Perry Street and District League

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.

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	Misterton (2023–24)
Most championships	Merriot Rovers
Website	website

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.

Member clubs 2024–25

Perry Street F.C. in action in the 2008–09 season

Premier Division

• Axminster Town 3rds
• Barrington
• Chard United
• Combe St Nicholas Reserves
• Forton Rangers
• Ilchester
• Ilminster Town Reserves
• Misterton
• Perry Street & Yonder Hill
• Shepton Beauchamp
• South Petherton
• Yetminster United

Division One

• Combe St Nicholas A
• Crewkerne Rangers
• Donyatt United
• Drimpton
• Forton Rangers Reserves
• Halstock
• Kingsbury Episcopi
• Misterton Reserves
• Netherbury
• Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves
• South Petherton Reserves
• West & Middle Chinnock

Division Two

• Chard United Reserves
• Charmouth
• Combe St Nicholas Colts
• Crewkerne Rangers Reserves
• Dowlish Wake & Donyatt
• Forton 'A'
• Ilminster Town 'A'
• Merriott Moretti
• Merriott Saints
• 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
2023–24	Misterton	Ilminster Town Reserves	Perry Street & Yonder Hill 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

Year Champions 2019-20 Void due to COVID-19 pandemic 2020-21 2021-22 South Petherton 2022-23 Forton Rangers 2023-24 Misterton

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				Donatt United	Void
2020–21	Void
2021–22	South Petherton	Chard United	Misterton	Shepton Beauchamp	Thorncombe	Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves	Uplyme Reserves	Charmouth	Shepton Beauchamp	Kingsbury Episcopi	Not run
2022–23	Forton Rangers	Forton Rangers	Perry Street & Yonder Hill	South Petherton Reserves	Yetminster United	Yetminster United Reserves	Barrington Reserves	Yetminster United	South Petherton Reserves	Chard United 'A'	Not run	Chard United 'A'
2023–24	South Petherton	Yetminster United	Misterton	Forton Rangers Reserves	Perry Street & Yonder Hill Reserves	Forton Rangers A	Not run

Source^[6]

References

1. "SomersetFA.com". SomersetFA. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
2. "Petherton Reign Supreme". ViewFrom. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
3. "NewsQuest Story". NewsQuest. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
4. "Champions Held". ViewFrom Publishing. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
5. "Chard&IlminsterNews". NewsQuest Newspapers. 13 April 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
6. "Full-Time League Websites – Perry Street & District League". The Football Association. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

External links

• FA Full time page