1928–29 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1928–29
Champions	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division One); Bath City Reserves (Division Two)
	← 1927–28 1929–30 →

The 1928–29 season was the 32nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions this season were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were the returning Bath City Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

The number of clubs in Division One was reduced from eleven to eight after Salisbury City and Weymouth were relegated to Division Two. Lovells Athletic also left, joining the Southern League. No new teams joined the league.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	14	10	0	4	39	21	1.86	20
2	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	14	6	4	4	31	19	1.63	16
3	Bath City	14	6	4	4	33	30	1.1	16
4	Taunton Town	14	7	2	5	32	30	1.07	16
5	Bristol City Reserves	14	7	1	6	34	31	1.1	15
6	Exeter City Reserves	14	4	4	6	36	42	0.86	12
7	Torquay United Reserves	14	3	3	8	21	30	0.7	9
8	Yeovil and Petters United	14	2	4	8	19	42	0.45	8

Division Two

Weymouth Reserves, Poole Reserves and Minehead all left the league, but Division Two was increased from eight to nine clubs after two clubs were relegated from Division One and two new clubs joined.

Bristol St George, rejoining the league after leaving in 1903.
Bath City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1926.
Salisbury City, relegated from Division One.
Weymouth, relegated from Division One.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bath City Reserves	16	12	0	4	44	28	1.57	24
2	Portland United	16	10	3	3	44	26	1.69	23
3	Trowbridge Town	16	8	3	5	31	33	0.94	19
4	Yeovil and Petters United Reserves	16	8	1	7	51	33	1.54	17	Left at the end of the season
5	Welton Rovers	16	5	5	6	30	32	0.94	15
6	Weymouth	16	4	6	6	35	41	0.85	14
7	Salisbury City	16	5	3	8	28	36	0.78	13	Left at the end of the season
8	Bristol St George	16	4	3	9	41	56	0.73	11
9	Radstock Town	16	3	2	11	27	46	0.59	8

^{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

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

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