1930–31 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1930–31
Champions	Exeter City Reserves (Division One) Portland United (Division Two)
← 1929–30 1931–32 →

The 1930–31 season was the 34th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the first time in their history were Exeter City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Portland United. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Division One was reduced from eight to seven clubs after Bath City left the league.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Exeter City Reserves	12	9	1	2	34	24	1.42	19
2	Yeovil and Petters United	12	7	2	3	43	27	1.59	16
3	Bristol Rovers Reserves	12	6	3	3	28	19	1.47	15
4	Bristol City Reserves	12	4	2	6	34	28	1.21	10
5	Taunton Town	12	5	0	7	20	34	0.59	10
6	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	12	3	1	8	23	33	0.7	7
7	Torquay United Reserves	12	1	5	6	18	35	0.51	7

Division Two

Division Two was increased from ten to seventeen clubs after seven new clubs joined:

Chippenham Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1906.
Coleford Athletic, rejoining after leaving the league in 1922.
Petters Westland
Poole Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1927.
Salisbury City, rejoining after leaving the league in 1929.
Street, rejoining after leaving the league in 1922.
Warminster Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Portland United	32	24	3	5	111	47	2.36	51
2	Salisbury City	32	22	4	6	93	50	1.86	48
3	Welton Rovers	32	20	6	6	106	64	1.66	46
4	Wells City	32	21	2	9	92	61	1.51	44
5	Bristol City "A"	32	19	5	8	111	72	1.54	43
6	Bath City Reserves	32	18	3	11	102	56	1.82	39
7	Warminster Town	32	15	5	12	94	77	1.22	35
8	Radstock Town	32	15	5	12	63	85	0.74	35
9	Poole Town	32	14	4	14	76	72	1.05	32
10	Chippenham Town	32	10	8	14	82	68	1.2	28
11	Trowbridge Town	32	9	9	14	58	60	0.97	27
12	Paulton Rovers	32	8	10	14	45	67	0.67	26
13	Petters Westland	32	10	2	20	76	101	0.75	22	Left at the end of the season
14	Bristol St George	32	10	1	21	80	135	0.59	21
15	Weymouth	32	9	1	22	81	128	0.63	19
16	Street	32	6	4	22	52	96	0.54	16
17	Coleford Athletic	32	6	0	26	60	143	0.42	12

^{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

Western League

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