1970–71 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1970–71
Champions	Bideford
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

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:

• Plymouth City

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv^1	Pts^2	Notes
1	Bideford	34	26	4	4	96	39	2.46	56
2	Andover	34	21	8	5	65	24	2.71	50	Joined the Southern League
3	Bridgwater Town	34	20	9	5	63	38	1.66	49
4	Glastonbury	34	18	8	8	78	52	1.5	44
5	Minehead	34	18	5	11	66	40	1.65	41
6	Taunton Town	34	17	7	10	66	42	1.57	41
7	Plymouth City	34	17	6	11	67	41	1.63	40	Left at the end of the season
8	Welton Rovers	34	17	6	11	60	56	1.07	40
9	Dorchester Town	34	16	6	12	58	50	1.16	38
10	Devizes Town	34	12	11	11	53	50	1.06	35
11	Barnstaple Town	34	13	7	14	60	61	0.98	33
12	Bridport	34	11	8	15	43	49	0.88	30
13	Weston-super-Mare	34	9	6	19	36	73	0.49	24
14	Torquay United Reserves	34	8	6	20	43	54	0.8	22
15	Bristol City Colts	34	7	8	19	40	78	0.51	22	Left at the end of the season
16	Frome Town	34	8	3	23	50	91	0.55	19
17	Bath City Reserves	34	7	5	22	33	77	0.43	19	Left at the end of the season
18	St Luke's College	34	2	5	27	21	83	0.25	9

^{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