1961–62 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1961–62
Champions	Bristol City Reserves
← 1960–61 1962–63 →

The 1961–62 season was the 60th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the sixth time in their history were the returning Bristol City Reserves.^[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from 21 to 20 clubs after Bristol City Colts, Exeter City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves left. Two new clubs joined:

Bridport
Bristol City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1948.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bristol City Reserves	38	28	7	3	132	36	3.67	63
2	Salisbury	38	27	2	9	105	41	2.56	56
3	Bideford Town	38	21	11	6	84	49	1.71	53
4	Torquay United Reserves	38	20	5	13	95	78	1.22	45
5	Poole Town Reserves	38	19	5	14	115	85	1.35	43
6	Dorchester Town	38	19	5	14	102	85	1.2	43
7	Bridgwater Town	38	17	8	13	89	69	1.29	42
8	Minehead	38	17	8	13	80	68	1.18	42
9	Chippenham Town	38	17	6	15	79	71	1.11	40
10	Portland United	38	16	8	14	92	85	1.08	40
11	Weston-super-Mare	38	14	11	13	63	68	0.93	39
12	Weymouth Reserves	38	16	6	16	85	71	1.2	38
13	Bath City Reserves	38	13	9	16	74	80	0.92	35
14	Bridport	38	11	8	19	72	93	0.77	30
15	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	13	3	22	74	99	0.75	29
16	Welton Rovers	38	11	7	20	61	104	0.59	29
17	Taunton Town	38	11	4	23	59	114	0.52	26
18	Bristol Rovers Colts	38	6	13	19	59	93	0.63	25
19	Barnstaple Town	38	8	7	23	52	120	0.43	23
20	Glastonbury	38	7	5	26	44	107	0.41	19

^{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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Second Division	Huddersfield Town Liverpool Stoke City

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1961–62 transfers

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