1997–98 West Midlands (Regional) League

West Midlands League
Division One South
Season	1997–98
Champions	Smethwick Rangers
Promoted	Smethwick Rangers; Tipton Town
	← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 98th 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 16 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with two new clubs, promoted from Division One South:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lye Town	34	26	6	2	91	35	+56	84
2	Stourport Swifts	34	23	6	5	101	34	+67	75	Promoted to the Midland Football Alliance
3	Brierley Hill Town	34	21	5	8	64	34	+30	68
4	Kington Town	34	21	3	10	97	67	+30	66
5	Bloxwich Strollers	34	18	4	12	81	49	+32	58	Resigned from the league
6	Malvern Town	34	17	4	13	73	59	+14	55
7	Wolverhampton Casuals	34	15	6	13	64	52	+12	51
8	Gornal Athletic	34	15	5	14	56	50	+6	50
9	Darlaston Town	34	15	3	16	78	70	+8	48
10	Tividale	34	15	6	13	64	57	+7	48^[a]
11	Ludlow Town	34	14	3	17	58	71	−13	45
12	Stafford Town	34	12	7	15	49	57	−8	43
13	Walsall Wood	34	11	7	16	49	64	−15	40
14	Westfields	34	11	5	18	57	69	−12	38
15	Bustleholme	34	11	3	20	48	76	−28	36
16	Cradley Town	34	9	5	20	54	80	−26	32
17	Ettingshall Holy Trinity	34	5	7	22	37	100	−63	22
18	Wolverhampton United	34	2	5	27	19	116	−97	11

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

The Division One North featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bandon	28	20	6	2	86	31	+55	66	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Lawson Mardon Star	28	19	3	6	100	48	+52	60	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Blakenall reserves	28	17	4	7	78	33	+45	55	Resigned from the league
4	Brereton Social	28	14	7	7	60	43	+17	49
5	Heath Hayes	28	15	2	11	62	55	+7	47
6	Great Wyrley	28	14	5	9	55	37	+18	44^[a]
7	Morda United	28	13	5	10	47	47	0	44
8	Brereton Town	28	13	4	11	63	61	+2	42^[b]	Resigned from the league
9	Newport	28	11	8	9	64	45	+19	41
10	Sikh Hunters	28	10	4	14	46	53	−7	34	Transferred to Division One South
11	Lucas Flight Controls	28	8	7	13	60	72	−12	31
12	Wolverhampton Casuals reserves	28	9	4	15	51	79	−28	31
13	Corestone Services	28	6	2	20	37	78	−41	20
14	Cannock Chase	28	6	2	20	40	102	−62	20
15	Walsall Wood reserves	28	3	1	24	33	98	−65	10

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

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Smethwick Rangers	26	18	5	3	75	32	+43	59	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Tipton Town	26	18	4	4	71	26	+45	58	Promoted to the Premier Division
3	Leominster Town	26	15	4	7	68	44	+24	49
4	Halesowen Harriers reserves	26	12	7	7	54	35	+19	43
5	Tividale reserves	26	11	7	8	38	36	+2	40
6	Bromyard Town	26	11	6	9	62	47	+15	39
7	Wellington	26	11	4	11	45	53	−8	37
8	Birmingham College of Food	26	11	3	12	55	48	+7	36	Resigned from the league
9	Cradley Town reserves	26	10	6	10	52	40	+12	36
10	Malvern Town reserves	26	9	8	9	38	52	−14	35
11	Mahal	26	10	2	14	54	62	−8	32
12	Pershore Town reserves	26	3	7	16	28	94	−66	16
13	Hinton	26	4	3	19	33	67	−34	15
14	Gornal Athletic reserves	26	2	8	16	18	55	−37	14	Resigned from the league

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