| Season | 1950–51 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Glastonbury (Division One) Stonehouse (Division Two) |
1951–52 → | |
The1950–51 season was the 49th in the history of theWestern Football League.
Division Three was scrapped after only one season, and the league reverted to the previous two-division format. The champions for the second time in their history wereGlastonbury, and the winners of Division Two wereStonehouse.[1]
Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Soundwell and Bath City Reserves, who were relegated to Division Two.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glastonbury | 34 | 26 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 27 | 3.778 | 58 | |
| 2 | Wells City | 34 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 83 | 39 | 2.128 | 53 | |
| 3 | Chippenham Town | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 86 | 48 | 1.792 | 44 | |
| 4 | Chippenham United | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 72 | 44 | 1.636 | 42 | |
| 5 | Trowbridge Town | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 83 | 49 | 1.694 | 41 | |
| 6 | Barnstaple Town | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 71 | 62 | 1.145 | 40 | |
| 7 | Poole Town | 34 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 71 | 71 | 1.000 | 39 | |
| 8 | Salisbury | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 65 | 55 | 1.182 | 35 | |
| 9 | Dorchester Town | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 64 | 58 | 1.103 | 34 | |
| 10 | Street | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 74 | 69 | 1.072 | 34 | |
| 11 | Weymouth Reserves | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 54 | 56 | 0.964 | 32 | |
| 12 | Cheltenham Town Reserves | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 56 | 61 | 0.918 | 31 | |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers Colts | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 85 | 0.706 | 30 | |
| 14 | Clandown | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 49 | 58 | 0.845 | 29 | |
| 15 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 62 | 75 | 0.827 | 27 | |
| 16 | Portland United | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 56 | 112 | 0.500 | 19 | |
| 17 | Yeovil Town Reserves(R) | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 38 | 79 | 0.481 | 19 | Relegated toDivision Two |
| 18 | Peasedown Miners Welfare(R) | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 25 | 123 | 0.203 | 5 |
Division Two was increased from eighteen clubs to twenty, after Barnstaple Town and Dorchester Town were promoted to Division One, andBristol Aeroplane Company andDouglas left the league. Six new clubs joined:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stonehouse(P) | 38 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 133 | 36 | 3.694 | 65 | Promoted toDivision One |
| 2 | Bath City Reserves(P) | 38 | 28 | 5 | 5 | 114 | 44 | 2.591 | 61 | |
| 3 | Bideford Town | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 158 | 54 | 2.926 | 60 | |
| 4 | Cinderford Town | 38 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 112 | 51 | 2.196 | 54 | |
| 5 | Bridgwater Town | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 124 | 50 | 2.480 | 53 | |
| 6 | Ilfracombe Town | 38 | 23 | 5 | 10 | 105 | 68 | 1.544 | 51 | |
| 7 | Clevedon | 38 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 95 | 81 | 1.173 | 42 | |
| 8 | Welton Rovers | 38 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 103 | 95 | 1.084 | 41 | |
| 9 | Hoffman Athletic | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 74 | 66 | 1.121 | 40 | |
| 10 | Minehead | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 73 | 74 | 0.986 | 40 | |
| 11 | Frome Town | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 81 | 102 | 0.794 | 34 | |
| 12 | Bristol City Colts | 38 | 14 | 5 | 19 | 75 | 84 | 0.893 | 33 | |
| 13 | Radstock Town | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 85 | 112 | 0.759 | 31 | |
| 14 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 38 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 83 | 115 | 0.722 | 30 | |
| 15 | Swindon Town Colts | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 88 | 95 | 0.926 | 29 | |
| 16 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 69 | 100 | 0.690 | 28 | |
| 17 | Chipping Sodbury | 38 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 75 | 113 | 0.664 | 23 | |
| 18 | Weston-super-Mare | 38 | 8 | 7 | 23 | 46 | 100 | 0.460 | 23 | |
| 19 | Soundwell | 38 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 46 | 165 | 0.279 | 14 | Left at the end of the season |
| 20 | National Smelting Company | 38 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 50 | 184 | 0.272 | 8 |