1958–59 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1958–59
ChampionsYeovil Town Reserves (Division One)
Bath City Reserves (Division Two)

The 1958–59 season was the 57th in the history of the Western Football League.

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

Division One

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Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Chippenham United were relegated the previous season, Trowbridge Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 26 3 7 115 54 2.130 55
2 Salisbury 36 24 3 9 91 53 1.717 51
3 Dorchester Town 36 23 2 11 110 61 1.803 48
4 Bridgwater Town 36 21 6 9 81 57 1.421 48
5 Barnstaple Town 36 20 5 11 85 68 1.250 45
6 Chippenham Town 36 20 3 13 104 66 1.576 43
7 Bideford Town 36 15 11 10 83 60 1.383 41
8 Torquay United Reserves 36 18 3 15 70 70 1.000 39
9 Weymouth Reserves 36 18 2 16 84 63 1.333 38
10 Cinderford Town 36 15 4 17 60 63 0.952 34 Left at the end of the season
11 Bristol Rovers Colts 36 14 6 16 73 77 0.948 34
12 Glastonbury 36 15 3 18 63 81 0.778 33
13 Taunton Town 36 15 2 19 53 68 0.779 32
14 Bristol City Colts 36 12 7 17 75 88 0.852 31
15 Portland United 36 13 5 18 68 82 0.829 31
16 Poole Town Reserves 36 10 7 19 63 91 0.692 27
17 Gloucester City Reserves 36 9 5 22 64 91 0.703 23
18 Minehead 36 6 7 23 50 111 0.450 19
19 Frome Town (R) 36 4 4 28 52 140 0.371 12 Relegated to Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

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Division Two was reduced from eighteen clubs to seventeen after Gloucester City Reserves and Poole Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, Clevedon left, and two new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Bath City Reserves (P) 32 20 7 5 95 39 2.436 47 Promoted to Division One
2 Trowbridge Town Reserves (P) 32 20 5 7 88 56 1.571 45
3 Street 32 18 5 9 73 56 1.304 41
4 Bridgwater Town Reserves 32 16 8 8 81 55 1.473 40
5 Welton Rovers 32 18 3 11 80 53 1.509 39
6 Dorchester Town Reserves 32 16 6 10 73 52 1.404 38
7 Weston-super-Mare 32 16 5 11 80 59 1.356 37
8 Paulton Rovers 32 16 5 11 87 71 1.225 37
9 Stonehouse 32 16 4 12 85 47 1.809 36
10 Chippenham United 32 14 7 11 65 54 1.204 35
11 Taunton Town Reserves 32 11 6 15 58 81 0.716 28
12 Peasedown Miners Welfare 32 9 9 14 64 89 0.719 27
13 Clandown 32 10 6 16 58 74 0.784 26
14 Radstock Town 32 10 5 17 61 76 0.803 25
15 Ilfracombe Town 32 7 5 20 48 108 0.444 19 Left at the end of the season
16 Hoffman Athletic 32 4 4 24 49 107 0.458 12
17 Wells City 32 5 2 25 44 112 0.393 12
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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