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	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GAv¹	Pts²
1	Bristol Rovers Reserves	26	17	6	3	120	46	2.61	40
2	Chippenham Town	26	15	4	7	84	41	2.05	34
3	Trowbridge Town	26	16	2	8	114	62	1.84	34
4	Peasedown Miners Welfare	26	13	8	5	75	44	1.7	34
5	Yeovil Town Reserves	26	12	5	9	66	58	1.14	29
6	Douglas	26	12	3	11	82	84	0.98	27
7	Bristol City Reserves	26	10	6	10	90	68	1.32	26
8	Clevedon	26	11	2	13	80	102	0.78	24
9	Bristol Aeroplane Company	26	10	4	12	62	81	0.76	24
10	Paulton Rovers	26	10	3	13	67	93	0.72	23
11	Clandown	26	10	2	14	58	66	0.88	22
12	Radstock Town	26	9	2	15	65	82	0.79	20
13	Soundwell	26	6	3	17	67	132	0.51	15
14	Welton Rovers	26	4	4	18	44	115	0.38	12

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 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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