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The 2020–21 South West Peninsula League season was the 14th in the history of the South West Peninsula League, a football competition in England, that feeds the Premier Division of the Western Football League. The league was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Devon County League and the South Western League, and is restricted to clubs based in Cornwall and Devon. The two divisions of the South West Peninsula League are on the same level of the National League System as the Western League Division One (Step 6).
The constitution was announced on 21 July 2020.[1]
After the abandonment of the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[2] the league's constitution remained unchanged.
This season, the top two clubs in each division were to be promoted to Step 5. The bottom two clubs in each division would have been liable to relegation.[3]
By October 2020, the poor start to the season suffered by Stoke Gabriel in Premier Division East had attracted attention from the national press. It was the worst start to the season by any club in the top ten levels of English football.[4]
Suspension and curtailment
Fixtures were temporarily suspended on 30 December 2020, again due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but were later suspended until further notice.[5] The FA curtailed the season for all leagues at steps 3–6 on 24 February, with no further league fixtures to be played.[6]
The scheduled restructuring of non-league football took place at the end of the season. Promotions from Step 6 to 5 were based on points per game across all matches over the two abandoned seasons (2019–20 and 2020–21), while teams were promoted to Step 6 on the basis of a subjective application process.[7]
Premier Division East
← 2019–20 2021–22 → |
Premier Division East features 20 teams, unchanged from the previous season.
Honiton Town and Torridgeside were required to install floodlights at their grounds to maintain their membership of the league. Torridgeside complied in October 2020.[8]
League table at time of curtailment
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torpoint Athletic | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 40 | 21 | +19 | 34 | |
| 2 | Ivybridge Town | 15 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 50 | 14 | +36 | 33 | |
| 3 | Millbrook | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 43 | 8 | +35 | 31 | Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[a] |
| 4 | Brixham | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 43 | 16 | +27 | 30 | |
| 5 | Ilfracombe Town | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 9 | +39 | 28 | Promotion to the Western League Premier Division[a] |
| 6 | Torridgeside | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 26 | |
| 7 | Newton Abbot Spurs | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 35 | 19 | +16 | 26 | |
| 8 | Dartmouth | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 26 | |
| 9 | Elmore | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 22 | |
| 10 | Sidmouth Town | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 19 | |
| 11 | Torrington | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 18 | |
| 12 | Cullompton Rangers | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 18 | |
| 13 | Honiton Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 17 | |
| 14 | Crediton United | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 16 | |
| 15 | Bovey Tracey | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 13 | |
| 16 | Plymouth Marjon | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 12 | |
| 17 | Elburton Villa | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 11 | |
| 18 | Axminster Town | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 10 | |
| 19 | Holsworthy | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 8 | |
| 20 | Stoke Gabriel | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 207 | −200 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes: