1980–81 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1980–81 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 81st 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
Season1980–81
ChampionsShifnal Town
Matches played462
Goals scored1,361 (2.95 per match)

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shifnal Town 42 31 7 4 89 33 +56 69
2 Lye Town 42 27 9 6 80 36 +44 63
3 Willenhall Town 42 25 11 6 93 41 +52 61
4 Brereton Social 42 22 8 12 74 51 +23 52
5 Hednesford Town 42 20 11 11 73 48 +25 51
6 Coventry Sporting 42 19 12 11 75 54 +21 50
7 Ledbury Town 42 19 10 13 74 52 +22 48
8 Dudley Town 42 19 10 13 55 44 +11 48
9 Sutton Coldfield Town 42 18 10 14 71 56 +15 46
10 Bilston 42 18 10 14 78 65 +13 46
11 Armitage 42 20 5 17 58 59 −1 45
12 Rushall Olympic 42 15 13 14 50 52 −2 43
13 Blakenall 42 14 15 13 55 58 −3 43
14 Darlaston 42 17 5 20 68 95 −27 39
15 Gresley Rovers 41 13 9 19 46 62 −16 35
16 Halesowen Town 42 10 15 17 53 67 −14 35
17 Wednesfield Social 42 11 11 20 52 67 −15 33
18 VS Rugby 42 9 10 23 50 80 −30 28
19 Tividale 42 5 17 20 35 64 −29 27
20 Malvern Town 42 9 7 26 56 93 −37 25
21 Brierley Hill Alliance 42 6 8 28 33 85 −52 20 Resigned from the league
22 Hinckley Athletic 42 3 10 29 43 99 −56 16
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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