1957–58 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1957–58
Champions	Salisbury (Division One) Poole Town Reserves (Division Two)
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The 1957–58 season was the 56th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Salisbury, and the winners of Division Two were Poole Town Reserves.

Final tables

Division One

Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Wells City were relegated the previous season, Poole Town joined the Southern League, and two clubs joined:

• Cinderford Town, champions of Division Two
• Minehead, fourth in Division Two

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Salisbury	36	18	11	7	55	30	1.83	47
2	Bridgwater Town	36	20	5	11	78	53	1.47	45
3	Dorchester Town	36	19	6	11	87	57	1.53	44
4	Barnstaple Town	36	17	7	12	83	48	1.73	41
5	Trowbridge Town	36	15	11	10	80	61	1.31	41	Joined the Southern League
6	Bristol Rovers Colts	36	16	8	12	80	74	1.08	40
7	Torquay United Reserves	36	15	9	12	70	56	1.25	39
8	Bristol City Colts	36	16	7	13	70	59	1.19	39
9	Minehead	36	16	5	15	68	76	0.89	37
10	Frome Town	36	16	5	15	66	77	0.86	37
11	Cinderford Town	36	17	2	17	72	70	1.03	36
12	Taunton Town	36	11	13	12	48	55	0.87	35
13	Bideford Town	36	14	5	17	62	55	1.13	33
14	Weymouth Reserves	36	13	7	16	89	85	1.05	33
15	Chippenham Town	36	13	7	16	71	74	0.96	33
16	Glastonbury	36	12	7	17	50	79	0.63	31
17	Yeovil Town Reserves	36	13	4	19	66	92	0.72	30
18	Portland United	36	12	3	21	58	80	0.72	27
19	Chippenham United (R)	36	5	6	25	51	123	0.41	16

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Cinderford Town and Minehead were promoted to Division One, and two new clubs joined:

• Taunton Town Reserves
• Wells City, relegated from Division One.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Poole Town Reserves (P)	34	26	3	5	141	48	2.94	55
2	Gloucester City Reserves (P)	34	24	5	5	109	40	2.72	41
3	Weston-super-Mare	34	22	9	3	102	46	2.22	53
4	Dorchester Town Reserves	34	19	6	9	73	41	1.78	44
5	Welton Rovers	34	18	6	10	87	64	1.36	42
6	Trowbridge Town Reserves	34	19	3	12	88	69	1.27	41
7	Wells City	34	16	6	12	82	68	1.21	38
8	Street	34	13	7	14	60	73	0.82	33
9	Bath City Reserves	34	12	8	14	76	64	1.19	32
10	Peasedown Miners Welfare	34	13	6	15	75	98	0.76	32
11	Ilfracombe Town	34	13	3	18	84	99	0.85	29
12	Radstock Town	34	11	5	18	78	114	0.68	27
13	Clandown	34	10	7	17	52	78	0.67	27
14	Hoffman Athletic	34	9	5	20	55	85	0.65	23
15	Taunton Town Reserves	34	9	4	21	51	89	0.57	22
16	Paulton Rovers	34	7	7	20	59	98	0.6	21
17	Clevedon	34	9	2	23	67	112	0.6	20	Left at the end of the season
18	Stonehouse	34	8	4	22	62	115	0.54	20

^{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.}