1946–47 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1946–47
Champions	Trowbridge Town (Division One) Clandown (Division Two)
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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.

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	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Trowbridge Town	31	27	1	3	123	43	2.86	55
2	Poole Town	29	20	5	4	86	26	3.31	45
3	Bristol Rovers Reserves	31	19	4	8	96	53	1.81	42
4	Chippenham Town	31	20	2	9	115	68	1.69	42
5	Yeovil Town Reserves	30	16	4	10	85	56	1.52	36
6	Clevedon	30	15	5	10	87	62	1.4	35
7	Portland United	31	14	4	13	92	69	1.33	32
8	Street	32	13	5	14	75	80	0.94	31
9	Paulton Rovers	31	13	3	15	79	110	0.72	29
10	Glastonbury	29	12	3	14	56	68	0.82	27
11	Bristol Aeroplane Company	29	12	3	14	72	87	0.83	27
12	Wells City	31	8	9	14	52	78	0.67	25
13	Radstock Town	29	9	3	17	66	92	0.72	21
14	Peasedown Miners Welfare	21	7	6	8	43	49	0.88	20
15	Bristol City Reserves	24	7	1	16	50	92	0.54	15
16	Bath City Reserves	26	5	4	17	34	72	0.47	14
17	Frome Town (R)	29	4	3	22	45	129	0.35	11
18	Welton Rovers (R)	20	2	3	15	40	72	0.55	7

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	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Clandown (P)	23	20	2	1	130	33	3.94	42
2	Soundwell (P)	24	17	3	4	111	44	2.52	37
3	Douglas	23	14	2	7	107	77	1.39	30
4	Trowbridge Town Reserves	22	13	3	6	82	50	1.64	29
5	Swindon Town Reserves	24	11	3	10	91	77	1.18	25
6	Hoffman Athletic	20	11	2	7	62	37	1.68	24
7	RAF Locking	21	11	1	9	83	69	1.2	23
8	RAF Melksham	23	7	4	12	56	83	0.67	18
9	Cinderford Town	21	7	3	11	58	60	0.97	17
10	B.A.C. Reserves	23	6	3	14	50	76	0.66	15
11	Chippenham Town Reserves	20	4	3	13	47	86	0.55	11
12	RAF Colerne	20	2	5	13	48	99	0.48	9
13	Thorney Pitts	18	1	0	17	24	158	0.15	2	Disbanded 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.}