1953–54 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1953–54
ChampionsWeymouth Reserves (Division One)
Bristol Rovers Colts (Division Two)

The 1953–54 season was the 52nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Weymouth Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Bristol Rovers Colts.[1]

Division One

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Division One was increased from seventeen members to eighteen after two clubs were promoted to replace Paulton Rovers who were relegated to Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Weymouth Reserves 34 21 4 9 102 53 1.925 46
2 Poole Town 34 18 8 8 73 49 1.490 44
3 Trowbridge Town 34 19 5 10 78 62 1.258 43
4 Barnstaple Town 34 17 7 10 74 42 1.762 41
5 Chippenham Town 34 18 5 11 79 49 1.612 41
6 Salisbury 34 17 6 11 74 60 1.233 40
7 Portland United 34 18 3 13 71 63 1.127 39
8 Wells City 34 15 7 12 63 68 0.926 37
9 Bridgwater Town 34 15 6 13 72 76 0.947 36
10 Bideford Town 34 13 8 13 70 66 1.061 34
11 Dorchester Town 34 14 5 15 79 69 1.145 33
12 Chippenham United 34 13 6 15 60 63 0.952 32
13 Glastonbury 34 12 8 14 59 70 0.843 32
14 Street 34 12 8 14 55 69 0.797 32
15 Bath City Reserves 34 10 6 18 40 66 0.606 26
16 Ilfracombe Town 34 9 5 20 40 77 0.519 23
17 Stonehouse (R) 34 7 6 21 51 80 0.638 20 Relegated to Division Two
18 Clandown (R) 34 4 5 25 29 87 0.333 13
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

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Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Poole Town were promoted to Division One. Two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Bristol Rovers Colts (P) 34 24 6 4 89 43 2.070 54 Promoted to Division One
2 Bristol City Colts (P) 34 22 6 6 87 39 2.231 50
3 Frome Town 34 21 7 6 99 50 1.980 49
4 Chippenham Town Reserves 34 18 9 7 87 58 1.500 45
5 Welton Rovers 34 16 6 12 54 53 1.019 38
6 Cinderford Town 34 15 7 12 82 72 1.139 37
7 Poole Town Reserves 34 15 5 14 79 61 1.295 35
8 Weston-super-Mare 34 14 7 13 89 70 1.271 35
9 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 12 9 13 90 88 1.023 33
10 Gloucester City Reserves 34 13 7 14 85 96 0.885 33
11 Hoffman Athletic 34 13 5 16 74 61 1.213 31
12 Yeovil Town Reserves 34 12 7 15 90 89 1.011 31
13 Paulton Rovers 34 12 7 15 69 84 0.821 31
14 Minehead 34 11 6 17 62 78 0.795 28
15 Clevedon 34 11 4 19 77 101 0.762 26
16 Radstock Town 34 10 4 20 71 107 0.664 24
17 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 8 5 21 56 133 0.421 21
18 Stonehouse Reserves 34 4 3 27 45 102 0.441 11 Left at the end of the season
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

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