The Football Combination
Season Section A Section B
1946-47 Arsenal Portsmouth
1947-48 Arsenal West Ham United
1948-49 Arsenal Chelsea
1949-50 tba Charlton Athletic
1950-51 Arsenal Chelsea
1951-52 Reading Tottenham Hotspur
Other Divisions
Various other Divisions were utilised in the 1940s to 1960s to accommodate the number of member clubs .
The Football Combination was a football competition for the reserve teams of English Football League clubs from Southern England, the Midlands and Wales; other clubs from the Midlands and those from the North playing in the Central League (it is not to be confused with the Combination, a league for teams from North West England which existed at the turn of the 20th century).