1894–95 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1894–95
Champions	Hereford Thistle (Division One) Warmley Res. (Division Two)
← 1893–94 1895–96 →

The 1894–95 season was the third in the history of the Western Football League, and the last in which it was known as the Bristol & District League, before the change to the current name.

Hereford Thistle were the Division One champions in their debut season, but they left the league at the end of the season. Warmley Reserves won Division Two for the second year in succession.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Two new clubs joined Division One for this season, increasing the number of clubs from ten to 12.

Hereford Thistle
Swindon Wanderers

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Hereford Thistle	22	18	3	1	93	21	4.43	39	Left to join the Birmingham & District League at end of season
2	St George	22	18	3	1	76	21	3.62	39
3	Warmley	22	14	2	6	74	30	2.47	30
4	Staple Hill	22	11	4	7	56	38	1.47	26
5	Gloucester	22	10	4	8	64	54	1.18	24
6	Eastville Rovers	22	10	4	8	46	40	1.15	24
7	Trowbridge Town	22	9	4	9	68	48	1.42	22
8	Clifton	22	8	2	12	47	55	0.85	18
9	Bedminster	22	7	0	15	39	73	0.53	14
10	Swindon Wanderers	22	5	3	14	40	63	0.63	13
11	Mangotsfield	22	5	2	15	22	68	0.32	12
12	Clevedon	22	1	1	20	23	136	0.17	3	Left the league at the end of the season

Division Two

Two new teams joined Division Two this season, increasing the number of clubs from ten to 11 after Trowbridge Town Reserves left.

Staple Hill Reserves
Willsbridge, from the South Bristol & District League

St Paul's finished as runners-up in Division Two, but were promoted ahead of Warmley Reserves as Warmley's first team were already playing in Division One.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Warmley Reserves	20	17	0	3	75	20	3.75	34
2	St Paul's (P)	20	16	0	4	79	31	2.55	32	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Willsbridge	20	15	1	4	48	21	2.29	31	Left the league at the end of the season
4	St George Reserves	20	14	1	5	69	33	2.09	29
5	Barton Hill	20	11	1	8	57	31	1.84	23
6	Bedminster Reserves	20	8	1	11	36	30	1.2	17
7	Eastville Rovers Reserves	20	8	0	12	45	45	0	16
8	Clifton Reserves	20	7	0	13	40	68	0.59	14
9	Mangotsfield Reserves	20	4	2	14	30	84	0.36	10	Left the league at the end of the season
10	Staple Hill Reserves	20	4	1	15	32	79	0.4	9
11	Waverley	20	2	1	17	15	74	0.2	5	Left the league at the end of the season

^{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

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Southern League

Division One	Clapton Ilford Luton Town Millwall Athletic Reading Royal Ordnance Southampton St Mary's Swindon Town

Division Two	New Brompton

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