1965–66 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1965–66
Champions	Welton Rovers
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The 1965–66 season was the 64th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the second time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Welton Rovers, who completed the season unbeaten.

Final table

The league was reduced from 22 clubs to 18 after Bath City Reserves, Bristol City Reserves, Chippenham Town, Poole Town Reserves and Yeovil Town Reserves all left the league. One new club joined:

• Bristol City Colts, rejoining the league after leaving in 1961.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Welton Rovers	34	25	9	0	105	28	3.75	59
2	Portland United	34	23	2	9	75	50	1.5	48
3	Bideford	34	19	8	7	90	49	1.84	46
4	Andover	34	16	8	10	74	57	1.3	40
5	Minehead	34	13	12	9	46	44	1.04	38
6	Frome Town	34	14	9	11	53	53	1	37
7	Glastonbury	34	12	11	11	61	46	1.33	35
8	Taunton Town	34	15	5	14	73	69	1.06	35
9	Bridgwater Town	34	12	10	12	63	62	1.02	34
10	Salisbury	34	12	8	14	62	57	1.09	32
11	Torquay United Reserves	34	11	10	13	56	56	1	32
12	Exeter City Reserves	34	13	4	17	63	70	0.9	30
13	Weymouth Reserves	34	11	8	15	65	76	0.85	30
14	Weston-super-Mare	34	12	5	17	48	61	0.79	29
15	Bridport	34	12	5	17	57	90	0.63	29
16	Dorchester Town	34	9	5	20	41	79	0.52	23
17	Barnstaple Town	34	7	8	19	35	59	0.59	22
18	Bristol City Colts	34	4	5	25	33	94	0.35	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.}