1938–39 Western Football League

Football league season

Western Football LeagueSeason| 1938–39

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Champions| Lovells Athletic (Division One)
Trowbridge Town (Division Two)

← 1937–38

1939–40 →

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[edit]

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

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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[edit]

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

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Result

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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[edit]

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

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