1974–75 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1974–75
Champions	Falmouth Town
← 1973–74 1975–76 →

The 1974–75 season was the 73rd in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were newcomers Falmouth Town. Falmouth were the first Cornish club to play in the Western League, and they won the league at their first attempt, remaining unbeaten throughout the season.^[1]

This was the first season in which three points were awarded for a win, rather than the traditional two points.^[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 19 clubs to 21 after Avon Bradford and Exeter City Reserves left, and four new clubs joined:

Falmouth Town
Melksham Town
Paulton Rovers, rejoining the league after leaving in 1960.
Westland-Yeovil

Ashtonians United merged with Clevedon and retained their place in the league under the Clevedon name.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Falmouth Town	40	31	9	0	122	26	4.69	102
2	Taunton Town	40	30	9	1	136	24	5.67	99
3	Bridgwater Town	40	27	8	5	92	38	2.42	89
4	Mangotsfield United	40	24	6	10	88	44	2	78
5	Barnstaple Town	40	17	11	12	79	66	1.2	62
6	Frome Town	40	17	10	13	65	59	1.1	61
7	Glastonbury	40	17	10	13	62	57	1.09	61
8	Westland-Yeovil	40	17	7	16	66	60	1.1	58
9	Welton Rovers	40	15	11	14	63	59	1.07	56
10	Dawlish	40	16	7	17	69	72	0.96	55
11	Keynsham Town	40	15	10	15	63	67	0.94	55
12	Paulton Rovers	40	13	11	16	63	59	1.07	50
13	Devizes Town	40	11	11	18	39	59	0.66	44
14	Weston-super-Mare	40	11	10	19	39	52	0.75	43
15	Chippenham Town	40	10	12	18	55	85	0.65	42
16	St Luke's College	40	11	7	22	44	83	0.53	40
17	Tiverton Town	40	9	12	19	45	79	0.57	39
18	Bridport	40	9	7	24	71	110	0.64	34
19	Melksham Town	40	7	12	21	39	82	0.48	33
20	Clevedon	40	8	8	24	52	94	0.55	32
21	Exmouth Town	40	8	6	26	39	96	0.41	30

^{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: 3 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 1.2 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

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Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Birmingham City Burnley Carlisle United Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Stoke City Tottenham Hotspur Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Third Division	Aldershot Blackburn Rovers Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion Bury Charlton Athletic Chesterfield Colchester United Crystal Palace Gillingham Grimsby Town Halifax Town Hereford United Huddersfield Town Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Southend United Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Walsall Watford Wrexham

Fourth Division	Barnsley Bradford City Brentford Cambridge United Chester Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Newport County Northampton Town Reading Rochdale Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southport Stockport County Swansea City Torquay United Workington

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