1956–57_Western_Football_League

Western Football League
Season	1956–57
Champions	Poole Town (Division One); Cinderford Town (Division Two)
	← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 Western Football League

Football league season

The 1956–57 season was the 55th in the history of the Western Football League.

Quick Facts Season, Champions ...

The champions for the first time in their history were Poole Town, and the winners of Division Two were Cinderford Town.^[1]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Relegation
1	Poole Town	36	26	4	6	115	48	2.396	56	Joined the Southern League
2	Trowbridge Town	36	21	5	10	83	55	1.509	47
3	Salisbury	36	20	5	11	98	60	1.633	45
4	Torquay United Reserves	36	18	8	10	91	55	1.655	44
5	Portland United	36	18	8	10	84	64	1.313	44
6	Bridgwater Town	36	17	7	12	58	54	1.074	41
7	Dorchester Town	36	16	7	13	83	70	1.186	39
8	Chippenham Town	36	16	7	13	77	67	1.149	39
9	Yeovil Town Reserves	36	18	2	16	79	73	1.082	38
10	Glastonbury	36	16	3	17	82	102	0.804	35
11	Bristol Rovers Colts	36	14	6	16	67	90	0.744	34
12	Weymouth Reserves	36	16	1	19	87	94	0.926	33
13	Barnstaple Town	36	14	4	18	76	70	1.086	32
14	Bideford Town	36	12	8	16	70	71	0.986	32
15	Taunton Town	36	11	9	16	59	71	0.831	31
16	Chippenham United	36	12	6	18	80	97	0.825	30
17	Bristol City Colts	36	13	4	19	58	74	0.784	30
18	Frome Town	36	10	2	24	46	91	0.505	22
19	Wells City (R)	36	4	4	28	46	133	0.346	12	Relegated to Division Two

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Cinderford Town (P)	34	28	2	4	114	31	3.677	58	Promoted to Division One
2	Trowbridge Town Reserves	34	25	4	5	112	35	3.200	54
3	Poole Town Reserves	34	23	6	5	87	39	2.231	52
4	Minehead (P)	34	20	5	9	83	52	1.596	45	Promoted to Division One
5	Dorchester Town Reserves	34	18	6	10	113	69	1.638	42
6	Gloucester City Reserves	34	17	7	10	81	50	1.620	41
7	Welton Rovers	34	18	3	13	87	74	1.176	39
8	Stonehouse	34	14	10	10	98	70	1.400	38
9	Bath City Reserves	34	16	6	12	91	82	1.110	38
10	Weston-super-Mare	34	11	7	16	68	80	0.850	29
11	Peasedown Miners Welfare	34	10	6	18	69	99	0.697	26
12	Hoffman Athletic	34	8	10	16	52	92	0.565	26
13	Street	34	9	7	18	48	68	0.706	25
14	Clevedon	34	10	4	20	64	85	0.753	24
15	Ilfracombe Town	34	7	8	19	43	82	0.524	22
16	Radstock Town	34	9	3	22	65	141	0.461	21
17	Paulton Rovers	34	7	3	24	50	111	0.450	17
18	Clandown	34	6	3	25	49	114	0.430	15

Division One