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Western Football League
Season1989–90
ChampionsTaunton Town (Premier Division)
Ottery St Mary (Division One)

The 1989–90 season was the 88th in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the second time in their history were Taunton Town. The champions of Division One were Ottery St Mary.[1]

This season marked a return to the system of three points being awarded for a win, rather than two points. The three-point system had previously been used for five seasons between 1974 and 1979.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 21 clubs after Minehead were relegated to the First Division. One club joined:

Pos Club P W D L GF GA GDiff1 Pts2 Notes
1 Taunton Town (C) 40 28 8 4 80 41 +39 92
2 Liskeard Athletic 40 28 7 5 91 30 +61 91
3 Mangotsfield United 40 27 7 6 96 42 +54 88
4 Tiverton Town 40 26 6 8 92 51 +41 84
5 Exmouth Town 40 24 5 11 74 37 +37 77
6 Weston-super-Mare 40 20 8 12 86 56 +30 68
7 Plymouth Argyle Reserves 40 19 10 11 75 47 +28 67
8 Saltash United 40 19 9 12 62 41 +21 66
9 Swanage Town & Herston 40 18 7 15 77 67 +10 61 Transferred to the Wessex League
10 Clevedon Town 40 16 8 16 58 60 –2 56
11 Paulton Rovers 40 16 7 17 51 52 –1 55
12 Bristol Manor Farm 40 13 12 15 49 59 –10 51
13 Chippenham Town 40 14 7 19 36 46 –10 49
14 Dawlish Town 40 12 7 21 55 78 –23 43
15 Chard Town 40 8 14 18 50 74 –24 38
16 Bideford 40 8 14 18 37 76 –39 38
17 Torrington 40 8 11 21 48 74 –26 35
18 Barnstaple Town 40 8 10 22 38 75 –37 34
19 Radstock Town 40 7 12 21 43 82 –39 33
20 Frome Town 40 4 14 22 43 77 –34 26
21 Welton Rovers 40 3 5 32 30 106 –76 14

First Division

The First Division remained at 20 clubs, after Tiverton Town were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:

  • Minehead, relegated from the Premier Division.
Pos Club P W D L GF GA GDiff1 Pts2 Notes
1 Ottery St Mary (C) (P) 38 27 4 7 72 36 +36 85 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Backwell United 38 21 10 7 63 32 +31 73
3 Ilfracombe Town 38 20 11 7 67 38 +29 71
4 Bridport 38 20 8 10 69 46 +23 68
5 Odd Down 38 20 6 12 53 44 +9 66
6 Larkhall Athletic 38 19 8 11 73 57 +16 65
7 Westbury United 38 17 8 13 66 55 +11 59
8 Keynsham Town 38 15 11 12 57 46 +11 56
9 Melksham Town 38 16 7 15 46 41 +5 55
10 Devizes Town 38 14 12 12 38 44 –6 54
11 Heavitree United 38 15 8 15 53 44 +9 53
12 Calne Town 38 14 11 13 52 45 +7 53
13 Clandown 38 14 8 16 45 45 0 50
14 Elmore 38 14 5 19 46 60 –14 47
15 Warminster Town 38 10 12 16 43 54 –11 42
16 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 9 9 20 46 67 –21 36
17 Wellington 38 7 13 18 40 60 –20 34
18 Bath City Reserves 38 9 4 25 37 82 –45 31
19 Glastonbury 38 7 7 24 35 72 –37 28
20 Minehead 38 5 12 21 29 62 –33 27

1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.

2 The points system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

References

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