1945–46 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season	1945–46
Champions	Bristol Rovers Reserves
← 1939–40 1946–47 →

The 1945–46 season was the 44th in the history of the Western Football League.

This was the first season of the Western League since it was suspended at the end of the 1939–40 season due to World War II. The champions for the fifth time in their history were Bristol Rovers Reserves. For the following season, more clubs joined and the league was once again divided into two divisions.^[1]

Final Table

The league consisted of fourteen clubs: eight clubs continued from the 1939–40 season and they were joined by six new clubs:

Bristol Rovers Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1939.
Clandown, rejoining after leaving the league in 1922.
Clevedon, rejoining after leaving the league in 1914.
Douglas, rejoining after leaving the league in 1921.
Soundwell
Yeovil Town Reserves, rejoing after leaving the league in 1939 as Yeovil and Petters United Reserves.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	26	17	6	3	120	46	2.609	40
2	Chippenham Town	26	15	4	7	84	41	2.049	34
3	Trowbridge Town	26	16	2	8	114	62	1.839	34
4	Peasedown Miners Welfare	26	13	8	5	75	44	1.705	34
5	Yeovil Town Reserves	26	12	5	9	66	58	1.138	29
6	Douglas	26	12	3	11	82	84	0.976	27
7	Bristol City Reserves	26	10	6	10	90	68	1.324	26
8	Clevedon	26	11	2	13	80	102	0.784	24
9	Bristol Aeroplane Company	26	10	4	12	62	81	0.765	24
10	Paulton Rovers	26	10	3	13	67	93	0.720	23
11	Clandown	26	10	2	14	58	66	0.879	22
12	Radstock Town	26	9	2	15	65	82	0.793	20
13	Soundwell	26	6	3	17	67	132	0.508	15
14	Welton Rovers	26	4	4	18	44	115	0.383	12

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.

References

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

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Premier Division	Barnstaple Town Bridgwater United Brixham Buckland Athletic Clevedon Town Falmouth Town Helston Athletic Ilfracombe Town Millbrook Nailsea & Tickenham Oldland Abbotonians Saltash United Shepton Mallet St Blazey Street Torpoint Athletic Wellington Welton Rovers
Division One	AEK Boco Bishop Sutton Bitton Bradford Town Brislington Bristol Telephones Cadbury Heath Cheddar Cribbs Reserves Gillingham Town Hallen Hengrove Athletic Keynsham Town Longwell Green Sports Middlezoy Rovers Odd Down Portishead Town Radstock Town Shirehampton Warminster Town Wells City Wincanton Town

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