1973–74 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1973–74
Champions	Welton Rovers
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The 1973–74 season was the 72nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the fourth time in their history were Welton Rovers.

League table

The league was increased from sixteen clubs to nineteen after Bristol City Colts and Torquay United Reserves left, and five new clubs joined:

• Chippenham Town, rejoining the league after leaving in 1965.
• Dawlish
• Exmouth Town
• Keynsham Town
• Tiverton Town

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Welton Rovers	36	27	5	4	80	32	2.500	59
2	Taunton Town	36	25	8	3	86	19	4.526	58
3	Bridgwater Town	36	23	6	7	71	34	2.088	52
4	Exeter City Reserves	36	21	7	8	61	33	1.848	49	Left at the end of the season
5	Devizes Town	36	18	9	9	73	44	1.659	45
6	Glastonbury	36	18	7	11	69	46	1.500	43
7	Frome Town	36	16	9	11	64	43	1.488	41
8	Barnstaple Town	36	17	7	12	76	60	1.267	41
9	Mangotsfield United	36	17	7	12	57	52	1.096	41
10	Dawlish	36	17	6	13	53	67	0.791	40
11	St Luke's College	36	14	5	17	48	48	1.000	33
12	Weston-super-Mare	36	13	7	16	44	50	0.880	33
13	Keynsham Town	36	11	5	20	39	65	0.600	27
14	Tiverton Town	36	7	11	18	42	67	0.627	25
15	Bridport	36	10	5	21	41	67	0.612	25
16	Exmouth Town	36	6	11	19	31	70	0.443	23
17	Ashtonians United	36	8	5	23	43	75	0.573	21	Merged with Clevedon at the end of the season
18	Avon Bradford	36	5	6	25	36	85	0.424	16	Left at the end of the season
19	Chippenham Town	36	3	6	27	25	82	0.305	12

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.