The 1988–89 season was the 87th 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 third time in their history were
Saltash United. The champions of Division One were
Larkhall Athletic
Larkhall (, ) is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, around southeast of Glasgow. It is twinned with Seclin in northern France.
Larkhall sits on high ground between the River Clyde to the East and the Avon Water to the West. Larkhall ...
.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
Final tables
Premier Division
The Premier Division was reduced from 22 to 21 clubs after
Melksham Town and
Clandown were relegated to the First Division, and
Bristol City Reserves also left. Two clubs joined:
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Chard Town, runners-up in the First Division.
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Welton Rovers, champions of the First Division.
First Division
The First Division was increased from 19 to 20 clubs, after Chard Town and Welton Rovers were promoted to the Premier Division. Three new clubs joined:
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Bridport
Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the River Asker, Asker. Its origins are Anglo-Saxons, Saxon and it has a long history as a ...
, promoted from the
Dorset Combination.
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Clandown, relegated from the Premier Division.
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Melksham Town, relegated from the Premier Division.
References
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Western Football League seasons
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