1972–73 Western Football League

The 1972–73 season was the 71st in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League

Season	1972–73
Champions	Devizes Town
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The champions for the first time in their history were Devizes Town.

League table

The league was increased from fourteen clubs to sixteen after Bideford, Dorchester Town and Minehead joined the Southern League, and five new clubs joined:

• Ashtonians United
• Avon Bradford
• Bristol City Colts, rejoining the league after leaving in 1971.
• Exeter City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving in 1968.
• Mangotsfield United (not the original Mangotsfield club which was a league member during the 1890s)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Devizes Town	30	21	5	4	68	27	2.519	47
2	Taunton Town	30	19	7	4	69	26	2.654	45
3	Mangotsfield United	30	21	3	6	69	35	1.971	45
4	Bridgwater Town	30	17	7	6	65	24	2.708	41
5	Weston-super-Mare	30	13	9	8	42	36	1.167	35
6	Glastonbury	30	14	6	10	45	44	1.023	34
7	Barnstaple Town	30	13	7	10	57	52	1.096	33
8	Bridport	30	10	10	10	40	30	1.333	30
9	Torquay United Reserves	30	11	6	13	53	47	1.128	28	Left at the end of the season
10	Frome Town	30	9	9	12	30	44	0.682	27
11	Welton Rovers	30	9	8	13	35	41	0.854	26
12	Exeter City Reserves	30	7	11	12	39	47	0.830	25
13	St Luke's College	30	9	3	18	33	73	0.452	21
14	Avon Bradford	30	6	3	21	27	68	0.397	15
15	Bristol City Colts	30	5	4	21	35	76	0.461	14	Left at the end of the season
16	Ashtonians United	30	4	6	20	26	63	0.413	14

Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.