The Devon Football League is a
football
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competition based in
England
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. It consists of 18 clubs in a single division after four years being split into two divisions, North & East and South & West. The league sits at step 7 of the
National League System
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, or level 11 of the
football pyramid
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.
History
The league was established in 2019 as part of restructuring of football in the south-west of England, in which the
South West Peninsula League
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. The league covers Cornwall, Devon, western Somerset and western Dors ...
lost its second tier.
Member clubs 2024–25
*Alphington
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Appledore Appledore may refer to:
Places England
* Appledore, Kent
** Appledore (Kent) railway station
* Appledore, Mid Devon, near Tiverton
* Appledore, Torridge, North Devon, near Bideford United States
* Appledore Island, off the coast of Maine
In fic ...
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Beer Albion
*Bere Alston United
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Budleigh Salterton
Budleigh Salterton is a seaside town on the coast in East Devon, England, south-east of Exeter. It lies within the East Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and forms much of the electoral ward of Budleigh, whose ward population at the ...
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Dartmouth
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Elmore
Elmore may refer to:
Places United States
*Elmore, Alabama
*Elmore, Illinois
* Elmore, Minnesota
*Elmore, Ohio
* Elmore City, Oklahoma
* Elmore, Vermont
*Elmore, Wisconsin
*Elmore County (disambiguation)
*Elmore Township (disambiguation)
*Lake Elm ...
*Ipplepen Athletic
*Newtown
*North Molton SC
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Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, Devon, River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, w ...
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Plymouth Marjon
*Plymstock United
*Thorverton
*Topsham Town
*University of Exeter
Champions
References
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2019 establishments in England
Football in Devon
Football leagues in England
Sports leagues established in 2019