1920–21 Western Football League

The 1920–21 season was the 24th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1920–21
ChampionsBristol City Reserves
(Division One)
Peasedown St John
(Division Two)

The Division One champions this season were Bristol City Reserves, for the second time in their history. Champions of Division Two were Peasedown St John, who gained promotion to Division One along with Trowbridge Town.[1]

Final tables

Division One

Eight new clubs joined Division One this season, and the number of clubs increased from 10 to 16 after Horfield United and Newport County Reserves left the league.

Abertillery Town, Mid Rhondda, Pontypridd and Ton Pentre were also members of the Southern League (Welsh section) during this season. All four clubs left the Western League at the end of the season to concentrate on the Southern League.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Bristol City Reserves 30 18 5 7 58 27 2.148 41 Moved to the Southern League
2 Cardiff City Reserves 30 20 1 9 64 42 1.524 41 Left at the end of the season
3 Abertillery Town 30 16 7 7 61 35 1.743 39
4 Swansea Town Reserves 30 15 8 7 60 29 2.069 38 Moved to the Southern League
5 Douglas 30 15 8 7 52 32 1.625 38 Left at the end of the season
6 Pontypridd 30 15 6 9 60 40 1.500 36
7 Yeovil and Petters United 30 13 6 11 52 46 1.130 32
8 Bath City 30 12 7 11 45 45 1.000 31 Moved to the Southern League
9 Swindon Town Reserves 30 12 6 12 62 50 1.240 30
10 Exeter City Reserves 30 10 9 11 48 53 0.906 29
11 Bristol Rovers Reserves 30 10 5 15 46 53 0.868 25
12 Ton Pentre 30 10 5 15 43 60 0.717 25 Left at the end of the season
13 Welton Rovers 30 9 6 15 39 67 0.582 24
14 Mid Rhondda 30 8 6 16 23 57 0.404 22 Left at the end of the season
15 Barry Reserves 30 6 5 19 33 72 0.458 17
16 Cardiff Corinthians 30 4 4 22 24 62 0.387 12
Source:

Division Two

Three new clubs joined Division Two this season, and the number of clubs increased from eight to ten after Yeovil and Petters United were promoted.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Peasedown St John (P) 18 13 3 2 34 12 2.833 29
2 Radstock Town 18 10 4 4 31 23 1.348 24
3 Trowbridge Town (P) 18 10 3 5 36 18 2.000 23
4 Paulton Rovers 18 9 4 5 33 26 1.269 22
5 Timsbury Athletic 18 6 4 8 22 27 0.815 16
6 Street 18 7 2 9 21 35 0.600 16
7 Frome Town 18 5 3 10 26 30 0.867 13
8 Glastonbury 18 5 3 10 17 28 0.607 13
9 Clandown 18 5 3 10 13 24 0.542 13
10 Welton Amateurs 18 2 7 9 20 30 0.667 11
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(P) Promoted.

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