1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League

West Midlands
(Regional) League
Season1964–65
ChampionsKidderminster Harriers
Matches played380
Goals scored1,508 (3.97 per match)

The 1964–65 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 65th 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.

At the end of the season the second division was introduced. It was made up largely of reserve sides of non-league clubs, the majority of which were in the league’s new ‘Premier Division’.

Clubs

The league featured 18 clubs from the previous season, along with one new club:

Also, Sutton Town changed name to Sutton Coldfield Town and Stratford Town changed name to Stratford Town Amateurs.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kidderminster Harriers 38 30 6 2 124 37 3.351 66
2 Halesowen Town 38 26 4 8 107 52 2.058 56
3 Dudley Town 38 27 1 10 103 42 2.452 55
4 Lower Gornal Athletic 38 23 6 9 74 50 1.480 52
5 Tamworth 38 24 4 10 101 69 1.464 52
6 Brierley Hill Alliance 38 23 4 11 87 58 1.500 50
7 Stourbridge 38 18 10 10 81 56 1.446 46
8 Bromsgrove Rovers 38 19 8 11 76 60 1.267 46
9 Walsall reserves 38 21 4 13 75 61 1.230 46
10 Bilston 38 18 4 16 75 67 1.119 40
11 Hednesford 38 16 6 16 75 61 1.230 38
12 Redditch 38 13 8 17 55 56 0.982 34
13 Stratford Town Amateurs 38 10 9 19 68 80 0.850 29
14 Lye Town 38 11 4 23 64 104 0.615 26
15 Banbury Spencer 38 11 3 24 79 99 0.798 25
16 Darlaston 38 8 9 21 69 112 0.616 25
17 Atherstone Town 38 8 4 26 59 121 0.488 20
18 Bedworth United 38 8 3 27 39 95 0.411 19
19 Moor Green 38 7 4 27 44 108 0.407 18 Relegated to the Worcestershire Combination
20 Sutton Coldfield Town 38 4 9 25 53 120 0.442 17
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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