Season | 1948–49 |
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Champions |
Glastonbury (Division One) Chippenham United (Division Two) |
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1947–48
1949–50 → |
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 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |