1970โ€“71 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 1970โ€“71
Champions Bideford
โ† 1969โ€“70
1971โ€“72 โ†’

The 1970โ€“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

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

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Bideford34264496392.4656
2Andover34218565242.7150Joined the Southern League
3Bridgwater Town34209563381.6649
4Glastonbury34188878521.544
5Minehead341851166401.6541
6Taunton Town341771066421.5741
7Plymouth City341761167411.6340Left at the end of the season
8Welton Rovers341761160561.0740
9Dorchester Town341661258501.1638
10Devizes Town3412111153501.0635
11Barnstaple Town341371460610.9833
12Bridport341181543490.8830
13Weston-super-Mare34961936730.4924
14Torquay United Reserves34862043540.822
15Bristol City Colts34781940780.5122Left at the end of the season
16Frome Town34832350910.5519
17Bath City Reserves34752233770.4319Left at the end of the season
18St Luke's College34252721830.259

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976โ€“77 season.

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

References

  1. โ†‘ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889โ€“2006, Soccer Books, 2006