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1905–06 Western Football League

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Season
  
1905–06

Champions
  
Queens Park Rangers (Division One) Bristol Rovers Reserves (Division Two)

The 1905–06 season was the 14th in the history of the Western Football League.

Contents

Queens Park Rangers were the champions of Division One for the first time, after finishing bottom of the league the previous season. Along with all the other members of Division One, they also competed in the Southern League during this season. The Division Two champions for the second season in succession were Bristol Rovers Reserves.

Division One

No new clubs joined Division One, which remained at 11 clubs.

Division Two

Two new clubs joined Division Two, which remained at 10 clubs after Swindon Town Reserves left the league and Warmley disbanded.

  • Paulton Rovers, rejoining from the Somerset Senior League
  • Salisbury City, joining from the Hampshire League. This is not the same club as the later incarnation of Salisbury City F.C.
  • Bristol East did not travel to Trowbridge Town to play on 17 March 1906.
  • 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.

    3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.

    References

    1905–06 Western Football League Wikipedia