1952–53_Western_Football_League

1952–53 Western Football League

1952–53 Western Football League

Football league season


The 1952–53 season was the 51st in the history of the Western Football League.

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The champions for the first time in their history were Barnstaple Town, and the winners of Division Two were Chippenham Town Reserves, although they could not be promoted as the club's first team was already in Division One.[1]

Division One

Division One was reduced from eighteen members to seventeen after Cheltenham Town Reserves left the league, with two clubs promoted to replace Bristol Rovers Colts and Poole Town who were relegated to Division Two.

Only one club was relegated from Division One this season in order to even up the numbers in each division.

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(R) Relegated

Division Two

Division Two was reduced from nineteen clubs to eighteen after Bideford Town and Bridgwater Town were promoted to Division One, and Chipping Sodbury and Swindon Town Colts left the league. Three new clubs joined:

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Rules for classification: The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season. The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Chippenham Town Reserves could not be promoted as the club's first team was already in Division One.[1]

References

  1. Robinson, Michael (ed.), Non-League Football Tables 1889–2006, Soccer Books, 2006

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