The 1928–29 season was the 32nd 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 Division One champions this season were
Bristol Rovers
Bristol Rovers Football Club are a professional football club in Bristol, England. They compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.
They play home matches at the Memorial Stadium in Horfield, they have been ...
Reserves. The winners of Division Two were the returning
Bath City
Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...
Reserves. There was no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
Division One
The number of clubs in Division One was reduced from eleven to eight after
Salisbury City and
Weymouth were relegated to Division Two.
Lovells Athletic
Lovell's Athletic F.C. was the works team for Lovell's sweet factory in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, which played professional football from 1918 until 1969.
History
Lovell's joined the Western Football League in 1923 and won the title in t ...
also left, joining the
Southern League. No new teams joined the league.
Division Two
Weymouth Reserves,
Poole Reserves and
Minehead all left the league, but Division Two was increased from eight to nine clubs after two clubs were relegated from Division One and two new clubs joined.
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Bristol St George, rejoining the league after leaving in 1903.
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Bath City
Bath City Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Bath, Somerset, England. The club is affiliated to the Somerset FA and currently competes in the National League South, the sixth tier of English football. The club have ...
Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1926.
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Salisbury City, relegated from Division One.
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Weymouth, relegated from Division One.
References
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