1901–02 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1901–02
Champions	Portsmouth (Division One) Bristol East (Division Two)
← 1900–01 1902–03 →

The 1901–02 season was the 10th in the history of the Western Football League.

Like the previous season, Portsmouth were the champions of Division One, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. Portsmouth ultimately won both leagues, achieving a double. The Division Two champions for the third season running were Bristol East.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

One new club joined Division One, which remained at nine clubs after Bristol City joined the Football League.

West Ham United

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Portsmouth	16	13	1	2	53	16	3.31	27
2	Tottenham Hotspur	16	11	3	2	42	17	2.47	25
3	Reading	16	7	3	6	29	22	1.32	17
4	Millwall Athletic	16	8	1	7	25	29	0.86	17
5	Bristol Rovers	16	8	0	8	25	31	0.81	16
6	Southampton	16	7	1	8	30	28	1.07	15
7	West Ham United	16	6	2	8	30	20	1.5	14
8	Queens Park Rangers	16	5	1	10	17	43	0.39	11
9	Swindon Town	16	0	2	14	8	53	0.15	2	Left league at end of season

Division Two

Four new clubs joined Division Two, which was increased to nine clubs from eight after Bedminster St Francis and Fishponds left, and Weston (Bath) resigned during the previous season before playing a match.

Bristol Rovers Reserves
St George, rejoining the league after leaving in 1899.
Swindon Town Reserves
Trowbridge Town, rejoining the league after leaving in 1899.
Cotham changed their name to Cotham Amateurs.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol East	16	13	1	2	55	11	5	27
2	Bristol Rovers Reserves	16	10	3	3	54	18	3	23
3	Paulton Rovers	16	9	3	4	51	29	1.76	21
4	Staple Hill	16	9	3	4	30	24	1.25	21
5	Swindon Town Reserves	16	7	2	7	44	35	1.26	16
6	Trowbridge Town	16	6	3	7	30	43	0.7	15
7	St George	16	6	2	8	29	36	0.81	14
8	Weston-super-Mare	16	1	2	13	19	68	0.28	4	Left the league at the end of the season
9	Cotham Amateurs	16	1	1	14	23	71	0.32	3

^{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

2017–18 Western League
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FA competitions

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Related to national team

Club seasons
First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Bury Derby County Everton Grimsby Town Liverpool Manchester City Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Notts County Sheffield United Small Heath Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Bristol City Burnley Burslem Port Vale Burton United Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Gainsborough Trinity Glossop Leicester Fosse Lincoln City Newton Heath Middlesbrough Preston North End Stockport County West Bromwich Albion Woolwich Arsenal
Southern League	Brentford Bristol Rovers Kettering Town Luton Town Millwall New Brompton Northampton Town Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Reading Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur Watford Wellingborough West Ham United

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