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1951–52 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1951–52
ChampionsChippenham Town (Division One)
Bideford Town (Division Two)

The 1951–52 season was the 50th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Chippenham Town, and the winners of Division Two were Bideford Town.[1]

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Yeovil Town Reserves and Peasedown Miners Welfare who were relegated to Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Chippenham Town 34 23 4 7 103 41 2.512 50
2 Glastonbury 34 20 6 8 87 64 1.359 46
3 Barnstaple Town 34 18 6 10 87 62 1.403 42
4 Weymouth Reserves 34 18 5 11 84 54 1.556 41
5 Trowbridge Town 34 19 3 12 85 58 1.466 41
6 Stonehouse 34 15 7 12 82 61 1.344 37
7 Wells City 34 12 13 9 65 60 1.083 37
8 Bath City Reserves 34 14 8 12 53 51 1.039 36
9 Cheltenham Town Reserves 34 13 8 13 56 55 1.018 34 Left at the end of the season
10 Street 34 14 6 14 65 71 0.915 34
11 Clandown 34 11 10 13 63 75 0.840 32
12 Salisbury 34 10 9 15 62 68 0.912 29
13 Dorchester Town 34 11 7 16 61 81 0.753 29
14 Chippenham United 34 10 8 16 59 70 0.843 28
15 Portland United 34 9 8 17 49 73 0.671 26
16 Paulton Rovers 34 10 5 19 64 96 0.667 25
17 Bristol Rovers Colts (R) 34 6 11 17 46 75 0.613 23 Relegated to Division Two
18 Poole Town (R) 34 8 6 20 50 106 0.472 22
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from twenty clubs to nineteen, after Stonehouse and Bath City Reserves were promoted to Division One, and National Smelting Company and Soundwell left the league. Three new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Bideford Town (P) 36 29 3 4 179 55 3.255 61[a] Promoted to Division One
2 Bridgwater Town (P) 36 28 1 7 126 38 3.316 57
3 Ilfracombe Town 36 25 4 7 106 50 2.120 54
4 Minehead 36 24 2 10 80 60 1.333 50
5 Gloucester City Reserves 36 19 5 12 107 73 1.466 43
6 Cinderford Town 36 18 6 12 95 69 1.377 42
7 Peasedown Miners Welfare 36 17 8 11 80 72 1.111 42
8 Bristol City Colts 36 17 7 12 87 58 1.500 41
9 Yeovil Town Reserves 36 18 4 14 94 102 0.922 40
10 Frome Town 36 15 7 14 89 76 1.171 37
11 Clevedon 36 16 5 15 98 89 1.101 37
12 Radstock Town 36 17 2 17 108 103 1.049 36
13 Chippenham Town Reserves 36 12 5 19 63 89 0.708 29
14 Hoffman Athletic 36 13 3 20 66 101 0.653 29
15 Welton Rovers 36 11 2 23 73 116 0.629 24
16 Weston-super-Mare 36 7 5 24 42 115 0.365 19
17 Swindon Town Colts 36 7 4 25 54 120 0.450 18 Left at the end of the season
18 Trowbridge Town Reserves 36 5 4 27 56 117 0.479 14
19 Chipping Sodbury 36 3 5 28 43 143 0.301 11 Left at the end of the season
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
Notes:
  1. ^ The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

References

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