1970–71 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1970–71
Champions	Bideford
← 1969–70 1971–72 →

The 1970–71 season was the 69th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history were Bideford.

Final table

The league was reduced from twenty clubs to eighteen after Portland United, Weymouth Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves left, and one new club joined:

• Plymouth City

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Bideford	34	26	4	4	96	39	2.462	56
2	Andover	34	21	8	5	65	24	2.708	50	Joined the Southern League
3	Bridgwater Town	34	20	9	5	63	38	1.658	49
4	Glastonbury	34	18	8	8	78	52	1.500	44
5	Minehead	34	18	5	11	66	40	1.650	41
6	Taunton Town	34	17	7	10	66	42	1.571	41
7	Plymouth City	34	17	6	11	67	41	1.634	40	Left at the end of the season
8	Welton Rovers	34	17	6	11	60	56	1.071	40
9	Dorchester Town	34	16	6	12	58	50	1.160	38
10	Devizes Town	34	12	11	11	53	50	1.060	35
11	Barnstaple Town	34	13	7	14	60	61	0.984	33
12	Bridport	34	11	8	15	43	49	0.878	30
13	Weston-super-Mare	34	9	6	19	36	73	0.493	24
14	Torquay United Reserves	34	8	6	20	43	54	0.796	22
15	Bristol City Colts	34	7	8	19	40	78	0.513	22	Left at the end of the season
16	Frome Town	34	8	3	23	50	91	0.549	19
17	Bath City Reserves	34	7	5	22	33	77	0.429	19	Left at the end of the season
18	St Luke's College	34	2	5	27	21	83	0.253	9

Source:
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.