1974–75 Western Football League
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The 1974–75 season was the 73rd 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 champions for the first time in their history were newcomers
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 FA ...
. Falmouth were the first Cornish club to play in the Western League, and they won the league at their first attempt, remaining unbeaten throughout the season.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006 This was the first season in which three points were awarded for a win, rather than the traditional two points.


League table

The league was increased from 19 clubs to 21 after Avon Bradford and
Exeter City Exeter City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Exeter, Devon, England. The team play in , the third level of the English football league system. Known as "the Grecians", the origin of their nickname is subject to ...
Reserves left, and four new clubs joined: *
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 FA ...
* Melksham Town * Paulton Rovers, rejoining the league after leaving in 1960. * Westland-Yeovil * Ashtonians United merged with
Clevedon Clevedon (, ) is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 in 2019. It lies ...
and retained their place in the league under the Clevedon name.


References

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