1969–70 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1969–70
Champions	Glastonbury
	← 1968–69 1970–71 →

The 1969–70 season was the 68th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the third time in their history were Glastonbury.^[1]

Final table[]

The league was increased from 19 to 20 clubs after no clubs left and one new club joined:

Weymouth Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1967.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Glastonbury	38	29	5	4	100	37	2.703	63
2	Andover	38	26	6	6	76	20	3.800	58
3	Bridgwater Town	38	23	7	8	97	41	2.366	53
4	Minehead	38	21	10	7	70	37	1.892	52
5	Taunton Town	38	21	8	9	84	56	1.500	50
6	Bideford	38	20	7	11	84	58	1.448	47
7	Dorchester Town	38	18	8	12	78	69	1.130	44
8	Torquay United Reserves	38	15	10	13	70	54	1.296	40
9	Bath City Reserves	38	16	7	15	71	67	1.060	39
10	Welton Rovers	38	17	3	18	72	62	1.161	37
11	Weston-super-Mare	38	14	8	16	53	72	0.736	36
12	Frome Town	38	12	10	16	62	73	0.849	34
13	Portland United	38	14	6	18	63	94	0.670	34	Left at the end of the season
14	Bristol City Colts	38	13	7	18	58	76	0.763	33
15	Devizes Town	38	10	9	19	44	70	0.629	29
16	Barnstaple Town	38	11	6	21	58	73	0.795	28
17	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	9	6	23	38	78	0.487	24	Left at the end of the season
18	Weymouth Reserves	38	10	4	24	34	74	0.459	24	Left at the end of the season
19	Bridport	38	6	9	23	43	86	0.500	21
20		38	4	6	28	35	93	0.376	14

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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