1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 73rd 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

West Midlands League
Premier Division

Season	1972–73
Champions	Bilston
Matches played	240
Goals scored	724 (3.02 per match)
← 1971–72 1973–74 →

The Premier Division featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

• Brereton Social, promoted from Division One
• Heanor Town, transferred from the Midland League
• Hereford United reserves
• Warley County Borough, promoted from Division One

Also, Lower Gornal Athletic changed name to Gornal Athletic.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bilston	30	21	7	2	71	25	2.840	49
2	Heanor Town	30	16	8	6	53	35	1.514	40
3	Brereton Social	30	15	9	6	49	23	2.130	39
4	Darlaston	30	12	11	7	58	34	1.706	35
5	Brierley Hill Alliance	30	15	5	10	49	46	1.065	35
6	Wolverhampton Wanderers "A"	30	14	6	10	54	44	1.227	34	Resigned to the Midland Football Combination Division Two
7	Eastwood Hanley	30	14	5	11	57	54	1.056	33
8	Hereford United reserves	30	13	5	12	40	39	1.026	31
9	Lye Town	30	13	4	13	54	46	1.174	30
10	Warley County Borough	30	9	11	10	38	44	0.864	29
11	Warley	30	6	12	12	46	49	0.939	24	Demoted to Division One
12	GKN Sankeys	30	8	8	14	29	43	0.674	24
13	Gornal Athletic	30	8	7	15	25	53	0.472	23
14	Halesowen Town	30	7	5	18	38	69	0.551	19
15	Dudley Town	30	6	6	18	32	56	0.571	18
16	Hinckley Athletic	30	5	7	18	31	64	0.484	17

Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.