1923–24 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1923–24
Champions	Lovells Athletic
	← 1922–23 1924–25 →

The 1923–24 season was the 27th in the history of the Western Football League.

After a period of two to three years in which many clubs left the league, this season marked the start of a period of growth. The champions this season were newcomers Lovells Athletic.^[1]

Final table[]

Four new clubs joined the league this season, and the number of clubs increased from nine to eleven after Hanham Athletic and Welton Rovers left the league.

Lovells Athletic
Minehead
Paulton Rovers, rejoining after leaving in 1922
Poole

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Lovells Athletic	20	16	3	1	43	10	4.300	35
2	Radstock Town	20	13	3	4	43	12	3.583	29
3	Weymouth	20	10	5	5	38	24	1.583	25
4	Cardiff Corinthians	20	11	3	6	32	26	1.231	25	Left at the end of the season
5	Poole	20	8	6	6	37	35	1.057	22
6	Yeovil and Petters United	20	9	2	9	35	42	0.833	20
7	Trowbridge Town	20	6	2	12	29	42	0.690	14
8	Peasedown St John	20	6	2	12	23	42	0.548	14
9	Minehead	20	5	3	12	32	44	0.727	13
10	Bath City	20	5	2	13	21	38	0.553	12
11	Paulton Rovers	20	3	5	12	20	38	0.526	11

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.

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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