1906–07 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 1906–07
Champions West Ham United (Division One)
Staple Hill (Division Two)

The 1906–07 season was the 15th in the history of the Western Football League.

Division One was split into two sections of six clubs, with the winner of each section playing each other in a Championship decider. Fulham won Section A and West Ham United won Section B, with West Ham winning the decider 1–0. Fulham left the league at the end of the season as they were elected to the Football League for 1907–08. Chelsea, who made their first and only appearance in the league this season, were competing in the Football League at the same time. All the other member clubs of Division One also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions for the first and only time were Staple Hill.[1]

Final tables

Division One

One new club joined Division One, which was increased from 11 to 12 clubs and split into two sections of six.

Section A

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Fulham107121691.7815Elected to the Football League
2Queens Park Rangers1051417111.5411
3Brentford105141919111
4Reading1041512180.679
5Bristol Rovers10316171717
6Chelsea102357140.57Left at the end of the season

Section B

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1West Ham United1071225141.7915
2Plymouth Argyle1053216101.613
3Portsmouth1042416190.8410
4Tottenham Hotspur1033413150.879
5Southampton1040614160.878
6Millwall101365150.335

Championship decider

At the end of the season, the winners of the two sections played a match to decide the overall champions.[1]


Section A v Section B

Division Two

Three new clubs joined Division Two, which remained at 10 clubs after Salisbury City, Bristol East and Chippenham Town left the league.

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Staple Hill18122444281.5726
2Newport18113452381.3725Disbanded at the end of the season
3Bristol City Reserves18112554192.8424
4Treharris18120662242.5824
5Bristol Rovers Reserves18111660272.2223
6Radstock Town1873837410.917
7Welton Rovers18711033540.6115
8Paulton Rovers18441036530.6812
9121st R.F.A.18521127530.5112Left at the end of the season
10Trowbridge Town18101718860.212Left to join the Wiltshire County League

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References

  1. 1 2 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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