1938–39 Western Football League

Western Football League
Season1938–39
ChampionsLovells Athletic (Division One)
Trowbridge Town (Division Two)

The 1938–39 season was the 42nd in the history of the Western Football League.

The Division One champions for the second time were Lovells Athletic, after finishing bottom the previous season. The winners of Division Two for the second consecutive season were Trowbridge Town. There was again no promotion or relegation between the two divisions this season, and the league was restructured before the 1939–40 season following the outbreak of World War II.[1]

Division One

Division One was increased from five to six clubs, with one new club joining:

  • Bath City, rejoining after leaving the league in 1936.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Lovells Athletic 10 7 2 1 27 14 1.929 16 Left at the end of the season
2 Yeovil and Petters United 10 6 2 2 32 20 1.600 14
3 Bristol City Reserves 10 4 1 5 24 24 1.000 9
4 Bath City Reserves 10 2 5 3 16 22 0.727 9 Left at the end of the season
5 Torquay United Reserves 10 2 4 4 14 17 0.824 8
6 Bristol Rovers Reserves 10 1 2 7 9 25 0.360 4
Source: [citation needed]

Division Two

Division Two remained at eighteen clubs with no clubs leaving or joining.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Result
1 Trowbridge Town 34 27 3 4 166 49 3.388 57
2 Yeovil and Petters United Reserves 34 22 4 8 112 66 1.697 48 Left at the end of the season
3 Street 34 21 5 8 93 57 1.632 47
4 Poole Town 34 21 4 9 106 67 1.582 46
5 Weymouth 34 19 5 10 105 51 2.059 43
6 Radstock Town 34 19 5 10 97 64 1.516 43
7 Portland United 34 18 4 12 107 64 1.672 40 Left at the end of the season
8 Bristol City "A" 34 17 6 11 87 58 1.500 40
9 Welton Rovers 34 14 4 16 64 118 0.542 32
10 Glastonbury 34 13 5 16 76 89 0.854 31
11 Frome Town 34 11 9 14 76 104 0.731 31 Left at the end of the season
12 Bath City Reserves 34 8 8 18 64 100 0.640 24
13 Wells City 34 10 3 21 63 104 0.606 23
14 Warminster Town 34 8 7 19 48 105 0.457 23 Left at the end of the season
15 Bristol Rovers "A" 34 9 4 21 58 92 0.630 22
16 Paulton Rovers 34 8 6 20 57 117 0.487 22
17 Salisbury City 34 7 7 20 50 93 0.538 21 Left at the end of the season
18 Chippenham Town 34 8 3 23 56 87 0.644 19
Source: [citation needed]
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.

References

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