Western Football League
Season1930–31
ChampionsExeter City Reserves (Division One)
Portland United (Division Two)

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]

Division One

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Exeter City Reserves 12 9 1 2 34 24 1.417 19
2 Yeovil and Petters United 12 7 2 3 43 27 1.593 16
3 Bristol Rovers Reserves 12 6 3 3 28 19 1.474 15
4 Bristol City Reserves 12 4 2 6 34 28 1.214 10
5 Taunton Town 12 5 0 7 20 34 0.588 10
6 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 12 3 1 8 23 33 0.697 7
7 Torquay United Reserves 12 1 5 6 18 35 0.514 7
Source:

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 Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Portland United 32 24 3 5 111 47 2.362 51
2 Salisbury City 32 22 4 6 93 50 1.860 48
3 Welton Rovers 32 20 6 6 106 64 1.656 46
4 Wells City 32 21 2 9 92 61 1.508 44
5 Bristol City "A" 32 19 5 8 111 72 1.542 43
6 Bath City Reserves 32 18 3 11 102 56 1.821 39
7 Warminster Town 32 15 5 12 94 77 1.221 35
8 Radstock Town 32 15 5 12 63 85 0.741 35
9 Poole Town 32 14 4 14 76 72 1.056 32
10 Chippenham Town 32 10 8 14 82 68 1.206 28
11 Trowbridge Town 32 9 9 14 58 60 0.967 27
12 Paulton Rovers 32 8 10 14 45 67 0.672 26
13 Petters Westland 32 10 2 20 76 101 0.752 22 Left at the end of the season
14 Bristol St George 32 10 1 21 80 135 0.593 21
15 Weymouth 32 9 1 22 81 128 0.633 19
16 Street 32 6 4 22 52 96 0.542 16
17 Coleford Athletic 32 6 0 26 60 143 0.420 12
Source:
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

  1. ↑ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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