1987–88 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1987–88
ChampionsLiskeard Athletic (Premier Division)
Welton Rovers (Division One)

The 1987–88 season was the 86th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Liskeard Athletic. The champions of Division One were Welton Rovers.[1]

Final tables

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Premier Division

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The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Chard Town were relegated to the First Division. One club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Liskeard Athletic (C) 42 29 10 3 98 33 +65 68
2 Saltash United 42 27 6 9 116 41 +75 60
3 Mangotsfield United 42 25 10 7 99 38 +61 60
4 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 42 26 8 8 105 46 +59 60
5 Weston-super-Mare 42 21 8 13 81 62 +19 50
6 Exmouth Town 42 19 10 13 61 55 +6 48
7 Bristol City Reserves 42 16 15 11 76 53 +23 47 Left at the end of the season
8 Bristol Manor Farm 42 17 14 11 66 52 +14 47[a]
9 Taunton Town 42 15 15 12 49 48 +1 45
10 Bideford 42 17 9 16 60 61 −1 43
11 Swanage Town & Herston 42 16 10 16 73 62 +11 42
12 Barnstaple Town 42 17 6 19 62 72 −10 40
13 Clevedon Town 42 13 12 17 42 56 −14 38
14 Paulton Rovers 42 13 10 19 46 72 −26 36
15 Dawlish Town 42 14 6 22 49 77 −28 34
16 Radstock Town 42 13 9 20 44 57 −13 33[b]
17 Torrington 42 12 7 23 49 83 −34 31
18 Frome Town 42 9 13 20 36 69 −33 30[a]
19 Minehead 42 10 10 22 47 87 −40 30
20 Chippenham Town 42 10 8 24 35 62 −27 28
21 Melksham Town (R) 42 7 14 21 45 84 −39 28 Relegated to the First Division
22 Clandown (R) 42 5 12 25 33 102 −69 22
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Bristol Manor Farm and Frome Town both had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
  2. ^ Radstock Town had two points deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

First Division

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The First Division was reduced from 22 to 19 clubs, after Swanage Town & Herston were promoted to the Premier Division, Wimborne Town were transferred to the Wessex League, Portway Bristol disbanded and Weymouth Reserves also left. One new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Welton Rovers (C, P) 36 21 12 3 74 36 +38 54[a] Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Chard Town (P) 36 21 11 4 75 41 +34 53
3 Tiverton Town 36 21 7 8 82 46 +36 49
4 Bath City Reserves 36 18 11 7 61 46 +15 47
5 Larkhall Athletic 36 17 8 11 72 49 +23 42
6 Devizes Town 36 15 9 12 44 38 +6 39
7 Keynsham Town 36 16 7 13 53 54 −1 39
8 Westbury United 36 15 7 14 61 56 +5 37
9 Ottery St Mary 36 16 5 15 43 41 +2 37
10 Backwell United 36 11 13 12 49 52 −3 35
11 Warminster Town 36 15 5 16 46 55 −9 35
12 Wellington 36 14 6 16 60 67 −7 34
13 Calne Town 36 11 10 15 45 59 −14 32
14 Odd Down 36 10 11 15 51 62 −11 31
15 Ilfracombe Town 36 11 7 18 45 59 −14 29
16 Heavitree United 36 11 6 19 49 62 −13 28
17 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 7 11 18 39 57 −18 25
18 Elmore 36 7 6 23 46 81 −35 20
19 Glastonbury 36 5 8 23 39 73 −34 18
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

References

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