1920–21 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1920–21
Champions	Bristol City Reserves; (Division One); Peasedown St John; (Division Two)
	← 1919–20 1921–22 →

The 1920–21 season was the 24th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions this season were Bristol City Reserves, for the second time in their history. Champions of Division Two were Peasedown St John, who gained promotion to Division One along with Trowbridge Town.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

Eight new clubs joined Division One this season, and the number of clubs increased from 10 to 16 after Horfield United and Newport County Reserves left the league.

Abertillery Town
Cardiff City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1914
Cardiff Corinthians
Exeter City Reserves
Mid Rhondda
Pontypridd
Ton Pentre, rejoining the league after leaving in 1910
Yeovil and Petters United, promoted from Division Two

Abertillery Town, Mid Rhondda, Pontypridd and Ton Pentre were also members of the Southern League (Welsh section) during this season. All four clubs left the Western League at the end of the season to concentrate on the Southern League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol City Reserves	30	18	5	7	58	27	2.15	41	Moved to the Southern League
2	Cardiff City Reserves	30	20	1	9	64	42	1.52	41	Left at the end of the season
3	Abertillery Town	30	16	7	7	61	35	1.72	39	Left at the end of the season
4	Swansea Town Reserves	30	15	8	7	60	29	2.07	38	Moved to the Southern League
5	Douglas	30	15	8	7	52	32	1.62	38	Left at the end of the season
6	Pontypridd	30	15	6	9	60	40	1.5	36	Left at the end of the season
7	Yeovil and Petters United	30	13	6	11	52	46	1.13	32
8	Bath City	30	12	7	11	45	45	1	31	Moved to the Southern League
9	Swindon Town Reserves	30	12	6	12	62	50	1.24	30	Moved to the Southern League
10	Exeter City Reserves	30	10	9	11	48	53	0.91	29	Moved to the Southern League
11	Bristol Rovers Reserves	30	10	5	15	46	53	0.87	25	Moved to the Southern League
12	Ton Pentre	30	10	5	15	43	60	0.72	25	Left at the end of the season
13	Welton Rovers	30	9	6	15	39	67	0.58	24
14	Mid Rhondda	30	8	6	16	23	57	0.4	22	Left at the end of the season
15	Barry Reserves	30	6	5	19	33	72	0.46	17	Left at the end of the season
16	Cardiff Corinthians	30	4	4	22	24	62	0.39	15

Division Two

Three new clubs joined Division Two this season, and the number of clubs increased from eight to ten after Yeovil and Petters United were promoted.

Clandown
Radstock Town, rejoining the league after leaving in 1910
Welton Amateurs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Peasedown St John (P)	18	13	3	2	34	12	2.83	29
2	Radstock Town	18	10	4	4	31	23	1.35	24
3	Trowbridge Town (P)	18	10	3	5	36	18	2	23
4	Paulton Rovers	18	9	4	5	33	26	1.27	22
5	Timsbury Athletic	18	6	4	8	22	27	0.81	16
6	Street	18	7	2	9	21	35	0.6	16
7	Frome Town	18	5	3	10	26	30	0.87	13
8	Glastonbury	18	5	3	10	17	28	0.61	13
9	Clandown	18	5	3	10	13	24	0.54	13
10	Welton Amateurs	18	2	7	9	20	30	0.67	11

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{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

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

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