Western Football League
Season1962–63
ChampionsBristol City Reserves

The 1962–63 season was the 61st in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the seventh time in their history, and the second time in succession, were Bristol City Reserves. This season marked the last time that a reserve team won the Western League.[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 20 to 22 clubs after two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bristol City Reserves 42 31 5 6 120 56 2.143 67
2 Bideford Town 42 29 7 6 115 51 2.255 65
3 Minehead 42 25 6 11 102 62 1.645 56
4 Andover 42 25 5 12 106 59 1.797 55
5 Bridgwater Town 42 23 8 11 77 48 1.604 54
6 Salisbury 42 21 9 12 89 56 1.589 51
7 Portland United 42 23 5 14 80 66 1.212 51
8 Weymouth Reserves 42 20 5 17 104 78 1.333 45
9 Yeovil Town Reserves 42 18 9 15 67 72 0.931 45
10 Barnstaple Town 42 19 6 17 81 75 1.080 44
11 Dorchester Town 42 17 9 16 92 79 1.165 43
12 Chippenham Town 42 15 12 15 92 60 1.533 42
13 Poole Town Reserves 42 17 7 18 82 77 1.065 41
14 Exeter City Reserves 42 15 10 17 55 74 0.743 40
15 Bath City Reserves 42 14 6 22 82 96 0.854 34
16 Weston-super-Mare 42 11 9 22 72 108 0.667 31
17 Welton Rovers 42 11 8 23 71 107 0.664 30
18 Glastonbury 42 13 4 25 56 114 0.491 30
19 Torquay United Reserves 42 10 8 24 48 78 0.615 28
20 Bridport 42 9 8 25 56 111 0.505 26
21 Taunton Town 42 11 4 27 56 112 0.500 26
22 Bristol Rovers Colts 42 6 8 28 56 120 0.467 20 Left at the end of the season
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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