1970–71 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 1970–71
Champions Bideford

The 1970–71 season was the 69th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history were Bideford.[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from twenty clubs to eighteen after Portland United, Weymouth Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves left, and one new club joined:

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Bideford34264496392.4656
2Andover34218565242.7150Joined the Southern League
3Bridgwater Town34209563381.6649
4Glastonbury34188878521.544
5Minehead341851166401.6541
6Taunton Town341771066421.5741
7Plymouth City341761167411.6340Left at the end of the season
8Welton Rovers341761160561.0740
9Dorchester Town341661258501.1638
10Devizes Town3412111153501.0635
11Barnstaple Town341371460610.9833
12Bridport341181543490.8830
13Weston-super-Mare34961936730.4924
14Torquay United Reserves34862043540.822
15Bristol City Colts34781940780.5122Left at the end of the season
16Frome Town34832350910.5519
17Bath City Reserves34752233770.4319Left at the end of the season
18St Luke's College34252721830.259

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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