title: 1953–54 Western Football League
text: # 1953–54 Western Football League
  
  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.
  
  ## 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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Weymouth Reserves | 34 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 102 | 53 | 1.925 | 46 | |
  | 2 | Poole Town | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 73 | 49 | 1.490 | 44 | |
  | 3 | Trowbridge Town | 34 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 78 | 62 | 1.258 | 43 | |
  | 4 | Barnstaple Town | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 74 | 42 | 1.762 | 41 | |
  | 5 | Chippenham Town | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 79 | 49 | 1.612 | 41 | |
  | 6 | Salisbury | 34 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 74 | 60 | 1.233 | 40 | |
  | 7 | Portland United | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 71 | 63 | 1.127 | 39 | |
  | 8 | Wells City | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 63 | 68 | 0.926 | 37 | |
  | 9 | Bridgwater Town | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 72 | 76 | 0.947 | 36 | |
  | 10 | Bideford Town | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 70 | 66 | 1.061 | 34 | |
  | 11 | Dorchester Town | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 79 | 69 | 1.145 | 33 | |
  | 12 | Chippenham United | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 60 | 63 | 0.952 | 32 | |
  | 13 | Glastonbury | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 32 | |
  | 14 | Street | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 55 | 69 | 0.797 | 32 | |
  | 15 | Bath City Reserves | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 40 | 66 | 0.606 | 26 | |
  | 16 | Ilfracombe Town | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 40 | 77 | 0.519 | 23 | |
  | 17 | Stonehouse (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 51 | 80 | 0.638 | 20 | Relegated to Division Two |
  | 18 | Clandown (R) | 34 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 29 | 87 | 0.333 | 13 | 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:
  
  * Paulton Rovers, relegated from Division One.
  * Poole Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1928.
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Bristol Rovers Colts (P) | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 89 | 43 | 2.070 | 54 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 2 | Bristol City Colts (P) | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 87 | 39 | 2.231 | 50 | Promoted to Division One |
  | 3 | Frome Town | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 99 | 50 | 1.980 | 49 | |
  | 4 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 45 | |
  | 5 | Welton Rovers | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 54 | 53 | 1.019 | 38 | |
  | 6 | Cinderford Town | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 82 | 72 | 1.139 | 37 | |
  | 7 | Poole Town Reserves | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 79 | 61 | 1.295 | 35 | |
  | 8 | Weston-super-Mare | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 89 | 70 | 1.271 | 35 | |
  | 9 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 90 | 88 | 1.023 | 33 | |
  | 10 | Gloucester City Reserves | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 85 | 96 | 0.885 | 33 | |
  | 11 | Hoffman Athletic | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 74 | 61 | 1.213 | 31 | |
  | 12 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 90 | 89 | 1.011 | 31 | |
  | 13 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 69 | 84 | 0.821 | 31 | |
  | 14 | Minehead | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 62 | 78 | 0.795 | 28 | |
  | 15 | Clevedon | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 77 | 101 | 0.762 | 26 | |
  | 16 | Radstock Town | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 71 | 107 | 0.664 | 24 | |
  | 17 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 56 | 133 | 0.421 | 21 | |
  | 18 | Stonehouse Reserves | 34 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 45 | 102 | 0.441 | 11 | Left at the end of the season |
  