Season 1978–79 | ||
Champions Frome Town (Premier Division)
A.F.C. Bournemouth Reserves (Division One) | ||
The 1978–79 season was the 77th in the history of the Western Football League.
Contents
The league champions for the first time in their history were Frome Town. The champions of Division One were newcomers A.F.C. Bournemouth Reserves.
Premier Division
The Premier Division was increased from eighteen clubs to twenty after St Luke's College disbanded, and three clubs joined:
First Division
The First Division remained at nineteen clubs after Clandown, Ilminster Town and Keynsham Town were promoted to the Premier Division. Three new clubs joined:
‡ Torquay United Reserves had two points deducted for fielding ineligible players.
* Ottery St Mary and Yeovil Town Reserves each had one point deducted for fielding ineligible players.
1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.
2 The points system: 3 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.