1972–73 Western Football League

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

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

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

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}