2001–02 Western Football League

The 2001–02 season was the 100th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season2001–02
ChampionsBideford (Premier Division)
Frome Town (Division One)

The league champions for the sixth time in their history were Bideford, but runners-up Taunton Town took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Frome Town.[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 20 clubs after Chippenham Town were promoted to the Southern League, Minehead Town were relegated to the First Division, and two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bideford (C) 38 28 7 3 105 37 +68 91
2 Taunton Town (P) 38 26 5 7 104 43 +61 83 Promoted to the Southern League
3 Brislington 38 24 11 3 72 32 +40 83
4 Team Bath 38 22 7 9 74 36 +38 73
5 Devizes Town 38 22 4 12 72 51 +21 70
6 Dawlish Town 38 21 6 11 86 56 +30 69
7 Paulton Rovers 38 18 11 9 77 54 +23 65
8 Bridgwater Town 38 17 9 12 53 45 +8 60
9 Backwell United 38 16 9 13 56 41 +15 57
10 Melksham Town 38 15 9 14 47 46 +1 54
11 Odd Down 38 13 11 14 49 45 +4 50
12 Barnstaple Town 38 12 8 18 57 66 −9 44
13 Keynsham Town 38 11 9 18 47 71 −24 42
14 Elmore 38 10 7 21 47 96 −49 37
15 Bishop Sutton 38 9 8 21 53 89 −36 35
16 Yeovil Town Reserves 38 10 4 24 57 86 −29 34 Left at the end of the season
17 Bridport 38 9 6 23 51 86 −35 33
18 Welton Rovers 38 7 9 22 46 67 −21 30
19 Bristol Manor Farm (R) 38 7 8 23 30 80 −50 29 Relegated to the First Division
20 Westbury United (R) 38 7 4 27 35 91 −56 25
Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

First Division

The First Division remained at 20 clubs after Team Bath and Keynsham Town were promoted to the Premier Division, Pewsey Vale transferred to the Hellenic League, and three clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Frome Town (C, P) 38 29 5 4 104 22 +82 92 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Bath City Reserves (P) 38 24 12 2 79 22 +57 81[lower-alpha 1]
3 Exmouth Town 38 23 11 4 84 39 +45 80
4 Torrington 38 23 5 10 87 49 +38 74
5 Clyst Rovers 38 18 11 9 73 53 +20 65
6 Bitton 38 18 9 11 66 55 +11 63
7 Shepton Mallet 38 18 8 12 59 47 +12 62
8 Street 38 17 10 11 76 58 +18 61
9 Corsham Town 38 14 13 11 55 48 +7 55
10 Hallen 38 16 6 16 69 60 +9 54
11 Chard Town 38 14 8 16 66 59 +7 50
12 Larkhall Athletic 38 13 8 17 55 71 −16 47
13 Weston St Johns 38 13 7 18 71 78 −7 46
14 Ilfracombe Town 38 14 4 20 59 84 −25 46
15 Willand Rovers 38 9 15 14 59 58 +1 42
16 Cadbury Heath 38 10 7 21 55 84 −29 37
17 Wellington 38 9 8 21 48 89 −41 35
18 Minehead Town 38 9 5 24 52 90 −38 32
19 Calne Town 38 6 7 25 40 86 −46 25
20 Warminster Town (R) 38 2 3 33 35 140 −105 9 Relegated to the Wiltshire League
Source:
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; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Bath City Reserves had three points deducted.

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