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The 1961–62 season was the 60th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the sixth time in their history were the returning Bristol City Reserves.[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from 21 to 20 clubs after Bristol City Colts, Exeter City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves left. Two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Bristol City Reserves 38 28 7 3 132 36 3.667 63
2 Salisbury 38 27 2 9 105 41 2.561 56
3 Bideford Town 38 21 11 6 84 49 1.714 53
4 Torquay United Reserves 38 20 5 13 95 78 1.218 45
5 Poole Town Reserves 38 19 5 14 115 85 1.353 43
6 Dorchester Town 38 19 5 14 102 85 1.200 43
7 Bridgwater Town 38 17 8 13 89 69 1.290 42
8 Minehead 38 17 8 13 80 68 1.176 42
9 Chippenham Town 38 17 6 15 79 71 1.113 40
10 Portland United 38 16 8 14 92 85 1.082 40
11 Weston-super-Mare 38 14 11 13 63 68 0.926 39
12 Weymouth Reserves 38 16 6 16 85 71 1.197 38
13 Bath City Reserves 38 13 9 16 74 80 0.925 35
14 Bridport 38 11 8 19 72 93 0.774 30
15 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 13 3 22 74 99 0.747 29
16 Welton Rovers 38 11 7 20 61 104 0.587 29
17 Taunton Town 38 11 4 23 59 114 0.518 26
18 Bristol Rovers Colts 38 6 13 19 59 93 0.634 25
19 Barnstaple Town 38 8 7 23 52 120 0.433 23
20 Glastonbury 38 7 5 26 44 107 0.411 19
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

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