2003–04 Western Football League

Football league season

Western Football League
Season	2003–04
Champions	Bideford (Premier Division) Hallen (Division One)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 season was the 102nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The league champions for the seventh time in their history were Bideford, but it was runners-up Paulton Rovers who took promotion to the Southern League. The champions of Division One were Hallen.

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 18 clubs after Team Bath were promoted to the Southern League, and Bath City Reserves left the league. Two clubs joined:

Exmouth Town, runners-up in the First Division.
Torrington, champions of the First Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bideford (C)	34	25	7	2	110	30	+80	82
2	Paulton Rovers (P)	34	25	2	7	85	28	+57	77	Promoted to the Southern League
3	Frome Town	34	21	5	8	84	43	+41	68
4	Backwell United	34	20	5	9	67	35	+32	65
5	Exmouth Town	34	19	7	8	70	34	+36	64
6	Bridgwater Town	34	19	3	12	67	47	+20	60
7	Brislington	34	18	4	12	57	40	+17	58
8	Welton Rovers	34	14	7	13	62	54	+8	49
9	Odd Down	34	13	10	11	48	44	+4	49
10	Barnstaple Town	34	12	11	11	47	42	+5	47
11	Torrington	34	12	10	12	69	74	−5	46
12	Bridport	34	12	6	16	52	52	0	42
13	Devizes Town	34	11	2	21	55	69	−14	35
14	Melksham Town	34	9	6	19	38	61	−23	33
15	Keynsham Town	34	8	5	21	45	84	−39	29
16	Bishop Sutton	34	8	4	22	42	77	−35	28
17	Dawlish Town (R)	34	6	5	23	30	103	−73	23	Relegated to the First Division
18	Elmore (R)	34	4	1	29	26	137	−111	13	Relegated to the First Division

Source:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

First Division

The First Division remained at 19 clubs after Exmouth Town and Torrington were promoted to the Premier Division and two clubs joined:

Clevedon United, promoted from the Somerset County League.
Shrewton United, promoted from the Wiltshire League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Hallen (C, P)	36	24	7	5	75	26	+49	79	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bitton (P)	36	23	7	6	84	37	+47	76
3	Bristol Manor Farm (P)	36	20	14	2	74	38	+36	74
4	Clyst Rovers (P)	36	21	9	6	74	41	+33	72
5	Corsham Town (P)	36	19	9	8	70	41	+29	66
6	Willand Rovers	36	17	8	11	72	50	+22	59
7	Shrewton United	36	17	4	15	86	70	+16	55
8	Larkhall Athletic	36	15	10	11	65	54	+11	55
9	Calne Town	36	13	10	13	49	45	+4	49
10	Wellington	36	14	7	15	54	55	−1	49
11	Westbury United	36	14	6	16	52	56	−4	48
12	Street	36	11	10	15	54	51	+3	43
13	Clevedon United	36	11	9	16	60	75	−15	42
14	Weston St Johns	36	11	9	16	72	95	−23	42
15	Cadbury Heath	36	9	10	17	50	64	−14	37
16	Ilfracombe Town	36	7	6	23	43	106	−63	27
17	Chard Town	36	7	5	24	48	87	−39	26
18	Shepton Mallet	36	5	9	22	49	82	−33	24
19	Minehead Town	36	5	9	22	35	93	−58	24

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

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 (Premier, One) 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)

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First Division	Bradford City Burnley Cardiff City Coventry City Crewe Alexandra Crystal Palace Derby County Gillingham Ipswich Town Millwall Norwich City Nottingham Forest Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Sheffield United Stoke City Sunderland Walsall Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wigan Athletic Wimbledon
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