The 1976–77 season was the 75th in the history of the
Western Football League. The league was split into two divisions for the first time since
1959–60.
The league champions for the third time in their history, and the third season in succession, were
Falmouth Town
Falmouth Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. They are currently members of the and play at Bickland Park. The club were the first Cornish team to reach the first round proper of the F ...
. The champions of the new Division One were newcomers
Saltash United.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
This season was the last in which
goal average decided places for teams which were level on points.
Final tables
Premier Division
The new Premier Division was created from the top eighteen clubs in the old single division of the previous season.
First Division
The new First Division consisted of the bottom five clubs from the previous season, plus thirteen new clubs:
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Brixham United, from the
Plymouth & District League.
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Chard Town, from the
Somerset Senior League
The Somerset County League is a football competition based in England. The Premier Division sits at step 7 (or level 11) of the National League System. It is a feeder to the Western League Division One and has promoted a club in seven of the ...
.
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Clandown
Clandown is a village lying north of Radstock in Somerset, England, just off the Fosseway. It is north of Radstock. The nearby Bowlditch Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
History
Clandown was formerly a mi ...
, rejoining after leaving in 1960.
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Heavitree United
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Ilminster Town
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Larkhall Athletic
Larkhall ( sco, Larkhauch, gd, Taigh na h-Uiseig) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.
Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the ...
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Ottery St Mary, from the
South Western League
The South Western Football League was an English association football league composed of clubs from Cornwall and west and north Devon. It consisted of a single division at the eleventh overall tier of the English football league system, the seven ...
.
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Portway Bristol
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Saltash United, from the South Western League.
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Shepton Mallet Town, from the Somerset Senior League.
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Swanage Town & Herston
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Torquay United
Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...
Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1973.
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Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to:
* Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset
* Yeovil Town L.F.C.
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Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1970.
References
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