| Season | 1951–52 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Chippenham Town (Division One) Bideford Town (Division Two) |
1952–53 → | |
The1951–52 season was the 50th in the history of theWestern Football League.
The champions for the first time in their history wereChippenham Town, and the winners of Division Two wereBideford Town.[1]
Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Yeovil Town Reserves and Peasedown Miners Welfare who were relegated to Division Two.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chippenham Town | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 103 | 41 | 2.512 | 50 | |
| 2 | Glastonbury | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 87 | 64 | 1.359 | 46 | |
| 3 | Barnstaple Town | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 87 | 62 | 1.403 | 42 | |
| 4 | Weymouth Reserves | 34 | 18 | 5 | 11 | 84 | 54 | 1.556 | 41 | |
| 5 | Trowbridge Town | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 85 | 58 | 1.466 | 41 | |
| 6 | Stonehouse | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 82 | 61 | 1.344 | 37 | |
| 7 | Wells City | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 65 | 60 | 1.083 | 37 | |
| 8 | Bath City Reserves | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 51 | 1.039 | 36 | |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town Reserves | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 1.018 | 34 | Left at the end of the season |
| 10 | Street | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 65 | 71 | 0.915 | 34 | |
| 11 | Clandown | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 75 | 0.840 | 32 | |
| 12 | Salisbury | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 62 | 68 | 0.912 | 29 | |
| 13 | Dorchester Town | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 61 | 81 | 0.753 | 29 | |
| 14 | Chippenham United | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 70 | 0.843 | 28 | |
| 15 | Portland United | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 73 | 0.671 | 26 | |
| 16 | Paulton Rovers | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 64 | 96 | 0.667 | 25 | |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers Colts(R) | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 46 | 75 | 0.613 | 23 | Relegated toDivision Two |
| 18 | Poole Town(R) | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 50 | 106 | 0.472 | 22 |
Division Two was reduced from twenty clubs to nineteen, after Stonehouse and Bath City Reserves were promoted to Division One, andNational Smelting Company andSoundwell left the league. Three new clubs joined:
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bideford Town(P) | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 179 | 55 | 3.255 | 61[a] | Promoted toDivision One |
| 2 | Bridgwater Town(P) | 36 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 126 | 38 | 3.316 | 57 | |
| 3 | Ilfracombe Town | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 106 | 50 | 2.120 | 54 | |
| 4 | Minehead | 36 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 80 | 60 | 1.333 | 50 | |
| 5 | Gloucester City Reserves | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 107 | 73 | 1.466 | 43 | |
| 6 | Cinderford Town | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 95 | 69 | 1.377 | 42 | |
| 7 | Peasedown Miners Welfare | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 80 | 72 | 1.111 | 42 | |
| 8 | Bristol City Colts | 36 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 87 | 58 | 1.500 | 41 | |
| 9 | Yeovil Town Reserves | 36 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 94 | 102 | 0.922 | 40 | |
| 10 | Frome Town | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 89 | 76 | 1.171 | 37 | |
| 11 | Clevedon | 36 | 16 | 5 | 15 | 98 | 89 | 1.101 | 37 | |
| 12 | Radstock Town | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 108 | 103 | 1.049 | 36 | |
| 13 | Chippenham Town Reserves | 36 | 12 | 5 | 19 | 63 | 89 | 0.708 | 29 | |
| 14 | Hoffman Athletic | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 66 | 101 | 0.653 | 29 | |
| 15 | Welton Rovers | 36 | 11 | 2 | 23 | 73 | 116 | 0.629 | 24 | |
| 16 | Weston-super-Mare | 36 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 42 | 115 | 0.365 | 19 | |
| 17 | Swindon Town Colts | 36 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 54 | 120 | 0.450 | 18 | Left at the end of the season |
| 18 | Trowbridge Town Reserves | 36 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 56 | 117 | 0.479 | 14 | |
| 19 | Chipping Sodbury | 36 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 43 | 143 | 0.301 | 11 | Left at the end of the season |