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1948–49 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1948–49
ChampionsGlastonbury (Division One)
Chippenham United (Division Two)

The 1948–49 season was the 47th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Glastonbury, and the winners of Division Two were new club Chippenham United.[1]

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Radstock Town and Bristol Aeroplane Company, who were relegated to Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Glastonbury 34 24 6 4 93 50 1.860 54
2 Trowbridge Town 34 22 6 6 109 44 2.477 50
3 Weymouth 34 22 4 8 100 44 2.273 48 Joined the Southern League
4 Chippenham Town 34 19 5 10 94 50 1.880 43
5 Street 34 18 4 12 90 58 1.552 40
6 Salisbury 34 17 5 12 78 51 1.529 39
7 Bristol Rovers Colts 34 12 12 10 65 63 1.032 36
8 Paulton Rovers 34 13 6 15 57 64 0.891 32
9 Wells City 34 14 4 16 51 67 0.761 32
10 Bath City Reserves 34 14 4 16 63 92 0.685 32
11 Poole Town 34 13 5 16 59 65 0.908 31
12 Soundwell 34 13 5 16 76 100 0.760 31
13 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 12 3 19 54 81 0.667 27
14 Clandown 34 12 3 19 55 102 0.539 27
15 Portland United 34 11 4 19 51 70 0.729 26
16 Yeovil Town Reserves 34 7 12 15 61 81 0.753 26
17 Clevedon (R) 34 5 10 19 48 74 0.649 20 Relegated to Division Two
18 Bristol City Colts (R) 34 7 4 23 57 105 0.543 18
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Salisbury and Weymouth were promoted to Division One, and B.A.C. Reserves, RAF Colerne and RAF Locking left the league. Five new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Chippenham United (P) 34 29 3 2 145 35 4.143 61 Promoted to Division One
2 Cheltenham Town Reserves (P) 34 26 3 5 133 48 2.771 55
3 Welton Rovers 34 23 4 7 139 68 2.044 50
4 Radstock Town 34 21 5 8 107 64 1.672 47
5 Weston-super-Mare 34 21 5 8 101 63 1.603 47
6 Hoffman Athletic 34 20 2 12 88 41 2.146 42
7 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 17 5 12 124 75 1.653 39
8 Frome Town 34 16 4 14 85 73 1.164 36
9 Cinderford Town 34 13 6 15 82 103 0.796 32
10 Dorchester Town 34 13 5 16 78 96 0.813 31
11 Barnstaple Town 34 13 3 18 94 88 1.068 29
12 Douglas 34 14 1 19 77 112 0.688 29
13 Chippenham Town Reserves 34 11 4 19 81 89 0.910 26
14 Swindon Town Reserves 34 10 6 18 78 107 0.729 26 Left at the end of the season
15 Stonehouse 34 11 2 21 71 102 0.696 24
16 Bristol Aeroplane Company 34 9 5 20 74 109 0.679 23
17 RAF Melksham 34 5 0 29 50 167 0.299 10 Left at the end of the season
18 National Smelting Company 34 2 1 31 42 209 0.201 5
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(P) Promoted

References

  1. ^ Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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