Season | 1986–87 |
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Champions | Saltash United (Premier Division) Swanage Town & Herston (Division One) |
← 1985–86 1987–88 → |
The 1986–87 season was the 85th in the history of the Western Football League.
The league champions for the second time in their history were Saltash United. The champions of Division One were Swanage Town & Herston.[1]
The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Shepton Mallet Town were relegated and left to join the Somerset County League. One club joined:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Saltash United (C) | 42 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 101 | 40 | +61 | 70 | |
2 | Exmouth Town | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 82 | 62 | +20 | 54 | |
3 | Bristol City Reserves | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 94 | 57 | +37 | 51 | |
4 | Liskeard Athletic | 42 | 20 | 9 | 13 | 69 | 45 | +24 | 49 | |
5 | Bristol Manor Farm | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 48 | |
6 | Bideford | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 46 | |
7 | Plymouth Argyle Reserves | 42 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 92 | 55 | +37 | 45[a] | |
8 | Taunton Town | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 64 | −3 | 43 | |
9 | Chippenham Town | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 42 | |
10 | Mangotsfield United | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 69 | 71 | −2 | 42 | |
11 | Barnstaple Town | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 55 | 66 | −11 | 42 | |
12 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 58 | 60 | −2 | 41 | |
13 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 66 | 70 | −4 | 39 | |
14 | Dawlish Town | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 63 | 62 | +1 | 38 | |
15 | Torrington | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 61 | 71 | −10 | 38 | |
16 | Paulton Rovers | 42 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 72 | −17 | 36 | |
17 | Radstock Town | 42 | 11 | 13 | 18 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 35 | |
18 | Melksham Town | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 35 | |
19 | Frome Town | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 50 | 65 | −15 | 34 | |
20 | Clandown | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 59 | −19 | 34 | |
21 | Minehead | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 53 | 86 | −33 | 32 | |
22 | Chard Town (R) | 42 | 11 | 7 | 24 | 52 | 89 | −37 | 29 | Relegated to the First Division |
The First Division remained at 22 clubs, after Radstock Town were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Swanage Town & Herston (C, P) | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 93 | 52 | +41 | 62 | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Portway Bristol | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 103 | 51 | +52 | 58 | Disbanded at the end of the season |
3 | Bath City Reserves | 42 | 25 | 6 | 11 | 85 | 58 | +27 | 56 | |
4 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 85 | 53 | +32 | 52 | |
5 | Wimborne Town | 42 | 23 | 6 | 13 | 96 | 58 | +38 | 51[a] | Transferred to the Wessex League |
6 | Devizes Town | 42 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 62 | 43 | +19 | 51[a] | |
7 | Larkhall Athletic | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 71 | 53 | +18 | 50 | |
8 | Welton Rovers | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 46 | |
9 | Backwell United | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 55 | 53 | +2 | 45 | |
10 | Warminster Town | 42 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 72 | 71 | +1 | 45[a] | |
11 | Ottery St Mary | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 40 | |
12 | Odd Down | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 57 | 65 | −8 | 39 | |
13 | Keynsham Town | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 57 | 69 | −12 | 39 | |
14 | Elmore | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 60 | 69 | −9 | 38 | |
15 | Tiverton Town | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 66 | 79 | −13 | 36 | |
16 | Weymouth Reserves | 42 | 12 | 12 | 18 | 75 | 87 | −12 | 35[a] | Left at the end of the season |
17 | Wellington | 42 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 55 | 67 | −12 | 35 | |
18 | Westbury United | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 78 | 87 | −9 | 34 | |
19 | Calne Town | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 54 | 73 | −19 | 34 | |
20 | Ilfracombe Town | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 40 | 68 | −28 | 30 | |
21 | Heavitree United | 42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 48 | 96 | −48 | 26[a] | |
22 | Glastonbury | 42 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 38 | 109 | −71 | 17 |
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