1958–59 Western Football League
Season | 1958–59 |
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Champions | Yeovil Town Reserves (Division One) Bath City Reserves (Division Two) |
← 1957–58 1959–60 → |
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
[edit]Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Chippenham United were relegated the previous season, Trowbridge Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:
- Gloucester City Reserves, runners-up in Division Two
- Poole Town Reserves, champions of Division Two
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 |
Division Two
[edit]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:
- Bridgwater Town Reserves
- Chippenham United, relegated from Division One.
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
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