1969–70 Western Football League

The 1969–70 season was the 68th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1969–70
ChampionsGlastonbury

The champions for the third time in their history were Glastonbury.[1]

League table

The league was increased from 19 to 20 clubs after no clubs left and one new club joined:

  • Weymouth Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1967.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Glastonbury 38 29 5 4 100 37 2.703 63
2 Andover 38 26 6 6 76 20 3.800 58
3 Bridgwater Town 38 23 7 8 97 41 2.366 53
4 Minehead 38 21 10 7 70 37 1.892 52
5 Taunton Town 38 21 8 9 84 56 1.500 50
6 Bideford 38 20 7 11 84 58 1.448 47
7 Dorchester Town 38 18 8 12 78 69 1.130 44
8 Torquay United Reserves 38 15 10 13 70 54 1.296 40
9 Bath City Reserves 38 16 7 15 71 67 1.060 39
10 Welton Rovers 38 17 3 18 72 62 1.161 37
11 Weston-super-Mare 38 14 8 16 53 72 0.736 36
12 Frome Town 38 12 10 16 62 73 0.849 34
13 Portland United 38 14 6 18 63 94 0.670 34 Left at the end of the season
14 Bristol City Colts 38 13 7 18 58 76 0.763 33
15 Devizes Town 38 10 9 19 44 70 0.629 29
16 Barnstaple Town 38 11 6 21 58 73 0.795 28
17 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 9 6 23 38 78 0.487 24 Left at the end of the season
18 Weymouth Reserves 38 10 4 24 34 74 0.459 24
19 Bridport 38 6 9 23 43 86 0.500 21
20 St Luke's College 38 4 6 28 35 93 0.376 14
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. 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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