1946–47 Western Football League
Football league season
| Season | 1946–47 |
|---|---|
| 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]
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 | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 | 82 | 0.805 | 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 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 18 | Welton Rovers (R) | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 40 | 72 | 0.556 | 7 |
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated
(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
- RAF Colerne
- RAF Locking
- RAF Melksham
- Swindon Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1937.
- Thorney Pitts
- 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] | Promoted to Division One |
| 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 | RAF Locking | 21 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 83 | 69 | 1.203 | 23 | |
| 8 | RAF Melksham | 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 | RAF Colerne | 20 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 48 | 99 | 0.485 | 9 | |
| 13 | Thorney Pitts | 18 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 24 | 158 | 0.152 | 2 | Disbanded 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:
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
- ^ a b Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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