1893–94 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1893–94
Champions	Warmley (Division One) Warmley Res. (Division Two)
← 1892–93 1894–95 →

The 1893–94 season was the second in the history of the Western Football League, which was known as the Bristol & District League until 1895. After a single division the previous season, a second division was formed, mostly of reserve teams from Division One clubs.

Warmley were the Division One champions again, having won the league in its initial season the previous year. Their reserve team won the new Division Two.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One for this season, increasing the number of clubs from nine to ten after the resignation of Wells City.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Warmley	18	12	5	1	32	13	2.46	27*
2	St George	18	10	6	2	39	23	1.70	26
3	Trowbridge Town	18	9	4	5	54	33	1.64	22
4	Bedminster	18	9	2	7	41	36	1.14	20
5	Clevedon	18	7	5	6	34	40	0.85	19
6	Clifton	18	6	4	8	37	30	1.23	16
7	Staple Hill	18	5	5	8	23	33	0.70	15
8	Gloucester	18	6	1	11	32	45	0.71	13
9	Eastville Rovers	18	5	2	11	30	39	0.77	12
10	Mangotsfield	18	2	4	12	19	48	0.40	8

* Warmley had two points deducted for fielding a professional player.

Division Two

Ten teams formed the new Division Two, including seven reserve teams from Division One clubs.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Warmley Reserves	18	16	1	1	66	12	5.5	33
2	St George Reserves	18	15	0	3	50	22	2.27	30
3	Trowbridge Town Reserves	18	11	1	6	47	22	2.14	23	Left at the end of the season
4	St Paul's	18	9	3	6	44	51	0.86	21
5	Barton Hill	18	7	4	7	40	32	1.25	18
6	Bedminster Reserves	18	6	3	9	35	42	0.83	15
7	Mangotsfield Reserves	18	6	1	11	26	41	0.63	13
8	Clifton Reserves	18	5	2	11	29	59	0.49	12
9	Eastville Rovers Reserves	18	4	2	12	23	45	0.51	10
10	Waverley	18	2	4	12	22	53	0.41	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.}

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}^[1]

References

1 2 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Western League

Premier Division	Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Chipping Sodbury Town Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Wells City Willand Rovers

Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishops Lydeard Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Malmesbury Victoria Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Welton Rovers Westbury United Wincanton Town

Seasons	1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

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First Division	Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Burnley Darwen Derby County Everton Newton Heath Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield United Stoke Sunderland The Wednesday West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Ardwick Burslem Port Vale Burton Swifts Crewe Alexandra Grimsby Town Lincoln City Liverpool Middlesbrough Ironopolis Newcastle United Northwich Victoria Notts County Rotherham Town Small Heath Walsall Town Swifts Woolwich Arsenal

Others	St. Mary's New Brompton

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