1982–83 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1982–83
Champions	Bideford (Premier Division) Bristol Manor Farm (Division One)
← 1981–82 1983–84 →

The 1982–83 season was the 81st in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the fifth time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Bideford. The champions of Division One were Bristol Manor Farm.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at twenty clubs after Bridgwater Town joined the Southern League, and Mangotsfield United and Welton Rovers were relegated to the First Division. Three clubs joined:

Exmouth Town, runners-up in the First Division.
Plymouth Argyle Reserves, from The Football Combination – returning to the league after leaving in 1932.
Shepton Mallet Town, champions of the First Division.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bideford	38	26	9	3	67	32	+35	61
2	Frome Town	38	23	10	5	75	34	+41	56
3	Dawlish Town	38	20	8	10	68	47	+21	48
4	Clandown	38	19	9	10	54	39	+15	47
5	Saltash United	38	14	18	6	50	39	+11	46
6	Falmouth Town	38	16	13	9	63	57	+6	45	Left at the end of the season
7	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	38	15	14	9	67	41	+26	44
8	Barnstaple Town	38	18	6	14	67	57	+10	42
9	Liskeard Athletic	38	16	9	13	69	47	+22	41
10	Weston-super-Mare	38	15	11	12	57	46	+11	41
11	Shepton Mallet Town	38	15	4	19	50	55	–5	34
12	Devizes Town	38	12	9	17	50	58	–8	33
13	Chippenham Town	38	12	8	18	40	54	–14	32
14	Clevedon Town	38	9	12	17	36	56	–20	30
15	Bridport	38	8	13	17	49	60	–11	29	Left at the end of the season
16	Exmouth Town	38	10	9	19	40	59	–19	29
17	Melksham Town	38	8	13	17	43	63	–20	29
18	Wellington	38	8	12	18	46	74	–28	28
19	Keynsham Town (R)	38	7	11	20	32	68	–36	25	Relegated to Division One
20	Portway Bristol (R)	38	8	4	26	35	72	–37	20	Relegated to Division One

First Division

The First Division remained at nineteen clubs after Ilminster Town and Torquay United Reserves left the league, and Exmouth Town and Shepton Mallet Town were promoted to the Premier Division. Four new clubs joined:

Bristol City Reserves, returning to the league after leaving in 1965.
Mangotsfield United, relegated from the Premier Division.
Welton Rovers, relegated from the Premier Division.
Weymouth Reserves, returning to the league after leaving in 1970.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Manor Farm (P)	36	26	7	3	85	31	+54	59	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Mangotsfield United (P)	36	24	8	4	75	32	+43	56	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Paulton Rovers	36	20	12	4	75	37	+38	52
4	Odd Down	36	19	9	8	56	41	+15	47
5	Glastonbury	36	15	15	6	69	47	+22	45
6	Swanage Town & Herston	36	21	1	14	83	54	+29	43
7	Wimborne Town	36	17	9	10	74	51	+23	43
8	Bath City Reserves	36	14	9	13	64	49	+15	37
9	Chard Town	36	15	5	16	54	50	+4	35
10	Weymouth Reserves	36	12	8	16	43	56	–13	32
11	Welton Rovers	36	12	8	16	46	61	–15	32
12	Yeovil Town Reserves	36	14	3	19	49	55	–6	31
13	Bristol City Reserves	36	9	11	16	57	77	–20	29
14	Elmore	36	12	4	20	48	65	–17	28
15	Heavitree United	36	11	5	20	40	66	–26	27
16	Larkhall Athletic	36	9	8	19	40	64	–24	26
17	Radstock Town	36	9	6	21	50	79	–29	24
18	Tiverton Town	36	8	5	23	42	85	–43	21
19	Ottery St Mary	36	8	1	27	35	85	–50	17

^{1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

↑ 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

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FA competitions

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Related to national team

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Brighton & Hove Albion Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Swansea City Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Cambridge United Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Leeds United Leicester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Rotherham United Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Cardiff City Chesterfield Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Gillingham Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wrexham

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Port Vale Rochdale Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wimbledon York City

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