1971–72 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1971–72
Champions	Bideford
← 1970–71 1972–73 →

The 1971–72 season was the 70th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the third time in their history, and the second season in succession, were Bideford.

Final table

The league was reduced from eighteen clubs to fourteen after Andover joined the Southern League, and Bath City Reserves, Bristol City Colts and Plymouth City all left. No new clubs joined.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Bideford	26	19	4	3	63	21	3	42	Joined the Southern League
2	Minehead	26	18	5	3	59	22	2.68	41	Joined the Southern League
3	Glastonbury	26	16	5	5	58	26	2.23	37
4	Devizes Town	26	11	9	6	44	33	1.33	31
5	Welton Rovers	26	10	7	9	38	37	1.03	27
6	Frome Town	26	9	7	10	33	45	0.73	25
7	Dorchester Town	26	9	6	11	39	38	1.03	24	Joined the Southern League
8	Weston-super-Mare	26	9	5	12	39	45	0.87	23
9	Bridport	26	9	5	12	32	47	0.68	23
10	Bridgwater Town	26	7	9	10	28	42	0.67	23
11	Taunton Town	26	7	7	12	50	54	0.93	21
12	Torquay United Reserves	26	5	9	12	29	55	0.53	19
13	Barnstaple Town	26	6	6	14	40	46	0.87	18
14	St Luke's College	26	3	4	19	25	66	0.38	10

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

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