1991–92 Western Football League

The 1991–92 season was the 90th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1991–92
ChampionsWeston-super-Mare (Premier Division)
Westbury United (Division One)

The league champions for the first time in their history were Weston-super-Mare, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Westbury United.[1]

Final tables edit

Premier Division edit

The Premier Division remained at 21 clubs after Barnstaple Town and Radstock Town were relegated to the First Division. Two clubs joined:

  • Elmore, runners-up in the First Division.
  • Minehead, champions of the First Division.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Weston-super-Mare (C, P) 40 32 2 6 110 44 +66 98 Promoted to the Southern League
2 Clevedon Town 40 28 5 7 90 28 +62 89
3 Tiverton Town 40 27 5 8 106 47 +59 85[a]
4 Bideford 40 25 9 6 102 49 +53 84
5 Saltash United 40 24 5 11 89 51 +38 77
6 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 40 24 4 12 89 52 +37 76
7 Taunton Town 40 17 11 12 88 56 +32 62
8 Mangotsfield United 40 16 13 11 53 39 +14 61
9 Elmore 40 17 10 13 76 72 +4 61
10 Paulton Rovers 40 16 11 13 71 60 +11 59
11 Minehead 40 16 10 14 65 74 −9 58
12 Liskeard Athletic 40 14 10 16 68 69 −1 52
13 Dawlish Town 40 15 5 20 77 76 +1 50
14 Chippenham Town 40 13 7 20 58 95 −37 46
15 Torrington 40 11 10 19 48 62 −14 43
16 Bristol Manor Farm 40 10 10 20 42 66 −24 40
17 Exmouth Town 40 10 8 22 56 97 −41 38
18 Chard Town 40 8 8 24 48 76 −28 32
19 Frome Town 40 9 5 26 44 91 −47 32
20 Welton Rovers (R) 40 8 6 26 32 78 −46 30 Relegated to the First Division
21 Ottery St Mary (R) 40 2 2 36 26 156 −130 8
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Tiverton Town had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

First Division edit

The First Division was increased from 21 clubs to 22, after Minehead and Elmore were promoted to the Premier Division, and Yeovil Town Reserves left the league. Four new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Westbury United (C, P) 42 27 10 5 80 39 +41 91 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Torquay United Reserves (P) 42 26 11 5 96 32 +64 89
3 Crediton United 42 20 12 10 57 32 +25 72
4 Bath City Reserves 42 22 6 14 91 68 +23 72 Left at the end of the season
5 Warminster Town 42 19 13 10 80 49 +31 70
6 Keynsham Town 42 19 13 10 80 69 +11 70
7 Calne Town 42 20 9 13 73 49 +24 69
8 Brislington 42 21 6 15 70 51 +19 69
9 Bridport 42 17 16 9 61 50 +11 67
10 Ilfracombe Town 42 17 14 11 76 44 +32 65
11 Odd Down 42 20 5 17 58 46 +12 65
12 Backwell United 42 17 10 15 64 49 +15 61
13 Bishop Sutton 42 17 10 15 58 50 +8 61
14 Glastonbury 42 14 8 20 52 61 −9 50
15 Larkhall Athletic 42 12 12 18 58 65 −7 48
16 Radstock Town 42 11 14 17 65 68 −3 47
17 Barnstaple Town 42 12 8 22 42 55 −13 44
18 Clandown 42 10 13 19 56 72 −16 43 Left to join the Somerset Senior League
19 Wellington 42 9 11 22 42 70 −28 38
20 Devizes Town 42 8 13 21 57 84 −27 37
21 Melksham Town 42 8 12 22 44 77 −33 36
22 Heavitree United 42 2 2 38 26 206 −180 8
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References edit

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