The 2008–09 Western Football League season (known as the 2008–09 Toolstation Western Football League for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th in the history of 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...

, a football competition 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...

. Teams were divided into two divisions; the Premier and the First.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured two new teams in a league of 21.

• Sherborne Town
  Sherborne Town F.C.
  Sherborne Town F.C. are a football club based Sherborne, Dorset, England, who play in the Western Football League Premier Division.-History:Sherborne Town is a semi-professional football club. Founded in 1894, they played their matches at Marston Road. Following the opening of the Terrace playing...
  
  , promoted as runners up of the First Division.
• Wellington, promoted as champions of the First Division.

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• Bitton did not apply for promotion as their ground would not have reached the required standard for the Southern League. Frome applied for promotion instead, and were accepted.

First Division

Division One featured three new teams in a league of 20, reduced from 21 the previous season after the resignation of Backwell United and the relegation of Weston St Johns. Both clubs joined the Somerset County Football League

Somerset County Football League

The Somerset County Football League is a football competition based in England. It sits at step 7 of the National League System. It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted a club in five of the last seven seasons - Hengrove Athletic, Portishead, Radstock Town, Oldland...

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• 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:...
  
  , relegated from the Premier Division.
• Gillingham Town
  Gillingham Town F.C.
  Gillingham Town Football Club is a football club based in Gillingham, Dorset, England. Founded on 14 November 1879, the club is the oldest in Dorset, and joined the Dorset Combination in 1970. As of the 2011–12 season, they are members of the Western Football League Division One...
  
  , promoted as runners-up of 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:...
  
  .
• 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...
  
  , promoted as runners-up of the Somerset County League
  Somerset County Football League
  The Somerset County Football League is a football competition based in England. It sits at step 7 of the National League System. It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted a club in five of the last seven seasons - Hengrove Athletic, Portishead, Radstock Town, Oldland...
  
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• Portishead F.C. changed their name to Portishead Town F.C..

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