1951–52 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season 1951–52
Champions Chippenham 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]

Final tables

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.

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Chippenham Town342347103412.5150
2Glastonbury34206887641.3646
3Barnstaple Town341861087621.442
4Weymouth Reserves341851184541.5541
5Trowbridge Town341931285581.4641
6Stonehouse341571282611.3437
7Wells City341213965601.0837
8Bath City Reserves341481253511.0436
9Cheltenham Town Reserves341381358551.0534Left at the end of the season
10Street341461465710.9134
11Clandown3411101363750.8432
12Salisbury341091562680.9129
13Dorchester Town341171661810.7529
14Chippenham United341081659700.8428
15Portland United34981749730.6726
16Paulton Rovers341051964960.6725
17Bristol Rovers Colts (R)346111746750.6123
18Poole Town (R)348620501060.4722

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:

PosClubPWDLGFGAGAv1Pts2Notes
1Bideford Town (P)362934179553.2561
2Bridgwater Town (P)362817126383.3257
3Ilfracombe Town362547106502.1254
4Minehead362421080601.3350
5Gloucester City Reserves3619512107731.4743
6Cinderford Town361861295691.3842
7Peasedown Miners Welfare361781180721.1142
8Bristol City Colts361771287581.541
9Yeovil Town Reserves3618414941020.9240
10Frome Town361571489761.1737
11Clevedon361651598891.137
12Radstock Town36172171081031.0536
13Chippenham Town Reserves361251963890.7129
14Hoffman Athletic3613320661010.6529
15Welton Rovers3611223731160.6324
16Weston-super-Mare367524421150.3619
17Swindon Town Colts367425541200.4518Left at the end of the season
18Trowbridge Town Reserves365427561170.4814
19Chipping Sodbury363528431430.311Left at the end of the season

1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.

2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.

3 The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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