The 1946–47 season was the 45th in the history of the
Western Football League.
The league was again split into two divisions for the first time since the
1938–39 season, with seventeen new clubs having joined. The champions for the second time in their history were
Trowbridge Town
Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They are currently champions of the and play at The Daykin Estates Ground, Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town.
History
A Trowbridge Town team ...
, and the winners of Division Two were
Clandown
Clandown is a village lying north of Radstock in Somerset, England, just off the Fosseway. It is north of Radstock. The nearby Bowlditch Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
History
Clandown was formerly a mi ...
. A system of automatic promotion and relegation was introduced for the first time, and due to the
severe winter, several fixtures were not fulfilled and the season was abandoned on 5 June 1947.
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Division One
Division One consisted of eighteen clubs: eleven from the previous season's single division were joined by seven new clubs. All had been members of the league before the war and had left in 1939, except for Bath City Reserves and Wells City, who had left in 1940.
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Bath City Reserves
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Frome Town
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Glastonbury
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Poole Town
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Portland United
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Street
A street is a public thoroughfare in a built environment. It is a public parcel of land adjoining buildings in an urban context, on which people may freely assemble, interact, and move about. A street can be as simple as a level patch of dirt, ...
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Wells City
Division Two
Division Two consisted of thirteen clubs: three from the previous season's single division (
Clandown
Clandown is a village lying north of Radstock in Somerset, England, just off the Fosseway. It is north of Radstock. The nearby Bowlditch Quarry is a 0.25 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest.
History
Clandown was formerly a mi ...
,
Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
People
* Douglas (given name)
* Douglas (surname)
Animals
*Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking
*Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...
and
Soundwell
Soundwell, Bristol is a suburb of Bristol, England in the South Gloucestershire District. It is situated between Kingswood and Staple Hill.
Located centrally in the parish is St. Stephen's Anglican Church and St. Stephen's CofE junior school wi ...
) were joined by ten new clubs:
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B.A.C. Reserves
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Chippenham Town
Chippenham Town Football Club is a semi-professional football club club based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. They are currently members of and play their games at Hardenhuish Park.
History
The club states it was established in 1873, Reserves
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Cinderford Town
Cinderford Town Association Football Club is a football club based in Cinderford in Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA, they are currently members of the and play at the Causeway Ground.
History
The modern ...
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Hoffman Athletic
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RAF Colerne
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RAF Locking
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RAF Melksham
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Swindon Town Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1937.
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Thorney Pitts
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Trowbridge Town
Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They are currently champions of the and play at The Daykin Estates Ground, Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town.
History
A Trowbridge Town team ...
Reserves, rejoining after leaving the league in 1894.
References
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