1985–86 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1985–86
ChampionsExmouth Town (Premier Division)
Portway Bristol (Division One)

The 1985–86 season was the 84th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the second time in their history were Exmouth Town. The champions of Division One for the second season running were Portway Bristol.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Devizes Town were relegated to the First Division. One club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Exmouth Town (C) 42 30 9 3 95 31 +64 69
2 Liskeard Athletic 42 31 6 5 103 34 +69 68
3 Bideford 42 27 8 7 97 27 +70 62
4 Saltash United 42 21 13 8 78 46 +32 55
5 Chippenham Town 42 21 10 11 60 45 +15 52
6 Mangotsfield United 42 18 13 11 87 58 +29 49
7 Taunton Town 42 19 9 14 59 54 +5 47
8 Dawlish Town 42 19 8 15 53 49 +4 45[a]
9 Bristol City Reserves 42 18 6 18 74 61 +13 42
10 Clevedon Town 42 12 18 12 55 47 +8 42
11 Bristol Manor Farm 42 16 9 17 71 73 −2 41
12 Minehead 42 16 9 17 55 70 −15 41
13 Frome Town 42 14 12 16 49 62 −13 39[a]
14 Clandown 42 15 8 19 46 57 −11 38
15 Torrington 42 13 11 18 51 62 −11 37
16 Melksham Town 42 11 13 18 50 77 −27 35
17 Barnstaple Town 42 13 7 22 46 68 −22 33
18 Weston-super-Mare 42 12 8 22 69 90 −21 32
19 Paulton Rovers 42 9 12 21 50 82 −32 30
20 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 42 9 11 22 60 67 −7 29
21 Chard Town 42 8 4 30 35 109 −74 20
22 Shepton Mallet Town (R) 42 4 8 30 36 110 −74 15[a] Folded and reformed in the Somerset County League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Dawlish Town, Frome Town and Shepton Mallet Town each had one point deducted for fielding ineligible players.

First Division

The First Division remained at 22 clubs, after Torrington were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Portway Bristol (C) 42 27 9 6 100 42 +58 63
2 Radstock Town (P) 42 26 9 7 116 54 +62 61 Promoted to the Premier Division
3 Yeovil Town Reserves 42 25 7 10 79 36 +43 56[a]
4 Wimborne Town 42 18 13 11 77 51 +26 49
5 Larkhall Athletic 42 18 11 13 72 56 +16 47
6 Backwell United 42 19 9 14 63 47 +16 47
7 Ottery St Mary 42 18 11 13 61 60 +1 47
8 Swanage Town & Herston 42 18 9 15 91 79 +12 45
9 Weymouth Reserves 42 18 8 16 84 78 +6 44
10 Heavitree United 42 17 10 15 60 69 −9 44
11 Bath City Reserves 42 16 10 16 74 69 +5 42
12 Wellington 42 14 12 16 70 70 0 40
13 Tiverton Town 42 16 7 19 68 74 −6 39
14 Devizes Town 42 10 18 14 43 58 −15 38
15 Elmore 42 12 13 17 56 78 −22 37
16 Keynsham Town 42 9 18 15 37 53 −16 36
17 Welton Rovers 42 13 9 20 61 84 −23 35
18 Glastonbury 42 12 11 19 52 79 −27 35
19 Ilfracombe Town 42 10 14 18 55 69 −14 34
20 Westbury United 42 10 10 22 55 82 −27 30
21 Odd Down 42 9 12 21 57 90 −33 30
22 Warminster Town 42 9 6 27 40 93 −53 24
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Yeovil Town Reserves had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

References

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