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Western Football League
Season1967–68
Champions Bridgwater Town
← 1966–67
1968–69 β†’

The 1967–68 season was the 66th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Bridgwater Town. [1]

Final table

The league remained at 21 clubs after Exeter City Reserves and Weymouth Reserves left. Two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bridgwater Town 40 27 8 5 92 41 2.244 62
2 Salisbury 40 28 3 9 105 35 3.000 59 Joined the Southern League
3 Glastonbury 40 24 7 9 103 64 1.609 55
4 Bath City Reserves 40 21 9 10 81 63 1.286 51
5 Frome Town 40 22 6 12 98 72 1.361 50
6 Minehead 40 18 13 9 72 49 1.469 49
7 Dorchester Town 40 17 14 9 81 50 1.620 48
8 Welton Rovers 40 20 6 14 74 55 1.345 46
9 Plymouth Argyle Colts 40 18 7 15 76 72 1.056 43 Left at the end of the season
10 Bridport 40 18 5 17 68 58 1.172 41
11 Torquay United Reserves 40 17 7 16 58 55 1.055 41
12 Andover 40 17 5 18 61 66 0.924 39
13 Taunton Town 40 11 15 14 76 68 1.118 37
14 Bideford 40 13 9 18 52 63 0.825 35
15 St Luke's College 40 12 9 19 60 78 0.769 33
16 Portland United 40 10 12 18 39 80 0.488 32
17 Bristol City Colts 40 9 10 21 33 59 0.559 28
18 Weston-super-Mare 40 9 10 21 40 79 0.506 28
19 Barnstaple Town 40 8 6 26 48 91 0.527 22
20 Devizes Town 40 7 7 26 56 113 0.496 21
21 Yeovil Town Reserves 40 5 10 25 36 98 0.367 20
Source: [ citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References

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