The 1979–80 season was the 78th in the history of the
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a association football, football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Jewson, so it ...
.
The league champions for the second time in their history were
Barnstaple Town. The champions of Division One were
Melksham Town.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
This season marked a return to the system of two points for a win, after five seasons using the three-point system. The Western League returned to the three-point system after ten seasons, in
1989–90.
Premier Division
The Premier Division remained at twenty clubs after Glastonbury and Shepton Mallet Town were relegated to the First Division, and two clubs joined:
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A.F.C. Bournemouth Reserves, champions of the First Division.
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Portway Bristol, runners-up in the First Division.
League table
First Division
The First Division increased from nineteen to twenty-two clubs after A.F.C. Bournemouth Reserves and Portway Bristol were promoted to the Premier Division. Five new clubs joined:
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Bath City Reserves, returning to the league after leaving in 1971.
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Glastonbury
Glastonbury ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than across the River ...
, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Liskeard Athletic, from the
South Western League.
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Radstock Town, from the
Somerset Senior League – returning to the league after leaving in 1960.
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Shepton Mallet Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
League table
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Western Football League, 1979-80
1979-80
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