1959–60 Western Football League

The 1959–60 season was the 58th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1959–60
ChampionsTorquay United Reserves (Division One)
Welton Rovers (Division Two)

The champions for the first time in their history were Torquay United Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Welton Rovers. This season was the last to feature two divisions until 1976–77; many clubs left the league at the end of the season and the league was reduced to one division for 1960–61.[1]

Final tables

Division One

Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Frome Town were relegated the previous season, Cinderford Town left, and two clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Qualification
1 Torquay United Reserves 36 29 5 2 132 40 3.300 63
2 Salisbury 36 20 7 9 85 43 1.977 47
3 Chippenham Town 36 18 6 12 70 56 1.250 42
4 Bridgwater Town 36 18 5 13 79 62 1.274 41
5 Weymouth Reserves 36 18 4 14 72 58 1.241 40
6 Portland United 36 17 6 13 61 68 0.897 40
7 Bideford Town 36 15 8 13 61 62 0.984 38
8 Bath City Reserves 36 15 7 14 63 61 1.033 37
9 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 17 3 16 74 77 0.961 37
10 Poole Town Reserves 36 15 6 15 73 66 1.106 36
11 Dorchester Town 36 17 2 17 87 88 0.989 36
12 Minehead 36 12 11 13 68 72 0.944 35
13 Bristol Rovers Colts 36 13 8 15 79 80 0.988 34
14 Glastonbury 36 11 10 15 66 78 0.846 32
15 Barnstaple Town 36 13 5 18 50 65 0.769 31
16 Taunton Town 36 11 7 18 67 96 0.698 29
17 Bristol City Colts 36 12 4 20 65 82 0.793 28
18 Gloucester City Reserves 36 9 4 23 49 92 0.533 22 Left at the end of the season
19 Trowbridge Town Reserves 36 5 6 25 36 91 0.396 16
Source:

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from seventeen clubs to fourteen after Bath City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, Hoffman Athletic and Ilfracombe Town left, and one new club joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Welton Rovers (P) 26 20 2 4 95 40 2.375 42[lower-alpha 1]
2 Stonehouse 26 17 4 5 78 43 1.814 38 Left at the end of the season
3 Weston-super-Mare (P) 26 15 6 5 100 42 2.381 36
4 Frome Town 26 14 5 7 63 38 1.658 33 Left at the end of the season
5 Chippenham United 26 14 2 10 64 52 1.231 30
6 Clandown 26 9 9 8 48 43 1.116 27
7 Paulton Rovers 26 11 5 10 58 64 0.906 27
8 Radstock Town 26 12 3 11 48 62 0.774 27
9 Street 26 10 5 11 48 53 0.906 25
10 Wells City 26 8 5 13 46 73 0.630 21
11 Bridgwater Town Reserves 26 8 4 14 58 64 0.906 20
12 Taunton Town Reserves 26 5 7 14 43 59 0.729 17
13 Dorchester Town Reserves 26 5 5 16 43 82 0.524 15
14 Peasedown Miners Welfare 26 1 4 21 38 114 0.333 6
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.
Notes:
  1. The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

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