1988–89 Western Football League

The 1988–89 season was the 87th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1988–89
ChampionsSaltash United (Premier Division)
Larkhall Athletic (Division One)

The league champions for the third time in their history were Saltash United. The champions of Division One were Larkhall Athletic.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced from 22 to 21 clubs after Melksham Town and Clandown were relegated to the First Division, and Bristol City Reserves also left. Two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Saltash United (C) 40 26 10 4 90 35 +55 62
2 Exmouth Town 40 29 4 7 79 43 +36 62
3 Taunton Town 40 23 10 7 95 41 +54 56
4 Liskeard Athletic 40 20 12 8 46 25 +21 52
5 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 40 19 13 8 84 39 +45 51
6 Bristol Manor Farm 40 20 7 13 72 49 +23 47
7 Weston-super-Mare 40 17 8 15 73 52 +21 42
8 Paulton Rovers 40 14 14 12 60 53 +7 42
9 Barnstaple Town 40 17 7 16 61 54 +7 41
10 Swanage Town & Herston 40 15 10 15 71 73 −2 40
11 Clevedon Town 40 16 7 17 63 70 −7 39
12 Chippenham Town 40 11 14 15 48 52 −4 36
13 Welton Rovers 40 13 10 17 50 57 −7 36
14 Radstock Town 40 9 18 13 38 65 −27 36
15 Chard Town 40 12 11 17 49 78 −29 35
16 Bideford 40 12 9 19 49 72 −23 33
17 Frome Town 40 11 10 19 54 80 −26 32
18 Mangotsfield United 40 10 9 21 53 74 −21 29
19 Dawlish Town 40 11 7 22 48 69 −21 29
20 Torrington 40 7 12 21 46 84 −38 26
21 Minehead (R) 40 5 4 31 30 94 −64 14 Relegated to the First Division
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

First Division

The First Division was increased from 19 to 20 clubs, after Chard Town and Welton Rovers were promoted to the Premier Division. Three new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Larkhall Athletic (C) 38 25 11 2 88 40 +48 61
2 Tiverton Town (P) 38 27 6 5 108 33 +75 60 Promoted to the Premier Division
3 Bridport 38 24 7 7 90 35 +55 55
4 Calne Town 38 17 14 7 58 34 +24 48
5 Devizes Town 38 19 9 10 55 39 +16 47
6 Odd Down 38 17 12 9 57 45 +12 46
7 Wellington 38 17 11 10 72 56 +16 45
8 Ilfracombe Town 38 16 13 9 59 47 +12 45
9 Backwell United 38 15 8 15 49 46 +3 38
10 Keynsham Town 38 11 13 14 55 55 0 35
11 Heavitree United 38 13 9 16 54 58 −4 35
12 Melksham Town 38 11 13 14 43 49 −6 35
13 Ottery St Mary 38 12 8 18 46 71 −25 32
14 Clandown 38 10 11 17 47 63 −16 31
15 Bath City Reserves 38 11 7 20 60 67 −7 29
16 Westbury United 38 10 9 19 59 66 −7 29
17 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 10 9 19 42 49 −7 29
18 Warminster Town 38 5 11 22 34 84 −50 21
19 Glastonbury 38 6 9 23 38 97 −59 21
20 Elmore 38 8 2 28 38 118 −80 18
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

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