1928–29 Western Football League

The 1928–29 season was the 32nd in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1928–29
ChampionsBristol Rovers Reserves (Division One)
Bath City Reserves (Division Two)

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

Division One

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The number of clubs in Division One was reduced from eleven to eight after Salisbury City and Weymouth were relegated to Division Two. Lovells Athletic also left, joining the Southern League. No new teams joined the league.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bristol Rovers Reserves 14 10 0 4 39 21 1.857 20
2 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 14 6 4 4 31 19 1.632 16
3 Bath City Reserves 14 6 4 4 33 30 1.100 16
4 Taunton Town 14 7 2 5 32 30 1.067 16
5 Bristol City Reserves 14 7 1 6 34 31 1.097 15
6 Exeter City Reserves 14 4 4 6 36 42 0.857 12
7 Torquay United Reserves 14 3 3 8 21 30 0.700 9
8 Yeovil and Petters United 14 2 4 8 19 42 0.452 8
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two

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Weymouth Reserves, Poole Reserves and Minehead all left the league, but Division Two was increased from eight to nine clubs after two clubs were relegated from Division One and two new clubs joined.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Bath City Reserves 16 12 0 4 44 28 1.571 24
2 Portland United 16 10 3 3 44 26 1.692 23
3 Trowbridge Town 16 8 3 5 31 33 0.939 19
4 Yeovil and Petters United Reserves 16 8 1 7 51 33 1.545 17 Left at the end of the season
5 Welton Rovers 16 5 5 6 30 32 0.938 15
6 Weymouth 16 4 6 6 35 41 0.854 14
7 Salisbury City 16 5 3 8 28 36 0.778 13 Left at the end of the season
8 Bristol St George 16 4 3 9 41 56 0.732 11
9 Radstock Town 16 3 2 11 27 46 0.587 8
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

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