2000–01 Wessex Football League Explained

Competition:	Wessex Football League
Season:	2000–01
Winners:	Andover
Relegated:	Portsmouth Royal Navy
Prevseason:	1999–2000
Nextseason:	2001–02

The 2000–01 Wessex Football League was the 15th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the first time in their history were Andover. There was no promotion to the Southern League, but founder members Portsmouth Royal Navy finished bottom and were relegated.^[1]

For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Jewson Wessex League.^[2]

League table

The league consisted of one division of 23 clubs, increased from 21 the previous season, after East Cowes Victoria Athletic were relegated and three new clubs joined:

• Blackfield & Langley, joining from the Hampshire League.
• Fleet Town, relegated from the Southern Football League.
• Swanage Town & Herston, rejoining from the Dorset Combination League after being relegated in 1996.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Wessex League 1986–2011 . 23 January 2014 . Non League Matters . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215744/http://www.nonleaguematters.net/Regs1SthA/Wesx86.htm . 2013-10-04 . dead .
2. Web site: 2000–01 Wessex League . 23 January 2014 . FCHD.