2005–06 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2005–06
Champions	Bideford (Premier Division) Dawlish Town (Division One)
← 2004–05 2006–07 →

The 2005–06 season was the 104th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the ninth time in their history, and the fourth time in five seasons, were Bideford. The champions of Division One were Dawlish Town.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division was increased from 20 to 21 clubs after Bridport and Clyst Rovers were relegated to the First Division. Three clubs joined:

Calne Town, runners-up in the First Division.
Radstock Town, third in the First Division.
Willand Rovers, champions of the First Division.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bideford (C)	38	29	7	2	93	25	+68	94
2	Corsham Town	38	24	10	4	78	30	+48	86
3	Bristol Manor Farm	38	24	4	10	86	43	+43	72
4	Welton Rovers	38	19	12	7	61	39	+22	69
5	Calne Town	38	19	10	9	70	41	+29	67
6	Willand Rovers	38	18	11	9	63	42	+21	65
7	Frome Town	38	18	10	10	61	45	+16	64
8	Bitton	38	18	9	11	63	41	+22	63
9	Hallen	38	15	12	11	71	54	+17	57
10	Brislington	38	15	8	15	55	53	+2	53
11	Bridgwater Town	38	15	7	16	66	54	+12	52
12	Radstock Town	38	14	5	19	62	73	–11	47
13	Barnstaple Town	38	12	9	17	54	62	–8	45
14	Melksham Town	38	12	8	18	43	68	–25	44
15	Odd Down	38	11	10	17	34	44	–10	43
16	Bishop Sutton	38	7	13	18	36	52	–16	34
17	Keynsham Town	38	5	11	22	34	78	–44	26
18	Devizes Town	38	7	5	26	27	94	–67	26
19	Torrington	38	6	7	25	33	89	–56	25
20	Backwell United (R)	38	3	10	25	30	93	–63	19	Relegated to the First Division
21	Exmouth Town	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned mid-season, record expunged*

* Exmouth Town resigned from the league in January 2006, and their record was expunged. The club reformed in the Devon and Exeter League.

First Division

The First Division was increased from 20 to 22 clubs after Calne Town, Radstock Town and Willand Rovers were promoted to the Premier Division and five clubs joined:

Bradford Town, promoted from the Wiltshire League.
Bridport, relegated from the Premier Division.
Clyst Rovers, relegated from the Premier Division.
Longwell Green Sports, promoted from the Gloucestershire County League.
Portishead, promoted from the Somerset County League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Dawlish Town (C) (P)	42	33	6	3	115	33	+82	105	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Chard Town (P)	42	29	10	3	87	27	+60	97
3	Street (P)	42	24	11	7	80	39	+41	83
4	Ilfracombe Town	42	23	9	10	82	50	+32	78
5	Westbury United	42	22	10	10	95	50	+45	76
6	Bridport	42	22	6	14	81	60	+21	72
7	Larkhall Athletic	42	19	11	12	93	56	+37	68
8	Portishead	42	18	12	12	59	49	+10	66
9	Shrewton United	42	18	7	17	88	79	+9	61
10	Bradford Town	42	15	13	14	71	81	–10	58
11	Clevedon United	42	15	12	15	62	67	–5	57
12	Longwell Green Sports	42	15	9	18	49	52	–3	54
13	Weston St Johns	42	18	3	21	63	81	–18	54*
14	Cadbury Heath	42	15	8	19	70	62	+8	53
15	Saltash United	42	15	7	20	71	84	–13	52	Left to join the South Western League
16	Biddestone	42	13	11	18	54	59	–5	50
17	Wellington	42	14	8	20	69	81	–12	50
18	Almondsbury	42	10	11	21	46	70	–24	41
19	Minehead Town	42	9	9	24	47	100	–53	36
20	Shepton Mallet	42	10	4	28	34	85	–51	34
21	Clyst Rovers	42	7	7	28	47	92	–45	28
22	Elmore	42	4	4	34	42	148	–106	16

* Weston St Johns were deducted three points.

^{1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.}

^{2 The points system: 3 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

Premier Division	Bishop Sutton Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Slimbridge Street Willand Rovers Winterbourne United

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Barnstaple Town Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Cribbs Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

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FA Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Portsmouth Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic

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Conference National	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Town Altrincham Burton Albion Cambridge United Canvey Island Crawley Town Dagenham & Redbridge Exeter City Forest Green Rovers Gravesend & Northfleet Grays Athletic Halifax Town Hereford United Kidderminster Harriers Morecambe Scarborough Southport Stevenage Borough Tamworth Woking York City

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