Each year we award the Photo of the Season which is judged by the previous year’s winner. With the large number of photos we receive for the gallery the task would be almost impossible to undertake so we are therefore asking you to choose your best five photos and submit them for judging.

Please take note of the following before sending in your photos:
1. The photo must currently be displayed on the Gallery.
2. The photo must be of a Toolstation Western League Match or Les Phillips Cup Match.

Each photo you submit must include the following information:
1. The date of the match.
2. The names of the two teams.
3. Whether it is a League Match or Les Phillips Cup Match.

Email your five photos to: webmaster@toolstationleague.com

Entries close at midday on Sunday 21st April 2019.

The competition will be judged by last year's winner, Debbie Gould.

Vice Chairman Allan Skuse presents the Premier Division Team of the Month award to Plymouth Parkway.

The Toolstation Western League is inviting applicants for the post of Deputy Match Official Appointer, who would be directly responsible to the Match Official Appointer in compiling the monthly appointments of assistant referees on the Western League Division One and Gloucester County League.

The successful applicant would need to establish and maintain good working relationships with the relevant bodies and be available to recruit officials for the Western Pool, coordinate dates and react at short notice to appoint officials.

Other duties include maintaining a merit table of performances and investigating any complaints as well as providing a monthly report to the various league’s management prior to the respective league’s meetings.

The applicant would need to have good interpersonal and communication skills and practical experience in the use of Microsoft Office.

It is also preferred that they have a working knowledge of the Western Pool, and experience as a match official, previous appointing, the FA Full-time system and the FA MOAS appointing system.

Anyone interested should email Western League chairman John Pool with a relevant CV: john.pool@toolstationleague.com

Applications close on Friday 12th April.

To apply for next season's FA Cup, FA Trophy, FA Vase and FA Youth Cup, please use the direct link below to submit your application and payment online.

The application is ONLY available for online completion and online payment by credit or debit card, and an individual can make the payment with a personal card on the Clubs behalf.

Entry Criteria & Ground Standards for FA Competitions 2019-2020 is attached and should be read before clicking on the link to complete the application.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

On successful completion of the online application and online payment, you will receive an on screen confirmation and an automatic email confirmation will be sent to the participant from The FA. However, this does NOT constitute acceptance into the specified competition(s).

The closing date is Monday 1 April 2019.

A list of entries accepted will be available on www.TheFA.com towards the end of June 2019.

January was a good month for Portishead Town who won the First Division Team of the Month award, being presented here by Director Colin Goodland and also the Respect Award for November - January, presented by Director Sue Merrill.

Fixtures Director George McCaffrey presents the Premier Division Team of the Month Award for January to Bitton.

Odd Down FC are looking to appoint a Football Secretary for the coming season 2019-2020 following the decision of our Football Secretary Lorraine Brown to stand down at the end of this season. The first team play in the Toolstation Western League, the Reserve Team in the Somerset County League and U18s team playing in the Somerset Floodlight Youth League

This is a voluntary position although expenses for administration and travel will be reimbursed.

Odd Down FC is a friendly club, with lots of social activities taking place throughout the week and live entertainment most weekends.

A knowledge of the FA’s Whole Game System would be a great asset however our current secretary would be willing to help with learning the ropes.

The role will include registration and transfer of players, liaising with team managers, League Officials, Match Officials, Somerset FA as well as club chairman and treasurer. Also Match day administration including team sheets, match confirmation, referee reports.

For more information, please contact Chairman Dave Loxton 07530 110415 or Lorraine Brown 01761 437566 or Mob 07734 924435

Chairman John Pool presents the First Division Team of the Month Award for December to Keynsham Town.

Fixtures Director George McCaffrey presents the Premier Division Team of the Month Award for December to Clevedon Town.

If you're interested in a few 'stats' about your team, you can check them out by CLICKING HERE

The Grant Application Service has been in place for three years now and in that time it has helped a number of clubs in the Western League to achieve successful grant awards totalling £500k

The Service provides advice and guidance to clubs who are looking to update their infrastructure as well as hands on management where required.

The Service can provide advice on all aspeces of grant funding, including planning, finding suppliers and completion of all necessary documents to run your project or prepare documents for the Football Association or other lottery funds.

There is no cost at the initial stage and where a more hands on approach is required in general the costs are low, as costs can be claimed back from the grant received.

Clubs we have assisted so far include Barnstaple, Gillingham, Oldland Abbotonians, Keynsham, Street, Cheddar, Plymouth Parkway.

If you would like to discuss your club's infrastructure needs and funding, please call Steve Nicholls on 07454320934 or Martin on 07754543719

Keep up to date with all the latest fixtures and results for the Toolstation Western Football League. Follow your favourite Western League club with the 'Clubhouse' giving you their last result and their next fixture. Get directions to the match at the touch of a button using your devices maps app. Find information about all the Western League clubs including admission prices, kick off times and contact details.

Our thanks to Cocoon Development for writing and developing both our apps.

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE APP

The new Toolstation Legaue App for iPhone and iPad is now available to download.

Keep up to date with all the latest fixtures and results for the Toolstation Western Football League. Follow your favourite Western League club with the 'CLUB HOUSE' giving you their last result and their next fixture. Get directions to the match at the touch of a button using your devices maps app. Find information about all the Western League clubs including admission prices, kick off times and contact details and more...

Click on the image to download the our new App now!

Information is available on how to recognise concussion and on how concussion should be managed from the time of injury through to safe return to football. At all levels in football, if a player is suspected of having a concussion, they must be immediately removed from the pitch, whether in training or match play.

You can dowload a copy of the FA's Booklet by following this link

The current men and women of Her Majesty's Armed Forces are doing such an exceptional job both at home and abroad during these difficult times.

The Toolstation Western Football League is proud to offer all current serving members of HM Forces FREE ADMISSION to all League matches.

Proof of ID will be all that is required at the turnstile.