1927–28 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 1927–28
Champions Plymouth Argyle Reserves (Division One)
Trowbridge Town (Division Two)

The 1927–28 season was the 31st in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions this season were Plymouth Argyle Reserves for the first time in their history. The winners of Division Two were Trowbridge Town.[1]

Final tables

Division One

The number of clubs in Division One was reduced from twelve to eleven after Poole and Swindon Town Reserves left the league. Torquay United also left, having been promoted to The Football League.

Two new teams joined the league:

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Plymouth Argyle Reserves20135276322.3731
2Exeter City Reserves20134350242.0830
3Yeovil and Petters United20122656441.2726
4Bristol City Reserves20104671401.7724
5Bristol Rovers Reserves20112761391.5624
6Taunton Town2095636331.0923
7Lovells Athletic20721140490.8216Left at the end of the season
8Torquay United Reserves2056934520.6516
9Bath City20531236540.6713
10Weymouth (R)20331416600.279
11Salisbury City (R)20321523720.328

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from ten to eight clubs after Frome Town joined the Somerset Senior League, and Lovells Athletic Reserves also left. No new teams joined Division Two.

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Trowbridge Town14120243162.6924
2Yeovil and Petters United Reserves14102256212.6722
3Portland United1471635301.1715
4Welton Rovers1470744261.6914
5Radstock Town1461748411.1713
6Weymouth Reserves1441922520.429Left at the end of the season
7Poole Reserves1441925540.469Left at the end of the season
8Minehead14301117500.346Left at the end of the season

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