| 释义 |
- Final table
- References
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|competition= Western Football League
|season= 1972–73
|winners= Devizes Town
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|prevseason= 1971–72
|nextseason= 1973–74
}}The 1972–73 season was the 71st in the history of the Western Football League. The champions for the first time in their history were Devizes Town.[1] Final tableThe league was increased from fourteen clubs to sixteen after Bideford, Dorchester Town and Minehead joined the Southern League, and five new clubs joined: - Ashtonians United
- Avon Bradford
- Bristol City Colts, rejoining the league after leaving in 1971.
- Exeter City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1968.
- Mangotsfield United (not the original Mangotsfield club which was a league member during the 1890s)
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GAv1 | Pts2 | Notes | | 1 | Devizes Town | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 27 | 2.52 | 47 | | 2 | Taunton Town | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 69 | 26 | 2.65 | 45 | | 3 | Mangotsfield United | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 35 | 1.97 | 45 | | 4 | Bridgwater Town | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 65 | 24 | 2.71 | 41 | | 5 | Weston-super-Mare | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 42 | 36 | 1.17 | 35 | | 6 | Glastonbury | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 44 | 1.02 | 34 | | 7 | Barnstaple Town | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 57 | 52 | 1.1 | 33 | | 8 | Bridport | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 1.33 | 30 | | 9 | Torquay United Reserves | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 53 | 47 | 1.13 | 28 | Left at the end of the season | | 10 | Frome Town | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 0.68 | 27 | | 11 | Welton Rovers | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35 | 41 | 0.85 | 26 | | 12 | Exeter City Reserves | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 39 | 47 | 0.83 | 25 | | 13 | St Luke's College | 30 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 33 | 73 | 0.45 | 21 | | 14 | Avon Bradford | 30 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 27 | 68 | 0.4 | 15 | | 15 | Bristol City Colts | 30 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 76 | 0.46 | 14 | Left at the end of the season | | 16 | Ashtonians United | 30 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 63 | 0.41 | 14 |
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.References1. ^Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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