2003–04 Western Football League

Football league season
Western Football League
Season2003–04
ChampionsBideford (Premier Division)
Hallen (Division One)

The 2003–04 season was the 102nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the seventh time in their history were Bideford, but it was runners-up Paulton Rovers who took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Hallen.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 18 clubs after Team Bath were promoted to the Southern League, and Bath City Reserves left the league. Two clubs joined:

  • Exmouth Town, runners-up in the First Division.
  • Torrington, champions of the First Division.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bideford (C) 34 25 7 2 110 30 +80 82
2 Paulton Rovers (P) 34 25 2 7 85 28 +57 77 Promoted to the Southern League
3 Frome Town 34 21 5 8 84 43 +41 68
4 Backwell United 34 20 5 9 67 35 +32 65
5 Exmouth Town 34 19 7 8 70 34 +36 64
6 Bridgwater Town 34 19 3 12 67 47 +20 60
7 Brislington 34 18 4 12 57 40 +17 58
8 Welton Rovers 34 14 7 13 62 54 +8 49
9 Odd Down 34 13 10 11 48 44 +4 49
10 Barnstaple Town 34 12 11 11 47 42 +5 47
11 Torrington 34 12 10 12 69 74 −5 46
12 Bridport 34 12 6 16 52 52 0 42
13 Devizes Town 34 11 2 21 55 69 −14 35
14 Melksham Town 34 9 6 19 38 61 −23 33
15 Keynsham Town 34 8 5 21 45 84 −39 29
16 Bishop Sutton 34 8 4 22 42 77 −35 28
17 Dawlish Town (R) 34 6 5 23 30 103 −73 23 Relegated to the First Division
18 Elmore (R) 34 4 1 29 26 137 −111 13
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

First Division

The First Division remained at 19 clubs after Exmouth Town and Torrington were promoted to the Premier Division and two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Hallen (C, P) 36 24 7 5 75 26 +49 79 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Bitton (P) 36 23 7 6 84 37 +47 76
3 Bristol Manor Farm (P) 36 20 14 2 74 38 +36 74
4 Clyst Rovers (P) 36 21 9 6 74 41 +33 72
5 Corsham Town (P) 36 19 9 8 70 41 +29 66
6 Willand Rovers 36 17 8 11 72 50 +22 59
7 Shrewton United 36 17 4 15 86 70 +16 55
8 Larkhall Athletic 36 15 10 11 65 54 +11 55
9 Calne Town 36 13 10 13 49 45 +4 49
10 Wellington 36 14 7 15 54 55 −1 49
11 Westbury United 36 14 6 16 52 56 −4 48
12 Street 36 11 10 15 54 51 +3 43
13 Clevedon United 36 11 9 16 60 75 −15 42
14 Weston St Johns 36 11 9 16 72 95 −23 42
15 Cadbury Heath 36 9 10 17 50 64 −14 37
16 Ilfracombe Town 36 7 6 23 43 106 −63 27
17 Chard Town 36 7 5 24 48 87 −39 26
18 Shepton Mallet 36 5 9 22 49 82 −33 24
19 Minehead Town 36 5 9 22 35 93 −58 24
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

References

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