FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	12
Country	England
Most recent champion(s)	Sporting Club Albion L.F.C. (2015–16)
Most titles	Liverpool L.F.C. & Sheffield F.C. Ladies (3 Titles)
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	FA WSL 2
Relegation to	FA Women's Premier League Division One

The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the third-level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Southern division. These two divisions are part of the FA Women's Premier League and below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League.

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard football format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One Northern, and Division One Midland.

Northern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup as well as the FA Women's Cup.

Clubs for 2016–17 season

Club	Position in 2015-16
Blackburn Rovers	3rd
Bradford City	5th
Derby County	7th
Fylde Ladies	2nd (as Preston North End W.F.C.)
Huddersfield Town	8th
Leicester City Womens	Promoted
Middlesbrough	Promoted
Newcastle United	9th
Nottingham Forest	6th
Nuneaton Town	10th
Stoke City	4th
West Bromwich Albion	1st (as Sporting Club Albion L.F.C.)

Stadiums 2016-17

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Sir Tom Finney Stadium	2,200
Bradford City	Bradford	Plumpton Park	2,200
Derby County	Derby	The Don Amott Arena	1,500
Fylde Ladies	Fylde	Mill Farm	6,000
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	The Stafflex Arena	1,000
Leicester City	Leicester	Riverside Pavilion	n/a
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Teesdale Park	5,000
Newcastle United	Newcastle	Sport Northumbria	n/a
Nottingham Forest	Nottingham	Mill Street Playing Fields	n/a
Nuneaton Town	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,500
Stoke City	Stoke	Community Drive	1,500
West Bromwich Albion	West Bromwich	Dales Lane	1,400

Previous winners

Season	Winner
2000–01	Leeds United L.F.C.
2001–02	Birmingham City L.F.C.
2002–03	Aston Villa L.F.C.
2003–04	Liverpool L.F.C.
2004–05	Sunderland A.F.C. Women
2005–06	Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.
2006–07	Liverpool L.F.C.
2007–08	Nottingham Forest L.F.C.
2008–09	Sunderland A.F.C. Women
2009–10	Liverpool L.F.C.
2010–11	Aston Villa L.F.C.
2011–12	Manchester City L.F.C.
2012–13	Sheffield F.C. Ladies
2013–14	Sheffield F.C. Ladies
2014–15	Sheffield F.C. Ladies
2015–16	Sporting Club Albion L.F.C.

From the 2014-15 season onwards, the club promoted to FA WSL2 (via a play-off between the Northern and Southern division champions), and overall champions of the FA WPL, are marked in bold.

External links

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Fylde Ladies Huddersfield Town Leicester City Womens Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Nuneaton Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

Southern Division	C & K Basildon Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry United Crystal Palace Forest Green Rovers Lewes Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Northern Div. One	Blackpool Wren Rovers Brighouse Town Chester Le Street Chorley Crewe Alexandra Guiseley Vixens Hull City Leeds Liverpool Marshalls Feds Morecambe Mossley Hill Tranmere Rovers

Midlands Div. One	Birmingham & West Midlands Leicester City Ladies Long Eaton United Loughborough Foxes Loughborough Students Radcliffe Olympic Rotherham United Solihull Sporting Khalsa Steel City Wanderers The New Saints Wolverhampton Wanderers

South East Div. One	Actonians AFC Wimbledon Cambridge United Denham United Enfield Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Lowestoft Town Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Norwich City Stevenage

South West Div. One	Basingstoke Brislington Cheltenham Town Chichester City Exeter City Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Maidenhead United Plymouth Argyle Shanklin Southampton Saints St Nicholas

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Cup seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Plate seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Women's football in England

The Football Association

National teams

League system

Levels 1–2	Women's Super League 1 Women's Super League 2

Levels 3–4	Women's Premier League

Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East (level 5 only) North East North West Southern South West West Midlands Greater London (levels 6–9) South East Counties (levels 6–8)

Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset Staffs Suffolk Surrey (level 9) Sussex (level 8) Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire

Cup competitions

List of clubs

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FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

Clubs for 2016–17 season

Stadiums 2016-17

Previous winners

See also

External links