1955–56 Western Football League
# 1955–56 Western Football League

The 1955–56 season was the 54th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the fourth time in their history were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were the returning Torquay United Reserves.

## Division One

Division One was reduced from eighteen to seventeen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Street were relegated to Division Two, and Bath City Reserves left the league. Two clubs joined:

* Frome Town, runners-up in Division Two
* Yeovil Town Reserves, champions of Division Two

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Trowbridge Town | 32 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 36 | 2.778 | 50 |
| 2 | Poole Town | 32 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 33 | 2.394 | 47 |
| 3 | Dorchester Town | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 106 | 57 | 1.860 | 46 |
| 4 | Chippenham Town | 32 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 70 | 50 | 1.400 | 44 |
| 5 | Salisbury | 32 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 31 | 2.065 | 41 |
| 6 | Bideford Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 58 | 50 | 1.160 | 38 |
| 7 | Portland United | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 87 | 76 | 1.145 | 35 |
| 8 | Barnstaple Town | 32 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 61 | 66 | 0.924 | 34 |
| 9 | Weymouth Reserves | 32 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 63 | 70 | 0.900 | 32 |
| 10 | Frome Town | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 64 | 1.078 | 27 |
| 11 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 57 | 86 | 0.663 | 27 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 32 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 49 | 65 | 0.754 | 24 |
| 13 | Bristol City Colts | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 63 | 0.683 | 23 |
| 14 | Wells City | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 53 | 92 | 0.576 | 23 |
| 15 | Bridgwater Town | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 59 | 98 | 0.602 | 19 |
| 16 | Chippenham United | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 54 | 90 | 0.600 | 19 |
| 17 | Glastonbury | 32 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 47 | 92 | 0.511 | 15 |

* No clubs were relegated from Division One this season.

## Division Two

Division Two was increased from eighteen to twenty clubs after Frome Town and Yeovil Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, and four new clubs joined:

* Frome Town Reserves
* Ilfracombe Town, relegated from Division One.
* Street, relegated from Division One.
* Torquay United Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1939.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Torquay United Reserves (P) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 135 | 38 | 3.553 | 60 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Taunton Town (P) | 38 | 26 | 3 | 9 | 115 | 46 | 2.500 | 55 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Gloucester City Reserves | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 104 | 56 | 1.857 | 53 | |
| 4 | Weston-super-Mare | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 126 | 59 | 2.136 | 51 | |
| 5 | Stonehouse | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 92 | 55 | 1.673 | 49 | |
| 6 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 38 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 98 | 74 | 1.324 | 47 | |
| 7 | Minehead | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 104 | 69 | 1.507 | 46 | |
| 8 | Clevedon | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 99 | 71 | 1.394 | 46 | |
| 9 | Frome Town Reserves | 38 | 20 | 6 | 12 | 101 | 76 | 1.329 | 46 | Left at the end of the season |
| 10 | Ilfracombe Town | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 82 | 70 | 1.171 | 41 | |
| 11 | Poole Town Reserves | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 86 | 71 | 1.211 | 36 | |
| 12 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 80 | 97 | 0.825 | 33 | Left at the end of the season |
| 13 | Clandown | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 87 | 105 | 0.829 | 32 | |
| 14 | Cinderford Town | 38 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 85 | 82 | 1.037 | 31 | |
| 15 | Welton Rovers | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 73 | 95 | 0.768 | 30 | |
| 16 | Street | 38 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 70 | 112 | 0.625 | 26 | |
| 17 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 57 | 141 | 0.404 | 25 | |
| 18 | Hoffman Athletic | 38 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 46 | 109 | 0.422 | 20 | |
| 19 | Radstock Town | 38 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 52 | 165 | 0.315 | 17 | |
| 20 | Paulton Rovers | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 56 | 157 | 0.357 | 16 | |
