1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1972–73 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 73rd 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
Season1972–73
ChampionsBilston
Matches played240
Goals scored724 (3.02 per match)

The Premier Division featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:

Also, Lower Gornal Athletic changed name to Gornal Athletic.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bilston 30 21 7 2 71 25 2.840 49
2 Heanor Town 30 16 8 6 53 35 1.514 40
3 Brereton Social 30 15 9 6 49 23 2.130 39
4 Darlaston 30 12 11 7 58 34 1.706 35
5 Brierley Hill Alliance 30 15 5 10 49 46 1.065 35
6 Wolverhampton Wanderers "A" 30 14 6 10 54 44 1.227 34 Resigned to the Midland Football Combination Division Two
7 Eastwood Hanley 30 14 5 11 57 54 1.056 33
8 Hereford United reserves 30 13 5 12 40 39 1.026 31
9 Lye Town 30 13 4 13 54 46 1.174 30
10 Warley County Borough 30 9 11 10 38 44 0.864 29
11 Warley 30 6 12 12 46 49 0.939 24 Demoted to Division One
12 GKN Sankeys 30 8 8 14 29 43 0.674 24
13 Gornal Athletic 30 8 7 15 25 53 0.472 23
14 Halesowen Town 30 7 5 18 38 69 0.551 19
15 Dudley Town 30 6 6 18 32 56 0.571 18
16 Hinckley Athletic 30 5 7 18 31 64 0.484 17
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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