Season | 1987–88 |
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Champions | Liskeard Athletic (Premier Division) Welton Rovers (Division One) |
← 1986–87 1988–89 → |
The 1987–88 season was the 86th in the history of the Western Football League.
The league champions for the first time in their history were Liskeard Athletic. The champions of Division One were Welton Rovers.[1]
The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Chard Town were relegated to the First Division. One club joined:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
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1 | Liskeard Athletic (C) | 42 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 98 | 33 | +65 | 68 | |
2 | Saltash United | 42 | 27 | 6 | 9 | 116 | 41 | +75 | 60 | |
3 | Mangotsfield United | 42 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 99 | 38 | +61 | 60 | |
4 | Plymouth Argyle Reserves | 42 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 105 | 46 | +59 | 60 | |
5 | Weston-super-Mare | 42 | 21 | 8 | 13 | 81 | 62 | +19 | 50 | |
6 | Exmouth Town | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 48 | |
7 | Bristol City Reserves | 42 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 76 | 53 | +23 | 47 | Left at the end of the season |
8 | Bristol Manor Farm | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 52 | +14 | 47[a] | |
9 | Taunton Town | 42 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 45 | |
10 | Bideford | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 60 | 61 | −1 | 43 | |
11 | Swanage Town & Herston | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 42 | |
12 | Barnstaple Town | 42 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 62 | 72 | −10 | 40 | |
13 | Clevedon Town | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 38 | |
14 | Paulton Rovers | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 46 | 72 | −26 | 36 | |
15 | Dawlish Town | 42 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 34 | |
16 | Radstock Town | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 44 | 57 | −13 | 33[b] | |
17 | Torrington | 42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 83 | −34 | 31 | |
18 | Frome Town | 42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 36 | 69 | −33 | 30[a] | |
19 | Minehead | 42 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 47 | 87 | −40 | 30 | |
20 | Chippenham Town | 42 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 28 | |
21 | Melksham Town (R) | 42 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 84 | −39 | 28 | Relegated to the First Division |
22 | Clandown (R) | 42 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 33 | 102 | −69 | 22 |
The First Division was reduced from 22 to 19 clubs, after Swanage Town & Herston were promoted to the Premier Division, Wimborne Town were transferred to the Wessex League, Portway Bristol disbanded and Weymouth Reserves also left. One new club joined:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
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1 | Welton Rovers (C, P) | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 54[a] | Promoted to the Premier Division |
2 | Chard Town (P) | 36 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 75 | 41 | +34 | 53 | |
3 | Tiverton Town | 36 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 46 | +36 | 49 | |
4 | Bath City Reserves | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 61 | 46 | +15 | 47 | |
5 | Larkhall Athletic | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 72 | 49 | +23 | 42 | |
6 | Devizes Town | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 44 | 38 | +6 | 39 | |
7 | Keynsham Town | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 53 | 54 | −1 | 39 | |
8 | Westbury United | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 61 | 56 | +5 | 37 | |
9 | Ottery St Mary | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 37 | |
10 | Backwell United | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 49 | 52 | −3 | 35 | |
11 | Warminster Town | 36 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 35 | |
12 | Wellington | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 60 | 67 | −7 | 34 | |
13 | Calne Town | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 32 | |
14 | Odd Down | 36 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 51 | 62 | −11 | 31 | |
15 | Ilfracombe Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 59 | −14 | 29 | |
16 | Heavitree United | 36 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 49 | 62 | −13 | 28 | |
17 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 25 | |
18 | Elmore | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 46 | 81 | −35 | 20 | |
19 | Glastonbury | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 73 | −34 | 18 |
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