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The 1970–71 season was the 69th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history were Bideford.[1]

Final table

The league was reduced from twenty clubs to eighteen after Portland United, Weymouth Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves left, and one new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Bideford 34 26 4 4 96 39 2.462 56
2 Andover 34 21 8 5 65 24 2.708 50 Joined the Southern League
3 Bridgwater Town 34 20 9 5 63 38 1.658 49
4 Glastonbury 34 18 8 8 78 52 1.500 44
5 Minehead 34 18 5 11 66 40 1.650 41
6 Taunton Town 34 17 7 10 66 42 1.571 41
7 Plymouth City 34 17 6 11 67 41 1.634 40 Left at the end of the season
8 Welton Rovers 34 17 6 11 60 56 1.071 40
9 Dorchester Town 34 16 6 12 58 50 1.160 38
10 Devizes Town 34 12 11 11 53 50 1.060 35
11 Barnstaple Town 34 13 7 14 60 61 0.984 33
12 Bridport 34 11 8 15 43 49 0.878 30
13 Weston-super-Mare 34 9 6 19 36 73 0.493 24
14 Torquay United Reserves 34 8 6 20 43 54 0.796 22
15 Bristol City Colts 34 7 8 19 40 78 0.513 22 Left at the end of the season
16 Frome Town 34 8 3 23 50 91 0.549 19
17 Bath City Reserves 34 7 5 22 33 77 0.429 19 Left at the end of the season
18 St Luke's College 34 2 5 27 21 83 0.253 9
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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