieved from relegation
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Sticker 0–3 Bude Town (2 March 2024) – Bude Town had four points deducted for fielding an ineligible player..
  2. ^ Sticker 0–3 Bude Town (2 March 2024) – Sticker were awarded three points after Bude Town fielded an ineligible player.

Results table

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Home \ Away STA BOD BUD CAL CAM DOB HOL LAU LIS MUL NQY PNZ STD STI TRU WAD WEN
A.F.C. St Austell 1–3 3–2 6–0 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 6–2 2–1 1–2 4–2 4–0 3–1 6–0 4–2 1–5
Bodmin Town 1–5 1–1 1–6 4–1 0–6 0–1 4–3 1–3 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–3 0–2 1–6
Bude Town 0–4 3–1 0–4 1–2 1–6 1–0 6–0 2–2 5–3 0–4 1–3 1–1 4–2 4–1 2–3 1–4
Callington Town 0–6 4–1 1–4 2–2 1–2 3–1 2–3 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–3 2–1 5–1 2–4 1–0
Camelford 0–2 3–3 3–0 1–4 2–1 3–1 3–1 0–5 0–0 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–2 0–2
Dobwalls 0–3 4–2 4–0 2–3 1–2 2–2 3–3 0–4 6–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 2–0 5–0 4–2 2–3
Holsworthy 1–2 3–0 0–0 5–1 0–3 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1
Launceston 2–4 6–0 0–5 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–7 5–1 0–0 3–3 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–2 0–1
Liskeard Athletic 3–3 4–0 8–2 2–0 5–2 2–0 8–0 2–1 8–1 1–2 1–0 5–2 3–0 7–0 2–1 2–0
Mullion 1–7 3–4 6–2 3–1 2–3 3–4 1–3 0–2 2–7 0–3 5–1 7–0 4–1 5–2 2–3 3–0
Newquay 0–3 5–0 5–1 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 5–2 1–0 0–3 2–3
Penzance 0–4 3–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–3 0–2 4–1 0–3 2–1 3–0 3–0 3–2 3–1
St Dennis 0–4 0–1 0–4 0–8 0–3 0–6 2–0 0–5 1–7 4–2 3–4 2–2 4–2 1–4 0–1 2–8
Sticker 0–4 1–0 0–3 2–5 1–6 0–0 2–4 0–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–3
Truro City Reserves 0–3 1–2 1–6 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–3 0–3 1–6 0–5 0–1 1–2 4–3 5–3 0–2 1–3
Wadebridge Town 2–3 4–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 2–1 2–2 3–0 6–2 8–2 2–1 0–1
Wendron United 2–3 5–1 4–4 2–2 0–0 4–2 5–3 3–1 0–6 4–2 0–0 5–2 5–4 5–1 1–2 1–2
Source: SWPL.co.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  1. ^ "REVEALED: Club allocations 2023-24 announced by The FA". The Non-League Football Paper. 15 May 2023.
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