The 2016–17 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 117th 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. It has three divisions, the highest of which is the Premier Division, which sits at step 6 of the National League System, or the tenth level of the overall English football league system.

Premier Division

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West Midlands League
Premier Division
Season2016–17
ChampionsHaughmond
PromotedHaughmond
RelegatedGornal Athletic
Matches played380
Goals scored1,630 (4.29 per match)

The Premier Division featured 19 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club, promoted from Division One:

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Haughmond 38 32 3 3 135 42 +93 99 Promoted to the Midland League
2 Wolverhampton Casuals 38 27 3 8 122 69 +53 84
3 Wolverhampton Sporting Community 38 24 10 4 122 43 +79 81[a]
4 Malvern Town 38 25 4 9 120 56 +64 79
5 Wellington 38 20 8 10 95 65 +30 68
6 Bewdley Town 38 20 6 12 119 82 +37 66
7 Ellesmere Rangers 38 20 5 13 97 78 +19 65
8 AFC Bridgnorth 38 17 4 17 66 76 −10 55
9 Pegasus Juniors 38 17 3 18 85 74 +11 54
10 Cradley Town 38 16 5 17 76 69 +7 53
11 Shifnal Town 38 15 8 15 76 76 0 53
12 Stone Old Alleynians 38 12 13 13 70 64 +6 49
13 Black Country Rangers 38 13 10 15 73 72 +1 49
14 Willenhall Town 38 15 3 20 76 98 −22 48 Demoted to Division One
15 Bilston Town 38 12 7 19 73 90 −17 43
16 Smethwick Rangers 38 12 4 22 53 91 −38 40
17 Dudley Sports 38 9 7 22 49 92 −43 34
18 Dudley Town 38 9 4 25 52 114 −62 31
19 Wellington Amateurs 38 7 2 29 44 149 −105 23
20 Gornal Athletic 38 2 3 33 27 130 −103 9 Relegated to Division One
Source: FA Full-Time
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of matches won; 5) Head-to-head results [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Wolverhampton Sporting Community were deducted one point for fielding a suspended player against Hinkley in the FA Vase on 22 October 2016.

References

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  1. ^ "The FA Handbook 2016-17 (page 545, section 13.2)". The FA. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
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