1962–63 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1962–63
Champions	Bristol City Reserves
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 season was the 61st in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the seventh time in their history, and the second time in succession, were Bristol City Reserves. This season marked the last time that a reserve team won the Western League.^[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 20 to 22 clubs after two new clubs joined:

Andover
Exeter City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1961.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City Reserves	42	31	5	6	120	56	2.14	67
2	Bideford Town	42	29	7	6	115	51	2.25	65
3	Minehead	42	25	6	11	102	62	1.64	56
4	Andover	42	25	5	12	106	59	1.8	55
5	Bridgwater Town	42	23	8	11	77	48	1.6	54
6	Salisbury	42	21	9	12	89	56	1.59	51
7	Portland United	42	23	5	14	80	66	1.21	51
8	Weymouth Reserves	42	20	5	17	104	78	1.33	45
9	Yeovil Town Reserves	42	18	9	15	67	72	0.93	45
10	Barnstaple Town	42	19	6	17	81	75	1.08	44
11	Dorchester Town	42	17	9	16	92	79	1.16	43
12	Chippenham Town	42	15	12	15	92	60	1.53	42
13	Poole Town Reserves	42	17	7	18	82	77	1.06	41
14	Exeter City Reserves	42	15	10	17	55	74	0.74	40
15	Bath City Reserves	42	14	6	22	82	96	0.85	34
16	Weston-super-Mare	42	11	9	22	72	108	0.67	31
17	Welton Rovers	42	11	8	23	71	107	0.66	30
18	Glastonbury	42	13	4	25	56	114	0.49	30
19	Torquay United Reserves	42	10	8	24	48	78	0.61	28
20	Bridport	42	9	8	25	66	111	0.59	26
21	Taunton Town	42	11	4	27	56	112	0.5	26
22	Bristol Rovers Colts	42	6	8	28	56	120	0.47	20	Left 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.}

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Barnstaple Town Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Welton Rovers Willand Rovers Winterbourne United

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Chipping Sodbury Town Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

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FA competitions

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Burnley Everton Fulham Ipswich Town Leicester City Leyton Orient Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Nottingham Forest Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Bury Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chelsea Derby County Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Luton Town Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norwich City Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea Town Walsall

Third Division	Barnsley Bradford Park Avenue Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Carlisle United Colchester United Coventry City Crystal Palace Halifax Town Hull City Millwall Northampton Town Notts County Port Vale Peterborough United Queens Park Rangers Reading Southend United Stockport County Swindon Town Wrexham York City

Fourth Division	Accrington Stanley Aldershot Barrow Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Chester Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Hartlepools United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Oldham Athletic Rochdale Shrewsbury Town Southport Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Watford Workington

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