1946–47 Western Football League
Season | 1946–47 |
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Champions | Trowbridge Town (Division One) Clandown (Division Two) |
← 1945–46 1947–48 → |
The 1946–47 season was the 45th in the history of the Western Football League.
The league was again split into two divisions for the first time since the 1938–39 season, with seventeen new clubs having joined. The champions for the second time in their history were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were Clandown. A system of automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first time, and due to the severe winter, several fixtures were not fulfilled and the season was abandoned on 5 June 1947.[1]
Final tables[]
Division One[]
Division One consisted of eighteen clubs: eleven from the previous season's single division were joined by seven new clubs. All had been members of the league before the war and had left in 1939, except for Bath City Reserves and Wells City, who had left in 1940.
- Bath City Reserves
- Frome Town
- Glastonbury
- Poole Town
- Portland United
- Street
- Wells City
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Trowbridge Town | 31 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 123 | 43 | 2.860 | 55 |
2 | Poole Town | 29 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 86 | 26 | 3.308 | 45 |
3 | Bristol Rovers Reserves | 31 | 19 | 4 | 8 | 96 | 53 | 1.811 | 42 |
4 | Chippenham Town | 31 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 115 | 68 | 1.691 | 42 |
5 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 30 | 16 | 4 | 10 | 85 | 56 | 1.518 | 36 |
6 | Clevedon | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 35 |
7 | Portland United | 31 | 14 | 4 | 13 | 92 | 69 | 1.333 | 32 |
8 | Street | 32 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 75 | 80 | 0.938 | 31 |
9 | Paulton Rovers | 31 | 13 | 3 | 15 | 79 | 110 | 0.718 | 29 |
10 | Glastonbury | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 56 | 68 | 0.824 | 27 |
11 | Bristol Aeroplane Company | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 72 | 87 | 0.828 | 27 |
12 | Wells City | 31 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 52 | 78 | 0.667 | 25 |
13 | Radstock Town | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 66 | 92 | 0.717 | 21 |
14 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 43 | 49 | 0.878 | 20 |
15 | Bristol City Reserves | 24 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 50 | 92 | 0.543 | 15 |
16 | Bath City Reserves | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 72 | 0.472 | 14 |
17 | Frome Town (R) | 29 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 45 | 129 | 0.349 | 11 |
18 | Welton Rovers (R) | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 72 | 0.556 | 7 |
(R) Relegated
Division Two[]
Division Two consisted of thirteen clubs: three from the previous season's single division (Clandown, Douglas and Soundwell) were joined by ten new clubs:
- B.A.C. Reserves
- Chippenham Town Reserves
- Cinderford Town
- Hoffman Athletic
- Swindon Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1937.
- Trowbridge Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1894.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Clandown (P) | 23 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 130 | 33 | 3.939 | 42[a] | |
2 | Soundwell (P) | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 111 | 44 | 2.523 | 37 | |
3 | Douglas | 23 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 107 | 77 | 1.390 | 30 | |
4 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 82 | 50 | 1.640 | 29 | |
5 | Swindon Town Reserves | 24 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 91 | 77 | 1.182 | 25 | |
6 | Hoffman Athletic | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 62 | 37 | 1.676 | 24 | |
7 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 69 | 1.203 | 23 | ||
8 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 56 | 83 | 0.675 | 18 | ||
9 | Cinderford Town | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 58 | 60 | 0.967 | 17 | |
10 | B.A.C. Reserves | 23 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 50 | 76 | 0.658 | 15 | |
11 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 47 | 86 | 0.547 | 11 | |
12 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 99 | 0.485 | 9 | ||
13 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 158 | 0.152 | 2 | Disbanded at the end of the season |
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:
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
- Western Football League seasons
- 1946–47 in English football leagues