1935–36 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1935–36
Champions	Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division One); Swindon Town Reserves (Division Two)
	← 1934–35 1936–37 →

The 1935–36 season was the 39th in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the third time in their history were Bristol Rovers Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Swindon Town Reserves for the second consecutive season. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.^[1]

Final tables

Division One

After Exeter City Reserves left the league, Division One was reduced from seven to six clubs, with no new clubs joining.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	10	5	4	1	29	22	1.32	14
2	Lovells Athletic	10	4	4	2	17	18	0.94	12
3	Torquay United Reserves	10	4	3	3	28	20	1.4	11
4	Bath City	10	3	3	4	15	16	0.94	9	Left at the end of the season
5	Cardiff City Reserves	10	3	3	4	13	18	0.72	9	Left at the end of the season
6	Yeovil and Petters United	10	1	3	6	22	30	0.73	5

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Bristol St George left and one new club joined:

Poole Town, rejoining after leaving the league in 1934.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Swindon Town Reserves	34	28	4	2	140	40	3.5	60
2	Weymouth	34	22	4	8	116	54	2.15	48
3	Street	34	21	5	8	106	54	1.96	47
4	Frome Town	34	17	5	12	92	86	1.07	39
5	Bath City Reserves	34	14	10	10	93	78	1.19	38	Left at the end of the season
6	Portland United	34	16	6	12	95	82	1.16	38
7	Glastonbury	34	15	7	12	97	72	1.35	37
8	Poole Town	34	16	5	13	77	89	0.86	37
9	Paulton Rovers	34	14	8	12	69	77	0.9	36
10	Radstock Town	34	15	5	14	77	80	0.96	35
11	Salisbury City	34	13	8	13	60	65	0.92	34
12	Bristol City "A"	34	14	3	17	71	76	0.93	31
13	Wells City	34	12	7	15	61	72	0.85	31
14	Trowbridge Town	34	12	6	16	87	91	0.96	30
15	Warminster Town	34	9	4	21	58	103	0.56	22
16	Bristol Rovers "A"	34	8	5	21	57	78	0.73	21
17	Welton Rovers	34	5	5	24	49	125	0.39	15
18	Chippenham Town	34	6	1	27	64	147	0.43	13

^{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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