2002–03 Western Football League

Football league season

Western Football League
Season	2002–03
Champions	Team Bath (Premier Division) Torrington (Division One)
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 season was the 101st in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the first time in their history were Team Bath, who were promoted to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Torrington.

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division was reduced from 20 to 18 clubs after Taunton Town were promoted to the Southern League, Bristol Manor Farm and Westbury United were relegated to the First Division, and Yeovil Town Reserves also left. Two clubs joined:

Bath City Reserves, runners-up in the First Division.
Frome Town, champions of the First Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Team Bath (C, P)	34	27	3	4	109	28	+81	84	Promoted to the Southern League
2	Brislington	34	22	7	5	71	28	+43	73
3	Bideford	34	21	7	6	105	35	+70	70
4	Backwell United	34	21	4	9	70	33	+37	67
5	Paulton Rovers	34	18	9	7	68	35	+33	63
6	Bridgwater Town	34	17	8	9	71	43	+28	59
7	Bath City Reserves	34	14	5	15	66	57	+9	47	Left at the end of the season
8	Melksham Town	34	12	7	15	65	68	−3	43
9	Odd Down	34	12	6	16	49	67	−18	42
10	Keynsham Town	34	11	7	16	55	65	−10	40
11	Frome Town	34	11	7	16	49	62	−13	40
12	Bishop Sutton	34	11	5	18	57	83	−26	38
13	Dawlish Town	34	11	5	18	47	107	−60	38
14	Bridport	34	9	8	17	40	54	−14	35
15	Barnstaple Town	34	8	8	18	41	68	−27	32
16	Welton Rovers	34	9	5	20	40	99	−59	32
17	Elmore	34	8	7	19	45	81	−36	31
18	Devizes Town	34	6	8	20	40	75	−35	26

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

First Division

The First Division was reduced from 20 to 19 clubs after Frome Town and Bath City Reserves were promoted to the Premier Division, Warminster Town were relegated to the Wiltshire League, and two clubs joined:

Bristol Manor Farm, relegated from the Premier Division.
Westbury United, relegated from the Premier Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Torrington (C, P)	36	27	5	4	113	47	+66	86	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Exmouth Town (P)	36	26	7	3	83	29	+54	85	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Westbury United	36	20	8	8	92	65	+27	68
4	Hallen	36	19	6	11	70	56	+14	63
5	Calne Town	36	16	9	11	62	43	+19	57
6	Clyst Rovers	36	17	5	14	67	55	+12	56
7	Willand Rovers	36	16	6	14	63	53	+10	54
8	Bitton	36	13	10	13	50	48	+2	49
9	Shepton Mallet	36	13	10	13	53	55	−2	49
10	Chard Town	36	12	10	14	59	60	−1	46
11	Bristol Manor Farm	36	14	4	18	56	71	−15	46
12	Wellington	36	12	8	16	49	57	−8	44
13	Larkhall Athletic	36	13	4	19	48	73	−25	43
14	Cadbury Heath	36	10	11	15	49	61	−12	41
15	Street	36	13	7	16	59	81	−22	40
16	Corsham Town	36	8	12	16	44	51	−7	36
17	Weston St Johns	36	9	4	23	54	76	−22	31
18	Ilfracombe Town	36	7	9	20	47	85	−38	30
19	Minehead Town	36	7	5	24	34	86	−52	26

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
Notes:

Street had six points deducted.

References

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

Western Football League

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clubs

Premier Division	A.F.C. St Austell Barnstaple Town Bridgwater United Brislington Brixham Buckland Athletic Clevedon Town Ilfracombe Town Ivybridge Town Nailsea & Tickenham Oldland Abbotonians Paulton Rovers Portishead Town Saltash United Shepton Mallet St Blazey Street Torpoint Athletic Wellington Welton Rovers
Division One	AEK Boco Avonmouth Bitton Bradford Town Bristol Telephones Cadbury Heath Calne Town Cheddar Cribbs Reserves Devizes Town Gillingham Town Hallen Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Longwell Green Sports Mendip Broadwalk Odd Down Radstock Town Shirehampton Sturminster Newton United Warminster Town Wells City

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One North, One South) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Eastern, Western)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 9 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One East, One West) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) Spartan South Midlands League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League (Premier, One)

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FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Community Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Birmingham City Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Chelsea Everton Fulham Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Bromwich Albion West Ham United
First Division	Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Leicester City Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Portsmouth Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Stoke City Walsall Watford Wimbledon Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Barnsley Blackpool Brentford Bristol City Cardiff City Cheltenham Town Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Luton Town Mansfield Town Northampton Town Notts County Oldham Athletic Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Stockport County Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers
Third Division	Boston United Bournemouth Bristol Rovers Bury Cambridge United Carlisle United Darlington Exeter City Hartlepool United Hull City Kidderminster Harriers Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Oxford United Rochdale Rushden & Diamonds Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Swansea City Torquay United Wrexham York City
Non-League	Yeovil Town

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