title: 1961–62 Western Football League
text: # 1961–62 Western Football League
  
  The 1961–62 season was the 60th in the history of the Western Football League.
  
  The champions for the sixth time in their history were the returning Bristol City Reserves.
  
  ## Final table
  
  The league was reduced from 21 to 20 clubs after Bristol City Colts, Exeter City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves left. Two new clubs joined:
  
  * Bridport
  * Bristol City Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1948.
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bristol City Reserves | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 132 | 36 | 3.667 | 63 |
  | 2 | Salisbury | 38 | 27 | 2 | 9 | 105 | 41 | 2.561 | 56 |
  | 3 | Bideford Town | 38 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 84 | 49 | 1.714 | 53 |
  | 4 | Torquay United Reserves | 38 | 20 | 5 | 13 | 95 | 78 | 1.218 | 45 |
  | 5 | Poole Town Reserves | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 115 | 85 | 1.353 | 43 |
  | 6 | Dorchester Town | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 102 | 85 | 1.200 | 43 |
  | 7 | Bridgwater Town | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 69 | 1.290 | 42 |
  | 8 | Minehead | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 80 | 68 | 1.176 | 42 |
  | 9 | Chippenham Town | 38 | 17 | 6 | 15 | 79 | 71 | 1.113 | 40 |
  | 10 | Portland United | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 92 | 85 | 1.082 | 40 |
  | 11 | Weston-super-Mare | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 63 | 68 | 0.926 | 39 |
  | 12 | Weymouth Reserves | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 85 | 71 | 1.197 | 38 |
  | 13 | Bath City Reserves | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 74 | 80 | 0.925 | 35 |
  | 14 | Bridport | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 72 | 93 | 0.774 | 30 |
  | 15 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 38 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 74 | 99 | 0.747 | 29 |
  | 16 | Welton Rovers | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 61 | 104 | 0.587 | 29 |
  | 17 | Taunton Town | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 59 | 114 | 0.518 | 26 |
  | 18 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 38 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 59 | 93 | 0.634 | 25 |
  | 19 | Barnstaple Town | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 52 | 120 | 0.433 | 23 |
  | 20 | Glastonbury | 38 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 44 | 107 | 0.411 | 19 |
  