The 1947–48 season was the 46th in the history of the
Western Football League
The Western Football League is a association football, football league in South West England, covering Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, western Dorset, parts of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The league's current main sponsor is Jewson, so it ...
.
The champions for the third time in their history and for the second consecutive season were
Trowbridge Town
Trowbridge Town Football Club is a football club based in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. They compete at Step 7 in the and play at Woodmarsh, on the southern edge of the town.
History
A Trowbridge Town team was originally formed in 1880 and ...
, and the winners of Division Two were new club
Salisbury
Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...
, formed after the previous Salisbury club disbanded.
[Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006]
Two games in each division were left unplayed at the end of the season, and were ignored.
Division One
Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Frome Town and Welton Rovers, who were relegated to Division Two.
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Clandown, champions of Division Two
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Soundwell, runners-up in Division Two
Division Two
Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Clandown and Soundwell were promoted to Division One, and
Thorney Pitts disbanded. Eight new clubs joined:
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Cheltenham Town
Cheltenham Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1887, ...
Reserves
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Dorchester Town
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Frome Town, relegated from Division One.
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National Smelting Company
The National Smelting Company was a nationalised zinc smelting company in Avonmouth, England. It was established by Minister of Munitions Winston Churchill to produce mustard gas during World War I.
After World War I, it was bought by private bus ...
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Salisbury
Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...
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Stonehouse
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Welton Rovers, relegated from Division One.
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Weymouth, rejoining after leaving the league in 1939.
References
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