The Somerset County Football League is a football competition based in England

England

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. It sits 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...

. It is a feeder to 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...

 Division One and has promoted a club in five of the last seven seasons - Hengrove Athletic

Hengrove Athletic F.C.

Hengrove Athletic F.C. are a football club which is based in the Bristol suburb of Whitchurch. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....

, Portishead

Portishead F.C.

Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-History:...

, Radstock Town

Radstock Town F.C.

Radstock Town Football Club play in Radstock, Somerset in the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Club history:...

, Oldland Abbotonians

Oldland Abbotonians F.C.

Oldland Abbotonians F.C. is a football club based in Oldland Common, near Bristol, England. In the 2006-07 season, they finished third in the Somerset County League, which is a level 11 league of the English football league system. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Western Football...

 and Wells City

Wells City F.C.

Wells City F.C. are a football club based in Wells, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.They joined the Western League Division Two in 1929 and won the Western League title in 1950...

.

The league has a total of four divisions - a Premier Division, Division One and two regional Division Twos. It is fed by the Bath and District League

Bath and District League

The Bath and District League is a football competition based in England. The league has two divisions. Its top division, the Bath and District League Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system...

, the Mid-Somerset League, the Perry Street and District Football League, the Taunton & District Saturday League

Taunton & District Saturday League

The Taunton & District Saturday League is a football competition based in Somerset, England. It has a total of five divisions, the highest of which, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system...

, the Yeovil and District League

Yeovil and District League

The Yeovil and District Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of four divisions including the Yeovil and District League Premier Division which sits at level 14 of the English football league system...

, and the Weston super Mare and District League

Weston super Mare and District League

The Weston super Mare and District League is a football competition based in England, founded in 1903. It has a total of six divisions, the highest of which, Division One, sits at level 14 of the English football league system...

. It is affiliated to the Somerset County FA which was formed in 1885.

History

The Somerset County League, also known as the Somerset Senior League, was founded in 1890.

Six of the current teams in the Somerset County League have competed at a higher level, namely:

• Ashton & Backwell United
• Clevedon United
  Clevedon United F.C.
  Clevedon United F.C. are a football club based in Clevedon, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.After years in the Somerset County League, they achieved promotion to the Western Football League Division One after a 3rd place finish in the 2002-03 season...
  
  
• Glastonbury Town
• Ilminster Town
• Peasedown Athletic (known as Peasedown Miners Welfare)
• Minehead

Among the clubs that have have left the Somerset County League and now compete at a higher level are:

• Bishop Sutton
• Brislington
  Brislington F.C.
  Brislington Football Club is an English football club based in Brislington, in Bristol. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Western League. Nicknamed "Briz" and newly "The Foxes", they play at Ironmould Lane...
  
  
• Bridgwater Town
  Bridgwater Town F.C.
  Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...
  
  
• Bristol Manor Farm
  Bristol Manor Farm F.C.
  Bristol Manor Farm F.C. is an English football team who play in the Western Football League. They play their home games at The Creek, Bristol. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA and Gloucestershire County FA....
  
  
• Chard Town
  Chard Town F.C.
  Chard Town F.C. is a football club based in Chard, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA. They playing the Western Football League Division One.-Club history:...
  
  
• Hengrove Athletic
  Hengrove Athletic F.C.
  Hengrove Athletic F.C. are a football club which is based in the Bristol suburb of Whitchurch. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
  
• Keynsham Town
  Keynsham Town F.C.
  Keynsham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club founded in 1895 in Keynsham, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
  
• Larkhall Athletic
  Larkhall Athletic F.C.
  Larkhall Athletic F.C. are a football club based in Larkhall, in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.The club was founded in 1914, and played local football until joining the Western League when it expanded to two divisions in 1976...
  
  
• Odd Down
  Odd Down F.C.
  Odd Down F.C. are a football club based in Bath, England. They play at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground, Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Club history:...
  
  

• Oldland Abbotonians
  Oldland Abbotonians F.C.
  Oldland Abbotonians F.C. is a football club based in Oldland Common, near Bristol, England. In the 2006-07 season, they finished third in the Somerset County League, which is a level 11 league of the English football league system. For the 2011-12 season, they are members of the Western Football...
  
  
• Paulton Rovers
  Paulton Rovers F.C.
  Paulton Rovers Football Club are an English football club based at the Athletic Field on Winterfield Road in the village of Paulton near Bristol. They were established in 1881 and currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West...
  
  
• Portishead Town
• Radstock Town
  Radstock Town F.C.
  Radstock Town Football Club play in Radstock, Somerset in the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Club history:...
  
  
• Shepton Mallet
  Shepton Mallet F.C.
  Shepton Mallet F.C. are a football club based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.-History:They were established in 1986 after the liquidation of Shepton Mallet Town. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
  
• Street
  Street F.C.
  Street F.C. are a football club based in Street, near Glastonbury, in Somerset, England. They play their home matches at The Tannery. The club will play in the Western League Premier Division for the 2011-12 season...
  
  
• Taunton Town
  Taunton Town F.C.
  Taunton Town Football Club are an English football club based in Taunton, Somerset, England. They compete in the Southern Football League Division One South & West, and play their home matches at their Wordsworth Drive ground which they moved into during the 1953 season...
  
  
• Wellington
  Wellington (Somerset) F.C.
  Wellington A.F.C. are a football club based in Wellington, Somerset, England. They have played at Wellington Playing Fields in North Street since 1954. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
  
• Wells City
  Wells City F.C.
  Wells City F.C. are a football club based in Wells, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.They joined the Western League Division Two in 1929 and won the Western League title in 1950...
  
  

Clandown

Clandown F.C.

Clandown F.C. was a non-league football club that played in the village of Clandown, near Radstock in Somerset. Clandown played in the Western Football League, Wiltshire Premier League and the Somerset Senior League until 2003-04. They played for most of their existence at Thynne Field, which is...

 had three periods in the Western Football 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...

 but rejoined the Somerset County League in 1992 before folding in 2004. Westland-Yeovil eventually folded after leaving the County League for the Western League but they subsequently reformed as Westland Sports

Westland Sports F.C.

Westland Sports Football Club is a football club based in Yeovil, Somerset, England founded in 1939. The second world war prevented regular competitive football, but by 1946, the club was fielding two sides, one Yeovil and District League team, and one youth side. In 1964/65 the club withdrew from...

 and now compete in the Dorset Premier Football League

Dorset Premier Football League

The Dorset Premier Football League is a football league based in Dorset, England, which sits at Step 7 of the National League System, or level 11 of the overall English football league system.-History:...

.

2011-12 Members

Premier Division

• Ashton & Backwell United
• Berrow
• Bishops Lydeard
• Bridgwater Town
  Bridgwater Town F.C.
  Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...
  
   Reserves
• Cheddar
• Clevedon United
  Clevedon United F.C.
  Clevedon United F.C. are a football club based in Clevedon, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.After years in the Somerset County League, they achieved promotion to the Western Football League Division One after a 3rd place finish in the 2002-03 season...
  
  
• Cutters Friday
• Glastonbury Town
• Langford Rovers
• Minehead
• Nailsea Town
• Nailsea United
• Odd Down
  Odd Down F.C.
  Odd Down F.C. are a football club based in Bath, England. They play at the Lew Hill Memorial Ground, Combe Hay Lane, Odd Down. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Club history:...
  
   Reserves
• St. George Easton-in-Gordano
• Shirehampton
• Stockwood Green
• Taunton Blackbrook
• Watchet Town

Division One

• Bishop Sutton
  Bishop Sutton F.C.
  Bishop Sutton A.F.C. are a football club based in Bishop Sutton, Somerset, near Bristol, England. They were officially established in 1977, although it is actually a reformed version of a club that dated from the early 1900s....
  
   Reserves
• Brislington
  Brislington F.C.
  Brislington Football Club is an English football club based in Brislington, in Bristol. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Western League. Nicknamed "Briz" and newly "The Foxes", they play at Ironmould Lane...
  
   Reserves
• Burnham United
• Castle Cary
• Cleeve West Town
• Clutton
• Congresbury
• Frome Collegians
• Fry Club
• Ilminster Town
• Larkhall Athletic
  Larkhall Athletic F.C.
  Larkhall Athletic F.C. are a football club based in Larkhall, in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.The club was founded in 1914, and played local football until joining the Western League when it expanded to two divisions in 1976...
  
   Reserves
• Purnells Sports
• Saltford
• Shepton Mallet
  Shepton Mallet F.C.
  Shepton Mallet F.C. are a football club based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.-History:They were established in 1986 after the liquidation of Shepton Mallet Town. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
   Reserves
• Street
  Street F.C.
  Street F.C. are a football club based in Street, near Glastonbury, in Somerset, England. They play their home matches at The Tannery. The club will play in the Western League Premier Division for the 2011-12 season...
  
   Reserves
• Weston St. Johns
• Winscombe
• Yatton Athletic

Division Two East

• Cutters Friday Reserves
• Dundry Athletic
• Farrington Gurney
• Fry Club Reserves
• Hengrove Athletic
  Hengrove Athletic F.C.
  Hengrove Athletic F.C. are a football club which is based in the Bristol suburb of Whitchurch. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
   Reserves
• Imperial
• Keynsham Town
  Keynsham Town F.C.
  Keynsham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club founded in 1895 in Keynsham, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
  
   Reserves
• Peasedown Athletic
• Purnells Sports Reserves
• Radstock Town
  Radstock Town F.C.
  Radstock Town Football Club play in Radstock, Somerset in the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Club history:...
  
   Reserves
• Stockwood Green Reserves
• Timsbury Athletic
• Tunley Athletic
• Welton Rovers
  Welton Rovers F.C.
  Welton Rovers Football Club is an English non-league football club who play at West Clewes, North Road, Midsomer Norton, Somerset in the Western Football League Division One. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-Early club history:...
  
   Reserves
• Westfield
  Westfield, Somerset
  Westfield is a settlement lying on the Fosse Way between Radstock and Midsomer Norton in Somerset, England. In 2011 it was raised to the status of a civil parish....
  
  

Division Two West

• Ashton & Backwell United Reserves
• Banwell
• Burnham United Reserves
• Cheddar Reserves
• Churchill Club
• Combe St. Nicholas
• Creech St. Michael
• Long Ashton
• Nailsea United Reserves
• Portishead Town Reserves
• Wells City
  Wells City F.C.
  Wells City F.C. are a football club based in Wells, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.They joined the Western League Division Two in 1929 and won the Western League title in 1950...
  
   Reserves
• Westland United
• Worle
• Wrington Redhill

Premier Division Champions

Season	Premier Division
1986-87	Robinsons DRG
1987-88	Robinsons DRG
1988-89	Brislington Brislington F.C. Brislington Football Club is an English football club based in Brislington, in Bristol. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Western League. Nicknamed "Briz" and newly "The Foxes", they play at Ironmould Lane...
1989-90	Bridgwater Town Bridgwater Town F.C. Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...
1990-91	Bridgwater Town Bridgwater Town F.C. Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...
1991-92	Bridgwater Town Bridgwater Town F.C. Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...
1992-93	Long Sutton
1993-94	Portishead Portishead F.C. Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-History:...
1994-95	Portishead Portishead F.C. Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-History:...
1995-96	Portishead Portishead F.C. Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-History:...
1996-97	Street Street F.C. Street F.C. are a football club based in Street, near Glastonbury, in Somerset, England. They play their home matches at The Tannery. The club will play in the Western League Premier Division for the 2011-12 season...
1997-98	Portishead Portishead F.C. Portishead Town F.C., formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, Somerset, England founded in 1912. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.-History:...
1998-99	Clevedon United Clevedon United F.C. Clevedon United F.C. are a football club based in Clevedon, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.After years in the Somerset County League, they achieved promotion to the Western Football League Division One after a 3rd place finish in the 2002-03 season...

Season	Premier Division
1999-00	Shirehampton
2000-01	Shepton Mallet Shepton Mallet F.C. Shepton Mallet F.C. are a football club based in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.-History:They were established in 1986 after the liquidation of Shepton Mallet Town. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
2001-02	Brislington Brislington F.C. Brislington Football Club is an English football club based in Brislington, in Bristol. The club are currently members of the Premier Division of the Western League. Nicknamed "Briz" and newly "The Foxes", they play at Ironmould Lane...  Reserves
2002-03	Nailsea United
2003-04	Team Bath Team Bath F.C. Team Bath was an English association football club affiliated with the University of Bath in the city of Bath, Somerset at the turn of the 21st century. The club was formed to allow the players to combine professional football with higher education...  Reserves
2004-05	Mangotsfield United Mangotsfield United F.C. Mangotsfield United F.C. is an English football club based in Mangotsfield, in the Greater Bristol area, who currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club is affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA and Somerset County FA....  Reserves
2005-06	Hengrove Athletic Hengrove Athletic F.C. Hengrove Athletic F.C. are a football club which is based in the Bristol suburb of Whitchurch. The club is affiliated to the Somerset County FA....
2006-07	Burnham United
2007-08	Nailsea United
2008-09	Bridgwater Town Bridgwater Town F.C. Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park...  Reserves
2009-10	Bridgwater Town Bridgwater Town F.C. Bridgwater Town Football Club are a football club from Bridgwater, Somerset, England. The original version of the club was founded in 1898. They currently play in the Southern League Division One South and West. The club plays their home games at Fairfax Park... Reserves
2010-11	Shirehampton

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