The League was formed following an amalgamation of the South Western Football League and the Devon County Football League in June 2007, having been in the planning stages for several years prior to that.
The initial constitution sees 51 clubs of which 20 came from the Devon County League, 18 from the South Western League, 3 clubs each from the Cornwall Combination League, Devon & Exeter League, East Cornwall Premier League & South Devon League and 1 club from the Western League. These clubs are placed in 1 of 3 divisions :
Premier Division : 18 Clubs from throughout Devon & Cornwall and placed at Step 6 of the National League System.
Division 1 East : 17 Clubs all from Devon and placed at Step 7 of the National League System.
Division 1 West : 16 Clubs of which 15 come from Cornwall and 1 from West Devon and again placed at Step 7 of the National League System.
At the end of each season 1 club can be promoted from the Premier Division to the Western League Premier (Step 5), the bottom 2 clubs can be relegated to Division 1 East & West and 1 club from each of Division 1 East & West can be promoted to the Premier Division. The bottom side in each of the Division 1's can be relegated to 1 of 6 feeder leagues beneath the league, each of whose member clubs can apply for promotion to the league.
In addition the league runs a knock-out Cup Competition that involves all member clubs with the first & second rounds played on a regional basis before the last 16 clubs compete over the whole 2 county area.
The League is greatful to its sponsors and in particular it thanks :
CARLSBERG : Main Sponsors
WESTWARD INVESTMENTS : Cup Sponsors
CORNISH HOMES (UK) : Fair Play & Website Sponsors
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