1983–84 Western Football League
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The 1983–84 season was the 82nd 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 first time in their history were Exmouth Town. The champions of Division One were
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Reserves.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006


Final tables


Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at twenty clubs after
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and
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left the league, and Keynsham Town and Portway Bristol were relegated to the First Division. Four clubs joined: * Bristol Manor Farm, champions of the First Division. * Mangotsfield United, runners-up in the First Division. *
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, from the Southern League – returning to the league after leaving in 1972. * Taunton Town, from the Southern League – returning to the league after leaving in 1977.


First Division

The First Division consisted of 21 clubs, increased from 19 the previous season, after Bristol Manor Farm and Mangotsfield United were promoted to the Premier Division. Four new clubs joined: * Backwell United, from the
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. * Keynsham Town, relegated from the Premier Division. * Portway Bristol, relegated from the Premier Division. * Warminster Town, from the
Wiltshire League The Wiltshire Football League, also known as the Wiltshire League and the Wiltshire Senior League, is a Association football, football league in England which was formed by amalgamation in 1976. All clubs are affiliated to a County Football Ass ...
– returning to the league after leaving in 1939.


References

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