South West Peninsula League

South West Peninsula League
Founded	2007
Country	England
Divisions	Premier Division East; Premier Division West
Number of teams	32; 16 (Premier Division East); 16 (Premier Division West)
Level on pyramid	Level 10
Feeder to	Western League Premier Division
Relegation to	St Piran League ; Devon League ; Somerset County League ; Dorset Premier League
Domestic cup(s)	Walter C Parson Cup
Current champions	East: Ivybridge Town ; West: St Austell ; (2023–24)
Website	Official
	Current: 2024–25

Last updated August 04, 2024

The South West Peninsula League (SWPL) is a football competition in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League.^[1] The league covers Cornwall, Devon, western Somerset and western Dorset.

Subject to applying, receiving the required ground grading and finishing high enough in the league table, one club from each Premier Division can be promoted to the Western League Premier Division each season. As of 2022, six clubs have been promoted from the league – Buckland Athletic after finishing as runners-up in 2012, Plymouth Parkway after finishing as champions in 2018, Tavistock and Exmouth Town who were first and second in 2019, and Falmouth Town and Torpoint Athletic who finished as division champions in 2022.

The bottom three clubs from each Premier Division are liable to relegation to the nearest feeder league. The feeder league for Premier Division West is the St Piran Football League, and the main feeder for Premier Division East is the Devon League.^[2]^[3]

The league's principal sponsor is Carlsberg. The League Cup competition is sponsored by Walter C Parson Funeral Directors and is called The Walter C Parson Cup.

Champions

Season	Premier Division	Division One West	Division One East
2007–08	Bodmin Town	Wadebridge Town	Budleigh Salterton
2008–09	Bodmin Town	Penzance	Exeter Civil Service
2009–10	Buckland Athletic	Perranporth	Royal Marines
2010–11	Buckland Athletic	Camelford	Liverton United
2011–12	Bodmin Town	Newquay	Liverton United
2012–13	Bodmin Town	Godolphin Atlantic	Exmouth Town
2013–14	Plymouth Parkway	Callington Town	Stoke Gabriel
2014–15	St Austell	Helston Athletic	Tavistock
2015–16	Bodmin Town	Mousehole	Tiverton Town Reserves
2016–17	Tavistock	Sticker	Stoke Gabriel
2017–18	Plymouth Parkway	Millbrook	St Martins
2018–19	Tavistock	Liskeard Athletic	Stoke Gabriel

Season	Premier Division West	Premier Division East
2019–20	No champions; season abandoned (coronavirus pandemic)
2020–21	No champions; season curtailed (local lockdowns)
2021–22	Falmouth Town	Torpoint Athletic
2022–23	St Blazey	Brixham
2023–24	A.F.C. St Austell	Ivybridge Town

Walter C Parson Cup Winners (formerly Throgmorton Cup)

2007–08 – Bodmin Town
2008–09 – Bodmin Town
2009–10 – Buckland Athletic
2010–11 – Plymouth Parkway
2011–12 – Bodmin Town – beating Buckland Athletic 6–5 on penalties (0–0 aet)
2012–13 – Bodmin Town
2013–14 – Plymouth Parkway
2014–15 – Godolphin Atlantic
2015–16 – Bodmin Town
2016–17 – St Austell
2017–18 – Falmouth Town
2018–19 – Saltash United
2019–20 – No winner; season abandoned
2020–21 – Not played
2021–22 – Torpoint Athletic
2022–23 – Okehampton Argyle
2023–24 – Okehampton Argyle

Member clubs

The constitutions of the two divisions for 2024–25 are:

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References

↑ Official SWPL Twitter Page
↑ "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non-League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
↑ "Devon FA Step 7 restructure update". Devon FA. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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[1] Official SWPL Twitter Page

[2] "EXCLUSIVE: FA outline second phase of Non-League restructuring". The Non-League Paper. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

[3] "Devon FA Step 7 restructure update". Devon FA. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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