1989–90 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1989–90
Champions	Taunton Town (Premier Division) Ottery St Mary (Division One)
← 1988–89 1990–91 →

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.

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.

Final tables

Premier Division

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

• Tiverton Town, runners-up in the First Division.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff1	Pts2	Notes
1	Taunton Town (C)	40	23	10	7	95	41	+54	56
2	Liskeard Athletic	40	20	12	8	46	25	+21	52
3	Mangotsfield United	40	10	9	21	53	74	–21	29
4	Tiverton Town	40	5	4	31	30	94	–64	14
5	Exmouth Town	40	29	4	7	79	43	+36	62
6	Weston-super-Mare	40	17	8	15	73	52	+21	42
7	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	40	19	13	8	84	39	+45	51
8	Saltash United	40	26	10	4	90	35	+55	62
9	Swanage Town & Herston	40	15	10	15	71	73	–2	40	Transferred to the Wessex League
10	Clevedon Town	40	16	7	17	63	70	–7	39
11	Paulton Rovers	40	14	14	12	60	53	+7	42
12	Bristol Manor Farm	40	20	7	13	72	49	+23	47
13	Chippenham Town	40	11	14	15	48	52	–4	36
14	Dawlish Town	40	11	7	22	48	69	–21	29
15	Chard Town	40	12	11	17	49	78	–29	35
16	Bideford	40	12	9	19	49	72	–23	33
17	Torrington	40	7	12	21	46	84	–38	26
18	Barnstaple Town	40	17	7	16	61	54	+7	41
19	Radstock Town	40	9	18	13	38	65	–27	36
20	Frome Town	40	11	10	19	54	80	–26	32
21	Welton Rovers	40	13	10	17	50	57	–7	36

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	12	8	18	46	71	–25	32	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Backwell United	38	15	8	15	49	46	+3	38
3	Ilfracombe Town	38	16	13	9	59	47	+12	45
4	Bridport	38	24	7	7	90	35	+55	55
5	Odd Down	38	17	12	9	57	45	+12	46
6	Larkhall Athletic	38	25	11	2	88	40	+48	61
7	Westbury United	38	10	9	19	59	66	–7	29
8	Keynsham Town	38	11	13	14	55	55	0	35
9	Melksham Town	38	11	13	14	43	49	–6	35
10	Devizes Town	38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	47
11	Heavitree United	38	13	9	16	54	58	–4	35
12	Calne Town	38	17	14	7	58	34	+24	48
13	Clandown	38	10	11	17	47	63	–16	31
14	Elmore	38	8	2	28	38	118	–70	18
15	Warminster Town	38	5	11	22	34	84	–50	21
16	Yeovil Town Reserves	38	10	9	19	42	49	–7	29
17	Wellington	38	17	11	10	72	56	+16	45
18	Bath City Reserves	38	11	7	20	60	67	–7	29
19	Glastonbury	38	6	9	23	38	97	–59	21
20	Minehead	38	27	6	5	108	33	+75	60

^{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.}