# Great Western Combination

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

## 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. Although it ceased in 1945, it was re-established in 1946 and a second division was added in 1947; this became the reserve division in 1956. The league folded at the end of the 1963–64 season.

## Champions

| Season | Champions | Champions |
| 1939–40 | Hayes | Hayes |
| 1940–41 | Oxford City | Oxford City |
| 1941–42 | Oxford City | Oxford City |
| 1942–43 | Grenadier Guards | Grenadier Guards |
| 1943–44 | Windsor Works | Windsor Works |
| 1944–45 | Wycombe Wanderers | Wycombe Wanderers |
| 1946–47 | Binfield | 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

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)