1950–51 Western Football League

The 1950–51 season was the 49th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1950–51
ChampionsGlastonbury (Division One)
Stonehouse (Division Two)

Division Three was scrapped after only one season, and the league reverted to the previous two-division format. The champions for the second time in their history were Glastonbury, and the winners of Division Two were Stonehouse.[1]

Final tables

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Soundwell and Bath City Reserves, who were relegated to Division Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts
1 Glastonbury 34 26 6 2 102 27 3.778 58
2 Wells City 34 22 9 3 83 39 2.128 53
3 Chippenham Town 34 18 8 8 86 48 1.792 44
4 Chippenham United 34 18 6 10 72 44 1.636 42
5 Trowbridge Town 34 17 7 10 83 49 1.694 41
6 Barnstaple Town 34 18 4 12 71 62 1.145 40
7 Poole Town 34 18 3 13 71 71 1.000 39
8 Salisbury 34 14 7 13 65 55 1.182 35
9 Dorchester Town 34 13 8 13 64 58 1.103 34
10 Street 34 13 8 13 74 69 1.072 34
11 Weymouth Reserves 34 13 6 15 54 56 0.964 32
12 Cheltenham Town Reserves 34 12 7 15 56 46 1.217 31
13 Bristol Rovers Colts 34 11 8 15 60 85 0.706 30
14 Clandown 34 10 9 15 49 58 0.845 29
15 Paulton Rovers 34 9 9 16 62 75 0.827 27
16 Portland United 34 6 7 21 56 112 0.500 19
17 Yeovil Town Reserves (R) 34 8 3 23 38 79 0.481 19
18 Peasedown Miners Welfare (R) 34 1 3 30 25 123 0.203 5
Source:
(R) Relegated.

Division Two

Division Two was increased from eighteen clubs to twenty, after Barnstaple Town and Dorchester Town were promoted to Division One, and Bristol Aeroplane Company and Douglas left the league. Six new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Stonehouse (P) 38 29 7 2 133 36 3.694 65[lower-alpha 1]
2 Bath City Reserves (P) 38 28 5 5 114 44 2.591 61
3 Bideford Town 38 27 6 5 158 54 2.926 60
4 Cinderford Town 38 21 12 5 112 51 2.196 54
5 Bridgwater Town 38 24 5 9 124 50 2.480 53
6 Ilfracombe Town 38 23 5 10 105 68 1.544 51
7 Clevedon 38 18 6 14 95 81 1.173 42
8 Welton Rovers 38 18 5 15 103 95 1.084 41
9 Minehead 38 16 8 14 73 74 0.986 40
10 Hoffman Athletic 38 16 4 18 74 66 1.121 36
11 Frome Town 38 12 10 16 81 102 0.794 34
12 Bristol City Colts 38 14 5 19 75 84 0.893 33
13 Radstock Town 38 11 9 18 85 112 0.759 31
14 Chippenham Town Reserves 38 12 6 20 83 115 0.722 30
15 Swindon Town Colts 38 10 9 19 88 95 0.926 29
16 Trowbridge Town Reserves 38 11 6 21 69 100 0.690 28
17 Chipping Sodbury 38 10 3 25 75 113 0.664 23
18 Weston-super-Mare 38 8 7 23 46 100 0.460 23
19 Soundwell 38 6 3 29 46 164 0.280 15 Left at the end of the season
20 National Smelting Company 38 3 2 33 50 184 0.272 8
Source:
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:
  1. The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.[1]

References
  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006
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