The 1952–53 season was the 51st 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 Barnstaple Town, and the winners of Division Two were

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Reserves, although they could not be promoted as the club's first team was already in Division One.Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

Division One

Division One was reduced from eighteen members to seventeen after

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Reserves left the league, with two clubs promoted to replace Bristol Rovers Colts and Poole Town who were relegated to Division Two. * Bideford Town, champions of Division Two * Bridgwater Town, runners-up in Division Two Only one club was relegated from Division One this season in order to even up the numbers in each division.

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from nineteen clubs to eighteen after Bideford Town and Bridgwater Town were promoted to Division One, and

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and

Swindon Town Swindon Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. The team, known as the "Robins", currently compete in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded as Swindon A ...

Colts left the league. Three new clubs joined: *

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Colts, relegated from Division One. * Poole Town, relegated from Division One. * Stonehouse Reserves

References

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