1948–49 Western Football League

Western Football League

Season	1948–49
Champions	Glastonbury (Division One) Chippenham United (Division Two)
← 1947–48 1949–50 →

The 1948–49 season was the 47th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Glastonbury, and the winners of Division Two were new club Chippenham United.

Final tables

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Radstock Town and Bristol Aeroplane Company, who were relegated to Division Two.

• Salisbury, champions of Division Two
• Weymouth, runners-up in Division Two
• Bristol City and Bristol Rovers replaced their Reserve teams with their Colts.

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Glastonbury	34	24	6	4	93	50	1.86	54
2	Trowbridge Town	34	22	6	6	109	44	2.48	50
3	Weymouth	34	22	4	8	100	44	2.27	48	Joined the Southern League
4	Chippenham Town	34	19	5	10	94	50	1.88	43
5	Street	34	18	4	12	90	58	1.55	40
6	Salisbury	34	17	5	12	78	51	1.53	39
7	Bristol Rovers Colts	34	12	12	10	65	63	1.03	36
8	Paulton Rovers	34	13	6	15	57	64	0.89	32
9	Wells City	34	14	4	16	51	67	0.76	32
10	Bath City Reserves	34	14	4	16	63	92	0.68	32
11	Poole Town	34	13	5	16	59	65	0.91	31
12	Soundwell	34	13	5	16	76	100	0.76	31
13	Peasedown Miners Welfare	34	12	3	19	54	81	0.67	27
14	Clandown	34	12	3	19	55	102	0.54	27
15	Portland United	34	11	4	19	51	70	0.73	26
16	Yeovil Town Reserves	34	7	12	15	61	81	0.75	26
17	Clevedon (R)	34	5	10	19	48	74	0.65	20
18	Bristol City Colts (R)	34	7	4	23	57	105	0.54	18

Division Two

Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Salisbury and Weymouth were promoted to Division One, and B.A.C. Reserves, RAF Colerne and RAF Locking left the league. Five new clubs joined:

• Barnstaple Town
• Bristol Aeroplane Company, relegated from Division One.
• Chippenham United
• Radstock Town, relegated from Division One.
• Weston-super-Mare

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv1	Pts2	Notes
1	Chippenham United (P)	34	29	3	2	145	35	4.14	61
2	Cheltenham Town Reserves (P)	34	26	3	5	133	48	2.77	55
3	Welton Rovers	34	23	4	7	139	68	2.04	50
4	Radstock Town	34	21	5	8	107	64	1.67	47
5	Weston-super-Mare	34	21	5	8	101	63	1.6	47
6	Hoffman Athletic	34	20	2	12	88	41	2.15	42
7	Trowbridge Town Reserves	34	17	5	12	124	75	1.65	39
8	Frome Town	34	16	4	14	85	73	1.16	36
9	Cinderford Town	34	13	6	15	82	103	0.8	32
10	Dorchester Town	34	13	5	16	78	96	0.81	31
11	Barnstaple Town	34	13	3	18	94	88	1.07	29
12	Douglas	34	14	1	19	77	112	0.69	29
13	Chippenham Town Reserves	34	11	4	19	81	89	0.91	26
14	Swindon Town Reserves	34	10	6	18	78	107	0.73	26	Left at the end of the season
15	Stonehouse	34	11	2	21	71	102	0.7	24
16	Bristol Aeroplane Company	34	9	5	20	74	109	0.68	23
17	RAF Melksham	34	5	0	29	50	167	0.3	10	Left at the end of the season
18	National Smelting Company	34	2	1	31	42	209	0.2	5

^{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.}