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Western Football League
Season	1961–62
Champions	Bristol City Reserves
	← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 season was the 60th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the sixth time in their history were the returning Bristol City Reserves.^[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from 21 to 20 clubs after Bristol City Colts, Exeter City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves left. Two new clubs joined:

Bridport
Bristol City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1948.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Bristol City Reserves	38	28	7	3	132	36	3.667	63
2	Salisbury	38	27	2	9	105	41	2.561	56
3	Bideford Town	38	21	11	6	84	49	1.714	53
4	Torquay United Reserves	38	20	5	13	95	78	1.218	45
5	Poole Town Reserves	38	19	5	14	115	85	1.353	43
6	Dorchester Town	38	19	5	14	102	85	1.200	43
7	Bridgwater Town	38	17	8	13	89	69	1.290	42
8	Minehead	38	17	8	13	80	68	1.176	42
9	Chippenham Town	38	17	6	15	79	71	1.113	40
10	Portland United	38	16	8	14	92	85	1.082	40
11	Weston-super-Mare	38	14	11	13	63	68	0.926	39
12	Weymouth Reserves	38	16	6	16	85	71	1.197	38
13	Bath City Reserves	38	13	9	16	74	80	0.925	35
14	Bridport	38	11	8	19	72	93	0.774	30
15	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	13	3	22	74	99	0.747	29
16	Welton Rovers	38	11	7	20	61	104	0.587	29
17	Taunton Town	38	11	4	23	59	114	0.518	26
18	Bristol Rovers Colts	38	6	13	19	59	93	0.634	25
19	Barnstaple Town	38	8	7	23	52	120	0.433	23
20	Glastonbury	38	7	5	26	44	107	0.411	19

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.