1954–55 Western Football League

The 1954–55 season was the 53rd in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1954–55
ChampionsDorchester Town (Division One)
Yeovil Town Reserves (Division Two)

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

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen clubs after two clubs were promoted to replace Clandown and Stonehouse who were relegated to Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Dorchester Town 34 23 5 6 103 46 2.239 51
2 Chippenham Town 34 21 7 6 83 39 2.128 49
3 Bath City Reserves 34 22 4 8 87 52 1.673 48 Left at the end of the season
4 Salisbury 34 17 8 9 71 50 1.420 42
5 Portland United 34 18 6 10 89 70 1.271 42
6 Bideford Town 34 18 6 10 69 56 1.232 42
7 Bridgwater Town 34 18 5 11 91 69 1.319 41
8 Poole Town 34 13 12 9 80 62 1.290 38
9 Bristol Rovers Colts 34 16 5 13 73 55 1.327 37
10 Barnstaple Town 34 13 8 13 69 66 1.045 34
11 Trowbridge Town 34 14 5 15 65 55 1.182 33
12 Bristol City Colts 34 11 4 19 53 62 0.855 26
13 Weymouth Reserves 34 10 6 18 49 67 0.731 26
14 Chippenham United 34 10 5 19 57 97 0.588 25
15 Glastonbury 34 8 9 17 51 89 0.573 25
16 Wells City 34 5 9 20 49 90 0.544 19
17 Street (R) 34 7 4 23 51 100 0.510 18 Relegated to Division Two
18 Ilfracombe Town (R) 34 5 6 23 35 100 0.350 16
Source:
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Stonehouse Reserves left the league, and Bristol City Colts and Bristol Rovers Colts were promoted to Division One. Three new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Yeovil Town Reserves (P) 34 23 5 6 115 49 2.347 51 Promoted to Division One
2 Frome Town (P) 34 24 3 7 106 49 2.163 51
3 Weston-super-Mare 34 22 4 8 122 58 2.103 48
4 Chippenham Town Reserves 34 18 8 8 102 60 1.700 44
5 Taunton Town 34 20 3 11 95 57 1.667 43
6 Gloucester City Reserves 34 16 8 10 80 61 1.311 40
7 Minehead 34 15 6 13 104 65 1.600 36
8 Cinderford Town 34 12 12 10 85 79 1.076 36
9 Stonehouse 34 15 5 14 87 83 1.048 35
10 Poole Town Reserves 34 15 4 15 82 71 1.155 34
11 Welton Rovers 34 13 6 15 70 77 0.909 32
12 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 12 6 16 79 102 0.775 30
13 Clandown 34 12 6 16 45 75 0.600 30
14 Clevedon 34 12 4 18 82 90 0.911 28
15 Hoffman Athletic 34 11 3 20 53 97 0.546 25
16 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 10 3 21 43 86 0.500 23
17 Radstock Town 34 5 6 23 54 135 0.400 16
18 Paulton Rovers 34 5 0 29 47 157 0.299 10
Source:
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
  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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