1926–27 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1926–27
Champions	Bristol City Reserves (Division One) Poole Reserves (Division Two)
← 1925–26 1927–28 →

The 1926–27 season was the 30th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions this season were again Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

The number of clubs in Division One was increased from ten to twelve:

Lovells Athletic, promoted from Division Two.
Poole, promoted as champions of Division Two.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City Reserves	22	16	2	4	59	32	1.84	34
2	Torquay United	22	14	4	4	47	27	1.74	32	Elected to the Football League
3	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	22	13	1	8	63	37	1.7	27
4	Lovells Athletic	22	11	5	6	47	36	1.3	27
5	Bristol Rovers Reserves	22	12	3	7	49	41	1.19	27
6	Exeter City Reserves	22	10	3	9	61	53	1.15	23
7	Yeovil and Petters United	22	10	1	11	48	44	1.09	21
8	Swindon Town Reserves	22	9	2	11	41	47	0.87	20	Left at the end of the season
9	Bath City	22	8	3	11	35	50	0.7	19
10	Poole	22	6	2	14	40	69	0.58	14	Left at the end of the season
11	Taunton United	22	4	3	15	28	55	0.51	11
12	Weymouth	22	3	3	16	30	57	0.53	9

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from thirteen to ten clubs after Poole and Lovells Athletic were promoted to Division One, and Bath City Reserves, Paulton Rovers and Swindon Victoria all left the league. Two new teams joined the league:

Lovells Athletic Reserves
Poole Reserves

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Poole Reserves	18	14	2	2	68	19	3.58	30
2	Radstock Town	18	12	1	5	43	29	1.48	25
3	Portland United	18	12	0	6	62	31	2	24
4	Welton Rovers	18	9	2	7	61	39	1.56	20
5	Yeovil and Petters United Reserves	18	8	3	7	44	40	1.1	19
6	Lovells Athletic Reserves	18	8	0	10	48	48	1	16	Left at the end of the season
7	Trowbridge Town	18	5	2	11	44	52	0.85	12
8	Frome Town	18	5	2	11	28	62	0.45	12	Left at the end of the season
9	Weymouth Reserves	18	4	4	10	25	60	0.42	12
10	Minehead	18	5	0	13	24	67	0.36	10

^{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.}

References

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

Western League

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