1953–54 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1953–54
Champions	Weymouth Reserves (Division One) Bristol Rovers Colts (Division Two)
← 1952–53 1954–55 →

The 1953–54 season was the 52nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Weymouth Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Bristol Rovers Colts.

Final tables

Division One

Division One was increased from seventeen members to eighteen after two clubs were promoted to replace Paulton Rovers who were relegated to Division Two.

• Ilfracombe Town, runners-up in Division Two
• Poole Town, third in Division Two

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Weymouth Reserves	34	21	4	9	102	53	1.92	46
2	Poole Town	34	18	8	8	73	49	1.49	44
3	Trowbridge Town	34	19	5	10	78	62	1.26	43
4	Barnstaple Town	34	17	7	10	74	42	1.76	41
5	Chippenham Town	34	18	5	11	79	49	1.61	41
6	Salisbury	34	17	6	11	74	60	1.23	40
7	Portland United	34	18	3	13	71	63	1.13	39
8	Wells City	34	15	7	12	63	68	0.93	37
9	Bridgwater Town	34	15	6	13	72	76	0.95	36
10	Bideford Town	34	13	8	13	70	66	1.06	34
11	Dorchester Town	34	14	5	15	79	69	1.14	33
12	Chippenham United	34	13	6	15	60	63	0.95	32
13	Glastonbury	34	12	8	14	59	70	0.84	32
14	Street	34	12	8	14	55	69	0.8	32
15	Bath City Reserves	34	10	6	18	40	66	0.61	26
16	Ilfracombe Town	34	9	5	20	40	77	0.52	23
17	Stonehouse (R)	34	7	6	21	51	80	0.64	20
18	Clandown (R)	34	4	5	25	29	87	0.33	13

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Poole Town were promoted to Division One. Two new clubs joined:

• Paulton Rovers, relegated from Division One.
• Poole Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1928.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Bristol Rovers Colts (P)	34	24	6	4	89	43	2.07	54
2	Bristol City Colts (P)	34	22	6	6	87	39	2.23	50
3	Frome Town	34	21	7	6	99	50	1.98	49
4	Chippenham Town Reserves	34	18	9	7	87	58	1.5	45
5	Welton Rovers	34	16	6	12	54	53	1.02	38
6	Cinderford Town	34	15	7	12	82	72	1.14	37
7	Poole Town Reserves	34	15	5	14	79	61	1.29	35
8	Weston-super-Mare	34	14	7	13	89	70	1.27	35
9	Trowbridge Town Reserves	34	12	9	13	90	88	1.02	33
10	Gloucester City Reserves	34	13	7	14	89	96	0.93	33
11	Hoffman Athletic	34	13	5	16	74	61	1.21	31
12	Yeovil Town Reserves	34	12	7	15	90	89	1.01	31
13	Paulton Rovers	34	12	7	15	69	84	0.82	31
14	Minehead	34	11	6	17	62	78	0.79	28
15	Clevedon	34	11	4	19	77	101	0.76	26
16	Radstock Town	34	10	4	20	71	107	0.66	24
17	Peasedown Miners Welfare	34	8	5	21	56	133	0.42	21
18	Stonehouse Reserves	34	4	3	27	45	102	0.44	11	Left at the end of the season

^{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.}

^{3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.}