1966–67 Western Football League

The 1966–67 season was the 65th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1966–67
ChampionsWelton Rovers

The champions for the third time in their history, and the third season in succession, were Welton Rovers.[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 18 clubs to 21 with three new clubs joining:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Welton Rovers 40 29 7 4 102 37 2.757 65[lower-alpha 1]
2 Minehead 40 25 10 5 98 42 2.333 60
3 Bridgwater Town 40 25 7 8 93 47 1.979 57
4 Salisbury 40 22 9 9 83 54 1.537 53
5 Dorchester Town 40 22 8 10 89 48 1.854 52
6 Bideford 40 23 6 11 76 47 1.617 52
7 Glastonbury 40 20 9 11 71 54 1.315 49
8 Exeter City Reserves 40 17 7 16 54 63 0.857 41 Left at the end of the season
9 Torquay United Reserves 40 15 9 16 66 56 1.179 39
10 Andover 40 13 13 14 69 60 1.150 39
11 Portland United 40 15 7 18 61 76 0.803 37
12 Frome Town 40 17 1 22 60 82 0.732 35
13 Bristol City Colts 40 13 8 19 63 64 0.984 34
14 Weston-super-Mare 40 12 9 19 52 69 0.754 33
15 Taunton Town 40 11 10 19 67 77 0.870 32
16 Plymouth Argyle Colts 40 12 8 20 66 97 0.680 32
17 Bridport 40 11 8 21 50 80 0.625 30
18 Weymouth Reserves 40 12 4 24 39 75 0.520 28 Left at the end of the season
19 St Luke's College 40 10 7 23 61 90 0.678 27
20 Barnstaple Town 40 8 8 24 50 92 0.543 24
21 Yeovil Town Reserves 40 8 5 27 52 111 0.468 21
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.
Notes:
  1. The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

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