1956–57 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1956–57
ChampionsPoole Town (Division One)
Cinderford Town (Division Two)

The 1956–57 season was the 55th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Poole Town, and the winners of Division Two were Cinderford Town.[1]

Division One

Division One was increased from seventeen to nineteen clubs after no clubs were relegated the previous season. Two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Poole Town 36 26 4 6 115 48 2.396 56 Joined the Southern League
2 Trowbridge Town 36 21 5 10 83 55 1.509 47
3 Salisbury 36 20 5 11 98 60 1.633 45
4 Torquay United Reserves 36 18 8 10 91 55 1.655 44
5 Portland United 36 18 8 10 84 64 1.313 44
6 Bridgwater Town 36 17 7 12 58 54 1.074 41
7 Dorchester Town 36 16 7 13 83 70 1.186 39
8 Chippenham Town 36 16 7 13 77 67 1.149 39
9 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 18 2 16 79 73 1.082 38
10 Glastonbury 36 16 3 17 82 102 0.804 35
11 Bristol Rovers Colts 36 14 6 16 67 90 0.744 34
12 Weymouth Reserves 36 16 1 19 87 94 0.926 33
13 Barnstaple Town 36 14 4 18 76 70 1.086 32
14 Bideford Town 36 12 8 16 70 71 0.986 32
15 Taunton Town 36 11 9 16 59 71 0.831 31
16 Chippenham United 36 12 6 18 80 97 0.825 30
17 Bristol City Colts 36 13 4 19 58 74 0.784 30
18 Frome Town 36 10 2 24 46 91 0.505 22
19 Wells City (R) 36 4 4 28 46 133 0.346 12 Relegated to Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from twenty to eighteen clubs after Taunton Town and Torquay United Reserves were promoted to Division One, Chippenham Town Reserves and Frome Town Reserves left the league, and no clubs were relegated from Division One. Two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Cinderford Town (P) 34 28 2 4 114 31 3.677 58 Promoted to Division One
2 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 25 4 5 112 35 3.200 54
3 Poole Town Reserves 34 23 6 5 87 39 2.231 52
4 Minehead (P) 34 20 5 9 83 52 1.596 45 Promoted to Division One
5 Dorchester Town Reserves 34 18 6 10 113 69 1.638 42
6 Gloucester City Reserves 34 17 7 10 81 50 1.620 41
7 Welton Rovers 34 18 3 13 87 74 1.176 39
8 Stonehouse 34 14 10 10 98 70 1.400 38
9 Bath City Reserves 34 16 6 12 91 82 1.110 38
10 Weston-super-Mare 34 11 7 16 68 80 0.850 29
11 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 10 6 18 69 99 0.697 26
12 Hoffman Athletic 34 8 10 16 52 92 0.565 26
13 Street 34 9 7 18 48 68 0.706 25
14 Clevedon 34 10 4 20 64 85 0.753 24
15 Ilfracombe Town 34 7 8 19 43 82 0.524 22
16 Radstock Town 34 9 3 22 65 141 0.461 21
17 Paulton Rovers 34 7 3 24 50 111 0.450 17
18 Clandown 34 6 3 25 49 114 0.430 15
Source: [citation needed]
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.
(P) Promoted

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006