1954–55 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1954–55
Champions	Dorchester Town (Division One) Yeovil Town Reserves (Division Two)
← 1953–54 1955–56 →

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

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

Final tables

Division One

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

Bristol City Colts, runners-up in Division Two
Bristol Rovers Colts, champions of Division Two

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²	Notes
1	Dorchester Town	34	23	5	6	103	46	2.24	51
2	Chippenham Town	34	21	7	6	83	39	2.13	49
3	Bath City Reserves	34	22	4	8	87	52	1.67	48	Left at the end of the season
4	Salisbury	34	17	8	9	71	50	1.42	42
5	Portland United	34	18	6	10	89	70	1.27	42
6	Bideford Town	34	18	6	10	69	56	1.23	42
7	Bridgwater Town	34	18	5	11	91	69	1.32	41
8	Poole Town	34	13	12	9	80	62	1.29	38
9	Bristol Rovers Colts	34	16	5	13	73	55	1.33	37
10	Barnstaple Town	34	13	8	13	69	66	1.04	34
11	Trowbridge Town	34	14	5	15	65	55	1.18	33
12	Bristol City Colts	34	11	4	19	53	62	0.85	26
13	Weymouth Reserves	34	10	6	18	49	67	0.73	26
14	Chippenham United	34	10	5	19	57	97	0.59	25
15	Glastonbury	34	8	9	17	51	89	0.57	25
16	Wells City	34	5	9	20	49	90	0.54	19
17	Street (R)	34	7	4	23	51	100	0.51	18
18	Ilfracombe Town (R)	34	5	6	23	35	100	0.35	16

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:

Clandown, relegated from Division One.
Stonehouse, relegated from Division One.
Taunton Town

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Yeovil Town Reserves (P)	34	23	5	6	115	49	2.35	51
2	Frome Town (P)	34	24	3	7	106	49	2.16	51
3	Weston-super-Mare	34	22	4	8	122	58	2.1	48
4	Chippenham Town Reserves	34	18	8	8	102	60	1.7	44
5	Taunton Town	34	20	3	11	95	57	1.67	43
6	Gloucester City Reserves	34	16	8	10	80	61	1.31	40
7	Minehead	34	15	6	13	104	65	1.6	36
8	Cinderford Town	34	12	12	10	85	79	1.08	36
9	Stonehouse	34	15	5	14	87	83	1.05	35
10	Poole Town Reserves	34	15	4	15	82	71	1.15	34
11	Welton Rovers	34	13	6	15	70	77	0.91	32
12	Peasedown Miners Welfare	34	12	6	16	79	102	0.77	30
13	Clandown	34	12	6	16	45	75	0.6	30
14	Clevedon	34	12	4	18	82	90	0.91	28
15	Hoffman Athletic	34	11	3	20	53	97	0.55	25
16	Trowbridge Town Reserves	34	10	3	21	43	86	0.5	23
17	Radstock Town	34	5	6	23	54	135	0.4	16
18	Paulton Rovers	34	5	0	29	47	157	0.3	10

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}

References

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

Western League

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