1937–38 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1937–38
Champions	Bristol City Reserves (Division One) Weymouth (Division Two)
← 1936–37 1938–39 →

The 1937–38 season was the 41st in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the fifth time in their history were Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two for the second consecutive season were Weymouth. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Division One remained at five clubs, with no clubs leaving or joining.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bristol City Reserves	8	6	1	1	21	7	3	13
2	Yeovil and Petters United	8	5	1	2	20	16	1.25	11
3	Bristol Rovers Reserves	8	4	0	4	15	14	1.07	8
4	Torquay United Reserves	8	3	1	4	12	15	0.8	7
5	Lovells Athletic	8	0	1	7	9	25	0.36	1

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Swindon Town Reserves left and one new club joined:

Bath City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1936.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Weymouth	34	27	4	3	121	34	3.56	58
2	Street	34	21	4	9	113	53	2.13	46
3	Portland United	34	17	6	11	109	57	1.91	40
4	Yeovil and Petters United Reserves	34	15	10	9	99	61	1.62	40
5	Salisbury City	34	18	4	12	94	76	1.24	40
6	Chippenham Town	34	18	4	12	91	90	1.01	40
7	Radstock Town	34	18	4	12	79	80	0.99	40
8	Trowbridge Town	34	16	7	11	102	76	1.34	39
9	Glastonbury	34	18	2	14	85	67	1.27	38
10	Poole Town	34	14	7	13	79	67	1.18	35
11	Wells City	34	13	8	13	75	87	0.86	34
12	Bristol City "A"	34	15	1	18	86	100	0.86	31
13	Warminster Town	34	10	9	15	66	92	0.72	29
14	Frome Town	34	9	7	18	66	94	0.7	25
15	Bristol Rovers "A"	34	9	6	19	63	89	0.71	24
16	Paulton Rovers	34	9	6	19	61	124	0.49	24
17	Welton Rovers	34	5	7	22	52	142	0.37	17
18	Bath City Reserves	34	3	6	25	51	103	0.49	12

^{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

Western League

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