Season 1926–27 | ||
Champions Bristol City Reserves (Division One)
Poole Reserves (Division Two) | ||
The 1926–27 season was the 30th in the history of the Western Football League.
Contents
The Division One champions this season were again Bristol City Reserves. The winners of Division Two were Poole Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions.
Division One
The number of clubs in Division One was increased from ten to twelve:
Division Two
Division Two was reduced from thirteen to ten clubs after Poole and Lovells Athletic were promoted to Division One, and Bath City Reserves, Paulton Rovers and Swindon Victoria all left the league. Two new teams joined the league:
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.