2016–17 FA Women's Premier League

The 2016–17 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 25th season of the competition, which began in 1992. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.[1]

FA Women's Premier League

Tottenham Hotspur celebrates winning the FA WPL play-off
Season	2016–17
Dates	21 August 2016 – 28 May 2017
Champions	Tottenham Hotspur
Promoted	Tottenham Hotspur
Relegated	Blackpool Wren Rovers Exeter City Loughborough Students Lowestoft Town Tranmere Rovers
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1.[1] 72 teams were members of the league before the start of the 2016–17 season, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur, respectively the champions of the Northern and Southern Divisions, qualified for a playoff match against each other which Tottenham Hotspur won 3-0 thus becoming the overall league champion, and winning them promotion to FA WSL 2.[2]

Premier Division

Northern Division

Blackburn Rovers

Bradford City

Derby County

Fylde Ladies

Huddersfield Town

Leicester City WFC

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United

Nottingham Forest

Stoke City

WBA

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Guiseley Vixens and Loughborough Foxes were relegated to Northern Division One and Midlands Division One respectively.
• Leicester City Womens and Middlesbrough were promoted into the Northern Division from Midlands Division One and Northern Division One respectively.
• Preston North End was renamed Fylde Ladies after changing its affiliation to A.F.C. Fylde.[3]
• Sporting Club Albion was renamed West Bromwich Albion.[4]
• Nuneaton Town withdrew from the league the week before the season started.[5][6]

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
Blackburn Rovers	Sir Tom Finney Stadium, Bamber Bridge	3rd
Bradford City	Plumpton Park, Bradford	5th
Derby County	The Don Amott Arena, Derby	7th
Fylde Ladies	Mill Farm, Wesham	2nd
Huddersfield Town	The Stafflex Arena, Kirkburton	8th
Leicester City Womens	Riverside Pavilion, Leicester	1st in Midlands Division One (promoted)
Middlesbrough	Teesdale Park, Thornaby-on-Tees	1st in Northern Division One (promoted)
Newcastle United	Sport Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne	9th
Nottingham Forest	Mill Street Playing Fields, Nottingham	6th
Stoke City	Wellbeing Park, Stone	4th
West Bromwich Albion	Dales Lane, Rushall	1st

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Blackburn Rovers (C)	20	17	3	0	59	20	+39	54	Playoff with Southern Division champion
2	Middlesbrough	20	14	1	5	60	31	+29	43
3	Leicester City Women	20	10	4	6	44	37	+7	34
4	Stoke City	20	8	6	6	43	37	+6	30
5	Derby County	20	9	2	9	39	35	+4	29
6	West Bromwich Albion	20	8	3	9	33	37	−4	27
7	Fylde Ladies[lower-alpha 1]	20	8	5	7	36	30	+6	26
8	Bradford City	20	7	1	12	40	40	0	22
9	Huddersfield Town	20	5	5	10	37	53	−16	20
10	Nottingham Forest	20	5	3	12	27	49	−22	18
11	Newcastle United (R)	20	2	1	17	16	65	−49	7	Relegation to FA Women's Premier League Division One regions

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Fylde had three points deducted[7]

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	BRA	DER	FYL	HUD	LCW	MID	NEW	NOT	STK	WBA
Blackburn Rovers		4–2	3–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	5–1	3–0	4–1	2–2	5–1
Bradford City	0–4		0–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	0–0	6–0	5–1	2–1
Derby County	0–4	3–1		5–0	3–1	1–3	2–3	2–0	2–1	4–3	0–2
Fylde Ladies	1–2	3–2	0–0		6–1	4–0	0–3	3–0	1–0	0–2	2–2
Huddersfield Town	3–3	2–1	4–1	2–2		1–6	1–2	2–0	3–3	2–2	2–1
Leicester City Women	0–4	5–4	2–1	1–1	2–2		0–3	6–0	2–1	5–3	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–2	2–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	0–3		7–1	0–1	1–1	6–0
Newcastle United	0–1	1–5	1–4	1–5	6–2	1–0	1–6		0–1	1–4	0–5
Nottingham Forest	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	2–5	2–2	3–8	5–1		1–5	1–2
Stoke City	0–2	1–3	2–1	3–3	2–0	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1		1–1
West Bromwich Albion	2–3	4–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–0	0–4	2–1	2–0	1–2

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

C & K Basildon

Cardiff City

Charlton

Coventry United

CP

Lewes

Portsmouth

QPR

Swindon Town

Tottenham

WHU

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• League champions Brighton & Hove Albion was promoted to FA WSL 2.
• Plymouth Argyle was relegated to South West Division One.
• Swindon Town and Crystal Palace were promoted from South West and South East Division One.
• Forest Green Rovers withdrew from the league the week before the season started.[5][8]

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
C & K Basildon	The Frost Financial Stadium, Canvey Island	8th
Cardiff City	CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence, Ystrad Mynach	3rd
Charlton Athletic	Bayliss Avenue, Thamesmead, London	2nd
Coventry United	Park Meadow, Coleshill	4th
Crystal Palace	Hayes Lane, Kent	1st in South East Division One (promoted)
Lewes	The Dripping Pan, Lewes	7th
Portsmouth	Privett Park, Gosport	5th
Queens Park Rangers	Honeycroft, West Drayton, London	9th
Swindon Town	Barrington Park, Shrivenham	1st in South West Division One (promoted)
Tottenham Hotspur	Cheshunt Stadium, Cheshunt	6th
West Ham United	Ship Lane, Aveley	10th

League table

Tottenham celebrating winning the league.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C, O, P)	20	17	1	2	58	13	+45	52	Playoff with Northern Division champion
2	Coventry United	20	15	3	2	55	15	+40	48
3	Cardiff City	20	14	2	4	72	19	+53	44
4	Charlton Athletic	20	13	3	4	55	25	+30	42
5	Crystal Palace	20	9	6	5	48	23	+25	33
6	C & K Basildon	20	8	3	9	29	42	−13	27
7	Lewes	20	7	4	9	31	36	−5	25
8	Portsmouth	20	5	2	13	31	66	−35	17
9	West Ham United	20	1	6	13	12	59	−47	9
10	Swindon Town	20	2	2	16	20	60	−40	8
11	Queens Park Rangers	20	2	2	16	11	64	−53	8

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	C&KB	CAR	CHA	CVU	CRY	LEW	POR	QPR	SWT	TOT	WHU
C & K Basildon		3–2	4–3	0–3	2–2	0–2	2–0	4–0	2–0	0–4	0–1
Cardiff City	2–1		0–2	1–2	3–2	6–0	5–0	12–1	8–0	4–0	3–0
Charlton Athletic	6–0	1–4		1–5	2–2	2–1	4–2	2–0	4–0	0–1	5–0
Coventry United	6–0	2–2	1–1		1–0	3–1	8–1	5–0	2–1	0–1	1–0
Crystal Palace	5–0	0–1	3–3	2–2		1–1	7–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	6–1
Lewes	3–0	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–2		1–2	1–0	3–1	1–6	7–2
Portsmouth	1–3	1–5	0–3	1–3	2–5	4–3		3–2	5–0	1–4	3–1
Queens Park Rangers	1–4	1–4	0–6	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1		0–7	0–4	1–1
Swindon Town	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–3	0–1	1–2	4–3	0–2		0–4	2–2
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	2–1	2–3	2–0	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	4–1		4–0
West Ham United	0–0	0–4	0–2	0–5	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–7

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

The overall FA WPL champion was decided by a play-off match held at the end of the season. The winner earned promotion to the FA WSL 2.[9]

28 May 2017

14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)

Tottenham Hotspur (S)	3-0	Blackburn Rovers (N)
Bianca Baptiste  36', 67' Josie Green  74' Wendy Martin  90+4'	Report Report	Ella Toone  55' Lynda Shepherd Saffron Jordan  87' Alex Taylor

The Valley, Charlton, London

Attendance: 826

Referee: Sarah Garratt

Tottenham Hotspur

The two teams lining up before the start of the match

Blackburn Rovers

Division One

Northern Division One

Blackpool Wren Rovers

Brighouse Town

Chester-le-Street

Chorley

Crewe Alexandra

Guiseley Vixens

Hull City

Leeds

Liverpool M.F.

Morecambe

Mossley Hill

Tranmere R.

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Middlesbrough was promoted to the Northern Division.
• Guiseley Vixens was relegated from the Northern Division.
• Brighouse Town was promoted from the North East Regional League.
• Crewe Alexandra was promoted from the North West Regional League.
• Stockport County and Norton & Stockton Ancients were relegated to the regional leagues.

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
Blackpool Wren Rovers	Brews Park, Blackpool	8th
Brighouse Town	The Dual Seal Stadium, Brighouse	1st in North East Regional League (promoted)
Chester-le-Street	Moor Park, Chester Moor	9th
Chorley	Jim Fowler Memorial Fields, Leyland	3rd
Crewe Alexandra	Cumberland Arena, Crewe	1st in North West Regional League (promoted)
Guiseley Vixens	Nethermoor Park, Guiseley	11th in Northern Division (relegated)
Hull City	Hull University Sports Ground, Hull	4th
Leeds	Genix Healthcare Stadium, Garforth	5th
Liverpool Marshall Feds	I.M. Marsh Campus, Liverpool	2nd
Morecambe	Lancaster & Morecambe College, Lancaster	7th
Mossley Hill	Mossley Hill Athletic Club, Liverpool	6th
Tranmere Rovers	Ellesmere Port Sports Village, Ellesmere Port	10th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Guiseley Vixens (C, P)	22	19	2	1	72	20	+52	59	Promotion to Northern Division
2	Liverpool Marshall Feds	22	13	5	4	66	29	+37	44
3	Hull City	22	14	1	7	54	38	+16	43
4	Chester-le-Street	22	13	2	7	58	42	+16	41
5	Chorley	22	12	2	8	51	44	+7	38
6	Brighouse Town	22	11	4	7	50	34	+16	37
7	Morecambe[lower-alpha 1]	22	10	2	10	51	50	+1	29
8	Leeds	22	7	2	13	51	59	−8	23
9	Mossley Hill	22	6	1	15	45	72	−27	19
10	Crewe Alexandra	22	4	6	12	31	59	−28	18
11	Blackpool Wren Rovers (R)	22	5	3	14	37	68	−31	18	Relegated from FA Women's Premier League.
12	Tranmere Rovers (R)	22	1	4	17	19	70	−51	7

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Morecambe had three points deducted[10]

Results

Home \ Away	BWR	BRI	CLS	CHO	CRE	GUI	HUL	LEE	LMF	MOR	MOH	TRA
Blackpool Wren Rovers		1–4	4–2	2–3	2–0	2–3	2–3	1–5	2–2	3–2	2–4	0–0
Brighouse Town	4–0		2–2	3–2	2–2	0–4	1–2	1–3	3–3	0–3	4–0	1–0
Chester-le-Street	4–1	2–0		1–2	2–2	1–3	4–2	3–0	1–4	6–2	4–2	5–0
Chorley	3–1	2–6	3–1		4–1	1–4	2–1	5–1	1–6	2–1	1–2	5–1
Crewe Alexandra	3–3	0–4	0–2	0–4		4–2	0–1	3–2	3–3	3–0	1–1	1–1
Guiseley Vixens	4–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	3–0		6–2	1–1	1–1	7–0	3–2	4–0
Hull City	7–0	1–0	3–5	4–2	3–0	0–2		2–0	2–2	2–1	0–3	5–1
Leeds	5–1	2–4	3–5	0–1	2–1	1–5	0–2		3–4	1–2	7–1	1–1
Liverpool Marshall Feds	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–0	5–0	1–3	3–2	4–0		3–0	1–0	3–0
Morecambe	3–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	5–1	2–5	1–2	7–4	0–4		6–1	3–1
Mossley Hill	5–3	1–2	1–2	4–6	4–5	0–2	1–5	2–5	0–6	2–5		5–2
Tranmere Rovers	0–4	0–6	0–2	1–1	4–1	1–4	2–3	3–5	1–6	0–1	0–4

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Midlands Division One

Birmingham & W.M.

Leicester City LFC

Long Eaton

Loughborough Foxes

Loughborough Students

Radcliffe Olympic

Rotherham United

Solihull

Sporting Khalsa

Steel City Wanderers

The New Saints

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Map showing the locations of the teams in Midlands Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Leicester City Womens was promoted to the Northern Division.
• Loughborough Foxes was relegated from the Northern Division.
• The New Saints was promoted from the West Midlands Regional League.
• Long Eaton United was promoted from the East Midlands Regional League.
• Peterborough Northern Star and Leafield Athletic were relegated to the regional leagues.

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
Birmingham & West Midlands	Shenley Lane Community Sports Centre, Birmingham	5th
Leicester City L.F.C.	Linwood Playing Fields, Leicester	8th
Long Eaton United	Grange Park, Long Eaton	1st in East Midlands Regional League (promoted)
Loughborough Foxes	Loughborough University Stadium, Loughborough	12th in Northern Division (relegated)
Loughborough Students	Holywell Park, Loughborough	6th
Radcliffe Olympic	Wharf Lane Recreation Ground, Radcliffe-on-Trent	3rd
Rotherham United	Roundwood Sports Complex, Rotherham	9th
Solihull	Field Lane, Solihull	4th
Sporting Khalsa	Aspray Arena, Willenhall	10th
Steel City Wanderers	Thorncliffe Recreation Ground, Sheffield	7th
The New Saints	Park Hall Stadium, Oswestry	1st in West Midlands Regional League (promoted)
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Keys Park, Hednesford	2nd

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Wolverhampton Wanderers (C, P)	22	18	2	2	57	18	+39	56	Promotion to Northern Division
2	Loughborough Foxes	22	18	0	4	111	31	+80	54
3	Sporting Khalsa	22	13	2	7	57	33	+24	41
4	Radcliffe Olympic	22	13	1	8	58	36	+22	40
5	Birmingham & West Midlands	22	13	1	8	59	45	+14	40
6	The New Saints	22	12	3	7	65	44	+21	39
7	Long Eaton United	22	9	3	10	54	45	+9	30
8	Steel City Wanderers	22	9	1	12	46	62	−16	28
9	Solihull	22	6	5	11	41	55	−14	23
10	Leicester City L.F.C.	22	5	2	15	27	88	−61	17
11	Rotherham United	22	5	1	16	45	70	−25	16
12	Loughborough Students[lower-alpha 1] (R)	22	0	1	21	19	112	−93	−1	Relegated from FA Women's Premier League.

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Loughborough Students had one point deducted twice[11]

Results

Home \ Away	B&WM	LCL	LEU	LOU	LST	RAD	ROT	SOL	SPK	SCW	TNS	WOL
Birmingham & West Midlands		0–2	4–2	0–4	5–0	1–1	5–1	4–2	4–1	1–0	4–2	1–3
Leicester City Ladies	3–5		4–1	0–4	4–1	1–3	1–6	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–1
Long Eaton United	1–2	1–1		5–1	13–1	1–4	3–3	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–2	1–0
Loughborough Foxes	1–0	9–0	4–3		5–0	3–2	7–1	9–0	5–1	6–1	4–0	1–2
Loughborough Students	2–8	2–4	1–4	0–12		0–5	3–4	1–4	0–2	1–2	0–6	0–3
Radcliffe Olympic	2–1	13–0	1–2	3–1	5–3		1–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	4–0	0–2
Rotherham United	5–1	6–0	0–2	1–9	6–1	0–2		2–3	0–4	0–2	1–4	2–3
Solihull	0–4	0–0	2–0	1–7	6–0	3–0	4–0		1–2	1–3	2–2	0–0
Sporting Khalsa	5–1	8–0	4–1	1–2	4–0	4–1	4–2	1–1		4–0	5–1	0–2
Steel City Wanderers	3–4	4–2	3–2	4–10	6–1	3–5	3–1	4–3	2–2		1–3	1–5
The New Saints	0–2	8–2	5–2	3–5	3–1	5–0	4–3	3–3	4–2	2–0		0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	5–2	5–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	3–2	4–1	6–1	3–0	4–0	0–3

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South East Division One

Actonians

AFC Wimbledon

Cambridge United

Denham United

Enfield Town

Gillingham

Ipswich Town

Lowestoft Town

Luton Town

Milton Keynes Dons

Norwich City

Stevenage

Map showing the locations of the teams in South East Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Crystal Palace was promoted to the Southern Division.
• Stevenage was promoted from the Eastern Region League.
• AFC Wimbledon was promoted from the London & South East Regional League.
• Bedford was relegated to the regional leagues.
• Old Actonians was renamed Actonians.[12]

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
Actonians	Berkeley Fields, Greenford, London	10th
AFC Wimbledon	Borough Sports Ground, Sutton, London	1st in London & South East Regional League (promoted)
Cambridge United	Recreation Way, Mildenhall	6th
Denham United	The Den, Denham	9th
Enfield Town	Queen Elizabeth II Stadium, Enfield	7th
Gillingham	K Sports Cobdown, Aylesford	2nd
Ipswich Town	Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe	5th
Lowestoft Town	Crown Meadow, Lowestoft	11th
Luton Town	Stockwood Park Athletics Stadium, Luton	4th
Milton Keynes Dons	Willen Road, Newport Pagnell	3rd
Norwich City	Plantation Park, Blofield	8th
Stevenage	Hertingfordbury Park, Hertford	1st in Eastern Region League (promoted)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Gillingham (C, P)	22	18	3	1	104	14	+90	57	Promotion to Southern Division
2	Milton Keynes Dons	22	16	1	5	63	21	+42	49
3	AFC Wimbledon	22	13	5	4	57	28	+29	44
4	Cambridge United	22	13	2	7	55	35	+20	41
5	Luton Town	22	11	4	7	44	39	+5	37
6	Actonians	22	10	6	6	51	37	+14	36
7	Enfield Town	22	7	4	11	31	51	−20	25
8	Denham United	22	8	1	13	38	59	−21	25
9	Ipswich Town	22	7	4	11	36	58	−22	25
10	Norwich City	22	4	4	14	31	81	−50	16
11	Stevenage	22	3	6	13	19	45	−26	15
12	Lowestoft Town (R)	22	2	0	20	21	82	−61	6	Relegated from FA Women's Premier League.

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Results

Home \ Away	ACT	WIM	CAM	DEN	ENF	GIL	IPS	LOW	LUT	MKD	NOR	STE
Actonians		2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–4	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–1	5–4	0–0
AFC Wimbledon	1–1		0–1	2–0	4–0	3–2	4–3	10–0	2–4	1–0	3–0	4–0
Cambridge United	1–2	1–1		7–0	3–2	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	0–2	5–4	3–2
Denham United	4–2	4–1	1–5		3–1	0–9	1–2	5–0	1–0	0–3	2–4	5–0
Enfield Town	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–0		0–7	4–1	5–1	0–5	1–2	2–1	0–0
Gillingham	7–1	1–1	4–1	2–0	6–0		1–1	5–1	10–1	3–1	13–0	5–1
Ipswich Town	0–1	1–4	0–5	2–2	1–1	0–6		3–2	0–1	1–4	5–1	2–1
Lowestoft Town	0–7	3–4	0–2	2–5	3–0	0–4	2–3		0–3	2–6	1–5	0–1
Luton Town	1–3	1–1	4–2	3–2	1–2	1–1	5–1	4–1		2–1	3–1	0–0
Milton Keynes Dons	4–1	0–2	4–1	7–0	1–0	1–2	5–3	1–0	5–1		7–0	2–0
Norwich City	0–11	1–1	1–3	0–2	2–2	0–9	1–1	4–2	2–1	0–2		0–0
Stevenage	3–3	1–5	1–3	4–1	1–2	0–1	2–3	0–1	1–1	0–4	1–0

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South West Division One

Basingstoke

Brislington

Cheltenham Town

Chichester City

Exeter City

Keynsham

Larkhall Ath.

Maidenhead United

Plymouth Argyle

Shanklin

Southampton Saints

St Nicholas

Map showing the locations of the teams in South West Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

• Swindon Town was promoted to the Southern Division.
• Plymouth Argyle was relegated from the Southern Division.
• Basingstoke was promoted from the Southern Region League.
• Brislington was promoted from the South West Regional League.
• Gloucester City and Swindon Spitfires withdrew from the league during the 2015–16 season.

Team	Home ground	2015–16 position
Basingstoke	The Ark Cancer Charity Stadium, Basingstoke	1st in Southern Region League (promoted)
Brislington	Ironmould Lane, Brislington	1st in South West Regional League (promoted)
Cheltenham Town	Petersfield Park, Cheltenham	8th
Chichester City	Oaklands Park, Chichester	2nd
Exeter City	Minster Park, Exminster	5th
Keynsham Town	AJN Stadium, Keynsham	3rd
Larkhall Athletic	Plain Ham, Larkhall	4th
Maidenhead United	York Road, Maidenhead	7th
Plymouth Argyle	Haye Road, Plymouth	12th in Southern Division (relegated)
Shanklin^[note]	County Ground, Shanklin	9th
Southampton Saints	VT Group Sportsground, Sholing	6th
St Nicholas	Lodge Road, Yate	10th

^[note] Shanklin withdrew from the league after playing 18 of 22 matches.[13] All results involving Shanklin were expunged.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chichester City (C, P)	20	19	1	0	100	8	+92	58	Promotion to Southern Division
2	Plymouth Argyle	20	18	0	2	104	19	+85	54
3	Southampton Saints	20	12	5	3	52	32	+20	41
4	Keynsham Town	20	12	2	6	71	32	+39	38
5	Larkhall Athletic	20	11	3	6	45	42	+3	36
6	Brislington	20	6	4	10	44	63	−19	22
7	Maidenhead United	19	5	2	12	26	54	−28	17
8	St Nicholas	20	4	3	13	31	74	−43	15
9	Basingstoke	20	3	5	12	29	57	−28	14
10	Cheltenham Town	20	4	1	15	25	74	−49	13
11	Exeter City (R)	19	0	4	15	16	88	−72	4	Relegated from FA Women's Premier League.
12	Shanklin (X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league. Record expunged.

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Resigned.

Results

Home \ Away	BAS	BRI	CHE	CHI	EXE	KEY	LAR	MAI	PLY	SOS	STN
Basingstoke		0–2	1–0	0–5	5–0	2–6	1–1	2–2	0–6	2–4	2–0
Brislington	2–2		4–1	0–4	6–0	1–4	3–4	5–2	0–8	2–2	0–0
Cheltenham Town	2–1	1–3		0–4	4–1	0–3	1–3	3–2	2–5	0–3	2–1
Chichester City	4–0	7–1	4–0		5–0	5–0	2–1	3–0	3–0	8–0	10–0
Exeter City	3–3	2–2	2–2	0–13		0–5	2–7	0–1	0–6	0–1	2–5
Keynsham Town	6–1	4–0	7–0	0–2	13–0		1–5	2–1	1–3	0–0	5–2
Larkhall Athletic	1–0	3–2	3–2	0–2	2–1	1–1		5–1	0–4	2–2	3–1
Maidenhead United	2–1	4–5	2–1	1–4		1–2	0–1		0–8	1–1	2–0
Plymouth Argyle	4–1	5–1	17–0	4–5	4–1	5–2	7–1	6–0		1–0	4–1
Southampton Saints	3–1	5–3	3–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	6–2	4–2	0–3		2–0
St Nicholas	4–4	5–2	5–2	0–9	2–2	0–7	3–0	1–2	1–4	0–10

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reserve Division

Reserve Northern Division

Blackburn Rovers

Bradford City

Brighouse Town

Fylde Ladies

Guiseley Vixens

Huddersfield Town

Hull City

Leeds

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Reserve Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers[lower-alpha 1] (C)	16	11	3	2	50	17	+33	33
2	Huddersfield Town	16	10	2	4	45	22	+23	32
3	Newcastle United	16	9	3	4	41	19	+22	30
4	Fylde Ladies	16	9	2	5	44	31	+13	29
5	Middlesbrough	16	9	1	6	52	35	+17	28
6	Bradford City	16	6	4	6	29	32	−3	22
7	Guiseley Vixens	16	5	0	11	30	57	−27	15
8	Hull City	16	2	2	12	18	58	−40	8
9	Brighouse Town	16	2	1	13	25	63	−38	7
10	Leeds (X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Resigned from league. Record expunged.

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (X) Resigned.
Notes:

1. Blackburn Rovers had three points deducted[14]

Results

Home \ Away	BLB	BRA	BRI	FYL	GUI	HUD	HUL	MID	NEW
Blackburn Rovers		2–0	4–2	1–1	6–0	1–1	5–0	5–0	3–0
Bradford City	1–1		1–0	4–1	5–4	1–4	5–1	0–5	0–0
Brighouse Town	1–5	1–5		2–4	3–4	0–8	2–0	6–3	0–4
Fylde Ladies	4–0	3–2	7–1		6–1	0–1	2–1	1–5	1–2
Guiseley Vixens	0–6	1–2	6–2	3–8		0–3	7–1	1–2	2–1
Huddersfield Town	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	3–0		4–0	8–3	0–2
Hull City	0–6	1–1	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–7		4–1	3–3
Middlesbrough	5–0	6–1	2–2	5–0	4–0	4–0	5–1		0–3
Newcastle United	2–3	1–1	5–0	1–2	5–0	4–1	5–1	3–2

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reserve Midland Division

Cardiff City

Coventry

Derby

LCW

Loughborough Foxes

Notts Forest

Sporting Khalsa

Stoke

The New Saints

WBA

Map showing the locations of the teams in Reserve Midland Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Stoke City (C)	18	14	2	2	60	15	+45	44
2	Leicester City Women	18	14	1	3	68	27	+41	43
3	Cardiff City	18	12	1	5	82	30	+52	37
4	West Bromwich Albion	18	9	2	7	43	39	+4	29
5	Derby County	18	8	4	6	47	39	+8	28
6	Coventry United	18	6	3	9	50	50	0	21
7	Nottingham Forest	18	5	5	8	45	49	−4	20
8	Sporting Khalsa	18	6	2	10	42	66	−24	20
9	Loughborough Foxes	18	2	2	14	27	80	−53	8
10	The New Saints	18	1	4	13	14	83	−69	7

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results

Home \ Away	CAR	CVU	DER	LCW	LOU	NOT	SPK	STK	TNS	WBA
Cardiff City		5–0	3–5	4–3	3–1	7–0	10–1	3–4	10–0	0–2
Coventry United	1–4		0–4	0–7	9–1	1–2	8–2	2–1	6–0	1–4
Derby County	0–2	3–2		0–3	4–0	1–2	5–0	0–3	2–2	5–2
Leicester City Women	5–1	2–1	9–1		4–2	2–1	6–1	2–1	4–1	4–2
Loughborough Foxes	1–5	1–1	4–4	1–4		2–3	2–4	1–4	3–6	1–7
Nottingham Forest	1–1	4–4	2–6	1–4	12–0		4–5	0–5	1–1	4–0
Sporting Khalsa	0–8	2–2	2–5	2–2	1–3	3–2		0–4	2–0	3–0
Stoke City	4–1	6–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	2–2	3–1		10–0	2–1
The New Saints	0–11	0–5	1–1	1–5	1–3	1–1	0–12	0–3		0–2
West Bromwich Albion	2–4	2–6	1–1	4–2	5–1	4–3	2–1	1–1	2–0

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Reserve Southern Division

C&K

Charlton

CP

Denham

Lewes

MK Dons

Portsmouth

QPR

Southampton Saints

Spurs

WHU

Map showing the locations of the teams in Reserve Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Tottenham Hotspur (C)	20	15	3	2	71	28	+43	48
2	Charlton Athletic	20	13	3	4	44	19	+25	42
3	Crystal Palace	20	13	3	4	49	25	+24	42
4	Portsmouth	20	12	4	4	56	22	+34	40
5	Lewes	20	10	2	8	54	30	+24	32
6	Queens Park Rangers	20	10	2	8	50	47	+3	32
7	West Ham United	20	7	1	12	30	48	−18	22
8	C & K Basildon	20	6	4	10	42	64	−22	22
9	Milton Keynes Dons	20	6	0	14	31	50	−19	18
10	Denham United	20	3	2	15	24	71	−47	11
11	Southampton Saints	20	3	0	17	25	71	−46	9

Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion.

Results

Tottenham Hotspur Reserve with the league trophy.

Home \ Away	C&KB	CHA	CRY	DEN	LEW	MKD	POR	QPR	SOS	TOT	WHU
C & K Basildon		0–0	2–2	0–0	3–6	1–2	0–5	5–4	4–3	6–1	0–1
Charlton Athletic	4–2		2–3	7–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–1	4–1	2–3	1–0
Crystal Palace	7–2	0–0		1–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	1–0	10–0	2–4	1–0
Denham United	2–4	2–3	0–2		1–6	4–1	0–5	2–2	3–1	2–5	2–1
Lewes	3–1	1–0	2–2	5–1		5–0	2–2	2–3	5–0	2–4	0–2
Milton Keynes Dons	2–3	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–5		0–4	1–3	3–1	1–2	5–1
Portsmouth	3–3	0–0	1–2	6–0	1–0	2–1		5–0	3–0	0–4	4–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–1	1–4	3–1	5–2	3–1	0–5	1–4		4–1	0–4	4–1
Southampton Saints	3–4	0–1	2–1	5–1	0–6	6–0	0–5	1–3		0–6	1–3
Tottenham Hotspur	8–1	1–2	3–1	6–1	1–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	1–0		3–3
West Ham United	4–0	0–6	0–1	5–0	0–2	0–3	2–1	1–7	5–0	1–7

Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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External links

• Official website of the FA Women's Premier League
• League results and standings