Season 1953–54 | ||
Champions Weymouth Reserves (Division One)
Bristol Rovers Colts (Division Two) | ||
The 1953–54 season was the 52nd in the history of the Western Football League.
Contents
The champions for the first time in their history were Weymouth Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Bristol Rovers Colts.
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.
Division Two
Division Two remained at eighteen clubs after Ilfracombe Town and Poole Town were promoted to Division One. Two new clubs joined:
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.