1951–52 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1951–52
Champions	Chippenham Town (Division One) Bideford Town (Division Two)
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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.

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.

• Bath City Reserves, runners-up in Division Two
• Stonehouse, champions of Division Two

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Chippenham Town	34	23	4	7	103	41	2.51	50
2	Glastonbury	34	20	6	8	87	64	1.36	46
3	Barnstaple Town	34	18	6	10	87	62	1.4	42
4	Weymouth Reserves	34	18	5	11	84	54	1.55	41
5	Trowbridge Town	34	19	3	12	85	58	1.46	41
6	Stonehouse	34	15	7	12	82	61	1.34	37
7	Wells City	34	12	13	9	65	60	1.08	37
8	Bath City Reserves	34	14	8	12	53	51	1.04	36
9	Cheltenham Town Reserves	34	13	8	13	58	55	1.05	34	Left at the end of the season
10	Street	34	14	6	14	65	71	0.91	34
11	Clandown	34	11	10	13	63	75	0.84	32
12	Salisbury	34	10	9	15	62	68	0.91	29
13	Dorchester Town	34	11	7	16	61	81	0.75	29
14	Chippenham United	34	10	8	16	59	70	0.84	28
15	Portland United	34	9	8	17	49	73	0.67	26
16	Paulton Rovers	34	10	5	19	64	96	0.67	25
17	Bristol Rovers Colts (R)	34	6	11	17	46	75	0.61	23
18	Poole Town (R)	34	8	6	20	50	106	0.47	22

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:

• Gloucester City Reserves
• Peasedown Miners Welfare, relegated from Division One.
• Yeovil Town Reserves, relegated from Division One.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Bideford Town (P)	36	29	3	4	179	55	3.25	61
2	Bridgwater Town (P)	36	28	1	7	126	38	3.32	57
3	Ilfracombe Town	36	25	4	7	106	50	2.12	54
4	Minehead	36	24	2	10	80	60	1.33	50
5	Gloucester City Reserves	36	19	5	12	107	73	1.47	43
6	Cinderford Town	36	18	6	12	95	69	1.38	42
7	Peasedown Miners Welfare	36	17	8	11	80	72	1.11	42
8	Bristol City Colts	36	17	7	12	87	58	1.5	41
9	Yeovil Town Reserves	36	18	4	14	94	102	0.92	40
10	Frome Town	36	15	7	14	89	76	1.17	37
11	Clevedon	36	16	5	15	98	89	1.1	37
12	Radstock Town	36	17	2	17	108	103	1.05	36
13	Chippenham Town Reserves	36	12	5	19	63	89	0.71	29
14	Hoffman Athletic	36	13	3	20	66	101	0.65	29
15	Welton Rovers	36	11	2	23	73	116	0.63	24
16	Weston-super-Mare	36	7	5	24	42	115	0.36	19
17	Swindon Town Colts	36	7	4	25	54	120	0.45	18	Left at the end of the season
18	Trowbridge Town Reserves	36	5	4	27	56	117	0.48	14
19	Chipping Sodbury	36	3	5	28	43	143	0.3	11	Left 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.}