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	53	57	−4	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.