1934–35 Western Football League

The 1934–35 season was the 38th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1934–35
ChampionsYeovil and Petters United (Division One)
Swindon Town Reserves (Division Two)

The Division One champions for the fourth time in their history were Yeovil and Petters United. The winners of Division Two were Swindon Town Reserves. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.[1]

Division One edit

After Taunton Town left the league, Division One remained at seven clubs, with one new club joining:

  • Cardiff City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1933.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Yeovil and Petters United 12 9 1 2 38 21 1.810 19
2 Bath City Reserves 12 7 2 3 32 16 2.000 16
3 Bristol Rovers Reserves 12 6 3 3 34 21 1.619 15
4 Torquay United Reserves 12 4 2 6 25 25 1.000 10
5 Cardiff City Reserves 12 3 3 6 19 30 0.633 9
6 Exeter City Reserves 12 2 4 6 18 26 0.692 8 Left at the end of the season
7 Lovells Athletic 12 3 1 8 15 42 0.357 7
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two edit

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Swindon Town Reserves 34 25 5 4 108 33 3.273 55
2 Salisbury City 34 21 6 7 86 41 2.098 48
3 Portland United 34 22 3 9 105 65 1.615 47
4 Weymouth 34 19 8 7 107 39 2.744 46
5 Frome Town 34 19 7 8 113 67 1.687 45
6 Bath City Reserves 34 18 5 11 85 52 1.635 41
7 Glastonbury 34 15 9 10 91 68 1.338 39
8 Street 34 14 8 12 83 65 1.277 36
9 Trowbridge Town 34 14 7 13 79 84 0.940 35
10 Bristol City "A" 34 15 4 15 87 69 1.261 34
11 Paulton Rovers 34 13 7 14 60 70 0.857 33
12 Bristol Rovers "A" 34 15 0 19 68 88 0.773 30
13 Welton Rovers 34 10 8 16 71 84 0.845 28
14 Warminster Town 34 11 4 19 63 112 0.563 26
15 Wells City 34 10 5 19 70 83 0.843 25
16 Radstock Town 34 6 7 21 48 101 0.475 19
17 Chippenham Town 34 7 3 24 53 126 0.421 17
18 Bristol St George 34 2 4 28 43 173 0.249 8 Left at the end of the season
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 edit

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