1996–97 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1996–97
Champions	Tiverton Town (Premier Division) Melksham Town (Division One)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The 1996–97 season was the 95th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the third time in their history (and the third time in four seasons) were Tiverton Town. The champions of Division One were Melksham Town.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 18 clubs after Crediton United and Frome Town were relegated to the First Division. Two clubs joined:

Bridgwater Town, champions of the First Division.
Chard Town, runners-up in the First Division.
Odd Down Athletic F.C. reverted to their former name of Odd Down F.C.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²
1	Tiverton Town (C)	34	31	1	2	103	20	+83	94
2	Taunton Town	34	24	6	4	99	28	+71	78
3	Mangotsfield United	34	19	8	7	75	44	+31	65
4	Paulton Rovers	34	17	10	7	86	42	+44	61
5	Chippenham Town	34	12	12	10	58	52	+6	48
6	Brislington	34	12	9	13	53	48	+5	45
7	Calne Town	34	13	6	15	55	52	+3	45
8	Torrington	34	11	11	12	54	54	0	44
9	Bridgwater Town	34	12	8	14	53	55	–2	44
10	Bridport	34	11	10	13	41	50	–9	43
11	Odd Down	34	11	15	8	42	46	–4	39*
12	Bideford	34	11	6	17	51	84	–33	39
13	Barnstaple Town	34	10	8	16	54	62	–8	38
14	Bristol Manor Farm	34	9	10	15	40	60	–20	37
15	Backwell United	34	9	9	16	42	55	–13	36
16	Chard Town	34	9	7	18	45	67	–22	34
17	Westbury United	34	8	6	20	40	70	–30	30
18	Elmore	34	4	4	26	30	132	–102	16

* Odd Down had nine points deducted for fielding ineligible players.

First Division

The First Division was increased from 19 clubs to 20, after Bridgwater Town and Chard Town were promoted to the Premier Division. Three clubs joined:

Crediton United, relegated from the Premier Division.
Frome Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Yeovil Town Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1991.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Melksham Town (C) (P)	38	27	8	3	82	20	+62	89	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Keynsham Town (P)	38	27	7	4	77	21	+56	88	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Exmouth Town	38	23	7	8	77	42	+35	76
4	Clyst Rovers	38	23	6	9	92	48	+44	75
5	Bishop Sutton	38	21	7	10	96	52	+44	70
6	Wellington	38	21	5	12	82	62	+20	68
7	Devizes Town	38	18	11	9	75	39	+36	65
8	Dawlish Town	38	18	9	11	66	36	+30	63
9	Ilfracombe Town	38	15	12	11	61	44	+17	57
10	Welton Rovers	38	15	7	16	68	59	+9	52
11	Minehead	38	16	4	18	61	56	+5	52
12	Frome Town	38	12	11	15	45	60	–15	47
13	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	12	8	18	66	77	–11	44
14	Glastonbury	38	12	7	19	54	72	–18	43
15	Crediton United	38	12	4	22	58	91	–33	40
16	Warminster Town	38	9	8	21	44	75	–31	35
17	Larkhall Athletic	38	7	13	18	51	92	–41	34
18	Heavitree United	38	7	11	20	44	95	–51	32
19	Pewsey Vale	38	5	4	29	26	105	–79	19
20	Amesbury Town	38	1	9	28	27	107	–80	12	Left at the end of the season

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

^{2 The points system: 3 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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1996–97 in English football

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FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

Glenn Hoddle

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Swansea City Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers

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