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
Torquay United
Torquay United Football Club is a professional association football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the National League South, the sixth level of the English football league system. They have played their ho ...
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:
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Bath City Reserves, champions of Division Two
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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:
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Frome Town, relegated from Division One.
References
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