The 1948–49 season was the 47th 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 first time in their history were

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, and the winners of Division Two were new club Chippenham United.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Radstock Town and Bristol Aeroplane Company, who were relegated to Division Two. *

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, champions of Division Two * Weymouth, runners-up in Division Two *

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and

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replaced their Reserve teams with their Colts.

Division Two

Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Salisbury and Weymouth were promoted to Division One, and B.A.C. Reserves,

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and RAF Locking left the league. Five new clubs joined: * Barnstaple Town *

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, relegated from Division One. * Chippenham United * Radstock Town, relegated from Division One. *

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References

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