Victoria Provisional League  One  1997
P   P W D L F A Pts GD
1 South Wantirna 26 22 1 3 88 21 67 67
2 Melton 26 21 1 4 72 24 64 48
3 Knox Park 26 16 7 3 56 24 55 32
4 Croxton Park 26 16 3 7 83 38 51 45
5 Lyndale United 26 14 5 7 45 35 47 10
6 North Sunshine Eagles 26 11 3 12 52 58 36 -6
7 Endeavour United 26 10 3 13 51 43 33 8
8 Glenroy 26 10 5 11 46 52 32 -6
9 Heidelberg City 26 8 3 15 39 65 27 -26
10 Mitcham United 26 7 7 12 35 46 25 -11
11 Brandon Park 26 6 6 14 37 65 24 -28
12 Springvale Condors 26 5 8 13 39 62 23 -23
13 Ballarat 26 3 9 14 25 47 18 -22
14 Doveton 26 2 1 23 19 107 4 -88
Glenroy, Mitcham Utd and Doveton had 3 points deducted.
Promoted to State League Three South Wantirna
Melton
Relegated to Provisional League Two Ballarat
Doveton
Knox Park and Heidelberg City withdrew at end of season.
Victoria Provisional League  Two 1997
P   P W D L F A Pts GD
1 Riversdale 20 13 4 3 37 26 43 11
2 Templestowe Eagles 20 12 6 2 54 24 42 30
3 Sydenham Park 20 13 2 5 62 33 41 29
4 Keon Park 20 11 4 5 45 31 37 14
5 South Yarra 20 10 1 9 32 35 31 -3
6 Brunswick City 20 8 3 9 38 34 27 4
7 Hoppers Crossing 20 7 4 9 33 47 25 -14
8 Braeside United 20 5 5 10 24 31 20 -7
9 Meadow Park 20 5 3 12 30 50 15 -20
10 Waverley Wanderers 20 4 2 14 20 39 14 -19
11 Berwick City 20 3 4 13 24 49 13 -25
Meadow Park had 3 points deducted.
Promoted to Provisional League One Riversdale
Templestowe Eagles
Relegated to Provisional League Three None
Next season there are two regionalised Division Two leagues
Victoria Provisional League  Three Metropolitan 1997
P   P W D L F A Pts GD
1 Morwell Pegasus 20 15 2 3 57 18 47 39
2 Newborough/Yallourn 20 13 4 3 58 27 43 31
3 Dandenong 20 10 6 4 34 28 36 6
4 University of Melbourne Blues 20 10 4 6 35 29 34 6
5 Ashburton 20 8 4 8 35 25 28 10
6 Melbourne University Rangers 20 7 4 9 40 34 25 6
7 Elwood City 20 7 3 10 32 35 24 -3
8 Monash University 20 6 5 9 28 46 23 -18
9 Old Camberwell Grammar 20 6 2 12 26 42 20 -16
10 Keilor United 20 4 5 11 42 63 17 -21
11 Ringwood Rovers 20 3 3 14 27 67 12 -40
Promoted to Provisional League Two Elwood City
University of Melbourne Blues
Melbourne University Rangers
Ringwood Rovers withdrew at end of season.
Victoria Provisional League  Three  North-West 1997
P P W D L F A Pts GD
1 Broadmeadows United 22 16 3 3 60 21 51 39
2 La Trobe University 22 14 4 4 57 33 46 24
3 Darebin United 22 14 3 5 51 21 45 30
4 Brimbank 22 13 2 7 53 29 41 24
5 Somerton City 22 11 6 5 36 29 39 7
6 Mill Park 22 7 8 7 27 33 29 -6
7 Northern United 22 8 4 10 26 38 28 -12
8 North Reservoir 22 5 8 9 31 35 23 -4
9 North Glenroy 22 7 1 14 34 49 22 -15
10 Watsonia Heights 22 6 4 12 28 46 22 -18
11 Whittlesea United 22 3 6 13 31 52 9 -21
12 West Preston 22 1 5 16 19 67 5 -48
Whittlesea Utd had 6 points deducted. West Preston has 3 points deducted.
Promoted to Provisional League Two Broadmeadows United
La Trobe University
Victoria Provisional League  Three  South-East 1997
P P W D L F A Pts GD
1 Dingley City 18 15 1 2 64 23 46 41
2 Collingwood City 18 12 2 4 60 26 38 34
3 Noble Park 18 9 4 5 31 18 31 13
4 Endeavour Hills 18 8 3 7 36 40 27 -4
5 East Kew 18 7 4 7 31 38 25 -7
6 Flemington Falcons 18 6 4 8 31 38 22 -7
7 Ivanhoe United 18 7 1 10 30 40 19 -10
8 Monash City 18 5 3 10 27 40 18 -13
9 Thornbury United 18 4 5 9 28 33 17 -5
10 Parkmore 18 3 1 14 23 65 10 -42
Ivanhoe United had 3 points deducted.
Promoted to Provisional League Two
New teams for 1998 Dandenong Inter
Clayton
Heatherton United
Noble Park United
North Caulfield rejoined for 1998.
Next season there are only two regional Division Three leagues.
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