1996–97 Midland Football Alliance

The 1996–97 Midland Football Alliance season was the third in the history of Midland Football Alliance, a football competition in England.

Clubs and league table

The league featured 17 clubs from the previous season, along with three new clubs:

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blakenall	38	23	11	4	85	39	+46	80	Promoted to the Southern Football League
2	Hinckley Athletic	38	22	10	6	77	44	+33	76	Merged with Hinckley Town
3	Boldmere St. Michaels	38	22	7	9	69	41	+28	73
4	Willenhall Town	38	20	9	9	77	45	+32	69
5	Barwell	38	17	10	11	65	51	+14	61
6	Bridgnorth Town	38	18	4	16	76	67	+9	58
7	Rocester	38	16	9	13	62	53	+9	57
8	Stratford Town	38	15	10	13	53	48	+5	55
9	Bloxwich Town	38	16	6	16	63	53	+10	54
10	Oldbury United	38	14	11	13	50	43	+7	53
11	Pelsall Villa	38	13	9	16	52	70	−18	48
12	Knypersley Victoria	38	11	12	15	42	53	−11	45
13	Stapenhill	38	10	14	14	45	58	−13	44
14	Shifnal Town	38	11	10	17	45	50	−5	43
15	West Midlands Police	38	10	11	17	37	60	−23	41
16	Rushall Olympic	38	10	10	18	40	59	−19	40
17	Sandwell Borough	38	9	13	16	48	69	−21	40
18	Chasetown	38	9	12	17	44	65	−21	39
19	Halesowen Harriers	38	8	12	18	44	67	−23	36
20	Pershore Town	38	8	6	24	41	80	−39	30

Source: fchd
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.