The 1976–77 season was the 75th 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 was split into two divisions for the first time since
1959–60.
The league champions for the third time in their history, and the third season in succession, were
Falmouth Town. The champions of the new Division One were newcomers
Saltash United.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
This season was the last in which
goal average
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A goal is roughly similar to ...
decided places for teams which were level on points.
Final tables
Premier Division
The new Premier Division was created from the top eighteen clubs in the old single division of the previous season.
First Division
The new First Division consisted of the bottom five clubs from the previous season, plus thirteen new clubs:
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Brixham United, from the
Plymouth & District League.
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Chard Town, from the
Somerset Senior League.
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Clandown, rejoining after leaving in 1960.
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Heavitree United
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Ilminster Town
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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 ...
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Ottery St Mary
Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, Devon, River Otter, about east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, w ...
, from the
South Western League.
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Portway Bristol
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Saltash United, from the South Western League.
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Shepton Mallet Town, from the Somerset Senior League.
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Swanage Town & Herston
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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 ...
Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1973.
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Yeovil Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving in 1970.
References
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