1996–97 Midland Football Combination

The 1996–97 Midland Football Combination season was the 60th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.

Premier Division

Midland Football Combination
Premier Division

Season	1996–97
Champions	Richmond Swifts
Promoted	Richmond Swifts
Relegated	Shirley Town West Midlands Fire Service
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,286 (3.38 per match)
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Premier Division featured 15 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs:

• Bilston Community College, promoted from Division One
• Bolehall Swifts, relegated from the Midland Football Alliance
• Kenilworth Town, promoted from Division One
• Richmond Swifts, promoted from Division One
• Worcester Athletico

Also, Ansells was renamed David Lloyd, and Alvechurch Villa was renamed Alvechurch.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Richmond Swifts	38	30	5	3	92	29	+63	95	Promoted to the Midland Football Alliance
2	Meir KA	38	26	6	6	91	39	+52	84
3	Coleshill Town	38	22	10	6	69	30	+39	76
4	Studley BKL	38	22	6	10	100	49	+51	72
5	Knowle	38	22	4	12	83	47	+36	70
6	Worcester Athletico	38	20	7	11	85	60	+25	67
7	Kings Heath	38	16	8	14	66	50	+16	56
8	Massey Ferguson	38	15	11	12	62	61	+1	56
9	David Lloyd	38	14	11	13	54	57	−3	53
10	Handrahan Timbers	38	15	6	17	46	54	−8	51
11	Coventry Sphinx	38	14	8	16	51	74	−23	50
12	Bilston Community College	38	14	7	17	83	71	+12	49
13	Bolehall Swifts	38	11	14	13	62	59	+3	47
14	Southam United	38	13	8	17	53	62	−9	47
15	Wellesbourne	38	12	5	21	62	89	−27	41
16	Kenilworth Town	38	11	8	19	49	80	−31	41
17	Highgate United	38	11	3	24	55	77	−22	36
18	Alvechurch	38	9	5	24	46	82	−36	32
19	Shirley Town	38	7	8	23	51	94	−43	29	Relegated to Division One
20	West Midlands Fire Service	38	4	4	30	26	122	−96	16

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

Division One

Midland Football Combination
Division One

Season	1996–97
Champions	GPT Coventry
Promoted	GPT Coventry Continental Star Cheslyn Hay Dudley Sports
Relegated	Brownhills Town
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Division One featured 11 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 7 new clubs:

• Chelmsley Town, demoted from the Premier Division
• Northfield Town, relegated from the Premier Division
• Continental Star, promoted from Division Two
• Brownhills Town, promoted from Division Two
• Cheslyn Hay, promoted from Division Two
• Yardley
• Leicester YMCA

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	GPT Coventry	34	26	3	5	91	16	+75	81	Promoted to the Premier Division
2	Continental Star	34	21	8	5	91	37	+54	71
3	Alveston	34	21	7	6	78	39	+39	70
4	Cheslyn Hay	34	20	4	10	89	59	+30	64	Promoted to the Premier Division
5	Northfield Town	34	18	7	9	68	41	+27	61
6	Newhall United	34	16	10	8	82	52	+30	58
7	Dudley Sports	34	17	7	10	64	42	+22	58	Promoted to the Premier Division
8	Colletts Green	34	15	6	13	59	50	+9	51
9	Yardley	34	16	3	15	63	55	+8	51	Resigned from the league
10	Polesworth North Warwick	34	15	5	14	62	66	−4	50
11	Holly Lane	34	13	9	12	50	50	0	48
12	Monica Star	34	12	8	14	59	50	+9	44
13	Leicester YMCA	34	12	5	17	57	70	−13	41
14	Chelmsley Town	34	10	6	18	51	66	−15	36
15	Thimblemill REC	34	5	8	21	34	99	−65	23
16	Barlestone St. Giles	34	5	6	23	27	98	−71	21
17	Hams Hall	34	4	5	25	44	90	−46	17
18	Brownhills Town	34	4	5	25	29	118	−89	17	Relegated to Division Two

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

Division Two

Midland Football Combination
Division Two

Season	1996–97
Champions	Feckenham
Promoted	Feckenham Fairfield Villa
Relegated	Archdale
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Division Two featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 6 new clubs:

• Fairfield Villa, relegated from Division One
• Badsey Rangers, relegated from Division One
• Feckenham, promoted from Division Three
• Richmond Swifts reserves, promoted from Division Three
• Tipton S & S, promoted from Division Three
• Birmingham Vaults, promoted from Division Three

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Feckenham	30	21	5	4	79	27	+52	68	Promoted to Division One
2	Fairfield Villa	30	19	5	6	72	37	+35	62
3	Ledbury Town	30	17	7	6	77	42	+35	58
4	Richmond Swifts reserves	30	17	5	8	68	32	+36	56
5	Tipton S & S	30	14	7	9	50	35	+15	49
6	Burntwood	30	15	4	11	47	41	+6	49
7	Alvis SGL	30	13	8	9	46	37	+9	47
8	Earlswood Town	30	13	6	11	58	40	+18	45
9	Blackheath Electrodrives	30	12	6	12	35	38	−3	42
10	Cadbury Athletic	30	11	8	11	48	39	+9	41
11	West Midlands Police reserves	30	10	8	12	42	49	−7	38
12	Enville Athletic	30	10	5	15	36	48	−12	35
13	Birmingham Vaults	30	7	6	17	28	68	−40	27
14	Albright & Wilson	30	6	6	18	40	75	−35	24
15	Badsey Rangers	30	5	5	20	22	65	−43	20	Resigned from the league
16	Archdale	30	2	5	23	29	104	−75	11	Relegated to Division Three

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

Division Three

Midland Football Combination
Division Three

Season	1996–97
Champions	Swan Sports
Promoted	Swan Sports Studley BKL reserves Mitchell & Butlers
← 1995–96 1997–98 →

The Division Three featured 10 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 2 new clubs:

• Tipton Town reserves
• Kenilworth Town reserves

Also, Alvechurch Villa reserves changed name to Alvechurch reserves.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Swan Sports	22	16	2	4	55	20	+35	50	Promoted to Division Two
2	Studley BKL reserves	22	14	5	3	40	16	+24	47
3	Mitchell & Butlers	22	13	2	7	57	36	+21	41
4	Cradley Heath	22	12	4	6	46	24	+22	40	Resigned from the league
5	Kenilworth Wardens	22	12	3	7	50	26	+24	39
6	Tipton Town reserves	22	10	7	5	41	29	+12	37
7	Alvechurch reserves	22	9	3	10	42	42	0	30
8	Birchfield Sports	22	7	4	11	29	48	−19	25
9	Enville Athletic reserves	22	6	3	13	29	45	−16	21	Resigned from the league
10	Kenilworth Town reserves	22	6	1	15	29	53	−24	19
11	Dudley Sports reserves	22	5	3	14	30	52	−22	18
12	Barlestone St. Giles reserves	22	2	3	17	10	67	−57	9	Resigned from the league

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