The 1980–81 season was the 79th 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
Bridgwater Town. The champions of Division One were
Chippenham Town.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
Premier Division
The Premier Division remained at twenty clubs after Ilminster Town were relegated to the First Division, and
A.F.C. Bournemouth Reserves and
Exeter City
Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
Reserves left the league. Three clubs joined:
*
Devizes Town, runners-up in the First Division.
*
Liskeard Athletic, third-placed club in the First Division.
*
Melksham Town, champions of the First Division.
*Dawlish changed their name to
Dawlish Town.
League table
First Division
The First Division was reduced from twenty-two to nineteen clubs after
Westland-Yeovil left the league, and Devizes Town, Liskeard Athletic and Melksham Town were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:
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Ilminster Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
League table
References
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Western Football League seasons
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