1960–61 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1960–61
Champions	Salisbury
← 1959–60 1961–62 →

The 1960–61 season was the 59th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history were Salisbury. This season was the first to feature a single division since 1945–46, with many clubs having left the league at the end of the 1959–60 season.^[1]

Final table

The new single division consisted of 21 clubs after Division Two was scrapped. Bridgwater Town Reserves, Chippenham United, Clandown, Dorchester Town Reserves, Frome Town, Gloucester City Reserves, Paulton Rovers, Peasedown Miners Welfare, Radstock Town, Stonehouse, Street, Taunton Town Reserves and Wells City all left the league. One new club joined:

Exeter City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1935.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Salisbury	40	31	4	5	135	42	3.21	66
2	Dorchester Town	40	26	6	8	115	63	1.82	58
3	Minehead	40	24	8	8	100	62	1.61	56
4	Torquay United Reserves	40	23	6	11	122	70	1.74	52
5	Bridgwater Town	40	18	12	10	88	71	1.24	48
6	Exeter City Reserves	40	21	5	14	99	68	1.45	47	Left at the end of the season
7	Weymouth Reserves	40	19	9	12	91	79	1.15	47
8	Bristol City Colts	40	18	10	12	94	70	1.34	46	Left at the end of the season
9	Welton Rovers	40	20	5	15	119	110	1.08	45
10	Portland United	40	16	10	14	93	87	1.07	42
11	Yeovil Town Reserves	40	18	5	17	73	73	1	41
12	Chippenham Town	40	18	5	17	79	81	0.97	41
13	Bristol Rovers Colts	40	12	12	16	80	74	1.08	36
14	Bath City Reserves	40	11	11	18	75	79	0.95	33
15	Weston-super-Mare	40	13	7	20	76	98	0.77	33
16	Bideford Town	40	12	9	19	76	99	0.77	33
17	Glastonbury	40	13	4	23	66	114	0.58	30
18	Poole Town Reserves	40	8	9	23	57	87	0.65	25
19	Trowbridge Town Reserves	40	9	7	24	62	122	0.51	25	Left at the end of the season
20	Barnstaple Town	40	8	4	28	55	111	0.49	20
21	Taunton Town	40	5	6	29	59	153	0.39	16

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

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