1975–76 Western Football League

The 1975–76 season was the 74th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1975–76
ChampionsFalmouth Town

The champions for the second time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Falmouth Town.[1]

This season was the last in which the league consisted of one single division – a second tier was added for 1976–77.[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 21 clubs to 23 after two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Falmouth Town 44 35 5 4 134 43 3.116 110
2 Taunton Town 44 27 8 9 86 43 2.000 89
3 Clevedon 44 27 6 11 77 51 1.510 87
4 Bridgwater Town 44 25 10 9 81 44 1.841 85
5 Glastonbury 44 23 10 11 84 49 1.714 79
6 Barnstaple Town 44 21 9 14 95 66 1.439 72
7 Tiverton Town 44 20 12 12 73 70 1.043 72
8 Paulton Rovers 44 19 12 13 60 58 1.034 69
9 Mangotsfield United 44 18 10 16 63 63 1.000 64
10 Bideford 44 17 12 15 60 56 1.071 63
11 Frome Town 44 17 10 17 76 61 1.246 61
12 Exeter City Reserves 44 16 10 18 64 69 0.928 57[lower-alpha 1]
13 St Luke's College 44 16 7 21 60 70 0.857 55
14 Weston-super-Mare 44 13 15 16 52 57 0.912 54
15 Westland-Yeovil 44 14 11 19 66 82 0.805 53
16 Welton Rovers 44 14 9 21 57 71 0.803 51
17 Bridport 44 13 11 20 49 72 0.681 50
18 Dawlish 44 13 10 21 51 69 0.739 49
19 Devizes Town (R) 44 10 15 19 45 59 0.763 45 Relegated to Division One
20 Chippenham Town (R) 44 12 7 25 66 94 0.702 43
21 Melksham Town (R) 44 12 7 25 66 106 0.623 43
22 Keynsham Town (R) 44 8 6 30 50 86 0.581 30
23 Exmouth Town (R) 44 5 10 29 38 114 0.333 25
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: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Exeter City Reserves had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

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