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1965–66 West Midlands (Regional) League

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The 1965–66 West Midlands (Regional) League season was the 66th 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.

At the end of the previous season the second division was introduced. It was made up largely of reserve sides of non-league clubs, the majority of which were in the league’s new ‘Premier Division’.

Premier Division

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West Midlands League
Premier Division
Season1965–66
ChampionsTamworth
Matches played420
Goals scored1,607 (3.83 per match)

The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the league last season, along with three new clubs:

Also, Banbury Spencer changed name to Banbury United.

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GR Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Tamworth 40 29 7 4 123 51 2.412 65
2 Walsall reserves 40 24 8 8 84 40 2.100 56 Resigned from the league
3 Banbury United 40 23 9 8 91 55 1.655 55 Joined the Southern Football League
4 Kidderminster Harriers 40 22 8 10 85 54 1.574 52
5 Dudley Town 40 21 8 11 84 46 1.826 50
6 Hednesford 40 22 3 15 87 61 1.426 47
7 Bilston 40 19 9 12 71 60 1.183 47
8 Halesowen Town 40 21 4 15 97 76 1.276 46
9 Redditch 40 14 16 10 75 60 1.250 44
10 Port Vale reserves 40 19 6 15 90 73 1.233 44
11 Stourbridge 40 16 9 15 73 69 1.058 41
12 Bromsgrove Rovers 40 16 8 16 73 76 0.961 40
13 Lower Gornal Athletic 40 15 9 16 76 73 1.041 39
14 Wolverhampton Wanderers "A" 40 13 10 17 77 73 1.055 36
15 Atherstone Town 40 13 10 17 82 97 0.845 36
16 Brierley Hill Alliance 40 13 10 17 75 91 0.824 36
17 Stratford Town Amateurs 40 12 6 22 58 88 0.659 30
18 Cinderford Town 40 10 5 25 54 81 0.667 25
19 Darlaston 40 6 6 28 58 123 0.472 18
20 Bedworth United 40 6 6 28 41 126 0.325 18
21 Lye Town 40 6 3 31 53 134 0.396 15
Source: nonleaguematters
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.

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