1952–53 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1952–53
ChampionsBarnstaple Town (Division One)
Chippenham Town Reserves (Division Two)

The 1952–53 season was the 51st in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Barnstaple Town, and the winners of Division Two were Chippenham Town Reserves, although they could not be promoted as the club's first team was already in Division One.[1]

Division One

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Division One was reduced from eighteen members to seventeen after Cheltenham Town Reserves left the league, with two clubs promoted to replace Bristol Rovers Colts and Poole Town who were relegated to Division Two.

Only one club was relegated from Division One this season in order to even up the numbers in each division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Relegation
1 Barnstaple Town 32 18 8 6 77 37 2.081 44
2 Street 32 19 6 7 89 43 2.070 44
3 Trowbridge Town 32 17 7 8 76 48 1.583 41
4 Bideford Town 32 13 13 6 79 52 1.519 39
5 Chippenham Town 32 17 3 12 84 58 1.448 37
6 Weymouth Reserves 32 16 5 11 75 58 1.293 37
7 Chippenham United 32 15 5 12 62 62 1.000 35
8 Salisbury 32 11 10 11 60 65 0.923 32
9 Glastonbury 32 15 1 16 61 49 1.245 31
10 Bath City Reserves 32 10 11 11 64 63 1.016 31
11 Stonehouse 32 11 8 13 57 58 0.983 30
12 Portland United 32 11 8 13 66 77 0.857 30
13 Bridgwater Town 32 12 4 16 58 73 0.795 28
14 Wells City 32 9 6 17 52 71 0.732 24
15 Clandown 32 7 9 16 40 74 0.541 23
16 Dorchester Town 32 8 5 19 46 74 0.622 21
17 Paulton Rovers (R) 32 6 5 21 42 126 0.333 17 Relegated to Division Two
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Division Two

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Division Two was reduced from nineteen clubs to eighteen after Bideford Town and Bridgwater Town were promoted to Division One, and Chipping Sodbury and Swindon Town Colts left the league. Three new clubs joined:

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion
1 Chippenham Town Reserves[a] 34 24 4 6 99 51 1.941 52
2 Ilfracombe Town (P) 34 20 11 3 67 28 2.393 51 Promoted to Division One
3 Poole Town (P) 34 21 7 6 97 42 2.310 49
4 Peasedown Miners Welfare 34 19 3 12 76 63 1.206 41
5 Minehead 34 15 8 11 81 53 1.528 38
6 Clevedon 34 17 3 14 82 92 0.891 37
7 Cinderford Town 34 15 6 13 77 50 1.540 36
8 Bristol City Colts 34 14 6 14 75 56 1.339 34
9 Bristol Rovers Colts 34 12 9 13 74 54 1.370 33
10 Frome Town 34 13 6 15 66 66 1.000 32
11 Yeovil Town Reserves 34 13 5 16 83 78 1.064 31
12 Gloucester City Reserves 34 11 6 17 81 97 0.835 28
13 Radstock Town 34 11 6 17 74 102 0.725 28
14 Trowbridge Town Reserves 34 11 4 19 70 89 0.787 26
15 Stonehouse Reserves 34 10 6 18 68 107 0.636 26
16 Welton Rovers 34 10 6 18 53 98 0.541 26
17 Weston-super-Mare 34 10 4 20 65 113 0.575 24
18 Hoffman Athletic 34 8 4 22 60 109 0.550 20
Source: [citation needed]
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. ^ Chippenham Town Reserves could not be promoted as the club's first team was already in Division One.[1]

References

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