1955–56 Western Football League
Season of the Western Football League
Football league season
| Season | 1955–56 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Trowbridge Town (Division One) Torquay United Reserves (Division Two) |
← 1954–55 1956–57 → | |
The 1955–56 season was the 54th in the history of the Western Football League.
The champions for the fourth time in their history were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were the returning Torquay United Reserves.[1]
Division One
Division One was reduced from eighteen to seventeen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Street were relegated to Division Two, and Bath City Reserves left the league. Two clubs joined:
- Frome Town, runners-up in Division Two
- Yeovil Town Reserves, champions of Division Two
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trowbridge Town | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 36 | 2.778 | 50 |
| 2 | Poole Town | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 33 | 2.394 | 47 |
| 3 | Dorchester Town | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 106 | 57 | 1.860 | 46 |
| 4 | Chippenham Town | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 44 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 31 | 2.065 | 41 |
| 6 | Bideford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 50 | 1.160 | 38 |
| 7 | Portland United | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 87 | 76 | 1.145 | 35 |
| 8 | Barnstaple Town | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 34 |
| 9 | Weymouth Reserves | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 70 | 0.900 | 32 |
| 10 | Frome Town | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 64 | 1.078 | 27 |
| 11 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 86 | 0.663 | 27 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 65 | 0.754 | 24 |
| 13 | Bristol City Colts | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 63 | 0.683 | 23 |
| 14 | Wells City | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 92 | 0.576 | 23 |
| 15 | Bridgwater Town | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 59 | 98 | 0.602 | 19 |
| 16 | Chippenham United | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 54 | 90 | 0.600 | 19 |
| 17 | Glastonbury | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 92 | 0.511 | 15 |
Source: [citation needed]
- No clubs were relegated from Division One this season.
Division Two
Division Two was increased from eighteen to twenty clubs after Frome Town and Yeovil Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, and four new clubs joined:
- Frome Town Reserves
- Ilfracombe Town, relegated from Division One.
- Street, relegated from Division One.
- Torquay United Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1939.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torquay United Reserves (P) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 135 | 38 | 3.553 | 60 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Taunton Town (P) | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 115 | 46 | 2.500 | 55 | |
| 3 | Gloucester City Reserves | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 104 | 56 | 1.857 | 53 | |
| 4 | Weston-super-Mare | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 126 | 59 | 2.136 | 51 | |
| 5 | Stonehouse | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 92 | 55 | 1.673 | 49 | |
| 6 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 98 | 74 | 1.324 | 47 | |
| 7 | Minehead | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 104 | 69 | 1.507 | 46 | |
| 8 | Clevedon | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 99 | 71 | 1.394 | 46 | |
| 9 | Frome Town Reserves | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 101 | 76 | 1.329 | 46 | Left at the end of the season |
| 10 | Ilfracombe Town | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 82 | 70 | 1.171 | 41 | |
| 11 | Poole Town Reserves | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 86 | 71 | 1.211 | 36 | |
| 12 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 80 | 97 | 0.825 | 33 | Left at the end of the season |
| 13 | Clandown | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 105 | 0.829 | 32 | |
| 14 | Cinderford Town | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 85 | 82 | 1.037 | 31 | |
| 15 | Welton Rovers | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 73 | 95 | 0.768 | 30 | |
| 16 | Street | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 70 | 112 | 0.625 | 26 | |
| 17 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 57 | 141 | 0.404 | 25 | |
| 18 | Hoffman Athletic | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 46 | 109 | 0.422 | 20 | |
| 19 | Radstock Town | 38 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 52 | 165 | 0.315 | 17 | |
| 20 | Paulton Rovers | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 56 | 157 | 0.357 | 16 |
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
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
- ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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