1972–73 Western Football League

The 1972–73 season was the 71st in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1972–73
ChampionsDevizes Town

The champions for the first time in their history were Devizes Town.[1]

League table

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The league was increased from fourteen clubs to sixteen after Bideford, Dorchester Town and Minehead joined the Southern League, and five new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Devizes Town 30 21 5 4 68 27 2.519 47
2 Taunton Town 30 19 7 4 69 26 2.654 45
3 Mangotsfield United 30 21 3 6 69 35 1.971 45
4 Bridgwater Town 30 17 7 6 65 24 2.708 41
5 Weston-super-Mare 30 13 9 8 42 36 1.167 35
6 Glastonbury 30 14 6 10 45 44 1.023 34
7 Barnstaple Town 30 13 7 10 57 52 1.096 33
8 Bridport 30 10 10 10 40 30 1.333 30
9 Torquay United Reserves 30 11 6 13 53 47 1.128 28 Left at the end of the season
10 Frome Town 30 9 9 12 30 44 0.682 27
11 Welton Rovers 30 9 8 13 35 41 0.854 26
12 Exeter City Reserves 30 7 11 12 39 47 0.830 25
13 St Luke's College 30 9 3 18 33 73 0.452 21
14 Avon Bradford 30 6 3 21 27 68 0.397 15
15 Bristol City Colts 30 5 4 21 35 76 0.461 14 Left at the end of the season
16 Ashtonians United 30 4 6 20 26 63 0.413 14
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