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1925–26 Western Football League

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Western Football League
Season1925–26
ChampionsBristol City Reserves (Division One)
Poole (Division Two)

The 1925–26 season was the 29th in the history of the Western Football League.

From this season, the league consisted of two divisions after a number of reserve teams joined. The Division One champions were Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole, who were promoted to Division One.[1]

Division One

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Division One consisted of three clubs from the old single-division league, plus two new clubs and five new reserve teams. The number of clubs was thus reduced from thirteen to ten after Peasedown St John left the league.

The seven new teams were:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bristol City Reserves 18 10 7 1 58 19 3.053 27
2 Bristol Rovers Reserves 18 11 2 5 53 36 1.472 24
3 Torquay United 18 9 4 5 28 22 1.273 22
4 Yeovil and Petters United 18 7 7 4 33 27 1.222 21
5 Swindon Town Reserves 18 6 8 4 32 33 0.970 20
6 Weymouth 18 7 4 7 37 45 0.822 18
7 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 18 6 5 7 31 25 1.240 17
8 Exeter City Reserves 18 6 4 8 33 41 0.805 16
9 Taunton United 18 3 3 12 18 45 0.400 9
10 Bath City Reserves 18 1 4 13 20 50 0.400 6
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two

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The new Division Two consisted of the other nine clubs from the old single-division league, and four new teams, three of them reserve teams of Division One clubs.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Poole (P) 24 17 3 4 76 30 2.533 37 Promoted to Division One
2 Welton Rovers 24 16 4 4 62 37 1.676 36
3 Weymouth Reserves 24 12 4 8 69 47 1.468 28
4 Lovells Athletic (P) 24 8 8 8 52 46 1.130 24 Promoted to Division One
5 Radstock Town 24 9 6 9 31 28 1.107 24
6 Minehead 24 10 4 10 42 53 0.792 24
7 Portland United 24 8 7 9 49 56 0.875 23
8 Trowbridge Town 24 8 6 10 56 68 0.824 22
9 Swindon Victoria 24 9 3 12 55 71 0.775 21 Left at the end of the season
10 Paulton Rovers 24 7 6 11 48 68 0.706 20
11 Bath City Reserves 24 7 5 12 50 53 0.943 19
12 Yeovil and Petters United Reserves 24 7 4 13 48 57 0.842 18
13 Frome Town 24 5 6 13 40 64 0.625 16
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.
(P) Promoted

References

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