1947–48 Western Football League

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Season 1947–48
Champions Trowbridge Town (Division One) Salisbury (Division Two)

The 1947–48 season was the 46th in the history of the Western Football League.

The champions for the third time in their history and for the second consecutive season were Trowbridge Town, and the winners of Division Two were new club Salisbury, formed after the previous Salisbury club disbanded.

Two games in each division were left unplayed at the end of the season, and were ignored.

Division One

Division One remained at eighteen members with two clubs promoted to replace Frome Town and Welton Rovers, who were relegated to Division Two.

Clandown, champions of Division Two

Soundwell, runners-up in Division Two

Division Two

Division Two was increased from thirteen to eighteen clubs, after Clandown and Soundwell were promoted to Division One, and Thorney Pitts disbanded. Eight new clubs joined:

Cheltenham Town Reserves

Dorchester Town

Frome Town, relegated from Division One.

National Smelting Company

Salisbury

Stonehouse

Welton Rovers, relegated from Division One.

Weymouth, rejoining after leaving the league in 1939.

^{1 The system of using goal average to separate two teams tied on points was used up to and including the 1976–77 season.}

^{2 The points system: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 points for losing.}