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The1997–98 Midland Football Combination season was the 61st in the history ofMidland Football Combination, afootball competition in England.

Premier Division

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Football league season

Midland Football Combination
Premier Division
Season	1997–98
Champions	Worcester Athletico
Relegated	Wellesbourne
Matches	420
Goals	1,450 (3.45 per match)
←1996–97 1998–99 →

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

League table

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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 intoPershore 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 toDivision 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^[a]
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 toDivision One

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

^Coventry Sphinx deducted 3 points.

Division One

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Football league season

Midland Football Combination
Division One
Season	1997–98
Champions	Alveston
Promoted	Alveston Feckenham
Relegated	Fairfield Villa Barlestone St. Giles
←1996–97 1998–99 →

The Division One featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 4 new clubs:

Shirley Town, relegated from the Premier Division
West Midlands Fire Service, relegated from the Premier Division
Feckenham, promoted from Division Two
Fairfield Villa, promoted from Division Two

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Alveston	30	23	5	2	82	24	+58	74	Promoted to thePremier Division
2	Northfield Town	30	18	6	6	70	40	+30	60
3	Feckenham	30	18	5	7	60	36	+24	59	Promoted to thePremier Division
4	Fairfield Villa	30	17	6	7	85	38	+47	57	Relegated toDivision Two
5	Colletts Green	30	17	3	10	67	45	+22	54
6	Polesworth North Warwick	30	15	4	11	86	62	+24	49	Resigned from the league
7	Monica Star	30	12	8	10	70	53	+17	44	Resigned from the league
8	Shirley Town	30	10	11	9	54	48	+6	41
9	Leicester YMCA	30	11	7	12	52	60	−8	40	JoinedLeicestershire Senior League
10	Newhall United	30	11	5	14	52	51	+1	38	Resigned from the league
11	Thimblemill REC	30	12	2	16	55	62	−7	38
12	Chelmsley Town	30	11	3	16	50	68	−18	36
13	Holly Lane	30	8	5	17	33	59	−26	29
14	Barlestone St. Giles	30	7	5	18	45	74	−29	26	Relegated toDivision Two
15	Hams Hall	30	7	3	20	26	73	−47	24
16	West Midlands Fire Service	30	3	2	25	26	120	−94	11

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

Division Two

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Football league season

Midland Football Combination
Division Two
Season	1997–98
Champions	Blackheath Electrodrives
Promoted	Blackheath Electrodrives Kings Norton Town reserves Alvis SGL Burntwood Studley BKL reserves
←1996–97 1998–99 →

The Division Two featured 12 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 5 new clubs:

Brownhills Town, relegated from Division One
Swan Sports, promoted from Division Three
Studley BKL reserves, promoted from Division Three
Mitchell & Butlers, promoted from Division Three
Stourbridge Community College

Also,Richmond Swifts reserves changed name toKings Norton Town reserves and Mitchell & Butlers changed name to Mitchells.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blackheath Electrodrives	32	18	8	6	66	28	+38	62	Promoted toDivision One
2	Kings Norton Town reserves	32	18	8	6	79	45	+34	62
3	Alvis SGL	32	16	11	5	70	35	+35	59
4	Stourbridge Community College	32	18	5	9	70	50	+20	59	Resigned from the league
5	Swan Sports	32	16	9	7	67	53	+14	57	Resigned from the league
6	Burntwood	32	15	8	9	83	45	+38	53	Promoted toDivision One
7	Studley BKL reserves	32	16	4	12	52	37	+15	52	Promoted toDivision One
8	Mitchells	32	13	6	13	59	56	+3	45	Resigned from the league
9	Cadbury Athletic	32	13	5	14	45	50	−5	44
10	Brownhills Town	32	12	5	15	65	66	−1	41
11	Ledbury Town	32	11	6	15	53	61	−8	39
12	Albright & Wilson	32	9	6	17	52	64	−12	33	Resigned from the league
13	Tipton S & S	32	9	9	14	56	74	−18	33^[a]	Resigned from the league
14	Birmingham Vaults	32	9	6	17	46	72	−26	33
15	Earlswood Town	32	7	11	14	46	69	−23	32
16	Enville Athletic	32	8	2	22	29	96	−67	26
17	West Midlands Police reserves	32	6	7	19	32	69	−37	25

Source:nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^Tipton S & S deducted 3 points.

Division Three

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Football league season

Midland Football Combination
Division Three
Season	1997–98
Champions	Old Hill Town
Promoted	Old Hill Town Hansaker Wyre Forest GNP Sports Kenilworth Wardens
←1996–97 1998–99 →

The Division Three featured 6 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with 9 new clubs:

Archdale, relegated from Division Two
Old Hill Town
Hansaker
Wyre Forest
GNP Sports
Continental Star reserves
Barnt Green Spartak
Knowle reserves
Erdington Albion

Also, Birchfield Sports changed name to Birchfield Oaklands.

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Old Hill Town	28	20	4	4	88	40	+48	64	Promoted toDivision Two
2	Hansaker	28	19	2	7	81	27	+54	59
3	Wyre Forest	28	18	5	5	84	35	+49	59
4	GNP Sports	28	16	4	8	44	31	+13	52
5	Kenilworth Wardens	28	15	4	9	61	49	+12	49
6	Continental Star reserves	28	15	1	12	52	49	+3	46
7	Barnt Green Spartak	28	12	7	9	71	70	+1	43
8	Birchfield Oaklands	28	12	6	10	60	69	−9	39^[a]	Resigned from the league
9	Knowle reserves	28	9	10	9	64	50	+14	37
10	Erdington Albion	28	9	6	13	62	71	−9	33	Resigned from the league
11	Archdale	28	9	3	16	50	69	−19	30
12	Tipton Town reserves	28	7	7	14	65	78	−13	28
13	Dudley Sports reserves	28	7	3	18	41	75	−34	24
14	Alvechurch reserves	28	5	5	18	54	95	−41	20	Resigned from the league
15	Kenilworth Town reserves	28	1	5	22	31	100	−69	8

Source:nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

^Birchfield Oaklands deducted 3 points.

References

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Midland Football Combination

Seasons

as Worcestershire Combination

1927–28
1928–29
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1930–31
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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League(First Division,Second Division,Third Division,play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League(Premier,One) Northern Premier League(Premier,One) Southern League(Premier,Midland,Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League(Two,Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League(Premier,One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League(Premier,One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Alliance (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 9 only) North West Counties League(One,Two) Northern Counties East League(Premier,One) Northern League(One,Two) Spartan South Midlands League(Premier North,Premier South,Senior) Sussex County League(One,Two) United Counties League(Premier,One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only) Western League(Premier,One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup(Qualifying rounds,Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy(Final)
Football League cups	League Cup(Final) Football League Trophy(Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Bolton Wanderers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Newcastle United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Birmingham City Bradford City Bury Charlton Athletic Crewe Alexandra Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Stockport County Stoke City Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Carlisle United Chesterfield Fulham Gillingham Grimsby Town Luton Town Millwall Northampton Town Oldham Athletic Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Southend United Walsall Watford Wigan Athletic Wrexham Wycombe Wanderers York City
Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Hartlepool United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Macclesfield Town Mansfield Town Notts County Peterborough United Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Swansea City Torquay United

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