1959–60 Western Football League
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The 1959–60 season was the 58th in the history of the
Western Football League The Western Football League is a association football, football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Jewson, so it ...
. The champions for the first time in their history were
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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.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006


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


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.


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