1997–98 Midland Football Combination

The 1997–98 Midland Football Combination season was the 61st in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.

Premier Division
Midland Football Combination
Premier Division
Season1997–98
ChampionsWorcester Athletico
RelegatedWellesbourne
Matches played420
Goals scored1,450 (3.45 per match)

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs, promoted from Division One:

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Worcester Athletico 40 26 12 2 111 41 +70 90 Merged into Pershore Town
2 Southam United 40 24 11 5 84 38 +46 83
3 Bolehall Swifts 40 25 8 7 76 43 +33 83
4 Studley BKL 40 24 4 12 79 36 +43 76
5 Coleshill Town 40 21 9 10 78 38 +40 72
6 GPT Coventry 40 20 8 12 71 46 +25 68
7 Meir KA 40 20 7 13 81 58 +23 67
8 David Lloyd 40 19 7 14 80 66 +14 64 Resigned from the league
9 Kings Heath 40 17 12 11 62 45 +17 63
10 Continental Star 40 18 7 15 78 69 +9 61
11 Knowle 40 14 12 14 81 72 +9 54 Demoted to Division One
12 Bilston Community College 40 15 9 16 69 76 −7 54 Resigned from the league
13 Coventry Sphinx 40 15 9 16 72 78 −6 51[lower-alpha 1]
14 Cheslyn Hay 40 14 9 17 66 86 −20 51
15 Highgate United 40 12 14 14 59 54 +5 50
16 Handrahan Timbers 40 11 10 19 52 53 −1 43
17 Alvechurch 40 12 6 22 67 88 −21 42
18 Massey-Ferguson 40 12 5 23 49 73 −24 41
19 Kenilworth Town 40 6 8 26 43 98 −55 26
20 Dudley Sports 40 4 7 29 54 137 −83 19
21 Wellesbourne 40 1 6 33 38 155 −117 9 Relegated to Division One
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Coventry Sphinx deducted 3 points.

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