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The 1973–74 season was the 72nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the fourth time in their history were Welton Rovers.[1]

League table

The league was increased from sixteen clubs to nineteen after Bristol City Colts and Torquay United Reserves left, and five new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Welton Rovers 36 27 5 4 80 32 2.500 59
2 Taunton Town 36 25 8 3 86 19 4.526 58
3 Bridgwater Town 36 23 6 7 71 34 2.088 52
4 Exeter City Reserves 36 21 7 8 61 33 1.848 49 Left at the end of the season
5 Devizes Town 36 18 9 9 73 44 1.659 45
6 Glastonbury 36 18 7 11 69 46 1.500 43
7 Frome Town 36 16 9 11 64 43 1.488 41
8 Barnstaple Town 36 17 7 12 76 60 1.267 41
9 Mangotsfield United 36 17 7 12 57 52 1.096 41
10 Dawlish 36 17 6 13 53 67 0.791 40
11 St Luke's College 36 14 5 17 48 48 1.000 33
12 Weston-super-Mare 36 13 7 16 44 50 0.880 33
13 Keynsham Town 36 11 5 20 39 65 0.600 27
14 Tiverton Town 36 7 11 18 42 67 0.627 25
15 Bridport 36 10 5 21 41 67 0.612 25
16 Exmouth Town 36 6 11 19 31 70 0.443 23
17 Ashtonians United 36 8 5 23 43 75 0.573 21 Merged with Clevedon at the end of the season
18 Avon Bradford 36 5 6 25 36 85 0.424 16 Left at the end of the season
19 Chippenham Town 36 3 6 27 25 82 0.305 12
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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