1973–74 Western Football League
The 1973–74 season was the 72nd in the history of the Western Football League.
Season | 1973–74 |
---|---|
Champions | Welton Rovers |
← 1972–73 1974–75 → |
The champions for the fourth time in their history were Welton Rovers.[1]
Final table
The league was increased from sixteen clubs to nineteen after Bristol City Colts and Torquay United Reserves left, and five new clubs joined:
- Chippenham Town, rejoining the league after leaving in 1965.
- Dawlish
- Exmouth Town
- Keynsham Town
- Tiverton Town
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Welton Rovers | 36 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 32 | 2.500 | 59 | |
2 | Taunton Town | 36 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 86 | 19 | 4.526 | 58 | |
3 | Bridgwater Town | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 34 | 2.088 | 52 | |
4 | Exeter City Reserves | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 61 | 33 | 1.848 | 49 | Left at the end of the season |
5 | Devizes Town | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 44 | 1.659 | 45 | |
6 | Glastonbury | 36 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 69 | 46 | 1.500 | 43 | |
7 | Frome Town | 36 | 16 | 9 | 11 | 64 | 43 | 1.488 | 41 | |
8 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 76 | 60 | 1.267 | 41 | |
9 | Mangotsfield United | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 57 | 52 | 1.096 | 41 | |
10 | Dawlish | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 67 | 0.791 | 40 | |
11 | St Luke's College | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 48 | 48 | 1.000 | 33 | |
12 | Weston-super-Mare | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 50 | 0.880 | 33 | |
13 | Keynsham Town | 36 | 11 | 5 | 20 | 39 | 65 | 0.600 | 27 | |
14 | Tiverton Town | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 42 | 67 | 0.627 | 25 | |
15 | Bridport | 36 | 10 | 5 | 21 | 41 | 67 | 0.612 | 25 | |
16 | Exmouth Town | 36 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 31 | 70 | 0.443 | 23 | |
17 | Ashtonians United | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 43 | 75 | 0.573 | 21 | Merged with Clevedon at the end of the season |
18 | Avon Bradford | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 85 | 0.424 | 16 | Left at the end of the season |
19 | Chippenham Town | 36 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 25 | 82 | 0.305 | 12 |
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.
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
- Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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