The 1921–22 Western Football League season was the 25th 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 Division One champions this season were Yeovil and Petters United, for the first time in their history. Champions of Division Two were Clandown, who left the league at the end of the season, as the previous season's trend of many clubs leaving the Western League continued.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Division One

Five new clubs joined Division One this season, although the number of clubs was reduced from sixteen to eight after Abertillery Town,

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Reserves,

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Reserves,

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Reserves,

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It currently competes in , the third tier of the English football league system in the 2025–26 season following relegation. Founded in 1899 a ...

Reserves,

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Reserves, Mid Rhondda,

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, Swansea Town Reserves,

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Reserves and

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left the league. * Horfield United, rejoining after leaving the league in 1920 *

Peasedown St John Peasedown St John (commonly referred to as Peasedown) is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, standing on a hilltop roughly south-southwest of the city of Bath, and north-east of the town of Radstock at the foot of the Mend ...

, promoted from Division Two *

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...

, joining from the Plymouth & District League *

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, promoted from Division Two * Weymouth, rejoining after leaving the league in 1914

Division Two

One new club joined Division Two this season, although the number of clubs was reduced from ten to nine after

and

were promoted. * Coleford Athletic

References

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