Great Western Combination

The Great Western Combination was a football league in south-central England.

Great Western Combination
Founded1939
Folded1964
CountryEngland
Most championshipsErnest Turner's Sports (3)

History

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
Season Champions
1939–40Hayes
1940–41Oxford City
1941–42Oxford City
1942–43Grenadier Guards
1943–44Windsor Works
1944–45Wycombe Wanderers
1946–47Binfield
Season Division One champions Division Two champions
1947–48UxbridgeHarefield United
1948–49Maidenhead United ReservesRAF Halton
1949–50Slough CentreHemel Hempstead Rovers
1950–51Harefield UnitedFlackwell Heath
1951–52Tring TownWingate
1952–53Tring TownBell Punch
1953–54Wokingham TownHestairco
Season Premier Division champions Division One champions
1954–55Jackson's SportsChalvey
1955–56Ernest Turner's SportsLoudwater United
Season Premier Division champions Reserve Division champions
1956–57Vickers Sports
1957–58Flackwell Heath
1958–59Southall Corinthians
1959–60Southall Corinthians
1960–61Ernest Turner's Sports
1961–62AEC
1962–63Flackwell Heath
1963–64Ernest Turner's Sports

Member clubs

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)
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References
  1. Great Western Combination 1939–1964 Non-League Matters
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