2017–18 Western Football League

The Premier Division consisted of 20 clubs, the same as last season, and featured three new clubs after Bristol Manor Farm were promoted to Southern League Division One South & West, Gillingham Town resigned from the league, and Sherborne Town were relegated to the Division One.

• Bridgwater Town, relegated from the Southern League Division One South & West.
• Hengrove Athletic, runners-up in the Division One.
• Wellington, champions of the Division One.

With the suspension of ground grading Grade E for this season and the creation of a new league at Steps 3 and 4, the champions of all Step 5 leagues were compulsorily promoted to Step 4. Of the fourteen runners-up, the twelve clubs with the best PPG (points per game ratio) were also to be compulsorily promoted, but with resignations and mergers in leagues above, all runners-up were promoted.

Teams at Step 5 without ground grading Grade F were to be relegated to Step 6, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 5 leagues were fixed at 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.

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|res_col_header=PR

|team1=STR|name_STR=Street

|team2=MEL|name_MEL=Melksham Town

|team3=WIL|name_WIL=Willand Rovers

|team4=BRA|name_BRA=Bradford Town

|team5=BUC|name_BUC=Buckland Athletic

|team6=SHE|name_SHE=Shepton Mallet

|team7=BRP|name_BRP=Bridport

|team8=BRW|name_BRW=Bridgwater Town

|team9=HEN|name_HEN=Hengrove Athletic

|team10=BIT|name_BIT=Bitton

|team11=CRI|name_CRI=Cribbs

|team12=CLE|name_CLE=Clevedon Town

|team13=CST|name_CST=Chipping Sodbury Town

|team14=ODD|name_ODD=Odd Down

|team15=WEL|name_WEL=Wellington

|team16=BRS|name_BRS=Brislington

|team17=HAL|name_HAL=Hallen

|team18=CAD|name_CAD=Cadbury Heath

|team19=LGS|name_LGS=Longwell Green Sports

|team20=WLL|name_WLL=Wells City

|win_STR=32|draw_STR=3|loss_STR=3|gf_STR=100|ga_STR=31|status_STR=C,P

|win_MEL=26|draw_MEL=6|loss_MEL=6|gf_MEL=99|ga_MEL=39|status_MEL=P

|win_WIL=24|draw_WIL=6|loss_WIL=8|gf_WIL=93|ga_WIL=37

|win_BRA=23|draw_BRA=9|loss_BRA=6|gf_BRA=88|ga_BRA=47

|win_BUC=25|draw_BUC=3|loss_BUC=10|gf_BUC=84|ga_BUC=54

|win_SHE=20|draw_SHE=2|loss_SHE=16|gf_SHE=63|ga_SHE=52

|win_BRP=18|draw_BRP=4|loss_BRP=16|gf_BRP=82|ga_BRP=62

|win_BRW=18|draw_BRW=4|loss_BRW=16|gf_BRW=61|ga_BRW=51

|win_HEN=16|draw_HEN=8|loss_HEN=14|gf_HEN=73|ga_HEN=60

|win_BIT=14|draw_BIT=11|loss_BIT=13|gf_BIT=58|ga_BIT=66

|win_CRI=14|draw_CRI=8|loss_CRI=16|gf_CRI=75|ga_CRI=62

|win_CLE=13|draw_CLE=8|loss_CLE=17|gf_CLE=56|ga_CLE=63

|win_CST=13|draw_CST=6|loss_CST=19|gf_CST=65|ga_CST=76

|win_ODD=12|draw_ODD=8|loss_ODD=18|gf_ODD=55|ga_ODD=62

|win_WEL=12|draw_WEL=6|loss_WEL=20|gf_WEL=52|ga_WEL=73

|win_BRS=10|draw_BRS=10|loss_BRS=18|gf_BRS=51|ga_BRS=71

|win_HAL=8|draw_HAL=10|loss_HAL=20|gf_HAL=44|ga_HAL=80

|win_CAD=8|draw_CAD=8|loss_CAD=22|gf_CAD=62|ga_CAD=115

|win_LGS=5|draw_LGS=5|loss_LGS=28|gf_LGS=33|ga_LGS=111|status_LGS=R

|win_WLL=3|draw_WLL=7|loss_WLL=28|gf_WLL=33|ga_WLL=115|status_WLL=R

|adjust_points_WLL=-4

|hth_WLL=Wells City had four points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promotion to Southern League Division One South

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_R1=#FFCCCC|text_R1=Relegation to the Division One

|result19=R1|result20=R1

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=12 May 2018

|source=[http://www.toolstationleague.com/tables.php]

}}

The First Division consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, and featured two new clubs after the promotion of Hengrove Athletic and Wellington to the Premier Division:

• Bristol Telephones, promoted from the Gloucestershire County League.
• Sherborne Town, relegated from the Premier Division.

Step 6 clubs without ground grading Grade G were to be relegated to Step 7, but no club in this division failed the ground grading process. All Step 6 leagues were fixed at a maximum of 20 clubs for 2018–19, but in this case there were no further relegations or reprieves.

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=P

|show_limit=5

|team1=WES|name_WES=Westbury United

|team2=ROM|name_ROM=Roman Glass St George

|team3=KEY|name_KEY=Keynsham Town

|team4=CHE|name_CHE=Cheddar

|team5=DEV|name_DEV=Devizes Town

|team6=RAD|name_RAD=Radstock Town

|team7=OLD|name_OLD=Oldland Abbotonians

|team8=WLT|name_WLT=Welton Rovers

|team9=CHA|name_CHA=Chard Town

|team10=WIN|name_WIN=Wincanton Town

|team11=CHI|name_CHI=Chippenham Park

|team12=BSU|name_BSU=Bishop Sutton

|team13=ALM|name_ALM=Almondsbury

|team14=BLY|name_BLY=Bishops Lydeard

|team15=MVI|name_MVI=Malmesbury Victoria

|team16=BRI|name_BRI=Bristol Telephones

|team17=CAL|name_CAL=Calne Town

|team18=ABU|name_ABU=Ashton & Backwell United

|team19=SHE|name_SHE=Sherborne Town

|team20=COR|name_COR=Corsham Town

|team21=POR|name_POR=Portishead Town

|team22=WAR|name_WAR=Warminster Town

|win_WES=28|draw_WES=11|loss_WES=3|gf_WES=97|ga_WES=29|status_WES=C,P

|win_ROM=28|draw_ROM=9|loss_ROM=5|gf_ROM=120|ga_ROM=49|status_ROM=P

|win_KEY=27|draw_KEY=8|loss_KEY=7|gf_KEY=120|ga_KEY=62

|win_CHE=21|draw_CHE=9|loss_CHE=12|gf_CHE=90|ga_CHE=61

|win_DEV=20|draw_DEV=10|loss_DEV=12|gf_DEV=90|ga_DEV=65

|win_RAD=19|draw_RAD=10|loss_RAD=13|gf_RAD=86|ga_RAD=67

|win_OLD=19|draw_OLD=7|loss_OLD=16|gf_OLD=82|ga_OLD=74

|win_WLT=18|draw_WLT=9|loss_WLT=15|gf_WLT=80|ga_WLT=65

|win_CHA=17|draw_CHA=11|loss_CHA=14|gf_CHA=70|ga_CHA=59

|win_WIN=17|draw_WIN=10|loss_WIN=15|gf_WIN=63|ga_WIN=71

|win_CHI=13|draw_CHI=15|loss_CHI=14|gf_CHI=57|ga_CHI=69

|win_BSU=16|draw_BSU=6|loss_BSU=20|gf_BSU=70|ga_BSU=91

|win_ALM=15|draw_ALM=8|loss_ALM=19|gf_ALM=60|ga_ALM=64

|win_BLY=16|draw_BLY=5|loss_BLY=21|gf_BLY=74|ga_BLY=96

|win_MVI=14|draw_MVI=9|loss_MVI=19|gf_MVI=69|ga_MVI=97

|win_BRI=14|draw_BRI=8|loss_BRI=20|gf_BRI=74|ga_BRI=98

|win_CAL=14|draw_CAL=7|loss_CAL=21|gf_CAL=66|ga_CAL=94

|win_ABU=12|draw_ABU=10|loss_ABU=20|gf_ABU=42|ga_ABU=61

|win_SHE=13|draw_SHE=6|loss_SHE=23|gf_SHE=78|ga_SHE=95

|win_COR=10|draw_COR=9|loss_COR=23|gf_COR=43|ga_COR=71

|win_POR=8|draw_POR=8|loss_POR=26|gf_POR=45|ga_POR=89

|win_WAR=6|draw_WAR=9|loss_WAR=27|gf_WAR=54|ga_WAR=103

|adjust_points_POR=-1

|hth_POR=Portishead Town had one point deducted.

|col_P=#ACE1AF|text_P=Promotion to the Premier Division

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_T1W=#CCCCFF|text_T1W=Transferred to Hellenic League Division One West

|result13=T1W|result15=T1W

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=10 May 2018

|source=[http://www.toolstationleague.com/tables.php]

}}

• [http://www.toolstationleague.com/tables.php League tables]

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• [http://www.toolstationleague.com/ Western League Official Site]

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