# 1956–57 Western Football League

The 1956–57 season was the 55th in the history of the Western Football League.
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:
* Taunton Town, runners-up in Division Two
* Torquay United Reserves, champions of Division Two
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Poole Town | 36 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 115 | 48 | 2.396 | 56 | Joined the Southern League |
| 2 | Trowbridge Town | 36 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 83 | 55 | 1.509 | 47 | |
| 3 | Salisbury | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 98 | 60 | 1.633 | 45 | |
| 4 | Torquay United Reserves | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 91 | 55 | 1.655 | 44 | |
| 5 | Portland United | 36 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 84 | 64 | 1.313 | 44 | |
| 6 | Bridgwater Town | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 58 | 54 | 1.074 | 41 | |
| 7 | Dorchester Town | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 83 | 70 | 1.186 | 39 | |
| 8 | Chippenham Town | 36 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 77 | 67 | 1.149 | 39 | |
| 9 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 79 | 73 | 1.082 | 38 | |
| 10 | Glastonbury | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 82 | 102 | 0.804 | 35 | |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 67 | 90 | 0.744 | 34 | |
| 12 | Weymouth Reserves | 36 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 87 | 94 | 0.926 | 33 | |
| 13 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 76 | 70 | 1.086 | 32 | |
| 14 | Bideford Town | 36 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 70 | 71 | 0.986 | 32 | |
| 15 | Taunton Town | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 59 | 71 | 0.831 | 31 | |
| 16 | Chippenham United | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 80 | 97 | 0.825 | 30 | |
| 17 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 13 | 4 | 19 | 58 | 74 | 0.784 | 30 | |
| 18 | Frome Town | 36 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 46 | 91 | 0.505 | 22 | |
| 19 | Wells City (R) | 36 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 46 | 133 | 0.346 | 12 | Relegated to Division Two |

## 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:
* Bath City Reserves, rejoining the league after leaving Division One in 1955.
* Dorchester Town Reserves
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cinderford Town (P) | 34 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 114 | 31 | 3.677 | 58 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 34 | 25 | 4 | 5 | 112 | 35 | 3.200 | 54 | |
| 3 | Poole Town Reserves | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 87 | 39 | 2.231 | 52 | |
| 4 | Minehead (P) | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 83 | 52 | 1.596 | 45 | Promoted to Division One |
| 5 | Dorchester Town Reserves | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 113 | 69 | 1.638 | 42 | |
| 6 | Gloucester City Reserves | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 81 | 50 | 1.620 | 41 | |
| 7 | Welton Rovers | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 87 | 74 | 1.176 | 39 | |
| 8 | Stonehouse | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 98 | 70 | 1.400 | 38 | |
| 9 | Bath City Reserves | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 91 | 82 | 1.110 | 38 | |
| 10 | Weston-super-Mare | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 68 | 80 | 0.850 | 29 | |
| 11 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 69 | 99 | 0.697 | 26 | |
| 12 | Hoffman Athletic | 34 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 92 | 0.565 | 26 | |
| 13 | Street | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 48 | 68 | 0.706 | 25 | |
| 14 | Clevedon | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 64 | 85 | 0.753 | 24 | |
| 15 | Ilfracombe Town | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 43 | 82 | 0.524 | 22 | |
| 16 | Radstock Town | 34 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 65 | 141 | 0.461 | 21 | |
| 17 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 50 | 111 | 0.450 | 17 | |
| 18 | Clandown | 34 | 6 | 3 | 25 | 49 | 114 | 0.430 | 15 | |