1960–61 Western Football League

Western Football League 1960–61 Salisbury 1959–60 1961–62 The 1960–61 season was the 59th in the history of the Western Football League. The champions for the second time in their history were Salisbury. This season was the first to feature a single division since 1945–46, with many clubs having left the league at the end of the 1959–60 season.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006 Final table The new single division consisted of 21 clubs after Division Two was scrapped. Bridgwater Town Reserves, Chippenham United, Clandown, Dorchester Town Reserves, Frome Town, Gloucester City Reserves, Paulton Rovers, Peasedown Miners Welfare, Radstock Town, Stonehouse, Street, Taunton Town Reserves and Wells City all left the league. One new club joined: Exeter City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1935. main WDL Q 5 2 y SAL Salisbury DOR Dorchester Town MIN Minehead TRQ Torquay United Reserves BRW Bridgwater Town EXE Exeter City Reserves WEY Weymouth Reserves BCC Bristol City Colts WLT Welton Rovers POR Portland United YEO Yeovil Town Reserves CHI Chippenham Town BRC Bristol Rovers Colts BCR Bath City Reserves WSM Weston-super-Mare BID Bideford Town GLA Glastonbury PTR Poole Town Reserves TTR Trowbridge Town Reserves BAR Barnstaple Town TAU Taunton Town 31 4 5 135 42 26 6 8 115 63 24 8 8 100 62 23 6 11 122 70 18 12 10 88 71 21 5 14 99 68 19 9 12 91 79 18 10 12 94 70 20 5 15 119 110 16 10 14 93 87 18 5 17 73 73 18 5 17 79 81 12 12 16 80 74 11 11 18 75 79 13 7 20 76 98 12 9 19 75 99 13 4 23 66 114 8 9 23 57 87 9 7 24 62 122 8 4 28 55 111 5 6 29 59 153 #ffcccc Left at the end of the season LFT LFT LFT 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. complete References 1960–61 Category:1960–61 in English men's football leagues