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 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 Toolstation, so it is also known as ...
. The league champions for the first time in their history were Exmouth Town. The champions of Division One were
Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...
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
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 ...
and
Bridport Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker. Its origins are Saxon and it has a long history as a rope-making centre. On the coast and withi ...
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. *
Minehead Minehead is a coastal town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the south bank of the Bristol Channel, north-west of the county town of Taunton, from the boundary with the county of Devon and in proximity of the Exmoor National P ...
, from the Southern League – returning to the league after leaving in 1972. *
Taunton Town Taunton Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Taunton, Somerset. They compete in the , the sixth tier of English football and play their home matches at Wordsworth Drive, which they moved into during the 1953 season. ...
, 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
Somerset County 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 ...
. *
Keynsham Town Keynsham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Keynsham, Somerset, England. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the and play at Crown Fields. History The club was established in 1895. ...
, relegated from the Premier Division. * Portway Bristol, relegated from the Premier Division. * Warminster Town, from the
Wiltshire League The Wiltshire Football League is a football league in England, formed by amalgamation in 1976. All clubs are affiliated to a County Football Association. The area covered by the competition is the county of Wiltshire and 15 miles beyond the co ...
– returning to the league after leaving in 1939.


References

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