1970–71 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1970–71
ChampionsBideford

The 1970–71 season was the 69th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history were Bideford.[1]

Final table

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The league was reduced from twenty clubs to eighteen after Portland United, Weymouth Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves left, and one new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bideford 34 26 4 4 96 39 2.462 56
2 Andover 34 21 8 5 65 24 2.708 50 Joined the Southern League
3 Bridgwater Town 34 20 9 5 63 38 1.658 49
4 Glastonbury 34 18 8 8 78 52 1.500 44
5 Minehead 34 18 5 11 66 40 1.650 41
6 Taunton Town 34 17 7 10 66 42 1.571 41
7 Plymouth City 34 17 6 11 67 41 1.634 40 Left at the end of the season
8 Welton Rovers 34 17 6 11 60 56 1.071 40
9 Dorchester Town 34 16 6 12 58 50 1.160 38
10 Devizes Town 34 12 11 11 53 50 1.060 35
11 Barnstaple Town 34 13 7 14 60 61 0.984 33
12 Bridport 34 11 8 15 43 49 0.878 30
13 Weston-super-Mare 34 9 6 19 36 73 0.493 24
14 Torquay United Reserves 34 8 6 20 43 54 0.796 22
15 Bristol City Colts 34 7 8 19 40 78 0.513 22 Left at the end of the season
16 Frome Town 34 8 3 23 50 91 0.549 19
17 Bath City Reserves 34 7 5 22 33 77 0.429 19 Left at the end of the season
18 St Luke's College 34 2 5 27 21 83 0.253 9
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

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