1895–96 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1895–96
Champions	Warmley (Division One) Barton Hill (Division Two)
← 1894–95 1896–97 →

The 1895–96 season was the fourth in the history of the Western Football League, and the first to be held under this name. The league had been known as the Bristol & District League until this season.

Warmley were the Division One champions for the third time in four years. Barton Hill won Division Two but were not promoted.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One for this season, though the number of clubs remained at 12 after Hereford Thistle and Clevedon left.

Cardiff
St Paul's, promoted from Division Two

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Warmley	20	16	3	1	65	13	5	35
2	Eastville Rovers	20	14	1	5	57	22	2.59	29
2	Staple Hill	20	13	3	4	48	19	2.53	29
4	Trowbridge Town	20	13	1	6	50	31	1.61	27
5	St George	20	10	4	6	47	38	1.24	24
6	Clifton	20	8	3	9	44	50	0.88	17*
7	Gloucester	20	6	4	10	29	42	0.69	16	Left the league at the end of the season
8	Bedminster	20	6	2	12	36	41	0.88	14
9	Swindon Wanderers	20	4	4	22	57	63	0.90	12	Left the league at the end of the season
10	Mangotsfield (R)	20	3	3	14	17	54	0.31	9	Relegated to Division Two
11	St Paul's	20	2	2	16	12	60	0.2	6
12	Cardiff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled, record expunged †

Eastville Rovers and Staple Hill were declared joint runners-up.^[1]

* Clifton had two points deducted for a breach of the rules.
† Cardiff were expelled in January 1896 for non-payment of fines, and their record was expunged.

Division Two

Four new teams joined Division Two this season, though the number of clubs remained at 11 after Mangotsfield Reserves, Waverley and Willsbridge left the league and St Paul's were promoted to Division One.

Cumberland
Eastville Wanderers
Fishponds
Frenchay

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Barton Hill	18	15	2	1	45	16	2.81	32
2	Fishponds	18	11	4	3	33	14	2.36	26
3	St George Reserves	18	11	3	4	52	22	2.36	25	Left the league at the end of the season
4	Eastville Wanderers	18	10	2	6	34	23	1.48	22
5	Eastville Rovers Reserves	18	8	4	6	43	31	1.39	20
6	Cumberland	18	7	3	8	47	35	1.34	17	Left the league at the end of the season
7	Staple Hill Reserves	18	7	2	9	34	58	0.59	16
8	Bedminster Reserves	18	6	1	11	35	38	0.92	13
9	Warmley Reserves	18	4	1	13	23	29	0.79	9	Left the league at the end of the season
10	Clifton Reserves	18	0	0	18	10	84	0.12	0	Left the league at the end of the season
11	Frenchay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged †

† Frenchay resigned during the season and their record was expunged.

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

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