1937–38 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1937–38
ChampionsBristol City Reserves (Division One)
Weymouth (Division Two)

The 1937–38 season was the 41st in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the fifth time in their history were Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two for the second consecutive season were Weymouth. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.[1]

Division One

Division One remained at five clubs, with no clubs leaving or joining.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bristol City Reserves 8 6 1 1 21 7 3.000 13
2 Yeovil and Petters United 8 5 1 2 20 16 1.250 11
3 Bristol Rovers Reserves 8 4 0 4 15 14 1.071 8
4 Torquay United Reserves 8 3 1 4 12 15 0.800 7
5 Lovells Athletic 8 0 1 7 9 25 0.360 1
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Swindon Town Reserves left and one new club joined:

  • Bath City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1936.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Weymouth 34 27 4 3 121 34 3.559 58
2 Street 34 21 4 9 113 53 2.132 46
3 Portland United 34 17 6 11 109 57 1.912 40
4 Yeovil and Petters United Reserves 34 15 10 9 99 61 1.623 40
5 Salisbury City 34 18 4 12 94 76 1.237 40
6 Chippenham Town 34 18 4 12 91 90 1.011 40
7 Radstock Town 34 18 4 12 79 80 0.988 40
8 Trowbridge Town 34 16 7 11 102 76 1.342 39
9 Glastonbury 34 18 2 14 85 67 1.269 38
10 Poole Town 34 14 7 13 79 67 1.179 35
11 Wells City 34 13 8 13 75 87 0.862 34
12 Bristol City "A" 34 15 1 18 86 100 0.860 31
13 Warminster Town 34 10 9 15 66 92 0.717 29
14 Frome Town 34 9 7 18 66 94 0.702 25
15 Bristol Rovers "A" 34 9 6 19 63 89 0.708 24
16 Paulton Rovers 34 9 6 19 61 124 0.492 24
17 Welton Rovers 34 5 7 22 52 142 0.366 17
18 Bath City Reserves 34 3 6 25 51 103 0.495 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