Plymouth and West Devon Football League
| Founded | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Country |
 England |
| Divisions | 6 (4 for Saturday, 2 for Sunday) |
| Level on pyramid | Levels 12-15 |
| Feeder to | South West Peninsula League |
The Plymouth and West Devon Football League is a football competition based in Devon, England. The league's top division, Premier Division, sits at level 12 of the English football league system.
In Plymouth, between World War I and Two there was a United Churches League – which was the origin of the Plymouth Combination League. It later amalgamated with the Plymouth and District League to become the Plymouth and District Combination League, and then amalgamated with Plymouth's two Sunday leagues to become the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League. It is thus one of the few leagues in England to administer both Saturday and Sunday competitions. Because of this, many clubs have both Saturday and Sunday teams under the same name.
Since 1904 a youth league, the Devon Junior and Minor League, has existed as a platform for teams with age ranges of U9s to U18s in Plymouth, South West Devon and East Cornwall. Numerous clubs in the Plymouth and West Devon Football League have youth teams in the DJM, such as Tavistock Community, Hooe Rovers, Activate and Signal Box Frankfort, to name a few. This is more common with fully fledged sports clubs, and less common with 'pub teams'. [1]
The league (currently known under a sponsorship arrangement as the SWAZ Teamwear Plymouth and West Devon Football League) is currently a feeder to the South West Peninsula League, and has four Saturday divisions – Premier Division, Division One, Division Two & Division Three, along with 2 Sunday League divisions.
2017–18 Saturday Member Clubs
Premier Division
- Chaddlewood Miners Old Boys
- Millbridge FC
- Morley Rangers
- Mount Gould
- Plymouth Hope
- Plympton Athletic
- Saltram Athletic
- Tavistock Community
- The Navy Inn
- The Windmill
- University of Plymouth
Division One
- Chaddlewood Inn
- DC Auto Repairs
- Lakeside Athletic Reserves (firsts play in the East Cornwall League)
- Maristow FC
- Melbourne Inn
- Millbridge Reserves
- Pennycross Sports and Social Club
- Plympton Athletic Reserves
- Princetown FC
- SB Frankfort
- Signal Box Oak Villa
- Weston Mill Oak Villa
Division Two
- Belgrave FC
- Devonport FC
- Friary Vaults
- Hooe Rovers
- Kitto FC
- Millbridge Thirds
- SB Frankfort Reserves
- University of Plymouth Reserves
- Victoria Park Rangers
- Woodford
Division Three
- Central Park Rangers
- Drake FC
- Horrabridge Rangers
- Lakeside Athletic Reserves
- Morley Rangers Reserves
- Plymouth United
- Tavistock Rovers
- Team Carpy
- The Windmill FC Reserves
- Torpoint Athletic Fourths (firsts to thirds play in the South West Peninsula League, the East Cornwall League and the Duchy League)
2017–18 Sunday Member Clubs
Division One
- Activate Sundays
- Chaddlewood Miners
- Headways FC
- Hedges FC
- Plym Kurd
- Plymouth United Sundays
- Queen & Constitution
- Revelstoke Rangers
- Signal Box Oak Villa Sundays
- The Navy Inn Sundays
- The Southway
Division Two
- Activate Sundays Reserves
- Barbican Pirates
- Central Park Rangers Sundays
- FC Bickleigh
- Headways FC Reserves
- Inter Plymouth
- Plymouth Armada
- Plymouth Athletic
- Plymouth United Sundays Reserves
- Plympton Athletic Sundays
- Princetown FC Sundays
- Seymour Arms
- South Brent Sundays (saturday team play in the South Devon Football League)
- Tamar View
References
External links
- football.mitoo.co
- FA site
- History of Devon FA