1996–97 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1996–97 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 97th in the history of the West Midlands (Regional) League, an English association football competition for semi-professional and amateur teams based in the West Midlands county, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire and southern Staffordshire.

Premier Division

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

Also, Darlaston changed name to Darlaston Town.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wednesfield	34	26	5	3	103	25	+78	83	Promoted to the Midland Football Alliance
2	Stourport Swifts	34	24	5	5	103	34	+69	77
3	Bloxwich Strollers	34	23	7	4	84	29	+55	76
4	Lye Town	34	20	6	8	82	40	+42	66
5	Brierley Hill Town	34	20	5	9	83	44	+39	65
6	Stafford Town	34	17	9	8	57	40	+17	60
7	Wolverhampton Casuals	34	17	7	10	72	69	+3	58
8	Gornal Athletic	34	15	8	11	55	48	+7	53
9	Ludlow Town	34	15	7	12	63	57	+6	52
10	Westfields	34	13	8	13	50	53	−3	47
11	Tividale	34	12	8	14	53	78	−25	44
12	Darlaston Town	34	10	9	15	49	60	−11	39
13	Ettingshall Holy Trinity	34	8	7	19	42	81	−39	31
14	Cradley Town	34	7	6	21	51	83	−32	27
15	Malvern Town	34	6	8	20	47	70	−23	26
16	Walsall Wood	34	6	6	22	35	72	−37	24
17	Wolverhampton United	34	5	7	22	34	102	−68	22
18	Hill Top Rangers	34	2	2	30	27	105	−78	8	Resigned from the league

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

The Division One North featured 7 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 6 new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Great Wyrley	24	20	1	3	66	20	+46	61
2	Blakenall reserves	24	17	3	4	71	19	+52	54
3	Brereton Town	24	15	5	4	61	31	+30	50
4	Brereton Social	24	11	5	8	65	47	+18	38
5	Morda United	24	11	4	9	50	45	+5	37
6	Cannock Chase	24	11	3	10	56	57	−1	36
7	Heath Hayes	24	9	5	10	38	49	−11	32
8	Sikh Hunters	24	8	4	12	62	72	−10	28
9	Corestone Services	24	7	7	10	36	59	−23	28
10	Wolverhampton Casuals reserves	24	8	3	13	45	75	−30	27
11	Rushall Olympic reserves	24	7	2	15	32	55	−23	23	Resigned from the league
12	Chasetown reserves	24	6	2	16	43	54	−11	20
13	Sporting Khalsa	24	2	4	18	24	66	−42	10

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.

The Division One South featured 9 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 5 new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Kington Town	26	22	2	2	91	35	+56	68	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Bustleholme	26	16	4	6	62	32	+30	52	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Bandon	26	15	3	8	70	31	+39	48	Transferred to Division One North
4	Smethwick Rangers	26	14	5	7	50	35	+15	47
5	Bromyard Town	26	14	2	10	63	43	+20	44
6	Leominster Town	26	12	4	10	70	58	+12	40
7	Tipton Town	26	12	4	10	58	55	+3	40
8	Bilston United	26	11	4	11	57	52	+5	37	Resigned from the league
9	Oldbury United reserves	26	10	7	9	44	42	+2	37	Resigned from the league
10	Mahal	26	10	6	10	51	44	+7	36
11	Cradley Town reserves	26	6	4	16	43	73	−30	22
12	Tividale reserves	26	5	4	17	31	81	−50	19
13	Pershore Town reserves	26	3	6	17	28	78	−50	15
14	Gornal Athletic reserves	26	1	7	18	27	86	−59	10

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.