1966–67 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1966–67
Champions	Welton Rovers
← 1965–66 1967–68 →

The 1966–67 season was the 65th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the third time in their history, and the third season in succession, were Welton Rovers.^[1]

Final table

The league was increased from 18 clubs to 21 with three new clubs joining:

Plymouth Argyle Colts
St Luke's College
Yeovil Town Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1965.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Welton Rovers	40	29	7	4	102	37	2.76	65
2	Minehead	40	25	10	5	98	42	2.33	60
3	Bridgwater Town	40	25	7	8	93	47	1.98	57
4	Salisbury	40	22	9	9	83	54	1.54	53
5	Dorchester Town	40	22	8	10	89	48	1.85	52
6	Bideford	40	23	6	11	76	47	1.62	52
7	Glastonbury	40	20	9	11	71	54	1.31	49
8	Exeter City Reserves	40	17	7	16	54	63	0.86	41	Left at the end of the season
9	Torquay United Reserves	40	15	9	16	66	56	1.18	39
10	Andover	40	13	13	14	69	60	1.15	39
11	Portland United	40	15	7	18	61	76	0.8	37
12	Frome Town	40	17	1	22	60	82	0.73	35
13	Bristol City Colts	40	13	8	19	63	64	0.98	34
14	Weston-super-Mare	40	12	9	19	52	69	0.75	33
15	Taunton Town	40	11	10	19	67	77	0.87	32
16	Plymouth Argyle Colts	40	12	8	20	66	97	0.68	32
17	Bridport	40	11	8	21	50	80	0.62	30
18	Weymouth Reserves	40	12	4	24	39	75	0.52	28	Left at the end of the season
19	St Luke's College	40	10	7	23	61	90	0.68	27
20	Barnstaple Town	40	8	8	24	50	92	0.54	24
21	Yeovil Town Reserves	40	8	5	27	52	111	0.47	21

^{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

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