1946–47_Western_Football_League

1946–47 Western Football League

1946–47 Western Football League

Football league season

The 1946–47 season was the 45th in the history of the Western Football League.

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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.

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(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:

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