Devon County Football League
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The Devon County Football League was a football
competition based in England
. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System
.
The league was formed in 1992, but disbanded in 2007, ending with a merger with the South Western 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 was placed at Step 6 of the National League System
, feeding directly into the Premier Division of the Western League
.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition based in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It consisted of 20 clubs and sat at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System
National League System
The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the Premier League and The Football League. It contains 91 league competitions and more than 1,600 clubs. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association...
.
The league was formed in 1992, but disbanded in 2007, ending with a merger with the South Western League
South Western Football League
The South Western Football League was an English association football league composed 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...
to form a new competition covering the whole of Devon and Cornwall called the South West Peninsula League
South West Peninsula League
The South West Peninsula League is a league of football clubs in England, which was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League...
. The new competition's top division was placed at Step 6 of the National League System
National League System
The National League System comprises the seven levels of the English football league system immediately below the level of the Premier League and The Football League. It contains 91 league competitions and more than 1,600 clubs. It comes under the jurisdiction of The Football Association...
, feeding directly into the Premier Division of the Western League
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a football league in the south west of England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire and parts of South Wales...
.
List of Champions
| Season | Champions |
| 1992-93 | Buckfastleigh Rangers |
| 1993-94 | Newton Abbot |
| 1994-95 | Stoke Gabriel |
| 1995-96 | Budleigh Salterton |
| 1996-97 | Stoke Gabriel |
| 1997-98 | Topsham Town |
| 1998-99 | Willand Rovers Willand Rovers F.C. Willand Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Willand, near Exeter, in Devon, England who play in the Western League Premier Division... |
| 1999-00 | Budleigh Salterton |
| 2000-01 | Willand Rovers Willand Rovers F.C. Willand Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Willand, near Exeter, in Devon, England who play in the Western League Premier Division... |
| 2001-02 | Dartmouth |
| 2002-03 | Dartmouth |
| 2003-04 | Holsworthy |
| 2004-05 | Teignmouth |
| 2005-06 | Ivybridge Town Ivybridge Town F.C. Ivybridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Ivybridge, Devon, England. Established in 1925, the club was a founder member of the Devon County League in 1992.... |
| 2006-07 | Dartmouth |
Sponsors
- 1992-2002 Westward Developments
- 2002-2005 Firewatch South West
- 2005-2007 Axworthys' Office Supplies