Season | 1926–27 |
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Champions |
Bristol City Reserves (Division One) Poole Reserves (Division Two) |
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1925–26
1927–28 → |
The 1926–27 season was the 30th in the history of the Western Football League.
The Division One champions this season were again Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions. [1]
The number of clubs in Division One was increased from ten to twelve:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
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1 | Bristol City Reserves | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 59 | 32 | 1.844 | 34 | |
2 | Torquay United | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 27 | 1.741 | 32 | Elected to Football League Third Division South |
3 | Plymouth Argyle Reserves | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 63 | 37 | 1.703 | 27 | |
4 | Lovells Athletic | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 47 | 36 | 1.306 | 27 | |
5 | Bristol Rovers Reserves | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 41 | 1.195 | 27 | |
6 | Exeter City Reserves | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 61 | 53 | 1.151 | 23 | |
7 | Yeovil and Petters United | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 48 | 44 | 1.091 | 21 | |
8 | Swindon Town Reserves | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 41 | 47 | 0.872 | 20 | Left at the end of the season |
9 | Bath City Reserves | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 50 | 0.700 | 19 | |
10 | Poole | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 40 | 69 | 0.580 | 14 | Left at the end of the season |
11 | Taunton United | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 55 | 0.509 | 11 | |
12 | Weymouth | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 30 | 57 | 0.526 | 9 |
Division Two was reduced from thirteen to ten clubs after Poole and Lovells Athletic were promoted to Division One, and Bath City Reserves, Paulton Rovers and Swindon Victoria all left the league. Two new teams joined the league:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
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1 | Poole Reserves | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 19 | 3.579 | 30 | |
2 | Radstock Town | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 29 | 1.483 | 25 | |
3 | Portland United | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 62 | 31 | 2.000 | 24 | |
4 | Welton Rovers | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 61 | 39 | 1.564 | 20 | |
5 | Yeovil and Petters United Reserves | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 40 | 1.100 | 19 | |
6 | Lovells Athletic Reserves | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 48 | 48 | 1.000 | 16 | Left at the end of the season |
7 | Trowbridge Town | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 44 | 52 | 0.846 | 12 | |
8 | Frome Town | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 28 | 62 | 0.452 | 12 | Left at the end of the season |
9 | Weymouth Reserves | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 60 | 0.417 | 12 | |
10 | Minehead | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 67 | 0.358 | 10 |