1936–37 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1936–37
Champions	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division One); Weymouth (Division Two)
	← 1935–36 1937–38 →

The 1936–37 season was the 40th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the fourth time in their history and for the second consecutive season were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Weymouth. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

After Bath City and Cardiff City Reserves left the league, Division One was reduced from six to five clubs, with one new club joining.

Bristol City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1933.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	8	6	0	2	26	15	1.73	12
2	Yeovil and Petters United	8	5	1	2	23	12	1.92	11
3	Bristol City Reserves	8	4	2	2	18	15	1.2	10
4	Torquay United Reserves	8	2	0	6	13	24	0.54	4
5	Lovells Athletic	8	1	1	6	11	25	0.44	3

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Bath City Reserves left and one new club joined:

Yeovil and Petters United Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1929.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Weymouth	34	27	4	3	144	38	3.79	58
2	Swindon Town Reserves	34	27	4	3	139	49	2.84	58	Left at the end of the season
3	Salisbury City	34	20	9	5	97	45	2.15	49
4	Trowbridge Town	34	22	3	9	89	62	1.43	47
5	Portland United	34	21	3	10	115	60	1.92	45
6	Street	34	18	4	12	90	73	1.23	40
7	Wells City	34	14	9	11	65	60	1.08	37
8	Radstock Town	34	15	7	12	91	92	0.99	37
9	Warminster Town	34	14	7	13	64	69	0.93	35
10	Glastonbury	34	14	3	17	92	98	0.94	31
11	Frome Town	34	9	7	18	68	94	0.72	25
12	Chippenham Town	34	11	3	20	71	98	0.72	25
13	Bristol City "A"	34	11	2	21	62	90	0.69	24
14	Bristol Rovers "A"	34	8	7	19	84	112	0.75	23
15	Yeovil and Petters United Reserves	34	9	5	20	80	131	0.61	23
16	Welton Rovers	34	11	0	23	60	116	0.52	22
17	Poole Town	34	8	3	23	51	95	0.54	19
18	Paulton Rovers	34	5	4	25	46	126	0.36	14

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

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

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

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