1955–56 Western Football League

Western Football League
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]

Final tables

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	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Trowbridge Town	32	24	2	6	100	36	2.78	50
2	Poole Town	32	20	7	5	79	33	2.39	47
3	Dorchester Town	32	21	4	7	106	57	1.86	46
4	Chippenham Town	32	20	4	8	70	50	1.4	44
5	Salisbury	32	17	7	8	64	31	2.06	41
6	Bideford Town	32	14	10	8	58	50	1.16	38
7	Portland United	32	16	3	13	87	76	1.14	35
8	Barnstaple Town	32	15	4	13	61	66	0.92	34
9	Weymouth Reserves	32	10	12	10	63	70	0.9	32
10	Frome Town	32	10	7	15	69	64	1.08	27
11	Yeovil Town Reserves	32	11	5	16	57	86	0.66	27
12	Bristol Rovers Colts	32	10	4	18	49	65	0.75	24
13	Bristol City Colts	32	8	7	17	43	63	0.68	23
14	Wells City	32	8	7	17	53	92	0.58	23
15	Bridgwater Town	32	7	5	20	59	98	0.6	19
16	Chippenham United	32	7	5	20	54	90	0.6	19
17	Glastonbury	32	3	9	20	47	92	0.51	15

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	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Torquay United Reserves (P)	38	27	6	5	135	38	3.55	60
2	Taunton Town (P)	38	26	3	9	115	46	2.5	55
3	Gloucester City Reserves	38	24	5	9	104	56	1.86	53
4	Weston-super-Mare	38	21	9	8	126	59	2.14	51
5	Stonehouse	38	21	7	10	92	55	1.67	49
6	Trowbridge Town Reserves	38	20	7	11	98	74	1.32	47
7	Minehead	38	20	6	12	104	69	1.51	46
8	Clevedon	38	19	8	11	99	71	1.39	46
9	Frome Town Reserves	38	20	6	12	101	76	1.33	46	Left at the end of the season
10	Ilfracombe Town	38	18	5	15	82	70	1.17	41
11	Poole Town Reserves	38	14	8	16	86	71	1.21	36
12	Chippenham Town Reserves	38	13	7	18	80	97	0.82	33	Left at the end of the season
13	Clandown	38	13	6	19	87	105	0.83	32
14	Cinderford Town	38	13	5	20	85	82	1.04	31
15	Welton Rovers	38	12	6	20	73	95	0.77	30
16	Street	38	11	4	23	70	112	0.62	26
17	Peasedown Miners Welfare	38	8	9	21	57	141	0.4	25
18	Hoffman Athletic	38	7	6	25	46	109	0.42	20
19	Radstock Town	38	7	3	28	52	165	0.31	17
20	Paulton Rovers	38	6	4	28	56	157	0.36	16

^{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.}

References

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

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

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