1919–20 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1919–20
Champions	Douglas (Division One) Frome Town (Division Two)
← 1913–14 1920–21 →

The 1919–20 season was the 23rd in the history of the Western Football League in South West England.

This was the first season after the end of World War I, which had halted all organised football in the United Kingdom for several years. A number of new clubs joined the league and a second division was formed. Several clubs had not rejoined the league after the war. The Division One champions this season were Douglas, in their first season in the league. Champions of Division Two were Frome Town, although it was Yeovil and Petters United that were promoted to Division One.^[1]

Final tables

Eleven new clubs joined the league, and they were split into two divisions along with those clubs which had returned to the league after the war.

Division One

Division One consisted of ten clubs: Bath City, Bristol Rovers Reserves and Welton Rovers, plus seven new clubs:

Barry Reserves
Bristol City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1911
Douglas
Horfield United
Newport County Reserves
Swansea Town Reserves
Swindon Town Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1905

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Douglas	18	12	4	2	58	18	3.22	28
2	Swansea Town Reserves	18	13	2	3	39	15	2.6	28
3	Bristol City Reserves	18	12	1	5	41	17	2.41	25
4	Swindon Town Reserves	18	11	3	4	30	21	1.43	25
5	Bath City	18	8	2	8	48	29	1.65	18
6	Welton Rovers	18	6	1	11	29	47	0.62	13
7	Barry Reserves	18	6	0	12	27	37	0.73	12
8	Bristol Rovers Reserves	18	4	4	10	28	51	0.55	12
9	Newport County Reserves	18	5	1	12	25	57	0.44	11	Left at the end of the season
10	Horfield United	18	1	4	13	21	54	0.39	6	Left at the end of the season

Division Two

Division Two consisted of eight clubs: Paulton Rovers, Peasedown St John, Street and Trowbridge Town, plus four new clubs:

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Frome Town	14	10	2	2	33	20	1.65	22
2	Trowbridge Town	14	8	2	4	36	18	2	18
3	Peasedown St John	14	8	2	4	22	14	1.57	18
4	Paulton Rovers	14	6	4	4	26	21	1.24	16
5	Yeovil and Petters United (P)	14	7	2	5	41	34	1.21	16
6	Timsbury Athletic	14	4	1	9	19	32	0.59	9
7	Street	14	2	3	9	18	29	0.62	7
8	Glastonbury	14	2	2	10	8	35	0.23	6

^{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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