Season 1956–57 | ||
Champions Poole Town (Division One)
Cinderford Town (Division Two) | ||
The 1956–57 season was the 55th in the history of the Western Football League.
Contents
The champions for the first time in their history were Poole Town, and the winners of Division Two were Cinderford Town.
Division One
Division One was increased from seventeen to nineteen clubs after no clubs were relegated the previous season. Two clubs joined:
Division Two
Division Two was reduced from twenty to eighteen clubs after Taunton Town and Torquay United Reserves were promoted to Division One, Chippenham Town Reserves and Frome Town Reserves left the league, and no clubs were relegated from 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.