1919–20 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1919–20
Champions	Douglas (Division One) Frome Town (Division Two)
← 1913–14 1920–21 →

The 1919–20 season was the 23rd in the history of the Western Football League in South West England.

This was the first season after the end of World War I, which had halted all organised football in the United Kingdom for several years. A number of new clubs joined the league and a second division was formed. Several clubs had not rejoined the league after the war. The Division One champions this season were Douglas, in their first season in the league. Champions of Division Two were Frome Town, although it was Yeovil and Petters United that were promoted to Division One.^[1]

Clubs

Eleven new clubs joined the league, and they were split into two divisions along with those clubs which had returned to the league after the war.

Division One

Division One consisted of ten clubs: Bath City, Bristol Rovers Reserves and Welton Rovers, plus seven new clubs:

• Barry Reserves
• Bristol City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1911
• Douglas
• Horfield United
• Newport County Reserves
• Swansea Town Reserves
• Swindon Town Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1905

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Result
1	Douglas	18	12	4	2	58	18	3.222	28
2	Swansea Town Reserves	18	13	2	3	39	15	2.600	28
3	Bristol City Reserves	18	12	1	5	41	17	2.412	25
4	Swindon Town Reserves	18	11	3	4	30	21	1.429	25
5	Bath City	18	8	2	8	48	29	1.655	18
6	Welton Rovers	18	6	1	11	29	47	0.617	13
7	Barry Reserves	18	6	0	12	27	37	0.730	12
8	Bristol Rovers Reserves	18	4	4	10	28	51	0.549	12
9	Newport County Reserves	18	5	1	12	25	57	0.439	11	Left at the end of the season
10	Horfield United	18	1	4	13	21	54	0.389	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Division Two

Division Two consisted of eight clubs: Paulton Rovers, Peasedown St John, Street and Trowbridge Town, plus four new clubs:

• Frome Town
• Glastonbury
• Timsbury Athletic
• Yeovil and Petters United

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion
1	Frome Town	14	10	2	2	33	20	1.650	22
2	Trowbridge Town	14	8	2	4	36	18	2.000	18
3	Peasedown St John	14	8	2	4	22	14	1.571	18
4	Paulton Rovers	14	6	4	4	26	21	1.238	16
5	Yeovil and Petters United (P)	14	7	2	5	41	34	1.206	16	Promotion to Division One
6	Timsbury Athletic	14	4	1	9	19	32	0.594	9
7	Street	14	2	3	9	18	29	0.621	7
8	Glastonbury	14	2	2	10	8	35	0.229	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 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.
(P) Promoted

References

1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006