2005–06 Western Football League

The 2005–06 season was the 104th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season2005–06
ChampionsBideford (Premier Division)
Dawlish Town (Division One)

The league champions for the ninth time in their history, and the fourth time in five seasons, were Bideford. The champions of Division One were Dawlish Town.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division was increased from 20 to 21 clubs after Bridport and Clyst Rovers were relegated to the First Division. Three clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bideford (C) 38 29 7 2 93 25 +68 94
2 Corsham Town 38 24 10 4 78 30 +48 82
3 Bristol Manor Farm 38 24 4 10 86 43 +43 76
4 Welton Rovers 38 19 12 7 61 39 +22 69
5 Calne Town 38 19 10 9 70 41 +29 67
6 Willand Rovers 38 18 11 9 63 42 +21 65
7 Frome Town 38 18 10 10 61 45 +16 64
8 Bitton 38 18 9 11 63 41 +22 63
9 Hallen 38 15 12 11 71 54 +17 57
10 Brislington 38 15 8 15 55 53 +2 53
11 Bridgwater Town 38 15 7 16 66 54 +12 52
12 Radstock Town 38 14 5 19 62 73 −11 47
13 Barnstaple Town 38 12 9 17 54 62 −8 45
14 Melksham Town 38 12 8 18 43 68 −25 44
15 Odd Down 38 11 10 17 34 44 −10 43
16 Bishop Sutton 38 7 13 18 36 52 −16 34
17 Keynsham Town 38 5 11 22 34 78 −44 26
18 Devizes Town 38 7 5 26 27 94 −67 26
19 Torrington 38 6 7 25 33 89 −56 25
20 Backwell United (R) 38 3 10 25 30 93 −63 19 Relegated to the First Division
21 Exmouth Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Resigned mid-season, record expunged[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Exmouth Town resigned from the league in January 2006, and their record was expunged. The club reformed in the Devon and Exeter League.

First Division

The First Division was increased from 20 to 22 clubs after Calne Town, Radstock Town and Willand Rovers were promoted to the Premier Division and five clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Dawlish Town (C, P) 42 33 6 3 115 33 +82 105 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Chard Town (P) 42 29 10 3 87 27 +60 97
3 Street (P) 42 24 11 7 80 39 +41 83
4 Ilfracombe Town 42 23 9 10 82 50 +32 78
5 Westbury United 42 22 10 10 95 50 +45 76
6 Bridport 42 22 6 14 81 60 +21 72
7 Larkhall Athletic 42 19 11 12 93 56 +37 68
8 Portishead 42 18 12 12 59 49 +10 66
9 Shrewton United 42 18 7 17 88 79 +9 61
10 Bradford Town 42 15 13 14 71 81 −10 58
11 Clevedon United 42 15 12 15 62 67 −5 57
12 Longwell Green Sports 42 15 9 18 49 52 −3 54
13 Weston St Johns 42 18 3 21 63 81 −18 54[lower-alpha 1]
14 Cadbury Heath 42 15 8 19 70 62 +8 53
15 Saltash United 42 15 7 20 71 84 −13 52 Left to join the South Western League
16 Biddestone 42 13 11 18 54 59 −5 50
17 Wellington 42 14 8 20 69 81 −12 50
18 Almondsbury 42 10 11 21 46 70 −24 41
19 Minehead Town 42 9 9 24 47 100 −53 36
20 Shepton Mallet 42 10 4 28 34 85 −51 34
21 Clyst Rovers 42 7 7 28 47 92 −45 28
22 Elmore 42 4 4 34 42 148 −106 16
Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Weston St Johns had three points deducted.

References
  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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