# 1959–60 Western Football League

The 1959–60 season was the 58th in the history of the Western Football League.
The champions for the first time in their history were Torquay United Reserves, and the winners of Division Two were Welton Rovers. This season was the last to feature two divisions until 1976–77; many clubs left the league at the end of the season and the league was reduced to one division for 1960–61.

## Division One

Division One remained at nineteen clubs after Frome Town were relegated the previous season, Cinderford Town left, and two clubs joined:
* Bath City Reserves, champions of Division Two
* Trowbridge Town Reserves, runners-up in Division Two
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Torquay United Reserves | 36 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 132 | 40 | 3.300 | 63 | |
| 2 | Salisbury | 36 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 85 | 43 | 1.977 | 47 | |
| 3 | Chippenham Town | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 70 | 56 | 1.250 | 42 | |
| 4 | Bridgwater Town | 36 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 79 | 62 | 1.274 | 41 | |
| 5 | Weymouth Reserves | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 72 | 58 | 1.241 | 40 | |
| 6 | Portland United | 36 | 17 | 6 | 13 | 61 | 68 | 0.897 | 40 | |
| 7 | Bideford Town | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 61 | 62 | 0.984 | 38 | |
| 8 | Bath City Reserves | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 63 | 61 | 1.033 | 37 | |
| 9 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 17 | 3 | 16 | 74 | 77 | 0.961 | 37 | |
| 10 | Poole Town Reserves | 36 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 73 | 66 | 1.106 | 36 | |
| 11 | Dorchester Town | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 87 | 88 | 0.989 | 36 | |
| 12 | Minehead | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 68 | 72 | 0.944 | 35 | |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 79 | 80 | 0.988 | 34 | |
| 14 | Glastonbury | 36 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 78 | 0.846 | 32 | |
| 15 | Barnstaple Town | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 50 | 65 | 0.769 | 31 | |
| 16 | Taunton Town | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 67 | 96 | 0.698 | 29 | |
| 17 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 12 | 4 | 20 | 65 | 82 | 0.793 | 28 | |
| 18 | Gloucester City Reserves | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 49 | 92 | 0.533 | 22 | Left at the end of the season |
| 19 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 36 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 91 | 0.396 | 16 | |

## Division Two

Division Two was reduced from seventeen clubs to fourteen after Bath City Reserves and Trowbridge Town Reserves were promoted to Division One, Hoffman Athletic and Ilfracombe Town left, and one new club joined:
* Frome Town, relegated from Division One.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Welton Rovers (P) | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 95 | 40 | 2.375 | 42 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Stonehouse | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 43 | 1.814 | 38 | Left at the end of the season |
| 3 | Weston-super-Mare (P) | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 100 | 42 | 2.381 | 36 | Promoted to Division One |
| 4 | Frome Town | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 38 | 1.658 | 33 | Left at the end of the season |
| 5 | Chippenham United | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 64 | 52 | 1.231 | 30 | Left at the end of the season |
| 6 | Clandown | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 48 | 43 | 1.116 | 27 | Left at the end of the season |
| 7 | Paulton Rovers | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 27 | Left at the end of the season |
| 8 | Radstock Town | 26 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 62 | 0.774 | 27 | Left at the end of the season |
| 9 | Street | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 48 | 53 | 0.906 | 25 | Left at the end of the season |
| 10 | Wells City | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 73 | 0.616 | 21 | Left at the end of the season |
| 11 | Bridgwater Town Reserves | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 58 | 64 | 0.906 | 20 | Left at the end of the season |
| 12 | Taunton Town Reserves | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 43 | 59 | 0.729 | 17 | Left at the end of the season |
| 13 | Dorchester Town Reserves | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 43 | 82 | 0.524 | 15 | Left at the end of the season |
| 14 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 38 | 114 | 0.333 | 6 | Left at the end of the season |