The 1986–87 season was the 85th 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 second time in their history were
Saltash United. The champions of Division One were
Swanage Town & Herston.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
Final tables
Premier Division
The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after
Shepton Mallet Town were relegated and left to join 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 ...
. One club joined:
*
Radstock Town, runners-up in the First Division.
First Division
The First Division remained at 22 clubs, after Radstock Town were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:
*
Calne Town, joining 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 ...
.
References
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Western Football League seasons
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