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DeutschGreat Western Combination
| Founded | 1939 |
|---|---|
| Folded | 1964 |
| Country | England |
| Most championships | Ernest Turner's Sports (3) |
The Great Western Combination was a football league in south-central England.
History[edit]
The league was established in 1939, initially as a wartime competition as many other leagues had been abandoned following the outbreak of World War II. Its original membership was amateur clubs from the area west of London.[1] Although it ceased in 1945, it was re-established in 1946 and a second division was added in 1947;[1] this became the reserve division in 1956. The league folded at the end of the 1963–64 season.[1]
Champions[edit]
| Season | Champions | |
|---|---|---|
| 1939–40 | Hayes | |
| 1940–41 | Oxford City | |
| 1941–42 | Oxford City | |
| 1942–43 | Grenadier Guards | |
| 1943–44 | Windsor Works | |
| 1944–45 | Wycombe Wanderers | |
| 1946–47 | Binfield | |
| Season | Division One champions | Division Two champions |
| 1947–48 | Uxbridge | Harefield United |
| 1948–49 | Maidenhead United Reserves | RAF Halton |
| 1949–50 | Slough Centre | Hemel Hempstead Rovers |
| 1950–51 | Harefield United | Flackwell Heath |
| 1951–52 | Tring Town | Wingate |
| 1952–53 | Tring Town | Bell Punch |
| 1953–54 | Wokingham Town | Hestairco |
| Season | Premier Division champions | Division One champions |
| 1954–55 | Jackson's Sports | Chalvey |
| 1955–56 | Ernest Turner's Sports | Loudwater United |
| Season | Premier Division champions | Reserve Division champions |
| 1956–57 | Vickers Sports | |
| 1957–58 | Flackwell Heath | |
| 1958–59 | Southall Corinthians | |
| 1959–60 | Southall Corinthians | |
| 1960–61 | Ernest Turner's Sports | |
| 1961–62 | AEC | |
| 1962–63 | Flackwell Heath | |
| 1963–64 | Ernest Turner's Sports | |
Member clubs[edit]
Member clubs during the league's existence included:
- AEC (1958–1964)
- Amersham Town (1949–1956)
- Aylesbury Town Corinthians (1958–1964)
- Aylesbury United Reserves (1946–1951)
- BEA (London) (1954–1964)
- BEA (Northholt) (1949–1954)
- Bell Punch (1948–1959)
- Berkhamsted Town (1946–1951)
- Binfield (1946–1951)
- Blue Circle (1955–1956)
- Bracknell Town (1958–1962)
- British Oxygen (1954–1955)
- Broomwade (1955–1960)
- Bucks NALGO (1950–1951)
- Burnham (1947–1964)
- Cavendish (1955–1960)
- Chalfont St Peter (1948–1958)
- Chalvey (1954–1959)
- Chelsea Mariners (1955–1956)
- Chesham United (1939–1945)
- Chesham United Reserves (1946–1948)
- Croxley Wanderers (1951–1953)
- Eastcote (1951–1953)
- Ernest Turner's Sports (1951–1964)
- Flackwell Heath (1950–1964)
- Ford Sports (1951–1952)
- Gerrard's Cross (1954–1956)
- Grenadier Guards (1941–1943)
- Hanwell Association (1954–1958)
- Harefield United (1947–1964)
- Harrow Town (1948–1950)
- Harrow Town Reserves (1947–1951)
- Hayes (1939–1940)
- Hazells (1949–1955)
- Hemel Hempstead Rovers (1947–1955)
- Hemel Hempstead Town (1949–1950)
- Henley Town (1939–1940, 1952–1955)
- Henley Town Reserves (1951–1952)
- Hestairco Sports (1952–1955)
- High Duty Alloys (1940–1947)
- Huntley & Palmers (1948–1949)
- Huntley & Palmer Reserves (1947–1948)
- Jackson' Sports (1949–1957)
- Kodak (1959–1964)
- Loudwater United (1955–1962)
- Lyons Club (1948–1950)
- Lyons Club Reserves (1947–1948)
- Maidenhead North Town (1954–1956)
- Maidenhead United (1939–1945)
- Maidenhead United Reserves (1946–1949)
- Marlow (1939–1945)
- Marlow Reserves (1947–1955)
- Mill End Sports (1949–1951)
- Oxford City (1940–1945)
- Pinner (1946–1951)
- Princes Risborough (1953–1954)
- Queensborough (1958–1964)
- RAF Halton (1948–1952)
- RAF High Wycombe (1943–1945)
- Reading Aerodrome (1953–1957)
- Reading Reserves (1940–1945)
- Rickmansworth Town Reserves (1954–1956)
- Rootes Athletic (1954–1955)
- Royal Ascot (1955–1958)
- Ruislip Gardens (1952–1955)
- Ruislip (1946–1949)
- Ruislip Manor Reserves (1947–1949)
- Ruislip Town (1949–1952, 1954–1956, 1961–1964)
- Seer Green (1958–1964)
- Slough (1939–1940)
- Slough Centre (1942–1950)
- Slough Centre Reserves (1947–1951)
- Slough United (1943–1945)
- Southall Corinthians (1951–1964)
- Staines Town Reserves (1953–1956)
- Stokenchurch Reserves (1954–1955)
- Terriers Athletic (1963–1964)
- Tring Town (1948–1954)
- Twickenham Town (1953–1954)
- Uxbridge Reserves (1946–1948)
- Uxbridge Town (1939–1945)
- Vickers Sports (1952–1957)
- Vickers Sports Reserves (1955–1956)
- Wendover (1948–1950)
- Willesden Reserves (1949–1951)
- Windsor & Eton (1939–1945)
- Windsor & Eton Reserves (1946–1945)
- Windsor Works (1942–1948)
- Wingate Reserves (1951–1952)
- Wokingham Town (1951–1956)
- Wycombe Redfords (1939–1948)
- Wycombe Wanderers 'A' (1948–1949)
- Wycombe Wanderers Reserves (1947–1948)
- Wycombe Wanderers (1939–1945)
- Yiewsley (1944–1951)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Great Western Combination 1939–1964 Non-League Matters