1957–58 Western Football League
Season | 1957–58 |
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Champions | Salisbury (Division One) Poole Town Reserves (Division Two) |
← 1956–57 1958–59 → |
The 1957–58 season was the 56th in the history of the Western Football League.
The champions for the first time in their history were Salisbury, and the winners of Division Two were Poole Town Reserves.[1]
Division One
[edit]Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Wells City were relegated the previous season, Poole Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:
- Cinderford Town, champions of Division Two
- Minehead, fourth in Division Two
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Salisbury | 36 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 55 | 30 | 1.833 | 47 | |
2 | Bridgwater Town | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 78 | 53 | 1.472 | 45 | |
3 | Dorchester Town | 36 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 87 | 57 | 1.526 | 44 | |
4 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 83 | 48 | 1.729 | 41 | |
5 | Trowbridge Town | 36 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 80 | 61 | 1.311 | 41 | Joined the Southern League South-East Division |
6 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 80 | 74 | 1.081 | 40 | |
7 | Torquay United Reserves | 36 | 15 | 9 | 12 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 39 | |
8 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 70 | 59 | 1.186 | 39 | |
9 | Minehead | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 68 | 76 | 0.895 | 37 | |
10 | Frome Town | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 66 | 77 | 0.857 | 37 | |
11 | Cinderford Town | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 72 | 70 | 1.029 | 36 | |
12 | Taunton Town | 36 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 48 | 55 | 0.873 | 35 | |
13 | Bideford Town | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 62 | 55 | 1.127 | 33 | |
14 | Weymouth Reserves | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 89 | 85 | 1.047 | 33 | |
15 | Chippenham Town | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 71 | 74 | 0.959 | 33 | |
16 | Glastonbury | 36 | 12 | 7 | 17 | 50 | 79 | 0.633 | 31 | |
17 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 66 | 92 | 0.717 | 30 | |
18 | Portland United | 36 | 12 | 3 | 21 | 58 | 80 | 0.725 | 27 | |
19 | Chippenham United (R) | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 51 | 123 | 0.415 | 16 | Relegated to Division Two |
Division Two
[edit]Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Cinderford Town and Minehead were promoted to Division One, and two new clubs joined:
- Taunton Town Reserves
- Wells City, relegated from Division One.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Poole Town Reserves (P) | 34 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 141 | 48 | 2.938 | 55 | Promoted to Division One |
2 | Gloucester City Reserves (P) | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 109 | 40 | 2.725 | 53 | |
3 | Weston-super-Mare | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 102 | 46 | 2.217 | 53 | |
4 | Dorchester Town Reserves | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 73 | 41 | 1.780 | 44 | |
5 | Welton Rovers | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 87 | 64 | 1.359 | 42 | |
6 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 88 | 69 | 1.275 | 41 | |
7 | Wells City | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 82 | 68 | 1.206 | 38 | |
8 | Street | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 73 | 0.822 | 33 | |
9 | Bath City Reserves | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 76 | 64 | 1.188 | 32 | |
10 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 75 | 98 | 0.765 | 32 | |
11 | Ilfracombe Town | 34 | 13 | 3 | 18 | 84 | 99 | 0.848 | 29 | |
12 | Radstock Town | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 78 | 114 | 0.684 | 27 | |
13 | Clandown | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 52 | 78 | 0.667 | 27 | |
14 | Hoffman Athletic | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 55 | 85 | 0.647 | 23 | |
15 | Taunton Town Reserves | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 51 | 89 | 0.573 | 22 | |
16 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 59 | 98 | 0.602 | 21 | |
17 | Clevedon | 34 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 67 | 112 | 0.598 | 20 | Left at the end of the season |
18 | Stonehouse | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 62 | 115 | 0.539 | 20 |
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
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006