South Western Football League

South Western Football League

Infobox football league
name = South Western Football League

pixels = 150
country = England
founded = 1951
divisions = 1
teams = 19
feeds = Western League
levels = 11
website = http://www.swfootball.net/swleague/swl.htm

The South Western Football League was an English association football league comprised of clubs from Cornwall and the far western part of Devon. It consisted of a single division at the eleventh overall tier of the English football league system, the seventh and lowest "Step" of the official National League System. The East Cornwall League and Cornwall Combination ranked below the South Western on the overall pyramid, and in turn have feeder leagues of their own.

Champions of the South Western League, whose last principal sponsor was the "Carlsberg" beer brand via St. Austell Brewery, were eligible for promotion to the lower division of the Western League, but the difficulties Cornish teams have travelling further afield have discouraged applications for promotion. Truro City took this step in 2006. The lowest-ranked clubs in the 2004-05 FA Cup all came from the South Western League, no other clubs from leagues at that pyramid level having been accepted. Among them were St. Blazey, whose record for longest unbeaten streak in league football anywhere in the United Kingdom (75 games) stood until it was broken by AFC Wimbledon in 2004.

The league was formed in 1951 but foundation dates of the member clubs range from the 1880s to 1980s. The league disbanded in 2007, with a merger with the Devon County League to form a new competition covering the whole of Devon and Cornwall called the South West Peninsula League. The new competition's top division will be at Step 6 of the National League System, feeding directly into the Premier Division of the Western League.

Recent champions

*1978-79 - Liskeard Athletic
*1979-80 - Newquay
*1980-81 - St Blazey
*1981-82 - Newquay
*1982-83 - St Blazey
*1983-84 - Newquay
*1984-85 - Bugle
*1985-86 - Falmouth Town
*1986-87 - Falmouth Town
*1987-88 - Newquay
*1988-89 - Falmouth Town
*1989-90 - Falmouth Town
*1990-91 - Bodmin Town
*1991-92 - Falmouth Town
*1992-93 - Truro City
*1993-94 - Bodmin Town
*1994-95 - Launceston
*1995-96 - Truro City
*1996-97 - Falmouth Town
*1997-98 - Truro City
*1998-99 - St Blazey
*1999-00 - Falmouth Town
*2000-01 - St Blazey
*2001-02 - St Blazey
*2002-03 - St Blazey
*2003-04 - St Blazey
*2004-05 - St Blazey
*2005-06 - Bodmin Town
*2006-07 - St Blazey


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