Season | 1928–29 |
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Champions | Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division One) Bath City Reserves (Division Two) |
← 1927–28 1929–30 → |
The 1928–29 season was the 32nd in the history of the Western Football League.
The Division One champions this season were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were the returning Bath City Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.[1]
Division One
[edit]The number of clubs in Division One was reduced from eleven to eight after Salisbury City and Weymouth were relegated to Division Two. Lovells Athletic also left, joining the Southern League. No new teams joined the league.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
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1 | Bristol Rovers Reserves | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 1.857 | 20 |
2 | Plymouth Argyle Reserves | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 1.632 | 16 |
3 | Bath City Reserves | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 30 | 1.100 | 16 |
4 | Taunton Town | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 1.067 | 16 |
5 | Bristol City Reserves | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 31 | 1.097 | 15 |
6 | Exeter City Reserves | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 36 | 42 | 0.857 | 12 |
7 | Torquay United Reserves | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 0.700 | 9 |
8 | Yeovil and Petters United | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 0.452 | 8 |
Source: [citation needed]
Division Two
[edit]Weymouth Reserves, Poole Reserves and Minehead all left the league, but Division Two was increased from eight to nine clubs after two clubs were relegated from Division One and two new clubs joined.
- Bristol St George, rejoining the league after leaving in 1903.
- Bath City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1926.
- Salisbury City, relegated from Division One.
- Weymouth, relegated from Division One.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result |
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1 | Bath City Reserves | 16 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 44 | 28 | 1.571 | 24 | |
2 | Portland United | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 1.692 | 23 | |
3 | Trowbridge Town | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 31 | 33 | 0.939 | 19 | |
4 | Yeovil and Petters United Reserves | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 33 | 1.545 | 17 | Left at the end of the season |
5 | Welton Rovers | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 32 | 0.938 | 15 | |
6 | Weymouth | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 41 | 0.854 | 14 | |
7 | Salisbury City | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 0.778 | 13 | Left at the end of the season |
8 | Bristol St George | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 41 | 56 | 0.732 | 11 | |
9 | Radstock Town | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 46 | 0.587 | 8 |
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.
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
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006