The Western League is a football league in the south west of England. Recent restructuring of the English football league system has placed its two divisions of twenty clubs each at the ninth and tenth tiers overall,known as Step 5 and Step 6 of the National League System, below the Western Division of the Southern League.Below the Western League are five local leagues covering even smaller areas,the Somerset Senior League,South Western League,Wiltshire League,Devon County League,and Gloucestershire County League.The Western League's current main sponsor is Screwfix Direct.

The league was formed in 1892 as the Bristol & District League, and became the Western League in 1895.(There is also a Bristol & District League today,but this is a feeder league to the Gloucestershire County League). In the years before the Second World War, many teams played in both the Southern and Western Leagues at the same time.

List of champions

Year	Champions
1893	Warmley
1894	Warmley
1895	Hereford Thistle
1896	Warmley
1897	Warmley
1898	Bristol City
1899	Swindon Town
1900	Bristol Rovers
1901	Portsmouth
1902	Portsmouth
1903	Portsmouth
1904	Tottenham Hotspur
1905	Plymouth Argyle
1906	Queens Park Rangers
1907	West Ham United
1908	Millwall
1909	Millwall
1910	Treharris
1911	Bristol City Reserves
1912	Welton Rovers
1913	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1914	Cardiff City Reserves
1915-19	No competition due to WWI
1920	Douglas
1921	Bristol City Reserves
1922	Yeovil and Petters United
1923	Weymouth
1924	Lovells Athletic
1925	Yeovil and Petters United
1926	Bristol City Reserves
1927	Bristol City Reserves
1928	Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1929	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1930	Yeovil and Petters United
1931	Exeter City Reserves
1932	Plymouth Argyle Reserves
1933	Exeter City Reserves
1934	Bath City
1935	Yeovil and Petters United
1936	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1937	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1938	Bristol City Reserves
1939	Lovells Athletic
1940	Trowbridge Town
1941-45	No competition due to WWII
1946	Bristol Rovers Reserves
1947	Trowbridge Town
1948	Trowbridge Town
1949	Glastonbury
1950	Wells City
1951	Glastonbury
1952	Chippenham Town
1953	Barnstaple Town
1954	Weymouth Reserves
1955	Dorchester Town
1956	Trowbridge Town
1957	Poole Town
1958	Salisbury
1959	Yeovil Town Reserves
1960	Torquay United Reserves
1961	Salisbury
1962	Bristol City Reserves
1963	Bristol City Reserves
1964	Bideford
1965	Welton Rovers
1966	Welton Rovers
1967	Welton Rovers
1968	Bridgwater Town
1969	Taunton Town
1970	Glastonbury
1971	Bideford
1972	Bideford
1973	Devizes Town
1974	Welton Rovers
1975	Falmouth Town
1976	Falmouth Town
1977	Falmouth Town
1978	Falmouth Town
1979	Frome Town
1980	Barnstaple Town
1981	Bridgwater Town
1982	Bideford
1983	Bideford
1984	Exmouth Town
1985	Saltash United
1986	Exmouth Town
1987	Saltash United
1988	Liskeard Athletic
1989	Saltash United
1990	Taunton Town
1991	Mangotsfield United
1992	Weston Super Mare
1993	Clevedon Town
1994	Tiverton Town
1995	Tiverton Town
1996	Taunton Town
1997	Tiverton Town
1998	Tiverton Town
1999	Taunton Town
2000	Taunton Town
2001	Taunton Town
2002	Bideford
2003	Team Bath
2004	Bideford

Teams promoted to Southern League (since 1946)

Year	Team	Position
1949	Weymouth	3rd
1957	Poole Town	1st
1958	Trowbridge Town	5th
1968	Salisbury	2nd
1971	Andover	2nd
1972	Bideford	1st
1972	Dorchester Town	7th
1977	Taunton Town	9th
1982	Bridgwater Town	3rd
1992	Weston Super Mare	1st
1993	Clevedon Town	1st
1999	Tiverton Town	2nd
2000	Mangotsfield United	2nd
2001	Chippenham Town	2nd
2002	Taunton Town	2nd
2003	Team Bath	1st

References

• Football Club History Database (http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm)