1904–05 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1904–05
Champions	Plymouth Argyle (Division One); Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division Two)
	← 1903–04 1905–06 →

The 1904–05 season was the 13th in the history of the Western Football League.

Plymouth Argyle were the champions of Division One for the first time, and along with all the other members of Division One, also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions were Bristol Rovers Reserves, who completed the season unbeaten in the league.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One, which was increased to 11 clubs from nine.

Fulham
Millwall rejoining the league

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Plymouth Argyle	20	13	4	3	52	18	2.89	30
2	Brentford	20	11	6	3	30	28	1.07	28
3	Southampton	20	11	2	7	45	22	2.04	24
4	Portsmouth	20	10	3	7	29	30	0.97	23
5	West Ham United	20	8	4	8	37	42	0.88	20
6	Fulham	20	7	3	10	29	32	0.91	17
7	Millwall	20	7	3	10	32	40	0.8	17
8	Tottenham Hotspur	20	5	6	9	20	28	0.71	16
9	Reading	20	6	3	11	27	37	0.73	15
10	Bristol Rovers	20	7	1	12	32	44	0.73	15
11	Queens Park Rangers	20	6	3	11	27	45	0.6	15

Division Two

One new club joined Division Two, which remained at 10 clubs after Paulton Rovers left to join the Somerset Senior League.

Chippenham Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	16	13	3	0	76	5	15.2	29
2	Bristol City Reserves	16	14	1	1	46	8	5.75	29
3	Swindon Town Reserves	16	11	2	3	53	21	2.52	24	Left at the end of the season
4	Staple Hill	16	7	3	6	27	23	1.17	17
5	Bristol East	16	7	1	8	38	27	1.41	15
6	Welton Rovers	16	5	1	10	27	58	0.46	11
7	Radstock Town	16	4	1	11	21	57	0.37	9
8	Trowbridge Town	16	2	2	12	25	64	0.39	6
9	Chippenham Town	16	2	0	14	24	74	0.32	4
10	Warmley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned, record expunged †

† Warmley resigned after 10 matches, and their record was expunged.

^{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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Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Chipping Sodbury Town Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Westbury United Wincanton Town
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