1949–50 Western Football League

The 1949–50 season was the 48th in the history of the Western Football League.

Western Football League
Season1949–50
ChampionsWells City (Division One)
Barnstaple Town (Division Two)
Bideford Town (Division Three)

This was the first and only season in the history of the Western League in which it consisted of three divisions. Division Three was created largely from reserve sides of existing members, but was abandoned at the end of the season.

The champions for the first time in their history were Wells City, and the winners of Division Two were new club Barnstaple Town. Bideford Town won Division Three, only dropping one point.[1]

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Clevedon and Bristol City Colts, who were relegated to Division Two. Weymouth had moved up to the Southern League and were replaced in Division One by their Reserves.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Wells City 34 22 7 5 87 43 2.023 51
2 Poole Town 34 22 7 5 88 45 1.956 51
3 Glastonbury 34 23 4 7 78 38 2.053 50
4 Trowbridge Town 34 22 5 7 104 40 2.600 49
5 Cheltenham Town Reserves 34 21 4 9 91 58 1.569 46
6 Chippenham United 34 16 8 10 57 49 1.163 40
7 Bristol Rovers Colts 34 15 7 12 54 50 1.080 37
8 Chippenham Town 34 13 7 14 77 70 1.100 33
9 Street 34 12 9 13 71 75 0.947 33
10 Weymouth Reserves 34 13 5 16 67 49 1.367 31
11 Salisbury 34 14 3 17 64 66 0.970 31
12 Yeovil Town Reserves 34 13 5 16 55 102 0.539 31
13 Paulton Rovers 34 12 3 19 60 76 0.789 27
14 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 8 9 17 65 82 0.793 25
15 Portland United 34 8 6 20 44 74 0.595 22
16 Clandown 34 8 5 21 48 80 0.600 21
17 Soundwell (R) 34 6 6 22 61 116 0.526 18 Relegated to Division Two
18 Bath City Reserves (R) 34 5 6 23 45 103 0.437 16
Source:
(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs, after Cheltenham Town Reserves and Chippenham United were promoted to Division One, and RAF Melksham left the league. Three new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Barnstaple Town (P) 34 23 7 4 102 41 2.488 53 Promoted to Division One
2 Dorchester Town (P) 34 21 8 5 96 51 1.882 50
3 Welton Rovers 34 20 7 7 81 63 1.286 47
4 Stonehouse 34 19 6 9 83 63 1.317 44
5 Bridgwater Town 34 17 8 9 86 49 1.755 42
6 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 17 8 9 81 53 1.528 42
7 Clevedon 34 18 6 10 92 61 1.508 42
8 Weston-super-Mare 34 16 9 9 86 73 1.178 41
9 Bristol City Colts 34 14 8 12 89 60 1.483 36
10 Cinderford Town 34 13 9 12 82 80 1.025 35
11 Chippenham Town Reserves 34 14 4 16 74 73 1.014 32
12 Frome Town 34 12 7 15 72 74 0.973 31
13 Radstock Town 34 10 7 17 72 98 0.735 27
14 National Smelting Company 34 8 9 17 69 99 0.697 25
15 Swindon Town Colts 34 9 3 22 58 89 0.652 21
16 Hoffman Athletic 34 4 13 17 33 69 0.478 21
17 Bristol Aeroplane Company 34 3 6 25 43 138 0.312 12 Left at the end of the season
18 Douglas 34 3 5 26 49 114 0.430 11
Source:
(P) Promoted

Division Three

Division Three consisted of eleven clubs, all of which were new to the Western League except Bristol Rovers "A", this side rejoining the league having left in 1939. Seven of the other ten clubs were reserve sides of clubs in Divisions One and Two.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Bideford Town (P) 20 19 1 0 103 20 5.150 39[lower-alpha 1] Promoted to Division Two
2 Ilfracombe Town (P) 20 16 0 4 74 37 2.000 32
3 Minehead (P) 20 11 5 4 49 30 1.633 27
4 Clevedon Reserves 20 9 7 4 50 41 1.220 25 Left at the end of the season
5 Chippenham United Reserves 20 8 2 10 45 48 0.938 18
6 Weston-super-Mare Reserves 20 7 3 10 44 64 0.688 17
7 Bristol Rovers "A" 20 5 6 9 36 43 0.837 16
8 Barnstaple Town Reserves 20 5 5 10 31 45 0.689 15
9 Welton Rovers Reserves 20 5 2 13 36 64 0.563 12
10 Bridgwater Town Reserves 20 5 1 14 38 62 0.613 11
11 Stonehouse Reserves 20 2 4 14 19 69 0.275 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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