1986–87 Western Football League

The 1986–87 season was the 85th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League

Season	1986–87
Champions	Saltash United (Premier Division) Swanage Town & Herston (Division One)
← 1985–86 1987–88 →

The league champions for the second time in their history were Saltash United. The champions of Division One were Swanage Town & Herston.

Final tables

Premier Division

The Premier Division remained at 22 clubs after Shepton Mallet Town were relegated and left to join the Somerset County League. One club joined:

• Radstock Town, runners-up in the First Division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Saltash United (C)	42	31	8	3	101	40	+61	70
2	Exmouth Town	42	22	10	10	82	62	+20	54
3	Bristol City Reserves	42	23	5	14	94	57	+37	51
4	Liskeard Athletic	42	20	9	13	69	45	+24	49
5	Bristol Manor Farm	42	19	10	13	58	46	+12	48
6	Bideford	42	21	4	17	58	57	+1	46
7	Plymouth Argyle Reserves	42	21	4	17	92	55	+37	45
8	Taunton Town	42	17	9	16	61	64	−3	43
9	Chippenham Town	42	14	14	14	53	50	+3	42
10	Mangotsfield United	42	17	8	17	69	71	−2	42
11	Barnstaple Town	42	15	12	15	55	66	−11	42
12	Clevedon Town	42	14	13	15	58	60	−2	41
13	Weston-super-Mare	42	13	13	16	66	70	−4	39
14	Dawlish Town	42	14	10	18	63	62	+1	38
15	Torrington	42	14	10	18	61	71	−10	38
16	Paulton Rovers	42	14	8	20	55	72	−17	36
17	Radstock Town	42	11	13	18	55	73	−18	35
18	Melksham Town	42	10	15	17	39	64	−25	35
19	Frome Town	42	12	10	20	50	65	−15	34
20	Clandown	42	12	10	20	40	59	−19	34
21	Minehead	42	10	12	20	53	86	−33	32
22	Chard Town (R)	42	11	7	24	52	89	−37	29	Relegated to the First Division

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

First Division

The First Division remained at 22 clubs, after Radstock Town were promoted to the Premier Division. One new club joined:

• Calne Town, joining from the Wiltshire League.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Swanage Town & Herston (C, P)	42	25	12	5	93	52	+41	62	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Portway Bristol	42	25	8	9	103	51	+52	58	Disbanded at the end of the season
3	Bath City Reserves	42	25	6	11	85	58	+27	56
4	Yeovil Town Reserves	42	21	10	11	85	53	+32	52
5	Wimborne Town	42	23	6	13	96	58	+38	51	Transferred to the Wessex League
6	Devizes Town	42	21	10	11	62	43	+19	51
7	Larkhall Athletic	42	21	8	13	71	53	+18	50
8	Welton Rovers	42	20	6	16	66	53	+13	46
9	Backwell United	42	15	15	12	55	53	+2	45
10	Warminster Town	42	18	10	14	72	71	+1	45
11	Ottery St Mary	42	17	6	19	66	68	−2	40
12	Odd Down	42	13	13	16	57	65	−8	39
13	Keynsham Town	42	16	7	19	57	69	−12	39
14	Elmore	42	14	10	18	60	69	−9	38
15	Tiverton Town	42	12	12	18	66	79	−13	36
16	Weymouth Reserves	42	12	12	18	75	87	−12	35	Left at the end of the season
17	Wellington	42	14	7	21	55	67	−12	35
18	Westbury United	42	12	10	20	78	87	−9	34
19	Calne Town	42	11	12	19	54	73	−19	34
20	Ilfracombe Town	42	11	8	23	40	68	−28	30
21	Heavitree United	42	9	9	24	48	96	−48	26
22	Glastonbury	42	5	7	30	38	109	−71	17

Source:
Rules for classification: The system of using goal difference to separate two teams tied on points was used. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes: