1983–84 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1983–84
Champions	Exmouth Town (Premier Division) Bristol City Reserves (Division One)
← 1982–83 1984–85 →

The 1983–84 season was the 82nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Exmouth Town. The champions of Division One were Bristol City Reserves.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at twenty clubs after Falmouth Town and Bridport left the league, and Keynsham Town and Portway Bristol were relegated to the First Division. Four clubs joined:

Bristol Manor Farm, champions of the First Division.
Mangotsfield United, runners-up in the First Division.
Minehead, from the Southern League – returning to the league after leaving in 1972.
Taunton Town, from the Southern League – returning to the league after leaving in 1977.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Exmouth Town	38	21	11	6	59	35	+24	53
2	Saltash United	38	22	7	9	72	39	+33	51
3	Barnstaple Town	38	21	9	8	68	40	+28	51
4	Frome Town	38	20	10	8	78	35	+43	50
5	Liskeard Athletic	38	18	9	11	64	38	+26	45
6	Bideford	38	16	10	12	71	49	+22	42
7	Clevedon Town	38	16	8	14	55	56	–1	40
8	Bristol Manor Farm	38	14	11	13	54	42	+12	39
9	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	38	16	8	14	68	58	+10	38*
10	Minehead	38	15	7	16	55	68	–13	37
11	Shepton Mallet Town	38	14	9	15	55	74	–19	37
12	Taunton Town	38	10	15	13	46	52	–6	35
13	Mangotsfield United	38	12	10	16	47	48	–1	34
14	Dawlish Town	38	13	8	17	38	43	–5	34
15	Weston-super-Mare	38	13	8	17	46	54	–8	34
16	Chippenham Town	38	13	8	17	44	56	–12	34
17	Clandown	38	12	10	16	34	51	–17	34
18	Melksham Town	38	9	11	18	49	66	–17	29
19	Devizes Town	38	7	11	20	41	74	–33	25
20	Wellington (R)	38	4	8	26	29	95	–66	16	Relegated to Division One

* Plymouth Argyle Reserves had two points deducted for fielding ineligible players.

First Division

The First Division consisted of 21 clubs, increased from 19 the previous season, after Bristol Manor Farm and Mangotsfield United were promoted to the Premier Division. Four new clubs joined:

Backwell United, from the Somerset County League.
Keynsham Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Portway Bristol, relegated from the Premier Division.
Warminster Town, from the Wiltshire League – returning to the league after leaving in 1939.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City Reserves (P)	40	26	8	6	96	36	+60	60	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Chard Town (P)	40	22	8	10	82	44	+38	52
3	Paulton Rovers (P)	40	20	12	8	74	46	+28	52
4	Swanage Town & Herston	40	19	12	9	89	61	+28	50
5	Keynsham Town	40	19	11	10	50	36	+14	49
6	Backwell United	40	18	13	9	47	42	+5	49
7	Glastonbury	40	15	9	16	68	61	+7	39
8	Welton Rovers	40	13	13	14	49	56	–7	39
9	Portway Bristol	40	13	12	15	57	49	+8	38
10	Wimborne Town	40	14	10	16	51	60	–9	38
11	Bath City Reserves	40	13	11	16	61	57	+4	37
12	Warminster Town	40	15	7	18	61	67	–6	37
13	Odd Down	40	12	13	15	60	66	–6	37
14	Larkhall Athletic	40	12	12	16	50	55	–5	36
15	Radstock Town	40	13	10	17	51	63	–12	36
16	Heavitree United	40	14	8	18	66	80	–14	36
17	Yeovil Town Reserves	40	11	13	16	65	72	–7	35
18	Ottery St Mary	40	14	7	19	42	58	–16	35
19	Elmore	40	11	12	17	47	78	–31	34
20	Weymouth Reserves	40	12	7	21	43	64	–21	31
21	Tiverton Town	40	5	10	25	37	95	–58	20

^{1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.}

^{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

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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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leicester City Liverpool Luton Town Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Queens Park Rangers Southampton Stoke City Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Charlton Athletic Chelsea Crystal Palace Derby County Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leeds United Manchester City Middlesbrough Newcastle United Oldham Athletic Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Shrewsbury Town Swansea City

Third Division	Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bristol Rovers Burnley Exeter City Gillingham Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Millwall Newport County Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Rotherham United Scunthorpe United Sheffield United Southend United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wimbledon

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Bristol City Bury Chester Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Peterborough United Reading Rochdale Southport Stockport County Swindon Town Torquay United Tranmere Rovers Wrexham York City

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