1930–31 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1930–31
Champions	Exeter City Reserves (Division One) Portland United (Division Two)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 season was the 34th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the first time in their history were Exeter City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Portland United. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.[1]

Division One

Division One was reduced from eight to seven clubs after Bath City left the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Exeter City Reserves	12	9	1	2	34	24	1.417	19
2	Yeovil and Petters United	12	7	2	3	43	27	1.593	16
3	Bristol Rovers Reserves	12	6	3	3	28	19	1.474	15
4	Bristol City Reserves	12	4	2	6	34	28	1.214	10
5	Taunton Town	12	5	0	7	20	34	0.588	10
6	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	12	3	1	8	23	33	0.697	7
7	Torquay United Reserves	12	1	5	6	18	35	0.514	7

Source: ^[citation needed]

Division Two

Division Two was increased from ten to seventeen clubs after seven new clubs joined:

• Chippenham Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1906.
• Coleford Athletic, rejoining after leaving the league in 1922.
• Petters Westland
• Poole Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1927.
• Salisbury City, rejoining after leaving the league in 1929.
• Street, rejoining after leaving the league in 1922.
• Warminster Town

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Portland United	32	24	3	5	111	47	2.362	51
2	Salisbury City	32	22	4	6	93	50	1.860	48
3	Welton Rovers	32	20	6	6	106	64	1.656	46
4	Wells City	32	21	2	9	92	61	1.508	44
5	Bristol City "A"	32	19	5	8	111	72	1.542	43
6	Bath City Reserves	32	18	3	11	102	56	1.821	39
7	Warminster Town	32	15	5	12	94	77	1.221	35
8	Radstock Town	32	15	5	12	63	85	0.741	35
9	Poole Town	32	14	4	14	76	72	1.056	32
10	Chippenham Town	32	10	8	14	82	68	1.206	28
11	Trowbridge Town	32	9	9	14	58	60	0.967	27
12	Paulton Rovers	32	8	10	14	45	67	0.672	26
13	Petters Westland	32	10	2	20	76	101	0.752	22	Left at the end of the season
14	Bristol St George	32	10	1	21	80	135	0.593	21
15	Weymouth	32	9	1	22	81	128	0.633	19
16	Street	32	6	4	22	52	96	0.542	16
17	Coleford Athletic	32	6	0	26	60	143	0.420	12

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