1961–62 Western Football League

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

Western Football League
Season1961–62
ChampionsBristol City Reserves

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:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bristol City Reserves 38 28 7 3 132 36 3.667 63
2 Salisbury 38 27 2 9 105 41 2.561 56
3 Bideford Town 38 21 11 6 84 49 1.714 53
4 Torquay United Reserves 38 20 5 13 95 78 1.218 45
5 Poole Town Reserves 38 19 5 14 115 85 1.353 43
6 Dorchester Town 38 19 5 14 102 85 1.200 43
7 Bridgwater Town 38 17 8 13 89 69 1.290 42
8 Minehead 38 17 8 13 80 68 1.176 42
9 Chippenham Town 38 17 6 15 79 71 1.113 40
10 Portland United 38 16 8 14 92 85 1.082 40
11 Weston-super-Mare 38 14 11 13 63 68 0.926 39
12 Weymouth Reserves 38 16 6 16 85 71 1.197 38
13 Bath City Reserves 38 13 9 16 74 80 0.925 35
14 Bridport 38 11 8 19 72 93 0.774 30
15 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 13 3 22 74 99 0.747 29
16 Welton Rovers 38 11 7 20 61 104 0.587 29
17 Taunton Town 38 11 4 23 59 114 0.518 26
18 Bristol Rovers Colts 38 6 13 19 59 93 0.634 25
19 Barnstaple Town 38 8 7 23 52 120 0.433 23
20 Glastonbury 38 7 5 26 44 107 0.411 19
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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