1926–27 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1926–27
ChampionsBristol City Reserves (Division One)
Poole Reserves (Division Two)

The 1926–27 season was the 30th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions this season were again Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions.[1]

Division One

The number of clubs in Division One was increased from ten to twelve:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Bristol City Reserves 22 16 2 4 59 32 1.844 34
2 Torquay United 22 14 4 4 47 27 1.741 32 Elected to Football League Third Division South
3 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 22 13 1 8 63 37 1.703 27
4 Lovells Athletic 22 11 5 6 47 36 1.306 27
5 Bristol Rovers Reserves 22 12 3 7 49 41 1.195 27
6 Exeter City Reserves 22 10 3 9 61 53 1.151 23
7 Yeovil and Petters United 22 10 1 11 48 44 1.091 21
8 Swindon Town Reserves 22 9 2 11 41 47 0.872 20 Left at the end of the season
9 Bath City Reserves 22 8 3 11 35 50 0.700 19
10 Poole 22 6 2 14 40 69 0.580 14 Left at the end of the season
11 Taunton United 22 4 3 15 28 55 0.509 11
12 Weymouth 22 3 3 16 30 57 0.526 9
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from thirteen to ten clubs after Poole and Lovells Athletic were promoted to Division One, and Bath City Reserves, Paulton Rovers and Swindon Victoria all left the league. Two new teams joined the league:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Poole Reserves 18 14 2 2 68 19 3.579 30
2 Radstock Town 18 12 1 5 43 29 1.483 25
3 Portland United 18 12 0 6 62 31 2.000 24
4 Welton Rovers 18 9 2 7 61 39 1.564 20
5 Yeovil and Petters United Reserves 18 8 3 7 44 40 1.100 19
6 Lovells Athletic Reserves 18 8 0 10 48 48 1.000 16 Left at the end of the season
7 Trowbridge Town 18 5 2 11 44 52 0.846 12
8 Frome Town 18 5 2 11 28 62 0.452 12 Left at the end of the season
9 Weymouth Reserves 18 4 4 10 25 60 0.417 12
10 Minehead 18 5 0 13 24 67 0.358 10
Source: [citation needed]
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