1999–2000 Western Football League

The 1999–2000 season was the 98th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1999–2000
ChampionsTaunton Town (Premier Division)
Devizes Town (Division One)

The league champions for the fifth time in their history (and the second season running) were Taunton Town, but runners-up Mangotsfield United took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Devizes Town after they finished the season unbeaten.[1]

Final tables

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Premier Division

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The Premier Division was reduced from 20 clubs to 19 after Tiverton Town were promoted to the Southern League, and Calne Town and Keynsham Town were relegated to the First Division. Two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Taunton Town (C) 36 30 4 2 116 37 +79 94
2 Mangotsfield United (P) 36 23 9 4 95 31 +64 78 Promoted to the Southern League
3 Brislington 36 20 5 11 64 43 +21 65
4 Chippenham Town 36 18 9 9 69 41 +28 63
5 Paulton Rovers 36 16 11 9 53 34 +19 59
6 Melksham Town 36 15 11 10 50 46 +4 56
7 Backwell United 36 15 9 12 50 44 +6 54
8 Bridport 36 12 13 11 56 56 0 49
9 Dawlish Town 36 12 11 13 51 45 +6 47
10 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 11 14 11 64 63 +1 47
11 Elmore 36 13 8 15 51 63 −12 47
12 Bishop Sutton 36 13 4 19 51 73 −22 43
13 Bideford 36 10 10 16 46 68 −22 40
14 Bridgwater Town 36 10 8 18 42 53 −11 38
15 Barnstaple Town 36 9 7 20 35 51 −16 34
16 Westbury United 36 9 7 20 39 67 −28 34
17 Bristol Manor Farm 36 8 9 19 48 78 −30 33
18 Odd Down 36 9 6 21 36 82 −46 33
19 Minehead Town 36 9 5 22 60 101 −41 32
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

First Division

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The First Division was reduced from 19 clubs to 17 after Dawlish Town and Minehead Town were promoted to the Premier Division, and Glastonbury and Heavitree United left the league. Two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Devizes Town (C, P) 32 23 9 0 88 30 +58 78 Promoted to the Premier Division
2 Welton Rovers (P) 32 22 4 6 74 19 +55 70
3 Clyst Rovers 32 19 5 8 83 39 +44 62
4 Exmouth Town 32 16 9 7 67 43 +24 57
5 Keynsham Town 32 16 9 7 48 34 +14 57
6 Bitton 32 16 6 10 60 47 +13 54
7 Torrington 32 16 6 10 62 50 +12 54
8 Street 32 13 10 9 56 40 +16 49
9 Larkhall Athletic 32 11 8 13 45 55 −10 41
10 Wellington 32 11 7 14 46 44 +2 40
11 Ilfracombe Town 32 12 2 18 59 65 −6 38
12 Warminster Town 32 10 6 16 40 77 −37 36
13 Calne Town 32 10 5 17 48 71 −23 35
14 Pewsey Vale 32 10 2 20 51 88 −37 32
15 Chard Town 32 8 7 17 31 52 −21 31
16 Corsham Town 32 5 5 22 36 86 −50 20
17 Frome Town 32 3 2 27 30 84 −54 11
Source: [citation needed]
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

References

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