Season 1985–86 | ||
Champions Exmouth Town (Premier Division)
Portway Bristol (Division One) | ||
The 1985–86 season was the 84th in the history of the Western Football League.
Contents
The league champions for the second time in their history were Exmouth Town. The champions of Division One for the second season running were Portway Bristol.
Premier Division
The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Devizes Town were relegated to the First Division. One club joined:
* Dawlish Town, Frome Town and Shepton Mallet Town each had one point deducted for fielding ineligible players.
First Division
The First Division remained at 22 clubs, after Torrington were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:
* Yeovil Town Reserves had one point deducted for fielding an ineligible player.
1 The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used.
2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.