# 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:
* Wolverhampton United, promoted from Division One
Also, Darlaston changed name to Darlaston Town.

### League table

| 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 |

## Division One North

The Division One North featured 7 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 6 new clubs:
* Blakenall reserves
* Brereton Town
* Heath Hayes, joined from Midland League
* Corestone Services
* Wolverhampton Casuals reserves, joined from Midland Combination Division Two
* Sporting Khalsa

### League table

| 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 | Resigned from the league |
| 13 | Sporting Khalsa | 24 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 66 | −42 | 10 | Resigned from the league |

## Division One South

The Division One South featured 9 clubs which competed in the Division One last season, along with 5 new clubs:
* Kington Town, joined from Mid Wales Football League
* Bustleholme
* Smethwick Rangers
* Leominster Town
* Cradley Town reserves

### League table

| 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 | |