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.Midland Football Combination https://fchd.info/lghist/midc.htm live March 11, 2026 fchd.info en Premier Division Midland Football CombinationPremier Division 1996–97 Richmond SwiftsMidland Football League Division One (Step 6) https://www.midlandfootballleague.co.uk/honours.html live August 1, 2026 midlandfootballleague.co.uk en Richmond Swifts Shirley TownWest Midlands Fire Service 380 1286 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 main WDL PR Premier Division RIC Richmond Swifts MEI Meir KA COL Coleshill Town STU Studley BKL KNO Knowle WOR Worcester Athletico KIN Kings Heath MSF Massey Ferguson DAV David Lloyd HAN Handrahan Timbers CVS Coventry Sphinx BIL Bilston Community College BOL Bolehall Swifts SOU Southam United WEL Wellesbourne KEN Kenilworth Town HIG Highgate United ALC Alvechurch SHI Shirley Town WMF West Midlands Fire Service 9 5 24 46 82 14 7 17 83 71 11 14 13 62 59 22 10 6 69 30 14 8 16 51 74 14 11 13 54 57 15 6 17 46 54 11 3 24 55 77 11 8 19 49 80 16 8 14 66 50 22 4 12 83 47 26 6 6 91 39 15 11 12 62 61 30 5 3 92 29 7 8 23 51 94 13 8 17 53 62 22 6 10 100 49 12 5 21 62 89 4 4 30 26 122 20 7 11 85 60 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Midland Football Alliance P #FFCCCC Relegated to Division One R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete nonleaguematters Division One Midland Football CombinationDivision One 1996–97 GPT Coventry GPT CoventryContinental StarCheslyn HayDudley Sports 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 main WDL PR T01 GPT Coventry T02 Continental Star T03 Alveston T04 Cheslyn Hay T05 Northfield Town T06 Newhall United T07 Dudley Sports T08 Colletts Green T09 Yardley T10 Polesworth North Warwick T11 Holly Lane T12 Monica Star T13 Leicester YMCA T14 Chelmsley Town T15 Thimblemill REC T16 Barlestone St. Giles T17 Hams Hall T18 Brownhills Town 26 3 5 91 16 21 8 5 91 37 21 7 6 78 39 20 4 10 89 59 18 7 9 68 41 16 10 8 82 52 17 7 10 64 42 15 6 13 59 50 16 3 15 63 55 15 5 14 62 66 13 9 12 50 50 12 8 14 59 50 12 5 17 57 70 10 6 18 51 66 5 8 21 34 99 5 6 23 27 98 4 5 25 44 90 4 5 25 29 118 #ACE1AF Promoted to the Premier Division P P P P #FFCCCC Resigned from the league R #FFCCCC Relegated to Division Two REL 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored. complete nonleaguematters Division Two Midland Football CombinationDivision Two 1996–97 Feckenham FeckenhamFairfield Villa 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 main WDL PR T01 Feckenham T02 Fairfield Villa T03 Ledbury Town T04 Richmond Swifts reserves T05 Tipton S & S T06 Burntwood T07 Alvis SGL T08 Earlswood Town T09 Blackheath Electrodrives T10 Cadbury Athletic T11 West Midlands Police reserves T12 Enville Athletic T13 Birmingham Vaults T14 Albright & Wilson T15 Badsey Rangers T16 Archdale 21 5 4 79 27 19 5 6 72 37 17 7 6 77 42 17 5 8 68 32 14 7 9 50 35 15 4 11 47 41 13 8 9 46 37 13 6 11 58 40 12 6 12 35 38 11 8 11 48 39 10 8 12 42 49 10 5 15 36 48 7 6 17 28 68 6 6 18 40 75 5 5 20 22 65 2 5 23 29 104 #ACE1AF Promoted to Division One PD1 PD1 #FFCCCC Relegated to Division Three R #FFCCCC Resigned from the league RES 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored. complete nonleaguematters Division Three Midland Football CombinationDivision Three 1996–97 Swan Sports Swan SportsStudley BKL reservesMitchell & 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 main WDL PR T01 Swan Sports T02 Studley BKL reserves T03 Mitchell & Butlers T04 Cradley Heath T05 Kenilworth Wardens T06 Tipton Town reserves T07 Alvechurch reserves T08 Birchfield Sports T09 Enville Athletic reserves T10 Kenilworth Town reserves T11 Dudley Sports reserves T12 Barlestone St. Giles reserves 16 2 4 55 20 14 5 3 40 16 13 2 7 57 36 12 4 6 46 24 12 3 7 50 26 10 7 5 41 29 9 3 10 42 42 7 4 11 29 48 6 3 13 29 45 6 1 15 29 53 5 3 14 30 52 2 3 17 10 67 #ACE1AF Promoted to Division Two PD PD PD #FFCCCC Resigned from the league R R R 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored. complete nonleaguematters References 1996–97 9