1923–24 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1923–24
Champions	Lovells Athletic
← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The 1923–24 season was the 27th in the history of the Western Football League.

After a period of two to three years in which a large number of clubs left the league, this season marked the start of a period of growth. The champions this season were newcomers Lovells Athletic.^[1]

Final table

Four new clubs joined the league this season, and the number of clubs increased from nine to eleven after Hanham Athletic and Welton Rovers left the league.

Lovells Athletic
Minehead
Paulton Rovers, rejoining after leaving in 1922
Poole

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Lovells Athletic	20	16	3	1	43	10	4.3	35
2	Radstock Town	20	13	3	4	43	12	3.58	29
3	Weymouth	20	10	5	5	38	24	1.58	25
4	Cardiff Corinthians	20	11	3	6	32	26	1.23	25	Left at the end of the season
5	Poole	20	8	6	6	37	35	1.06	22
6	Yeovil and Petters United	20	9	2	9	35	42	0.83	20
7	Trowbridge Town	20	6	2	12	29	42	0.69	14
8	Peasedown St John	20	6	2	12	23	42	0.55	14
9	Minehead	20	5	3	12	32	44	0.73	13
10	Bath City	20	5	2	13	21	38	0.55	12
11	Paulton Rovers	20	3	5	12	20	38	0.53	11

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

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

Western League

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