1987–88 West Midlands (Regional) League

The 1987–88 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 88th 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

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West Midlands League
Premier Division
Season1987–88
ChampionsTamworth
PromotedTamworth
Matches played306
Goals scored992 (3.24 per match)

The Premier Division featured 18 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 Tamworth 34 27 3 4 98 31 +67 57 Promoted to the Southern League
2 Oldbury United 34 25 6 3 91 39 +52 56
3 Lye Town 34 22 8 4 65 27 +38 52
4 Gresley Rovers 34 20 10 4 74 36 +38 50
5 Chasetown 34 22 4 8 74 40 +34 48
6 Halesowen Harriers 34 18 6 10 66 40 +26 42
7 Malvern Town 34 15 6 13 59 47 +12 36
8 Wednesfield Social 34 14 7 13 43 43 0 35
9 Rushall Olympic 34 13 7 14 43 44 −1 33
10 Hinckley Athletic 34 11 9 14 58 58 0 31
11 Harrisons 34 13 5 16 54 61 −7 31
12 Blakenall 34 11 7 16 42 49 −7 29
13 Tividale 34 11 5 18 40 68 −28 27
14 Westfields 34 10 6 18 60 64 −4 26
15 Tipton Town 34 7 9 18 38 56 −18 23
16 GKN Sankeys 34 7 7 20 46 73 −27 21 Resigned from the league
17 Wolverhampton United 34 4 4 26 25 88 −63 12 Demoted to Division One
18 Oldswinford 34 1 1 32 16 128 −112 3
19 Brereton Social 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded, record expunged
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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