1971–72 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1971–72
ChampionsBideford

The 1971–72 season was the 70th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the third time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Bideford.[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from eighteen clubs to fourteen after Andover joined the Southern League, and Bath City Reserves, Bristol City Colts and Plymouth City all left. No new clubs joined.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bideford 26 19 4 3 63 21 3.000 42 Joined the Southern League
2 Minehead 26 18 5 3 59 22 2.682 41
3 Glastonbury 26 16 5 5 58 26 2.231 37
4 Devizes Town 26 11 9 6 44 33 1.333 31
5 Welton Rovers 26 10 7 9 38 37 1.027 27
6 Frome Town 26 9 7 10 33 45 0.733 25
7 Dorchester Town 26 9 6 11 39 38 1.026 24 Joined the Southern League
8 Weston-super-Mare 26 9 5 12 39 45 0.867 23
9 Bridport 26 9 5 12 32 47 0.681 23
10 Bridgwater Town 26 7 9 10 28 42 0.667 23
11 Taunton Town 26 7 7 12 50 54 0.926 21
12 Torquay United Reserves 26 5 9 12 29 55 0.527 19
13 Barnstaple Town 26 6 6 14 40 46 0.870 18
14 St Luke's College 26 3 4 19 25 66 0.379 10
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.

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006