The history of the Western League continues
with an interesting period when the competition
went through a considerable amount of change,
ending with the ‘modern’ arrangements
more or less taking shape. In
the tables for the period when the Western
League ran as a single section competition
(N) = 'new to the league' and (L)
= 'left at the end of the season'.
FINAL TABLES 1965-1985
1965-1966
1. Welton Rovers 34
25 9 0 105
28 59
2. Portland United 34
23 2 9 75
50 48
3. Bideford 34
19 8 7 90
49 46
4. Andover 34
16 8 10 74
57 40
5. Minehead 34
13 12 9 46
44 38
6. Frome Town
34 14 9 11
53 53 37
7. Glastonbury 34
12 11 11 61 46
35
8. Taunton Town 34
15 5 14 73
69 35
9. Bridgwater Town
34 12 10 12 63
62 34
10. Salisbury 34
12 8 14 62
57 32
11. Torquay United Reserves 34
11 10 13 56 56
32
12. Exeter City Reserves
34 13
4 17 63 70
30
13. Weymouth Reserves
34 11 8 15
65 76 30
14. Weston-super-Mare 34
12 5 17 48
61 29
15. Bridport 34
12 5 17 57
90 29
16. Dorchester Town 34
9 5 20 41
79 23
17. Barnstaple Town 34
7 8 19 35
59 22
18. Bristol City Colts (N) 34
4 5 25 33
94 13
(612 240 132 240 1100 1100 612)
1966-1967
1. Welton Rovers 40
29 7 4 102
37 65
2. Minehead 40
25 10 5 98
42 60
3. Bridgwater Town 40
25 7 8 93
47 57
4. Salisbury 40
22 9 9 83
54 53
5. Dorchester Town 40
22 8 10 89
48 52
6. Bideford 40
23 6 11 76
47 52
7. Glastonbury 40
20 9 11 71
54 49
8. Exeter City Reserves (L)
40 17 7 16 54
63 41
9. Torquay United Reserves 40
15 9 16 66
56 39
10. Andover 40
13 13 14 69 60
39
11. Portland United 40
15 7 18 61
76 37
12. Frome Town 40
17 1 22 60
82 35
13. Bristol City Colts
40 13 8 19 63
64 34
14. Weston-super-Mare 40
12 9 19 52
69 33
15. Taunton Town 40
11 10 19 67 77
32
16. Plymouth Argyle Colts (N)
40 12 8 20
66 97 32
17. Bridport 40
11 8 21 50
80 30
18. Weymouth Reserves (L) 40
12 4 24 39
76 28
19. St. Luke's College (N) 40
10 7 23 61
90 27
20. Barnstaple Town 40
8 8 24 50
92 24
21. Yeovil Town Reserves (N)
40 8 5 27
52 111 21
(840 340 160 340 1422 1422 840)
1967-1968
1. Bridgwater Town 40
27 8 5 92
41 62
2. Salisbury (L) 40
28 3 9 105
35 59
3. Glastonbury 40
24 7 9 103
64 55
4. Bath City Reserves (N)
40 21 9 10
81 63 51
5. Frome Town 40
22 6 12 98
72 50
6. Minehead 40
18 13 9 72
49 49
7. Dorchester Town 40
17 14 9 81
50 48
8. Welton Rovers 40
20 6 14 74
55 46
9. Plymouth Argyle Colts (L) 40
18 7 15 76
72 43
10. Bridport 40
18 5 17 68
58 41
11. Torquay United Reserves 40
17 7 16 58
55 41
12. Andover 40
17 5 18 61
66 39
13. Taunton Town 40
11 15 14 76 68
37
14. Bideford 40
13 9 18 52
63 35
15. St. Luke's College 40
12 9 19 60
78 33
16. Portland United 40
10 12 18 39 80
32
17. Bristol City Colts 40
9 10 21 33 59
28
18. Weston-super-Mare 40
9 10 21 40 79
28
19. Barnstaple Town 40
8 6 26 48 91
22
20. Devizes Town (N)
40 7 7 26
56 113 21
21. Yeovil Town Reserves 40
5 10 25 36
98 20
(840 331 178 331 1409 1409 840)
1968-1969
1. Taunton Town 36
24 5 7 96
33 53
2. Bideford 36
21 7 8 77
44 49
3. Bridgwater Town 36
18 12 6 72
30 48
4. Glastonbury 36
22 4 10 85
49 48
5. Frome Town 36
18 11 7 57
38 47
6. Andover 36
16 9 11 63
43 41
7. Minehead 36
16 9 11 57
43 41
8. Welton Rovers
36 14 9 13
51 51 37
9. Dorchester Town 36
15 6 15 63
53 36
10. Bath City Reserves 36
15 6 15 58
49 36
11. Barnstaple Town 36
14 7 15 58
67 35
12. Devizes Town 36
14 7 15 56
77 35
13. Torquay United Reserves 36
15 3 18 31
60 33
14. Bristol City Colts 36
13 6 17 64
68 32
15. Bridport 36
8 11 17 34
54 27
16. Weston-super-Mare 36
7 11 18 29
54 25
17. St. Luke's College 36
9 5 22 44
74 23
18. Portland United 36
7 8 21 36
80 22
19. Yeovil Town Reserves 36
4 8 24 41
105 16
(684 270 144 270 1072 1072 684)
1969-1970
1. Glastonbury 38
29 5 4 100
37 63
2. Andover 38
26 6 6 76
20 58
3. Bridgwater Town 38
23 7 8 97
41 53
4. Minehead 38
21 10 7 70
37 52
5. Taunton Town 38
21 8 9 84
56 50
6. Bideford 38
20 7 11 84
58 47
7. Dorchester Town 38
18 8 12 78
69 44
8. Torquay United Reserves
38 15 10 13 70 54
40
9. Bath City Reserves
38 16 7 15
71 67 39
10. Welton Rovers 38
17 3 18 72
62 37
11. Weston-super-Mare 38
14 8 16 53
72 36
12. Frome Town 38
12 10 16 62 73
34
13. Portland United (L) 38
14 6 18 63
94 34
14. Bristol City Colts 38
13 7 18 58
76 33
15. Devizes Town 38
10 9 19 44
70 29
16. Barnstaple Town 38
11 6 21 58
73 28
17. Yeovil Town Reserves (L) 38
9 6 23 38
78 24
18. Weymouth Reserves (N, L) 38
10 4 24 34
74 24
19. Bridport 38
6 9 23 43
86 21
20. St. Luke's College 38
4 6 28 35
93 14
(760 309 142 309 1290 1290 760)
1970-1971
1. Bideford 34
26 4 4 96
39 56
2. Andover (L) 34
21 8 5 65
24 50
3. Bridgwater Town 34
20 9 5 63
38 49
4. Glastonbury
34 18 8 8
78 52 44
5. Minehead 34
18 5 11 66
40 41
6. Taunton Town
34 17 7 10
66 42 41
7. Plymouth City (N, L)
34 17 6 11
67 41 40
8. Welton Rovers 34
17 6 11 60
56 40
9. Dorchester Town 34
16 6 12 58
50 38
10. Devizes Town
34 12 11 11 53
50 35
11. Barnstaple Town 34
13 7 14 60
61 33
12. Bridport 34
11 8 15 43
49 30
13. Weston-super-Mare
34 9 6 19
36 73 24
14. Torquay United Reserves
34 8 6 20 43
54 22
15. Bristol City Colts (L)
34 7 8 19
40 78 22
16. Frome Town 34
8 3 23 50
91 19
17. Bath City Reserves (L) 34
7 5 22 33
77 19
18. St. Luke's College 34
2 5 27 21
83 9
(612 247 118 247 998 998 612)
1971-1972
1. Bideford (L) 26
19 4 3 63
21 42
2. Minehead (L) 26
18 5 3 59
22 41
3. Glastonbury 26
16 5 5 58
26 37
4. Devizes Town
26 11 9 6
44 33 31
5. Welton Rovers 26
10 7 9 38
37 27
6. Frome Town
26 9 7 10
33 45 25
7. Dorchester Town (L)
26 9 6 11
39 38 24
8. Weston-super-Mare 26
9 5 12 39
45 23
9. Bridport 26
9 5 12 32
47 23
10. Bridgwater Town 26
7 9 10 28
42 23
11. Taunton Town 26
7 7 12 50
54 21
12. Torquay United Reserves 26
5 9 12 29
55 19
13. Barnstaple Town 26
6 6 14 40
46 18
14. St. Luke's College 26
3 4 19 25
66 10
(364 138 88 138 577 577 364)
1972-1973
1. Devizes Town 30
21 5 4 68
27 47
2. Taunton Town 30
19 7 4 69
26 45
3. Mangotsfield United (N) 30
21 3 6 69
35 45
4. Bridgwater Town 30
17 7 6 65
24 41
5. Weston-super-Mare 30
13 9 8 42
36 35
6. Glastonbury 30
14 6 10 45
44 34
7. Barnstaple Town 30
13 7 10 57
52 33
8. Bridport 30
10 10 10 40 30
30
9. Torquay United Reserves (L) 30
11 6 13 53
47 28
10. Frome Town
30 9 9 12
30 44 27
11. Welton Rovers 30
9 8 13 35 41
26
12. Exeter City Reserves (N)
30 7 11 12
39 47 25
13. St. Luke's College 30
9 3 18 33 73
21
14. Avon (Bradford) (N) 30
6 3 21 27 68
15
15. Bristol City Colts (N, L) 30
5 4 21 35 76
14
16. Ashtonians United (N)
30
4 6 20 26 63
14
(480 188 104 188 733 733 480)
1973-1974
1. Welton Rovers 36
27 5 4 80
32 59
2. Taunton Town 36
25 8 3 86
19 58
3. Bridgwater Town 36
23 6 7 71
34 52
4. Exeter City Reserves (L) 36
21 7 8 61
33 49
5. Devizes Town 36
18 9 9 73
44 45
6. Glastonbury 36
18 7 11 69
46 43
7. Frome Town 36
16 9 11 64
43 41
8. Barnstaple Town 36
17 7 12 76
60 41
9. Mangotsfield United 36
17 7 12 57
52 41
10. Dawlish (N)
36 17 6 13
53 67 40
11. St. Luke's College
36
14 5 17 48
48 33
12. Weston-super-Mare 36
13 7 16 44
50 33
13. Keynsham Town (N) 36
11 5 20 39
65 27
14. Tiverton Town (N)
36 7 11 18 42
67 25
15. Bridport 36
10 5 21 41
67 25
16. Exmouth Town (N)
36 6 11 19
31 70 23
17. Ashtonians United* 36
8 5 23 43
75 21
18. Avon (Bradford) (L) 36
5 6 25 36
85 16
19. Chippenham Town (N) 36
3 6 27 25
82 12
(684 276 132 276 1039 1039 684)
*Ashtonians United merged with Clevedon under
the latter club’s name.
1974-1975
The 3 points for a win system was introduced
and Rothmans became sponsors of the competition
1. Falmouth Town (N) 40
31 9 0 122
26 102
2. Taunton Town 40
30 9 1 136
24 99
3. Bridgwater Town 40
27 8 5 92
38 89
4. Mangotsfield United 40
24 6 10 88
44 78
5. Barnstaple Town 40
17 11 12 79 66
62
6. Frome Town 40
17 10 13 65 59
61
7. Glastonbury 40
17 10 13 62 57
61
8. Westland Yeovil (N)
40 17 7 16 66
60 58
9. Welton Rovers 40
15 11 14 63 59
56
10. Dawlish 40
16 7 17 69
72 55
11. Keynsham Town 40
15 10 15 63 67
55
12. Paulton Rovers (N) 40
13 11 16 63 59
50
13. Devizes Town 40
11 11 18 39 59
44
14. Weston-super-Mare 40
11 10 19 39 52
43
15. Chippenham Town 40
10 12 18 55 85
42
16. St. Luke's College 40
11 7 22 44
83 40
17. Tiverton Town 40
9 12 19 45
79 39
18. Bridport
40 9 7 24
51 110 34
19. Melksham Town (N) 40
7 12 21 39
82 33
20. Clevedon 40
8 8 24 52
94 32
21. Exmouth Town 40
8 6 26 39
96 30
(840 323 194 323 1371 1371 1163)
Bideford and Exeter City Reserves rejoined
the Western league.
Records for the Western League over the next
seven seasons show up differences in versions
of final tables, with several cases of imbalance
between goals for and goals against columns.
Every effort has been made to adjust the
tables correctly, though, it seems, the 100%
accuracy of the detail set out below cannot
be guaranteed. Apologies for any mistakes,
therefore – and an invitation to anyone
knowing better to get in touch with a view
to setting the record straight.
1975-76
1. Falmouth Town 44
35 5 4 134
43 110
2. Taunton Town 44
27 8 9 86
43 89
3. Clevedon 44
27 6 11 77
51 87
4. Bridgwater Town 44
25 10 9 81
44 85
5. Glastonbury 44
23 10 11 84 49
79
6. Barnstaple Town 44
21 9 14 95
66 72
7. Tiverton Town 44
20 12 12 73 70
72
8. Paulton Rovers 44
19 12 13 60 58
69
9. Mangotsfield United 44
18 10 16 63 63
64
10. Bideford 44
17 12 15 60 56
63
11. Frome Town
44 17 10 17 76 61
61
12. Exeter City Reserves (-1) 44
16 10 18 64 69
57
13. St. Luke's College 44
16 7 21 60
70 55
14. Weston-super-Mare 44
13 15 16 52 57
54
15. Westland Yeovil 44
14 11 19 66 82
53
16. Welton Rovers 44
14 9 21 57
71 51
17. Bridport 44
13 11 20 49 72
50
18. Dawlish 44
13 10 21 51 69
49
19. Devizes Town 44
10 15 19 45 59
45
20. Chippenham Town 44
12 7 25 66
94 43
21. Melksham Town 44
12 7 25 66
106 43
22. Keynsham Town 44
8 6 30 50
86 30
23. Exmouth Town 44
5 10 29 38
114 25
(1012 395 222 395 1553 1553 1406)
The top 18 clubs now formed the new Premier
Division, while the bottom five teams moved
to the newly-created 1st Division, in which they were joined by Brixham
United, Chard Town, Clandown, Heavitree United,
Ilminster Town, Larkhall Athletic, Ottery
St. Mary, Portway-Bristol, Saltash United,
Shepton Mallet Town, Swanage & Herston,
Torquay United Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves.
Promotion and relegation between the two
sections turned out to be a somewhat irregular
process over the next few years, with the
numbers of sides moving up and down varying,
according to other things affecting the league.
Names of sides moving up are shown in bold
type, while those dropping down a level are
printed in italics.
1976-77
Premier Division
1. Falmouth Town 34
26 2 6 69
24 80
2. Weston-super-Mare 34
18 12 4 57
31 66
3. Clevedon 34
18 10 6 58
31 64
4. Bridgwater Town 34
17 10 7 51
36 61
5. Barnstaple Town 34
16 9 9 64
48 57
6. Bideford 34
15 11 8 70
38 56
7. Bridport 34
16 8 10 53
35 56
8. Paulton Rovers 34
13 10 11 52 46
49
9. Taunton Town 34
14 6 14 49
46 48
10. Dawlish 34
11 10 13 36 41
43
11. Glastonbury 34
11 8 15 56
58 41
12. Frome Town 34
10 11 13 45 52
41
13. Tiverton Town 34
11 7 16 35
61 40
14. Welton Rovers 34
9 9 16 35
46 36
15. Mangotsfield United 34
10 4 20 36
66 34
16. St Luke's College 34
7 6 21 32
61 27
17. Exeter City Reserves (-1)
34 7 3 24
36 76 23
18. Westland Yeovil 34
4 10 20 31
69 22
(612 233 146 233 865 865 844)
Taunton Town moved to the Southern League.
Clevedon became ‘Clevedon Town’.
Division 1
1. Saltash United 34
24 6 4 81
29 78
2. Shepton Mallet Town 34
23 7 4 84
39 76
3. Keynsham Town 34
23 2 9 87 38
71
4. Melksham Town 34
20 7 7 69
36 67
5. Chippenham Town 34
17 6 11 53
43 57
6. Devizes Town (-1) 34
15 8 11 58
44 52
7. Torquay United Reserves 34
15 3 16 61
59 48
8. Portway-Bristol 34
13 9 12 57
58 48
9. Larkhall Athletic 34
13 7 14 59
69 46
10. Clandown 34
10 12 12 54 58
42
11. Yeovil Town Reserves 34
11 7 16 52
55 40
12. Brixham United 34
9 8 17 45
77 35
13. Ottery St. Mary 34
8 10 16 41
61 34
14. Exmouth Town
34 9 7 18
40 68 34
15. Chard Town 34
8 9 17 43
63 33
16. Swanage Town & Herston 34
8 9 17 48
72 33
17. Ilminster Town 34
8 9 17 39
69 33
18. Heavitree United 34
4 10 20 23
56 22
(612 238 136 238 994 994 849)
Bristol Manor Farm and Odd Down were admitted
to the 1st Division.
1977-78
Premier Division
1. Falmouth Town 34
26 5 3 98
30 83
2. Bideford 34
25 8 1 86
25 83
3. Barnstaple Town 34
18 10 6 75
37 64
4. Saltash United 34
17 7 10 66
53 58
5. Bridport 34
14 13 7 44
21 55
6. Clevedon Town (-2) 34
16 9 9 62
41 55
7. Frome Town 34
14 8 12 43
39 50
8. Paulton Rovers
34 15 5 14
55 52 50
9. Weston-super-Mare 34
14 8 12 44
48 50
10. Exeter City Reserves
34 11 13 10 48
41 46
11. Bridgwater Town 34
12 9 13 53
56 45
12. Tiverton Town 34
8 10 16 47
61 34
13. Shepton Mallet Town 34
9 6 19 52
93 33
14. Glastonbury 34
9 5 20 46
77 32
15. Mangotsfield United
34 7 10 17
50 75 31
16. Welton Rovers
34 8 6 20
34 68 30
17. Dawlish Town 34
6 10 18 39
67 28
18. St. Luke's College
34 1 10 23
20 78 13
(612 230 152 230 962 962 840)
St. Luke’s College disbanded and left
the Western League. Mangotsfield United became
‘Mangotsfield PF’.
Division 1
1. Keynsham Town
36 23 10 3 77
22 79
2. Clandown 36
22 4 10 77
36 70
3. Ilminster Town 36
21 6 9 69
47 69
4. Bristol Manor Farm 36
20 5 11 67
38 65
5. Devizes Town 36
20 5 11 73
52 65
6. Torquay United Reserves 36
18 5 13 69
53 59
7. Portway-Bristol 36
17 8 11 57
42 59
8. Melksham Town 36
17 7 12 76
60 58
9. Ottery St. Mary 36
17 6 13 55
55 57
10. Larkhall Athletic 36
15 8 13 58
66 53
11. Exmouth Town 36
13 7 16 41
55 46
12. Brixham United (-1) 36
11 9 16 62
79 41
13. Chard Town 36
12 5 19 56
81 41
14. Westland Yeovil 36
8 12 16 40
52 36
15. Odd Down 36
9 9 18 52
75 36
16. Yeovil Town Reserves 36
9 8 19 52
65 35
17. Heavitree United 36
9 5 22 32
64 32
18. Swanage & Herston 36
6 11 19 48
85 29
19. Chippenham Town 36
8 4 24 40
74 28
(684 275 134 275 1101 1101 958)
AFC Bournemouth Reserves, Elmore and Wellington
joined the 1st Division.
1978-79
Premier Division
1. Frome Town 38
21 12 5 60
29 75
2. Bideford 38
22 8 8 76
39 74
3. Saltash United 38
19 10 9 65
39 67
4. Barnstaple Town 38
18 10 10 65 35
64
5. Tiverton Town
38 17 9 12
71 60 60
6. Clandown 38
16 11 11 58 49
59
7. Weston-super-Mare 38
14 15 9 65
48 57
8. Falmouth Town 38
15 9 14 51
47 54
9. Paulton Rovers 38
15 9 14 40
48 54
10. Bridport
38
13 13 12 54 50
52
11. Bridgwater Town 38
14 9 15 57
53 51
12. Keynsham Town
38 13 12 13 47
57 51
13. Mangotsfield PF 38
15 2 21 53
64 47
14. Ilminster Town 38
11 12 15 45 55
45
15. Welton Rovers 38
11 8 19 44
59 41
16. Exeter City Reserves
38 12 5 21
48 75 41
17. Clevedon Town 38
11 7 20 50
64 40
18. Dawlish 38
10 10 18 43 61
40
19. Shepton Mallet Town 38
10 10 18 48 74
40
20. Glastonbury 38
8 9 21 42
76 33
(760 285 190 285 1082 1082 1045)
Mangotsfield PF reverted to the name ‘Mangotsfield
United’.
Division 1
1. AFC Bournemouth Reserves 36
25 6 5 101
41 81
2. Portway-Bristol 36
23 5 8 81
43 74
3. Bristol Manor Farm 36
20 5 11 59
47 65
4. Chippenham Town 36
19 7 10 56
43 64
5. Torquay United Reserves (-2) 36
20 4 12 82
47 62
6. Melksham Town 36
18 4 14 58
57 58
7. Devizes Town 36
16 9 11 71
54 57
8. Wellington 36
18 3 15 48
46 57
9. Chard Town 36
15 6 15 57
58 51
10. Brixham United 36
15 5 16 55
61 50
11. Elmore 36
15 3 18 48
65 48
12. Ottery St. Mary (-1)
36 13 5 18 51
60 43
13. Larkhall Athletic 36
12 6 18 52
56 42
14. Westland Yeovil 36
11 9 16 43
53 42
15. Heavitree United 36
12 5 19 39
61 41
16. Swanage & Herston 36
11 6 19 51
60 39
17. Odd Down 36
10 5 21 38
71 35
18. Exmouth Town
36 8 9 19
41 73 33
19. Yeovil Town Reserves (-1)
36 5 10 21 30
65 24
(684 286 112 286 1061 1061 966)
Bath City Reserves, Liskeard Athletic and
Radstock Town joined Division 1.
1979-80
The Western League reverted to use of the
2 points for a win.
Premier Division
1. Barnstaple Town 38
23 10 5 67
31 56
2. AFC Bournemouth Reserves 38
24 7 7 100
26 55
3. Weston-super-Mare 38
22 11 5 81
45 55
4. Frome Town 38
19 10 9 57
38 48
5. Bridgwater Town 38
17 12 9 64
43 46
6. Exeter City Reserves 38
16 11 11 71 59
43
7. Clevedon Town 38
16 10 12 74 58
42
8. Portway-Bristol 38
16 10 12 66 53
42
9. Saltash United 38
14 14 10 64 51
42
10. Bideford 38
16 10 12 61 51
42
11. Keynsham Town 38
16 10 12 56 53
42
12. Falmouth Town 38
14 10 14 58 53
38
13. Dawlish 38
10 11 17 39 67
31
14. Clandown 38
12 6 20 53
76 30
15. Tiverton Town 38
8 14 16 36
65 30
16. Welton Rovers 38
10 9 19 59
84 29
17. Paulton Rovers 38
11 6 21 50
68 28
18. Mangotsfield United 38
7 10 21 37
80 24
19. Bridport (-1) 38
4 14 20 31
67 21
20. Ilminster Town 38
2 11 25 31
87 15
(760 277 206 277 1155 1155 759)
AFC Bournemouth Reserves and Exeter City
Reserves left the Western League.
Division 1
1. Melksham Town 42
27 8 7 78
27 62
2. Devizes Town 42
25 9 8 91
42 59
3. Liskeard Athletic
42 23 10 9
70 31 56
4. Bath City Reserves 42
22 8 12 89
62 52
5. Exmouth Town 42
22 8 12 67
43 52
6. Torquay United Reserves 42
21 10 11 84 61
52
7. Elmore 42
20 9 13 63
45 49
8. Bristol Manor Farm 42
20 9 13 70
58 49
9. Ottery St. Mary 42
16 12 14 64 52
44
10. Glastonbury 42
16 11 15 60 68
43
11. Chippenham Town 42
16 10 16 58 62
42
12. Radstock Town 42
15 10 17 63 75
40
13. Shepton Mallet Town 42
15 9 18 75
78 39
14. Chard Town 42
14 11 17 51 59
39
15. Yeovil Town Reserves 42
14 10 18 71 85
38
16. Brixham United 42
14 9 19 60
70 37
17. Heavitree United 42
11 14 17 57 69
36
18. Larkhall Athletic 42
11 10 21 48 85
32
19. Odd Down 42
9 12 21 46
76 30
20. Wellington 42
8 13 21 38
59 29
21. Swanage Town & Herston (-1)
42 6
13 23 45 91 24
22. Westland Yeovil 42
5 9 28 31
81 19
(924 350 224 350 1379 1379 923)
Westland Yeovil left the Western League.
1980-81
Premier Division
1. Bridgwater Town 38
25 6 7 54
25 56
2. Barnstaple Town 38
22 6 10 58
40 50
3. Frome Town 38
21 6 11 74
51 48
4. Falmouth Town 38
18 9 11 71
53 45
5. Bideford 38
18 8 12 58
42 44
6. Saltash United
38 17 9 12
73 47 43
7. Portway-Bristol 38
16 11 11 55 45
43
8. Clevedon Town
38 15 11 12 65
52 41
9. Clandown
38 16 9 13
60 53 41
10. Devizes Town 38
14 13 11 61 56
41
11. Bridport 38
12 15 11 56 52
39
12. Keynsham Town 38
12 15 11 33 34
39
13. Melksham Town 38
13 11 14 45 49
37
14. Liskeard Athletic 38
11 11 16 58 70
33
15. Mangotsfield United 38
8 15 15 43
66 31
16. Dawlish Town 38
7 16 15 40
50 30
17. Welton Rovers 38
9 11 18 50
69 29
18. Weston-super-Mare 38
11 7 20 42
61 29
19. Paulton Rovers 38
9 11 18 45
72 29
20. Tiverton Town 38
1 10 27 23
77 12
(760 275 210 275 1064 1064 760)
Division 1
1. Chippenham Town 36
25 8 3 76
24 58
2. Wellington 36
22 8 6 80
36 52
3. Exmouth Town 36
22 7 7 74
37 51
4. Bath City Reserves 36
19 11 6 79
44 49
5. Odd Down (-1) 36
20 8 8 59
41 47
6. Yeovil Town Reserves 36
18 9 9 58
38 45
7. Torquay United Reserves 36
16 11 9 60
35 43
8. Swanage Town & Herston 36
13 11 12 58 55
37
9. Chard Town
36 11 14 11 42
38 36
10. Bristol Manor Farm 36
14 8 14 53
57 36
11. Shepton Mallet Town 36
13 8 15 68
75 34
12. Elmore 36
12 10 14 44 53
34
13. Glastonbury 36
9 10 17 44
60 28
14. Brixham United 36
11 5 20 50
70 27
15. Larkhall Athletic 36
5 12 19 44 76
22
16. Ottery St. Mary 36
7 8 21 37 77
22
17. Heavitree United
36 7 8 21 40
86 22
18. Ilminster Town 36
7 6 23 39
70 20
19. Radstock Town 36
8 4 24 47
80 20
(684 259 166 259 1052 1052 683)
Brixham United left the Western League and
were replaced by Wimborne Town.
1981-82
Premier Division
1. Bideford 38
26 10 2 88
20 62
2. Barnstaple Town (-1) 38
26 8 4 78
31 59
3. Bridgwater Town 38
16 16 6 70
46 48
4. Clandown 38
17 12 9 49
37 46
5. Melksham Town
38 17 11 10 58 50
45
6. Frome Town 38
16 9 13 67
58 41
7. Weston-super-Mare
38 15 11 12 47 42
41
8. Saltash United
38 15 7 16 47
53 37
9. Devizes Town
38 14 7 17
53 60 35
10. Dawlish Town
38 11 13 14 45
53 35
11. Liskeard Athletic
38 11 12 15 39
48 34
12. Bridport 38
12 10 16 43 54
34
13. Clevedon Town (-1)
38 11 12 15 58 60
33
14. Chippenham Town
38 12 9 17 33
39 33
15. Falmouth Town 38
12 9 17 46
55 33
16. Portway-Bristol 38
9 13 16 40
47 31
17. Wellington 38
10 11 17 50 62
31
18. Keynsham Town 38
9 13 16 39
55 31
19. Mangotsfield United 38
11 6 21 30
59 28
20. Welton Rovers 38
7 7 24 37
88 21
(760 277 206 277 1017 1017 758)
Bridgwater Town moved to the Southern League
and were replaced by Plymouth Argyle Reserves.
Division 1
1. Shepton Mallet Town 36
25 8 3 88
30 58
2. Exmouth Town 36
24 8 4 74
31 56
3. Swanage Town & Herston 36
21 5 10 90
47 47
4. Wimborne Town 36
19 9 8 67
35 47
5. Bath City Reserves 36
19 6 11 72
46 44
6. Elmore 36
19 6 11 58
45 44
7. Paulton Rovers 36
17 6 13 54
48 40
8. Bristol Manor Farm 36
15 9 12 58
50 39
9. Torquay United Reserves 36
15 9 12 50
44 39
10. Tiverton Town 36
13 8 15 62
63 34
11. Chard Town 36
12 10 14 43 55
34
12. Odd Down 36
14 5 17 51
57 33
13. Radstock Town 36
10 11 15 44 67
31
14. Glastonbury 36
12 6 18 63
69 30
15. Heavitree United 36
11 7 18 39
69 29
16. Yeovil Town Reserves 36
10 8 18 40
53 28
17. Larkhall Athletic
36 10 5 21
42 85 25
18. Ottery St. Mary 36
6 3 27 28
79 15
19. Ilminster Town 36
3 5 28 20
70 11
(684 275 134 275 1043 1043 684)
Ilminster Town and Torquay United Reserves
withdrew from the Western League. Their places
were taken by the reserve teams of Bristol
City and Weymouth.
For the seasons 1982-1985 the following codes
have been used:
for a club which disbanded (D), for a side
leaving the League (L) and for a team which
was newly-admitted (N). The name of a team which was relegated is shown
in italics, while that
of a side promoted appears in bold type.
1982-1983
Premier Division
1. Bideford 38
26 9 3 67
32 61
2. Frome Town 38
23 10 5 75
34 56
3. Dawlish 38
20 8 10 68
47 48
4. Clandown 38
19 9 10 54
39 47
5. Saltash United 38
14 18 6 50
39 46
6. Falmouth Town (L) 38
16 13 9 63
57 45
7. Plymouth Argyle Reserves 38
15 14 9 67
41 44
8. Barnstaple Town 38
18 6 14 67
57 42
9. Liskeard Athletic 38
16 9 13 69
47 41
10. Weston-super-Mare 38
15 11 12 57 46
41
11. Shepton Mallet Town 38
15 4 19 50
55 34
12. Devizes Town 38
12 9 17 50
58 33
13. Chippenham Town 38
12 8 18 40
54 32
14. Clevedon Town 38
9 12 17 36
56 30
15. Bridport (L) 38
8 13 17 49
60 29
16. Exmouth Town 38
10 9 19 40
59 29
17. Melksham Town
38 8 13 17
43 63 29
18. Wellington 38
8 12 18 46
74 28
19. Keynsham Town 38
7 11 20 32
68 25
20. Portway-Bristol 38
8 4 26 35
72 20
(760 279 202 279 1058 1058 760)
Dawlish added ‘Town’ to the club
name.
Division 1
1. Bristol Manor Farm 36
26 7 3 85
31 59
2. Mangotsfield United 36
24 8 4 75
32 56
3. Paulton Rovers 36
20 12 4 75
37 52
4. Odd Down 36
19 9 8 56
41 47
5. Glastonbury 36
15 15 6 69
47 45
6. Swanage Town & Herston 36
21 1 14 83
54 43
7. Wimborne Town 36
17 9 10 74
51 43
8. Bath City Reserves 36
14 9 13 64
49 37
9. Chard Town 36
15 5 16 54
50 35
10. Weymouth Reserves 36
12 8 16 43
56 32
11. Welton Rovers 36
12 8 16 46
61 32
12. Yeovil Town Reserves 36
14 3 19 49
55 31
13. Bristol City Reserves 36
9 11 16 57
77 29
14. Elmore 36
12 4 20 48
65 28
15. Heavitree United 36
11 5 20 40
66 27
16. Larkhall Athletic 36
9 8 19 40
64 26
17. Radstock Town 36
9 6 21 50
79 24
18. Tiverton Town 36
8 5 23 42
85 21
19. Ottery St. Mary 36
8 1 27 35
85 17
(684 275 134 275 1085 1085 684)
1983-1984
Premier Division
1. Exmouth Town 38
21 11 6 59
35 53
2. Saltash United 38
22 7 9 72
39 51
3. Barnstaple Town 38
21 9 8 68
40 51
4. Frome Town 38
20 10 8 78
35 50
5. Liskeard Athletic
38 18 9 11
64 38 45
6. Bideford 38
16 10 12 71 49
42
7. Clevedon Town
38 16 8 14
55 56 40
8. Bristol Manor Farm 38
14 11 13 54 42
39
9. Plymouth Argyle Reserves (-2) 38
16 8 14 68
58 38
10. Minehead (N) 38
15 7 16 55
68 37
11. Shepton Mallet Town 38
14 9 15 55
74 37
12. Taunton Town (N) 38
10 15 13 46 52
35
13. Mangotsfield United 38
12 10 16 47 48
34
14. Dawlish Town 38
13 8 17 38
43 34
15. Weston-super-Mare 38
13 8 17 46
54 34
16. Chippenham Town 38
13 8 17 44
56 34
17. Clandown 38
12 10 16 34 51
34
18. Melksham Town 38
9 11 18 49
66 29
19. Devizes Town 38
7 11 20 41
74 25
20. Wellington 38
4 8 26 29
95 16
(760 286 188 286 1073 1073 758)
Division 1
1. Bristol City Reserves 40
26 8 6 96
36 60
2. Chard Town 40
22 8 10 82
44 52
3. Paulton Rovers 40
20 12 8 74
46 52
4. Swanage Town & Herston 40
19 12 9 89
61 50
5. Keynsham Town 40
19 11 10 50 36
49
6. Backwell United (N) 40
18 13 9 47
42 49
7. Glastonbury 40
15 9 16 68
61 39
8. Welton Rovers 40
13 13 14 49 56
39
9. Portway-Bristol 40
13 12 15 57 49
38
10. Wimborne Town 40
14 10 16 51 60
38
11. Bath City Reserves 40
13 11 16 61 57
37
12. Warminster Town (N) 40
15 7 18 61
67 37
13. Odd Down 40
12 13 15 60 66
37
14. Larkhall Athletic 40
12 12 16 50 55
36
15. Radstock Town 40
13 10 17 51 63
36
16. Heavitree United 40
14 8 18 66
80 36
17. Yeovil Town Reserves 40
11 13 16 65 72
35
18. Ottery St. Mary 40
14 7 19 42
58 35
19. Elmore 40
11 12 17 47 78
34
20. Weymouth Reserves 40
12 7 21 43
64 31
21. Tiverton Town
40 5 10 25
37 95 20
(840 311 218 311 1246 1246 840)
1984-1985
Premier Division
1. Saltash United 42
26 12 4 88
43 64
2. Bideford 42
26 8 8 78
29 60
3. Bristol City Reserves 42
21 14 7 69
49 56
4. Exmouth Town
42 22 8 12
83 51 52
5. Paulton Rovers 42
20 11 11 61 45
51
6. Bristol Manor Farm 42
21 7 14 70
55 49
7. Chippenham Town 42
16 14 12 62 49
46
8. Mangotsfield United 42
17 11 14 63 56
45
9. Melksham Town 42
17 11 14 57 59
45
10. Liskeard Athletic 42
17 10 15 69 54
44
11. Chard Town 42
15 13 14 58 57
43
12. Minehead 42
16 9 17 55
54 41
13. Barnstaple Town 42
18 5 19 65
65 41
14. Clandown 42
14 12 16 51 52
40
15. Plymouth Argyle Reserves
42 12 14 16 58
62 38
16. Dawlish Town 42
12 13 17 44 54
37
17. Clevedon Town (-1)
42 12 12 18 45
56 35
18. Frome Town 42
10 14 18 56 63
34
19. Weston-super-Mare 42
11 11 20 58 78
33
20. Taunton Town 42
11 11 20 53 74
33
21. Shepton Mallet Town (-1)
42 4 15 23
35 86 22
22. Devizes Town 42
2 9 31 34 121
13
(924 340 244 340 1312 1312 922)
Division 1
1. Portway-Bristol 42
30 3 9 97
42 63
2. Torrington (N) 42
27 8 7 83
35 62
3. Wimborne Town 42
26 7 9 81
37 59
4. Swanage Town & Herston 42
23 13 6 86
50 59
5. Wellington
42 20 12 10 78
57 52
6. Radstock Town 42
23 5 14 79
47 51
7. Backwell United 42
21 9 12 59
42 51
8. Keynsham Town 42
20 9 13 70
54 49
9. Ottery St. Mary
42 17 14 11 58
51 48
10. Larkhall Athletic 42
18 7 17 51
46 43
11. Heavitree United 42
14 11 17 81 84
39
12. Glastonbury 42
14 11 17 55 63
39
13. Bath City Reserves 42
16 7 19 60
69 39
14. Elmore 42
16 6 20 69
95 38
15. Yeovil Town Reserves (-1) 42
14 10 18 53 63
37
16. Welton Rovers 42
14 9 19 61
72 37
17. Tiverton Town 42
11 12 19 61 66
34
18. Weymouth Reserves 42
14 3 25 67
96 31
19. Warminster Town 42
8 13 21 54
93 29
20. Westbury United (N) 42
10 7 25 57
99 27
21. Ilfracombe Town (N) 42
6 7 29 47
101 19
22. Odd Down
42 5 7 30
38 83 17
(924 367 190 367 1445 1445 923)
