1950–51 Western Football League
# 1950–51 Western Football League

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

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.

## 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.

* Barnstaple Town, champions of Division Two
* Dorchester Town, runners-up in Division Two

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 | 61 | 0.918 | 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 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 18 | Peasedown Miners Welfare (R) | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 123 | 0.203 | 5 | Relegated to Division Two |

## 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:

* Bath City Reserves, relegated from Division One.
* Bideford Town, promoted as champions of Division Three.
* Chipping Sodbury
* Ilfracombe Town, promoted as runners-up of Division Three.
* Minehead, promoted as third-placed club in Division Three.
* Soundwell, relegated from Division One.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stonehouse (P) | 38 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 133 | 36 | 3.694 | 65 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Bath City Reserves (P) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 114 | 44 | 2.591 | 61 | Promoted to Division One |
| 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 | Hoffman Athletic | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 74 | 66 | 1.121 | 40 | |
| 10 | Minehead | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 74 | 0.986 | 40 | |
| 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 | 2 | 30 | 46 | 165 | 0.279 | 14 | Left at the end of the season |
| 20 | National Smelting Company | 38 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 50 | 184 | 0.272 | 8 | Left at the end of the season |
