Perry Street and District League

Perry Street and District League

Founded	1903
Country	England
Divisions	3
Number of teams	38
Level on pyramid	Levels 14–17
Feeder to	Somerset County League
Promotion to	Somerset County League Division Three
Current champions	Forton Rangers (2022–23)
Most championships	Merriot Rovers
Website	website

The Perry Street and District League, commonly known as the Perry Street League, is a football competition with clubs from south Somerset, west Dorset and East Devon, England. The league was formed in 1903 by Charles Edward Small, the owner of the Perry Street Lace Works, who is commemorated by the three spools of lace depicted on the league's crest. The badge depicts the three Counties participating in the Perry Street & District Football League as follows: the wyvern of Somerset, three castles for Dorset and the sailing boat for Devon.

The league started with 5 teams – Perry Street Works, Combe Wanderers, Holyrood Mills, Axminster Town and Horton Rovers.

Today the league has a total of three divisions including the Perry Street League Premier Division. The Perry Street League is a member of the Joint Liaison Committee comprising the Somerset County League and other feeder leagues within the county. The Perry Street League is affiliated to the Somerset County FA.^[1]

South Petherton won the 2005–06 Premier Division title, a feat they repeated in 2006–07 and again in 2007–08.^[2] They finished second in the 2008–09 season as Crewkerne took the title,^[3] and second again in the 2009–10 to Lyme Regis. South Petherton again won the league in the 2010–11 season.^[4]

The fixtures and results can be found in the local Chard & Ilminster Newspaper;^[5] the Weekender and View From titles also offer extensive coverage reports and previews.

Following the AGM meeting at the end of the 2022-23 season, the decision was made to reduce the league structure from four divisions down to three divisions for the upcoming 2023-24 season.

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Member clubs 2023–24

Premier Division

Barrington
Chard United
Combe St Nicholas Reserves
Drimpton
Forton Rangers
Halstock
Misterton
Perry Street & Yonder Hill
Shepton Beauchamp
South Petherton
Yetminster United

Division One

Axminster Town Reserves
Charmouth
Combe St Nicholas 'A'
Crewkerne Rangers
Donyatt United
Dowlish Wake & Donyatt
Forton Rangers Reserves
Ilminster Town Reserves
Misterton Reserves
Netherbury
Pymore
Shepton Beauchamp
South Petherton Reserves
West & Middle Chinnock

Division Two

Chard United Reserves
Combe Colts
Crewkerne Rangers Reserves
Forton 'A'
Ilminster Town 'A'
Kingsbury Episcopi
Merriott Moretti
Merriott Saints
Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves
Shepton Beauchamp Reserves
Thorncombe
Uplyme Reserves
Winsham United
Yetminster United Reserves

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Recent divisional champions

Season	Premier Division	Division One	Division Two	Division Three	Division Four
2000–01	Combe St. Nicholas	Axminster Reserves	Netherbury	Norton Athletic Reserves	Ilminster Town "A"
2001–02	Merriott Rovers	Barrington	Haselbury	Uplyme	Shepton Beauchamp Reserves
2002–03	Ilminster Town Reserves	Chard Colts	Uplyme	South Petherton Reserves	White Horse Symondsbury
2003–04	Merriott Rovers	Charmouth	Hinton St. George	Forton Reserves	Barrington Reserves
2004–05	Lyme Regis	Perry Street & Yonder Hill	Pymore	Winsham United	White Horse Reserves
2005–06	South Petherton	Combe St Nicholas Reserves	Thorncombe	Dowlish & Donyatt	Combe St. Nicholas 'B'
2006–07	South Petherton	Winsham United	Misterton	Chard Town Colts	Beaminster Reserves
2007–08	South Petherton	Misterton	Chard United	White Horse Reserves	Lyme Bantams
2008–09	Crewkerne Town	Barrington	Ilminster Colts	Norton Athletic	Fivehead United
2009–10	Lyme Regis	Farway	Millwey Rise	Hawkchurch	Chard United Reserves
2010–11	South Petherton	Crewkerne Town	Beaminster Reserves	Misterton Reserves	West & Middle Chinnock Reserves
2011–12	Lyme Regis	Millwey Rise	Crewkerne Town Reserves	Chard United	Ilminster Town 'A'
2012–13	Winsham United	West & Middle Chinnock	Uplyme	Luso-Chard	Shepton Beauchamp Reserves
2013–14	Crewkerne Town	Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves	Chard United	Lyme Bantams	Kingsbury Episcopi
2014–15	Crewkerne Town	Barrington	Drimpton	Barrington Reserves	Merriott Rovers
2015–16	Perry Street & Yonder Hill	Misterton	South Petherton Reserves	Halstock
2016–17	Barrington	Merriott Rovers	Halstock	Misterton Reserves
2017–18	Barrington	Halstock	Thorncombe	Ilminster Town A
2018–19	South Petherton	Thorncombe	South Petherton Reserves	Lyme Regis Rovers
2019–21	seasons curtailed by Covid pandemic
2021–22	South Petherton	Shepton Beauchamp	Drimpton	Kingsbury Episcopi
2022–23	Forton Rangers	South Petherton Reserves	Yetminster United	Yetminster United Reserves

List of league champions

Year	Champions
1903–04	Perry Street
1904–05	Holyrood Mill
1905–06	Perry Street Works
1906–07	Holyrood Mill
1907–08	Combe St. Nicholas
1908–09	Boden & Co
1909–10	Boden & Co
1910–11	Boden & Co
1911–12	Axminster
1912–13	Bridport
1913–14	Petters United
1915–19	No competition due to World War I
1919–20	Axminster
1920–21	Axminster
1921–22	Axminster
1922–23	Bridport
1923–24	Crewkerne
1924–25	Crewkerne
1925–26	Ilminster Town
1926–27	Ilminster Town
1927–28	Perry Street
1928–29	Perry Street
1929–30	Crewkerne
1930–31	Ilminster Town
1931–32	Bridport
1932–33	Ilminster Town
1933–34	Stoke–under–Ham

Year	Champions
1934–35	Stoke–under–Ham
1935–36	Stoke–under–Ham
1936–37	Stoke–under–Ham
1937–38	Stoke–under–Ham
1938–39	Ilminster Town
1939–40	Chard
1941–45	No competition due to WWII
1945–46	Westland Sports
1946–47	Ilminster Town
1947–48	Crewkerne
1948–49	Crewkerne
1949–50	Crewkerne
1950–51	Axminster
1951–52	Stoke–under–Ham
1952–53	Stoke–under–Ham
1953–54	Stoke–under–Ham
1954–55	Stoke–under–Ham
1955–56	Chard Reserves
1956–57	Merriott Rovers
1957–58	Lyme Regis
1958–59	Ilminster Reserves
1959–60	Lyme Regis
1960–61	Crewkerne
1961–62	Shepton Beauchamp
1962–63	South Petherton
1963–64	South Petherton
1964–65	Shepton Beauchamp

Year	Champions
1965–66	Shepton Beauchamp
1966–67	Perry Street & Yonder Hill
1967–68	Perry Street & Yonder Hill
1968–69	Perry Street & Yonder Hill
1969–70	Perry Street & Yonder Hill
1970–71	Merriott Rovers
1971–72	Merriott Rovers
1972–73	Drimpton
1973–74	Merriott Rovers
1974–75	Haselbury
1975–76	Merriott Rovers
1976–77	Haselbury
1977–78	Haselbury
1978–79	Merriott Rovers
1979–80	Beaminster
1980–81	Merriott Rovers
1981–82	Shepton Beauchamp
1982–83	Shepton Beauchamp
1983–84	Shepton Beauchamp
1984–85	Shepton Beauchamp
1985–86	Misterton
1986–87	Misterton
1987–88	Misterton
1988–89	Lyme Regis
1989–90	Crewkerne
1990–91	Crewkerne
1991–92	Crewkerne

Year	Champions
1992–93	Merriott Rovers
1993–94	Merriott Rovers
1994–95	Combe St. Nicholas
1995–96	Merriott Rovers
1996–97	Shepton Beauchamp
1997–98	Combe St. Nicholas
1998–99	Crewkerne
1999–2000	Merriott Rovers
2000–01	Combe St. Nicholas
2001–02	Merriott Rovers
2002–03	Ilminster Reserves
2003–04	Merriott Rovers
2004–05	Lyme Regis
2005–06	South Petherton
2006–07	South Petherton
2007–08	South Petherton
2008–09	Crewkerne
2009–10	Lyme Regis
2010–11	South Petherton
2011–12	Lyme Regis
2012–13	Winsham United
2013–14	Crewkerne Town
2014–15	Crewkerne Town
2015–16	Perry Street & Yonder Hill
2016–17	Barrington
2017-18	Barrington
2018-19	South Petherton
2019-20	VOID - Covid-19
2020-21	VOID - Covid-19
2021-22	South Petherton
2022-23	Forton Rangers

Source^[6]

Trophy/cup competitions

All cup competitions (except Chard Hospital Cup) are governed by the rules of The Perry Street Challenge Cup

Premier Division

The Perry Street Challenge Cup
Founded 1912.
Cup Presented by C. E. Small Esq

Coronation Cup
Founded 1953
Cup Presented by C. H. Baulch Esq

Division One

Division One Cup
Founded 1954
Cup Presented by C.H.Harris Esq

The Arthur Gage Memorial Cup
Founded 1950

Division Two

Jack Venn Cup
Founded 1961
Cup Presented by J. V. Venn Esq.

Tommy Tabberer Cup
Founded 1961
Cup Presented by Lyme Regis Football Club

Division Three

John Fowler Trophy
Founded 1973
Cup Presented by Halstock Football Club.

Bill Bailey Cup
Founded 1973
Cup Presented by Beaminster Football Club

Other cups

The Daisy Hutchings Memorial Cup
Founded 1970
Open to all clubs in Divisions 2 and 3 of The Perry Street & District League Clubs can only enter one team.

Chard Hospital Cup Open to clubs as decided by the Management Committee^[6]

List of cup winners

Season	Chard Hospital	Challenge Cup	Coronation Cup	Division One Cup	Jack Venn	Reg Eglon	John Fowler	Tommy Tabberer	Arthur Gage	Bill Bailey	Daisy Hutchings	Kenny Hodges
2017–18	Shepton Beauchamp	Chard United	Winsham	Waytown Hounds	Crewkerne Rangers	Forton Rangers Reserves	Donyatt United	Crewkerne Rangers	Waytown Hounds	Donyatt United	Thorncombe	Forton Rangers
2018–19	Thorncombe	Winsham	Winsham	Ilminster Town Reserves	South Petherton Reserves	Dowlish Wake & Donyatt	Lyme Regis Rovers	Forton Rangers Reserves	Hawkchurch	Ilminster Town B Team	Forton Rangers	Uplyme
2019–20	Winsham	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	Donatt United	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID
2020–21	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID	VOID
2021–22	South Petherton	Chard United	Misterton	Shepton Beauchamp	Thorncombe	Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves	Uplyme Reserves	Charmouth	Shepton Beauchamp	Kingsbury Episcopi
2022–23	Forton Rangers	Forton Rangers	Perry Street & Yonder Hill	South Petherton Reserves	Yetminster United	Yetminster United Reserves
2023–24	South Petherton	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA