1968–69 Western Football League
Season | 1968–69 |
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Champions | Taunton Town |
← 1967–68 1969–70 → |
The 1968–69 season was the 67th in the history of the Western Football League.
The champions for the first time in their history were Taunton Town.[1]
League table
[edit]The league was reduced from 21 to 19 clubs after Salisbury joined the Southern League and Plymouth Argyle Colts left. No new clubs joined.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Taunton Town | 36 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 96 | 53 | 1.811 | 53 |
2 | Bideford | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 77 | 44 | 1.750 | 49 |
3 | Bridgwater Town | 36 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 72 | 30 | 2.400 | 48 |
4 | Glastonbury | 36 | 22 | 4 | 10 | 85 | 49 | 1.735 | 48 |
5 | Frome Town | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 57 | 38 | 1.500 | 47 |
6 | Andover | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 63 | 43 | 1.465 | 41 |
7 | Minehead | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 57 | 43 | 1.326 | 41 |
8 | Welton Rovers | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 51 | 51 | 1.000 | 37 |
9 | Dorchester Town | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 63 | 53 | 1.189 | 36 |
10 | Bath City Reserves | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 58 | 49 | 1.184 | 36 |
11 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 58 | 67 | 0.866 | 35 |
12 | Devizes Town | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 77 | 0.727 | 35 |
13 | Torquay United Reserves | 36 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 51 | 60 | 0.850 | 33 |
14 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 64 | 68 | 0.941 | 32 |
15 | Bridport | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 34 | 54 | 0.630 | 27 |
16 | Weston-super-Mare | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 54 | 0.537 | 25 |
17 | St Luke's College | 36 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 74 | 0.595 | 23 |
18 | Portland United | 36 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 36 | 80 | 0.450 | 22 |
19 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 41 | 105 | 0.390 | 16 |
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
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006