The 2020–21 South West Peninsula League season was the 14th 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 is restricted to 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 21 July 2020.[1]

After the abandonment of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] the league's constitution remained unchanged.

This season, the top two clubs in each division were to be promoted to Step 5. The bottom two clubs in each division would have been liable to relegation.[3]

By October 2020, the poor start to the season suffered by Stoke Gabriel in Premier Division East had attracted attention from the national press. It was the worst start to the season by any club in the top ten levels of English football.[4]

Suspension and curtailment

Fixtures were temporarily suspended on 30 December 2020, again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but were later suspended until further notice.[5] The FA curtailed the season for all leagues at steps 3–6 on 24 February, with no further league fixtures to be played.[6]

The scheduled restructuring of non-league football took place at the end of the season. Promotions from Step 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two abandoned seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[7]

Premier Division East

South West Peninsula League

Premier Division East features 20 teams, unchanged from the previous season.

Honiton Town and Torridgeside were required to install floodlights at their grounds to maintain their membership of the league. Torridgeside complied in October 2020.[8]

League table at time of curtailment

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Torpoint Athletic 15 11 1 3 40 21 +19 34
2 Ivybridge Town 15 11 0 4 50 14 +36 33
3 Millbrook 11 10 1 0 43 8 +35 31 Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
4 Brixham 14 9 3 2 43 16 +27 30
5 Ilfracombe Town 12 9 1 2 48 9 +39 28 Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
6 Torridgeside 12 8 2 2 50 23 +27 26
7 Newton Abbot Spurs 13 8 2 3 35 19 +16 26
8 Dartmouth 15 8 2 5 32 36 −4 26
9 Elmore 14 7 1 6 39 29 +10 22
10 Sidmouth Town 12 6 1 5 31 27 +4 19
11 Torrington 14 5 3 6 43 38 +5 18
12 Cullompton Rangers 14 5 3 6 34 30 +4 18
13 Honiton Town 15 5 2 8 38 31 +7 17
14 Crediton United 14 5 1 8 30 27 +3 16
15 Bovey Tracey 14 4 1 9 39 44 −5 13
16 Plymouth Marjon 15 3 3 9 35 42 −7 12
17 Elburton Villa 13 3 2 8 32 33 −1 11
18 Axminster Town 12 3 1 8 29 29 0 10
19 Holsworthy 14 2 2 10 16 31 −15 8
20 Stoke Gabriel 18 0 0 18 7 207 −200 0
Source: SWPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Promotions based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 & 2020–21 seasons combined.[7]

Results table

Home \ Away AXM BOV BRX CRE CUL DAR ELB ELM HOL HON ILF IVY MIL NAS PLY SID STK TRP TRS TRT
Axminster Town — 2–2 3–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 15–0
Bovey Tracey — 0–6 1–2 2–4 3–4 6–3 0–4
Brixham 3–0 — 5–0 4–3 3–1 1–1 4–0 2–2 2–1
Crediton United 2–3 3–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–1
Cullompton Rangers 1–3 3–0 — 1–0 2–2 2–4 3–6 1–1
Dartmouth 2–1 0–7 — 2–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 6–2
Elburton Villa 2–3 1–1 — 1–5 0–3 1–2 9–1 2–3
Elmore 1–0 4–0 — 2–1 1–3 1–4 4–5
Holsworthy 1–2 1–4 — 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–4
Honiton Town 1–2 2–1 — 1–5 3–0 17–2
Ilfracombe Town 8–0 4–1 0–0 — 2–0 3–1 1–2
Ivybridge Town 4–1 4–1 3–0 8–3 2–1 — 0–1 4–0 4–0 1–2 8–0 5–0
Millbrook 3–1 3–0 5–1 4–0 — 2–1 15–0 3–1
Newton Abbot Spurs 3–2 2–1 2–0 — 3–3 4–1 1–0
Plymouth Marjon 1–2 2–2 0–7 2–0 0–3 — 6–0 2–3 2–2
Sidmouth Town 3–1 1–1 2–1 — 6–0 2–6 7–1
Stoke Gabriel 1–18 0–13 0–13 0–10 1–17 0–3 0–8 0–14 —
Torpoint Athletic 2–1 3–1 2–3 1–0 2–1 7–0 — 5–1
Torridgeside 2–1 2–2 3–2 5–1 3–4 4–2 15–0 —
Torrington 4–0 2–4 3–3 2–2 2–5 14–0 3–4 —
Source: SWPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Premier Division West

South West Peninsula League

Premier Division West also featured 20 teams, unchanged from the previous season.

Dobwalls and St Dennis were required to install floodlights at their grounds to maintain their league status.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Mousehole 15 12 2 1 52 8 +44 38 Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
2 Saltash United 15 12 2 1 59 22 +37 38
3 Camelford 13 10 2 1 35 13 +22 32
4 Falmouth Town 13 10 0 3 52 16 +36 30
5 Dobwalls 14 9 2 3 35 16 +19 29
6 Bodmin Town 15 8 3 4 41 19 +22 27
7 Wadebridge Town 15 8 2 5 45 40 +5 26
8 Newquay 17 7 4 6 34 28 +6 25
9 Liskeard Athletic 13 8 0 5 45 22 +23 24
10 St Austell 15 7 3 5 30 31 −1 24
11 Helston Athletic 10 5 4 1 30 22 +8 19 Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[lower-alpha 1]
12 Porthleven 13 5 1 7 18 29 −11 16
13 Sticker 17 5 1 11 30 48 −18 16
14 St Dennis 18 4 3 11 35 52 −17 15
15 Wendron United 13 4 1 8 23 40 −17 13
16 St Blazey 8 3 2 3 18 14 +4 11
17 Penzance 15 3 1 11 21 49 −28 10
18 Callington Town 13 1 1 11 14 54 −40 4
19 Launceston 12 1 0 11 13 51 −38 3
20 Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) 16 0 2 14 14 70 −56 −1[lower-alpha 2]
Source: SWPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Promotions based on points per game calculations from 2019–20 & 2020–21 seasons combined.[7]
  2. ↑ Saltash United v Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) on 19 October was a home walkover. Saltash were awarded the win and three points, and Godolphin were deducted three points.

Results table

Home \ Away BOD CAL CAM DOB FAL GAN HEL LAU LIS MOU NQY PEN POR STA STB STD SAL STI WAD WEN
Bodmin Town — 2–2 0–1 3–3 7–1 2–1 3–0 8–1 4–0
Callington Town — 1–5 1–6 1–5 1–4 1–6 1–9
Camelford 3–0 — 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Dobwalls — 3–1 6–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 3–0
Falmouth Town — 7–0 5–0 2–1 5–1 7–1 2–3
Godolphin Atlantic (Newquay) 0–4 2–2 — 2–3 0–6 0–7 2–3 2–3
Helston Athletic 4–3 — 3–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 5–0
Launceston 1–3 — 0–8 1–2 1–5 0–2 4–1
Liskeard Athletic 3–1 10–1 6–1 4–0 — 4–2 4–0 1–2 3–4
Mousehole 2–1 8–0 — 3–0 4–0 6–0 3–0 1–2 2–2
Newquay 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–3 — 4–1 4–1 3–1
Penzance 1–1 0–2 — 0–6
Porthleven 4–2 3–1 1–3 0–2 2–0 — 3–1 1–4
St Austell 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–6 2–0 — 1–0 2–5 3–3
St Blazey 1–1 5–1 — 0–0
St Dennis 2–3 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–2 — 1–3
Saltash United 4–2 H-W 5–1 2–3 5–0 4–4 3–1 6–3 —
Sticker 0–4 0–3 0–4 4–1 0–2 4–4 4–5 0–1 0–4 1–7 —
Wadebridge Town 0–2 2–1 1–6 7–2 4–3 0–0 1–2 4–3 3–5 5–3 —
Wendron United 3–1 1–8 3–1 2–5 0–2 6–2 0–3 —
Source: SWPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Applications from lower leagues

Ten clubs applied to join the league from lower leagues for 2021–22.[9]

  • Seven were unsuccessful:
    • Braunton (Devon Football League North & East Division) – withdrew
    • Bude Town (St Piran Football League East Division) – no planning permission for floodlights
    • Hayle (St Piran Football League West Division) – withdrew
    • Newtown (Devon Football League North & East Division) – groundsharing proposal which was not in place by the required date
    • Teignmouth (Devon Football League North & East Division) – no planning permission for floodlights
    • Truro City Reserves – not members of a feeder league
    • University of Exeter (Devon Football League North & East Division) – withdrew

References

  1. ↑ "National League System club allocations – Steps 5–6, Season 2020–21" (PDF). The FA. 21 July 2020 – via The Non-League Paper.
  2. ↑ "Coronavirus: All football below National League to end". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non-League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Stoke Gabriel FC: Non-league side concede 122 goals in 10 games". BBC Sport. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "SWP League Updates & Latest News". South West Peninsula League. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "An update on Steps 3-6 of the NLS". Western Football League. 24 February 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 "EXPLAINED: The 2021-22 Non-League restructure". The Non-League Paper. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Torridgeside beat Crediton United for historic three points in first home game under floodlights". North Devon Gazette. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  9. ↑ "SWP League Updates & Latest News". South West Peninsula League. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.