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4 unusual facts about Western League


Eastleigh Athletic F.C.

Eastleigh Athletic became one of the eight founder members of the Hampshire League in 1896 and were league champions in 1897–98, a season in which they also entered a side in the Western League where they also flourished.

Western League

Western Football League, a semi-professional league in the English National League System for football (soccer)

Western Baseball League, a former independent minor league which ceased operation in 2002

West of England Premier League, an English cricket league formerly known as the Western League


Fritz Buelow

Buelow got his start in the major leagues after being sold in September 1899 by Detroit of the Western League to the St. Louis Perfectos with Tom Thomas and Pat Dillard.

Pat Collins

Collins began his professional baseball career in 1917 with the Joplin Miners, a minor league baseball team that were members of the Class A Western League.

W.C. Madden

He has also written about the Western League and the College World Series.


see also

John T. Brush

He built a ballpark in 1882, and it became home to the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the American Association for their only major league season in 1884; they played in the Western League before that circuit folded after the 1885 campaign.

Keith Bowker

In 1986 he was appointed manager of Taunton Town, taking them to the Western League title in 1989-90.

South Western Football League

The lowest-ranked clubs in the 2004–05 FA Cup all came from the South Western League, no other clubs from leagues at that pyramid level having been accepted.

Taunton Town F.C.

In 1968–69, the club enjoyed success for the first time, winning the Western League under the management of Doug Hillard.