1976–77 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1976–77
Champions	Falmouth Town (Premier Division) Saltash United (Division One)
← 1975–76 1977–78 →

The 1976–77 season was the 75th in the history of the Western Football League. The league was split into two divisions for the first time since 1959–60.

The league champions for the third time in their history, and the third season in succession, were Falmouth Town. The champions of the new Division One were newcomers Saltash United.^[1]

This season was the last in which goal average decided places for teams which were level on points.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The new Premier Division was created from the top eighteen clubs in the old single division of the previous season.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Falmouth Town	34	26	2	6	69	24	2.87	80
2	Weston-super-Mare	34	18	12	4	57	31	1.84	66
3	Clevedon	34	18	10	6	58	31	1.87	64
4	Bridgwater Town	34	17	10	7	51	36	1.42	61
5	Barnstaple Town	34	16	9	9	64	48	1.33	57
6	Bideford	34	15	11	8	70	38	1.84	56
7	Bridport	34	16	8	10	53	35	1.51	56
8	Paulton Rovers	34	13	10	11	52	46	1.13	49
9	Taunton Town	34	14	6	14	49	46	1.06	48	Joined the Southern League
10	Dawlish	34	11	10	13	36	41	0.88	43
11	Glastonbury	34	11	8	15	56	58	0.96	41
12	Frome Town	34	10	11	13	45	52	0.86	41
13	Tiverton Town	34	11	7	16	35	61	0.57	40
14	Welton Rovers	34	9	9	16	35	46	0.76	36
15	Mangotsfield United	34	10	4	20	36	66	0.54	34
16	St Luke's College	34	7	6	21	32	61	0.52	27
17	Exeter City Reserves	34	7	3	24	36	76	0.47	23*
18	Westland-Yeovil (R)	34	4	10	20	31	69	0.45	22	Relegated to Division One

* Exeter City Reserves had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

First Division

The new First Division consisted of the bottom five clubs from the previous season, plus thirteen new clubs:

Brixham United, from the Plymouth & District League.
Chard Town, from the Somerset Senior League.
Clandown, rejoining after leaving in 1960.
Heavitree United
Ilminster Town
Larkhall Athletic
Ottery St Mary, from the South Western League.
Portway Bristol
Saltash United, from the South Western League.
Shepton Mallet Town, from the Somerset Senior League.
Swanage Town & Herston
Torquay United Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1973.
Yeovil Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1970.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Saltash United (P)	34	24	6	4	81	29	2.79	78	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Shepton Mallet Town (P)	34	23	7	4	84	39	2.15	76	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Keynsham Town	34	23	2	9	87	38	2.29	71
4	Melksham Town	34	20	7	7	69	36	1.92	67
5	Chippenham Town	34	17	6	11	53	43	1.23	57
6	Devizes Town	34	15	8	11	58	44	1.32	52*
7	Torquay United Reserves	34	15	3	16	61	59	1.03	48
8	Portway Bristol	34	13	9	12	57	58	0.98	48
9	Larkhall Athletic	34	13	7	14	59	69	0.85	46
10	Clandown	34	10	12	12	54	58	0.93	42
11	Yeovil Town Reserves	34	11	7	16	52	55	0.94	40
12	Brixham United	34	9	8	17	45	77	0.58	35
13	Ottery St Mary	34	8	10	16	41	61	0.67	34
14	Exmouth Town	34	9	7	18	40	68	0.59	34
15	Chard Town	34	8	9	17	43	63	0.68	33
16	Swanage Town & Herston	34	8	9	17	48	72	0.67	33
17	Ilminster Town	34	8	9	17	39	69	0.56	33
18	Heavitree United	34	4	10	20	23	56	0.41	22

* Devizes Town had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.

^{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: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

1 2 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

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