1935–36 Western Football League

The 1935–36 season was the 39th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1935–36
ChampionsBristol Rovers Reserves (Division One)
Swindon Town Reserves (Division Two)

The Division One champions for the third time in their history were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Swindon Town Reserves for the second consecutive season. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.[1]

Final tables

Division One

After Exeter City Reserves left the league, Division One was reduced from seven to six clubs, with no new clubs joining.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Bristol Rovers Reserves 10 5 4 1 29 22 1.318 14
2 Lovells Athletic 10 4 4 2 17 18 0.944 12
3 Torquay United Reserves 10 4 3 3 28 20 1.400 11
4 Bath City 10 3 3 4 15 16 0.938 9 Left at the end of the season
5 Cardiff City Reserves 10 3 3 4 13 18 0.722 9
6 Yeovil and Petters United 10 1 3 6 22 30 0.733 5
Source:

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Bristol St George left and one new club joined:

  • Poole Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1934.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Swindon Town Reserves 34 28 4 2 140 40 3.500 60
2 Weymouth 34 22 4 8 116 54 2.148 48
3 Street 34 21 5 8 106 54 1.963 47
4 Frome Town 34 17 5 12 92 86 1.070 39
5 Bath City Reserves 34 14 10 10 93 78 1.192 38 Left at the end of the season
6 Portland United 34 16 6 12 95 82 1.159 38
7 Glastonbury 34 15 7 12 97 72 1.347 37
8 Poole Town 34 16 5 13 77 89 0.865 37
9 Paulton Rovers 34 14 8 12 69 77 0.896 36
10 Radstock Town 34 15 5 14 77 80 0.963 35
11 Salisbury City 34 13 8 13 60 65 0.923 34
12 Bristol City "A" 34 14 3 17 71 76 0.934 31
13 Wells City 34 12 7 15 61 72 0.847 31
14 Trowbridge Town 34 12 6 16 87 91 0.956 30
15 Warminster Town 34 9 4 21 58 103 0.563 22
16 Bristol Rovers "A" 34 8 5 21 57 78 0.731 21
17 Welton Rovers 34 5 5 24 49 125 0.392 15
18 Chippenham Town 34 6 1 27 64 147 0.435 13
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.

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