1951–52 Western Football League
# 1951–52 Western Football League

The 1951–52 season was the 50th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the first time in their history were Chippenham Town, and the winners of Division Two were Bideford Town.

## Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Yeovil Town Reserves and Peasedown Miners Welfare who were relegated to Division Two.

* Bath City Reserves, runners-up in Division Two
* Stonehouse, champions of Division Two

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Chippenham Town | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 103 | 41 | 2.512 | 50 | |
| 2 | Glastonbury | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 64 | 1.359 | 46 | |
| 3 | Barnstaple Town | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 42 | |
| 4 | Weymouth Reserves | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 84 | 54 | 1.556 | 41 | |
| 5 | Trowbridge Town | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 85 | 58 | 1.466 | 41 | |
| 6 | Stonehouse | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 82 | 61 | 1.344 | 37 | |
| 7 | Wells City | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 65 | 60 | 1.083 | 37 | |
| 8 | Bath City Reserves | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 36 | |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town Reserves | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 1.018 | 34 | Left at the end of the season |
| 10 | Street | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 34 | |
| 11 | Clandown | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 32 | |
| 12 | Salisbury | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 29 | |
| 13 | Dorchester Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 81 | 0.753 | 29 | |
| 14 | Chippenham United | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 28 | |
| 15 | Portland United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 73 | 0.671 | 26 | |
| 16 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 64 | 96 | 0.667 | 25 | |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers Colts (R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 75 | 0.613 | 23 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 18 | Poole Town (R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 106 | 0.472 | 22 | Relegated to Division Two |

## Division Two

Division Two was reduced from twenty clubs to nineteen, after Stonehouse and Bath City Reserves were promoted to Division One, and National Smelting Company and Soundwell left the league. Three new clubs joined:

* Gloucester City Reserves
* Peasedown Miners Welfare, relegated from Division One.
* Yeovil Town Reserves, relegated from Division One.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bideford Town (P) | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 179 | 55 | 3.255 | 61 | Promoted to Division One |
| 2 | Bridgwater Town (P) | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 126 | 38 | 3.316 | 57 | Promoted to Division One |
| 3 | Ilfracombe Town | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 106 | 50 | 2.120 | 54 | |
| 4 | Minehead | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 80 | 60 | 1.333 | 50 | |
| 5 | Gloucester City Reserves | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 107 | 73 | 1.466 | 43 | |
| 6 | Cinderford Town | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 95 | 69 | 1.377 | 42 | |
| 7 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 72 | 1.111 | 42 | |
| 8 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 41 | |
| 9 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 94 | 102 | 0.922 | 40 | |
| 10 | Frome Town | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 89 | 76 | 1.171 | 37 | |
| 11 | Clevedon | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 98 | 89 | 1.101 | 37 | |
| 12 | Radstock Town | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 108 | 103 | 1.049 | 36 | |
| 13 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 89 | 0.708 | 29 | |
| 14 | Hoffman Athletic | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 101 | 0.653 | 29 | |
| 15 | Welton Rovers | 36 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 73 | 116 | 0.629 | 24 | |
| 16 | Weston-super-Mare | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 42 | 115 | 0.365 | 19 | |
| 17 | Swindon Town Colts | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 54 | 120 | 0.450 | 18 | Left at the end of the season |
| 18 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 56 | 117 | 0.479 | 14 | |
| 19 | Chipping Sodbury | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 43 | 143 | 0.301 | 11 | Left at the end of the season |

* ↑ The tables as published at the time contained errors, hence the totals do not balance in some columns.
