1965–66 Western Football League

The 1965–66 season was the 64th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1965–66
ChampionsWelton Rovers

The champions for the second time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Welton Rovers, who completed the season unbeaten.[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from 22 clubs to 18 after Bath City Reserves, Bristol City Reserves, Chippenham Town, Poole Town Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves all left the league. One new club joined:

  • Bristol City Colts, rejoining the league after leaving in 1961.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Welton Rovers 34 25 9 0 105 28 3.750 59
2 Portland United 34 23 2 9 75 50 1.500 48
3 Bideford 34 19 8 7 90 49 1.837 46
4 Andover 34 16 8 10 74 57 1.298 40
5 Minehead 34 13 12 9 46 44 1.045 38
6 Frome Town 34 14 9 11 53 53 1.000 37
7 Glastonbury 34 12 11 11 61 46 1.326 35
8 Taunton Town 34 15 5 14 73 69 1.058 35
9 Bridgwater Town 34 12 10 12 63 62 1.016 34
10 Salisbury 34 12 8 14 62 57 1.088 32
11 Torquay United Reserves 34 11 10 13 56 56 1.000 32
12 Exeter City Reserves 34 13 4 17 63 70 0.900 30
13 Weymouth Reserves 34 11 8 15 65 76 0.855 30
14 Weston-super-Mare 34 12 5 17 48 61 0.787 29
15 Bridport 34 12 5 17 57 90 0.633 29
16 Dorchester Town 34 9 5 20 41 79 0.519 23
17 Barnstaple Town 34 7 8 19 35 59 0.593 22
18 Bristol City Colts 34 4 5 25 33 94 0.351 13
Source:
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.
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References
  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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