1967–68 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1967–68 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 68th 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
Season1967–68
ChampionsBoston United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,426 (3.09 per match)

The Premier Division featured 21 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Boston United 42 24 14 4 91 44 2.068 62 Founder members of the Northern Premier League
2 Tamworth 42 25 11 6 101 44 2.295 61
3 Kidderminster Harriers 42 26 9 7 102 45 2.267 61
4 Dudley Town 42 22 10 10 73 48 1.521 54
5 Hednesford 42 22 8 12 101 63 1.603 52
6 Halesowen Town 42 22 6 14 93 65 1.431 50
7 Redditch 42 18 14 10 64 45 1.422 50
8 Bromsgrove Rovers 42 19 11 12 69 56 1.232 49
9 Atherstone Town 42 17 10 15 66 64 1.031 44
10 Bilston 42 15 14 13 60 59 1.017 44
11 Lye Town 42 17 9 16 61 76 0.803 43
12 Stratford Town Amateurs 42 15 10 17 58 59 0.983 40
13 Stourbridge 42 14 10 18 60 69 0.870 38
14 Cinderford Town 42 12 13 17 61 61 1.000 37
15 Darlaston 42 13 11 18 51 55 0.927 37
16 Lower Gornal Athletic 42 13 10 19 50 68 0.735 36
17 Brierley Hill Alliance 42 13 9 20 61 84 0.726 35
18 Bedworth Town 42 12 7 23 42 81 0.519 31
19 Coventry City "A" 42 10 10 22 46 77 0.597 30 Resigned from the league
20 Port Vale reserves 42 9 9 24 52 99 0.525 27
21 Wolverhampton Wanderers "A" 42 11 5 26 39 82 0.476 27
22 Hinckley Athletic 42 4 8 30 25 82 0.305 16
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

Division One

West Midlands League
Division One
Season1967–68
ChampionsWarley
Matches played342
Goals scored1,349 (3.94 per match)

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Warley 36 27 5 4 120 29 4.138 59 Promoted to the Midland Football League
2 Wrockwardine Wood 36 25 6 5 95 40 2.375 56
3 Kidderminster Harriers reserves 36 20 6 10 78 48 1.625 46
4 Coventry Amateurs 36 19 7 10 86 44 1.955 45
5 Sankey of Wellington 36 20 5 11 85 50 1.700 45
6 Beddesley Colliery 36 16 8 12 86 73 1.178 40
7 Hereford United reserves 36 13 11 12 74 76 0.974 37
8 Tipton Town 36 14 9 13 56 72 0.778 37
9 Warwick Saltisford Rovers 36 12 12 12 64 65 0.985 36
10 Dudley Town Reserves 36 10 14 12 58 69 0.841 34
11 Stewarts & Lloyds (Bilston) 36 13 7 16 63 81 0.778 33
12 Stourbridge reserves 36 14 4 18 77 86 0.895 32
13 Darlaston reserves 36 11 10 15 56 70 0.800 32
14 Tamworth reserves 36 12 5 19 76 71 1.070 29
15 Tividale 36 11 7 18 64 74 0.865 29
16 Bilston reserves 36 10 7 19 47 79 0.595 27
17 Hednesford reserves 36 9 8 19 61 92 0.663 26
18 Stratford Town Amateurs reserves 36 11 4 21 58 92 0.630 26
19 Bedworth Town reserves 36 3 9 24 45 138 0.326 15
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

References