2004–05 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	2004–05
Champions	Bideford (Premier Division); Willand Rovers (Division One)
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 season was the 103rd in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the eighth time in their history, and the third time in four seasons, were Bideford. The champions of Division One were Willand Rovers.^[1]

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division was increased from 18 to 20 clubs after Paulton Rovers were promoted to the Southern League, and Dawlish Town and Elmore were relegated to the First Division. Five clubs joined:

Bitton, runners-up in the First Division.
Bristol Manor Farm, third in the First Division.
Clyst Rovers, fourth in the First Division.
Corsham Town, fifth in the First Division.
Hallen, champions of the First Division.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Bideford (C)	38	28	4	6	105	26	+79	88
2	Corsham Town	38	25	8	5	79	33	+46	83
3	Frome Town	38	23	7	8	78	35	+43	76
4	Hallen	38	23	6	9	81	38	+43	75
5	Exmouth Town	38	21	8	9	64	39	+25	71
6	Bridgwater Town	38	22	4	12	66	46	+20	70
7	Bristol Manor Farm	38	17	7	14	56	59	–3	58
8	Bitton	38	15	12	11	64	66	–2	57
9	Backwell United	38	14	13	11	58	46	+12	55
10	Brislington	38	14	8	16	50	51	–1	50
11	Keynsham Town	38	14	7	17	39	62	–23	49
12	Barnstaple Town	38	15	3	20	51	68	–17	48
13	Odd Down	38	12	9	17	47	57	–10	45
14	Melksham Town	38	10	9	19	57	70	–13	39
15	Devizes Town	38	10	8	20	37	63	–26	38
16	Torrington	38	11	5	22	50	83	–33	38
17	Welton Rovers	38	8	12	18	59	80	–21	36
18	Bishop Sutton	38	9	9	20	44	71	–27	36
19	Bridport (R)	38	10	4	24	52	75	–23	34	Relegated to the First Division
20	Clyst Rovers (R)	38	3	9	26	44	113	–69	18	Relegated to the First Division

First Division

The First Division was increased from 19 to 20 clubs after Hallen, Bitton, Bristol Manor Farm, Clyst Rovers and Corsham Town were promoted to the Premier Division and six clubs joined:

Almondsbury, promoted from the Gloucestershire County League.
Biddestone, promoted from the Wiltshire League.
Dawlish Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
Elmore, relegated from the Premier Division.
Radstock Town, promoted from the Somerset County League.
Saltash United, promoted from the South Western League.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GDiff¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Willand Rovers (C) (P)	38	27	7	4	88	31	+57	88	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Calne Town (P)	38	23	10	5	91	30	+61	79
3	Radstock Town (P)	38	24	7	7	67	38	+29	79
4	Dawlish Town	38	20	12	6	81	42	+39	72
5	Larkhall Athletic	38	21	8	9	65	35	+30	71
6	Shrewton United	38	22	3	13	83	56	+27	69
7	Street	38	17	12	9	68	46	+22	63
8	Ilfracombe Town	38	16	11	11	72	76	–4	59
9	Clevedon United	38	15	7	16	61	64	–3	52
10	Elmore	38	14	7	17	59	67	–8	49
11	Weston St Johns	38	14	7	17	62	88	–26	49
12	Almondsbury	38	11	10	17	55	79	–24	43
13	Cadbury Heath	38	10	12	16	46	58	–12	42
14	Wellington	38	11	9	18	58	76	–18	42
15	Chard Town	38	11	8	19	43	63	–20	41
16	Westbury United	38	8	14	16	57	75	–18	38
17	Saltash United	38	8	11	19	61	77	–16	35
18	Minehead Town	38	8	10	20	41	64	–23	34
19	Biddestone	38	3	14	21	40	81	–41	23
20	Shepton Mallet	38	3	9	26	38	90	–52	18

^{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

↑ 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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v t e Western League
Premier Division	Barnstaple Town Bitton Bradford Town Bridport Brislington Bristol Manor Farm Buckland Athletic Cadbury Heath Clevedon Town Cribbs Gillingham Town Hallen Longwell Green Sports Melksham Town Odd Down Shepton Mallet Sherborne Town Street Welton Rovers Willand Rovers Winterbourne United
Division One	Almondsbury UWE Ashton & Backwell United Bishop Sutton Calne Town Chard Town Cheddar Chippenham Park Chipping Sodbury Town Corsham Town Devizes Town Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Oldland Abbotonians Portishead Town Radstock Town Roman Glass St George Warminster Town Wellington Wells City Westbury United Wincanton Town
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