Season | 1972β73 |
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Champions | Devizes Town |
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1971β72
1973β74 β |
The 1972β73 season was the 71st in the history of the Western Football League.
The champions for the first time in their history were Devizes Town. [1]
The league was increased from fourteen clubs to sixteen after Bideford, Dorchester Town and Minehead joined the Southern League, and five new clubs joined:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Devizes Town | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 27 | 2.519 | 47 | |
2 | Taunton Town | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 26 | 2.654 | 45 | |
3 | Mangotsfield United | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 35 | 1.971 | 45 | |
4 | Bridgwater Town | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 24 | 2.708 | 41 | |
5 | Weston-super-Mare | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 1.167 | 35 | |
6 | Glastonbury | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 1.023 | 34 | |
7 | Barnstaple Town | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 52 | 1.096 | 33 | |
8 | Bridport | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 1.333 | 30 | |
9 | Torquay United Reserves | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 1.128 | 28 | Left at the end of the season |
10 | Frome Town | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 0.682 | 27 | |
11 | Welton Rovers | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 0.854 | 26 | |
12 | Exeter City Reserves | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 0.830 | 25 | |
13 | St Luke's College | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 33 | 73 | 0.452 | 21 | |
14 | Avon Bradford | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 68 | 0.397 | 15 | |
15 | Bristol City Colts | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 76 | 0.461 | 14 | Left at the end of the season |
16 | Ashtonians United | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 63 | 0.413 | 14 |