1957–58 Western Football League

The 1957–58 season was the 56th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1957–58
ChampionsSalisbury (Division One)
Poole Town Reserves (Division Two)

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

Division One

edit

Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Wells City were relegated the previous season, Poole Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Salisbury 36 18 11 7 55 30 1.833 47
2 Bridgwater Town 36 20 5 11 78 53 1.472 45
3 Dorchester Town 36 19 6 11 87 57 1.526 44
4 Barnstaple Town 36 17 7 12 83 48 1.729 41
5 Trowbridge Town 36 15 11 10 80 61 1.311 41 Joined the Southern League South-East Division
6 Bristol Rovers Colts 36 16 8 12 80 74 1.081 40
7 Torquay United Reserves 36 15 9 12 70 56 1.250 39
8 Bristol City Colts 36 16 7 13 70 59 1.186 39
9 Minehead 36 16 5 15 68 76 0.895 37
10 Frome Town 36 16 5 15 66 77 0.857 37
11 Cinderford Town 36 17 2 17 72 70 1.029 36
12 Taunton Town 36 11 13 12 48 55 0.873 35
13 Bideford Town 36 14 5 17 62 55 1.127 33
14 Weymouth Reserves 36 13 7 16 89 85 1.047 33
15 Chippenham Town 36 13 7 16 71 74 0.959 33
16 Glastonbury 36 12 7 17 50 79 0.633 31
17 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 13 4 19 66 92 0.717 30
18 Portland United 36 12 3 21 58 80 0.725 27
19 Chippenham United (R) 36 5 6 25 51 123 0.415 16 Relegated to Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

edit

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Cinderford Town and Minehead were promoted to Division One, and two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Poole Town Reserves (P) 34 26 3 5 141 48 2.938 55 Promoted to Division One
2 Gloucester City Reserves (P) 34 24 5 5 109 40 2.725 53
3 Weston-super-Mare 34 22 9 3 102 46 2.217 53
4 Dorchester Town Reserves 34 19 6 9 73 41 1.780 44
5 Welton Rovers 34 18 6 10 87 64 1.359 42
6 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 19 3 12 88 69 1.275 41
7 Wells City 34 16 6 12 82 68 1.206 38
8 Street 34 13 7 14 60 73 0.822 33
9 Bath City Reserves 34 12 8 14 76 64 1.188 32
10 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 13 6 15 75 98 0.765 32
11 Ilfracombe Town 34 13 3 18 84 99 0.848 29
12 Radstock Town 34 11 5 18 78 114 0.684 27
13 Clandown 34 10 7 17 52 78 0.667 27
14 Hoffman Athletic 34 9 5 20 55 85 0.647 23
15 Taunton Town Reserves 34 9 4 21 51 89 0.573 22
16 Paulton Rovers 34 7 7 20 59 98 0.602 21
17 Clevedon 34 9 2 23 67 112 0.598 20 Left at the end of the season
18 Stonehouse 34 8 4 22 62 115 0.539 20
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

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