2004–05 FA Women's Premier League

The 2004–05 FA Women's Premier League season was the 14th season of the FA Women's Premier League.

FA Women's Premier League

Season	2004–05
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division

Season	2004–05
Champions	Arsenal 8th title
Relegated	Liverpool Bristol City
UEFA Cup	Arsenal
Matches played	90
Goals scored	309 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Trudy Williams (20 goals)
Biggest away win	Leeds United 0–8 Everton (15 August 2004)
Highest scoring	Leeds United 8–3 Liverpool (26 September 2004)
Longest unbeaten run	Arsenal (18)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Birmingham City

Bristol Rovers

Doncaster Rovers Belles

Everton

Leeds United

Liverpool

Bristol City

Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams

Arsenal

Charlton Athletic

Fulham

Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams (Greater London)

The National Division season started on 15 August 2004 and ended on 7 May 2005.^[1] Arsenal were the defending champions, while Liverpool and Bristol City entered as the promoted teams from the 2003–04 Northern and Southern Divisions. Arsenal won their second consecutive league title, and seventh overall.^[2]

Changes from last season:

• Liverpool were promoted from the Northern Division
• Bristol City were promoted from the Southern Division
• Aston Villa were relegated to the Northern Division
• Tranmere Rovers were relegated to the Northern Division

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	18	15	3	0	57	13	+44	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
2	Charlton Athletic	18	13	2	3	43	17	+26	41
3	Everton	18	11	4	3	45	24	+21	37
4	Birmingham City	18	9	3	6	37	28	+9	30
5	Bristol Rovers	18	9	1	8	35	28	+7	28
6	Leeds United	18	8	2	8	31	34	−3	26
7	Fulham	18	3	5	10	18	39	−21	14
8	Doncaster Rovers Belles	18	3	3	12	10	38	−28	12
9	Liverpool (R)	18	3	2	13	21	49	−28	11	Relegation to the Northern Division
10	Bristol City (R)	18	2	3	13	12	39	−27	9	Relegation to the Southern Division

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	CHA	EVE	BIR	BRO	LEE	FUL	DON	LIV	BCI
Arsenal	—	2–2	2–0	8–1	2–0	1–0	6–2	3–0	4–1	7–0
Charlton Athletic	0–1	—	2–1	3–2	3–1	1–2	4–1	2–0	3–1	1–0
Everton	1–1	2–2	—	2–2	3–2	1–3	2–1	5–2	2–1	4–1
Birmingham City	2–5	1–0	2–3	—	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	6–0	4–0
Bristol Rovers	1–5	1–3	1–2	0–1	—	2–1	3–2	5–0	5–1	2–2
Leeds United	1–2	1–5	0–8	0–2	0–2	—	4–2	1–0	8–3	0–0
Fulham	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–4	0–3	2–1	—	0–0	2–1	4–2
Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–0	0–3	0–4	1–0	—	2–6	2–0
Liverpool	0–4	0–1	1–5	2–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	—	0–1
Bristol City	2–3	0–4	1–3	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[3]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Trudy Williams	Bristol Rovers	20
2	Karen Walker	Leeds United	14
3	Angela Banks	Arsenal	13
4	Julie Fleeting	Arsenal	12
5	Eniola Aluko	Charlton Athletic	10
	Kelly McDougall	Everton

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division

Season	2004–05
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland
Relegated	Sheffield Wednesday Coventry City
Matches played	132
Goals scored	474 (3.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	Amy McCann (goals 20)
Biggest away win	Oldham Curzon 1–9 Sunderland (28 November 2004)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Sunderland

Blackburn Rovers

Middlesbrough

Tranmere Rovers

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

Aston Villa

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Coventry City

Lincoln City

Sheffield Wednesday

Manchester City

Oldham Curzon

Stockport County

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

The Northern Division season began on 15 August 2004 and ended on 2 May 2005.^[4]

Changes from last season:

• Liverpool were promoted to the National Division
• Blackburn Rovers were promoted from the Midland Combination League
• Aston Villa were relegated from the National Division
• Tranmere Rovers were relegated from the National Division
• Bangor City were relegated to the Northern Combination League
• Chesterfield were relegated to the Midland Combination League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	22	17	2	3	66	26	+40	53	Promotion to the National Division
2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	14	5	3	46	19	+27	47
3	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	9	3	59	39	+20	39
4	Stockport County	22	7	9	6	37	39	−2	30
5	Lincoln City	22	8	5	9	43	48	−5	29
6	Aston Villa	22	8	4	10	36	43	−7	28
7	Middlesbrough	22	6	6	10	34	41	−7	24
8	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	3	12	31	38	−7	24
9	Oldham Curzon	22	6	6	10	34	42	−8	24
10	Manchester City	22	7	3	12	29	45	−16	24
11	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	22	5	8	9	26	40	−14	23	Relegation to the Northern Combination League
12	Coventry City (R)	22	4	6	12	33	54	−21	18	Relegation to the Midland Combination League

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ASV	BLR	CVC	LIC	OLC	MCI	MID	STC	SHW	SUN	TRR	WOW
Aston Villa	—	2–2	3–2	4–3	0–2	3–0	2–1	2–3	0–3	0–3	3–2	0–2
Blackburn Rovers	4–1	—	2–1	2–2	2–2	6–1	1–3	1–1	6–1	4–3	2–1	1–1
Coventry City	2–2	1–7	—	0–0	2–0	2–3	4–4	4–1	3–1	4–2	0–2	2–2
Lincoln City	1–2	3–3	1–0	—	3–0	5–0	2–2	2–3	3–1	3–4	2–1	0–4
Oldham Curzon	1–4	3–2	3–3	4–0	—	0–0	3–3	5–2	1–1	1–9	0–1	2–3
Manchester City	2–0	4–0	3–0	1–4	0–2	—	1–0	4–0	3–3	0–3	2–1	2–4
Middlesbrough	0–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–6	5–2	1–5
Stockport County	2–2	2–2	2–1	4–1	0–1	3–0	4–0	—	1–1	2–2	2–2	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	3–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	1–3
Sunderland	2–1	2–3	4–2	5–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	—	3–0	1–1
Tranmere Rovers	1–0	2–4	5–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	—	1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	0–2	3–0	5–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[5]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Amy McCann	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20
2	Andrea Bell	Blackburn Rovers	16
	Steph Houghton	Sunderland
	Melanie Reay	Sunderland
5	Sara Priestly	Lincoln City	14

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division

Season	2004–05
Champions	Chelsea
Promoted	Chelsea
Relegated	Enfield Town Ipswich Town
UEFA Cup	Cardiff City
Matches played	132
Goals scored	491 (3.72 per match)
Top goalscorer	Emma Mead (20 goals) Nina Downham (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Chelsea 10–0 Enfield Town (27 March 2005)
Biggest away win	Ipswich Town 0–7 AFC Wimbledon (10 October 2004)
Highest scoring	Chelsea 10–2 Ipswich Town (19 September 2004)
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

Cardiff City

Brighton & Hove Albion

Portsmouth

Ipswich Town

Langford

Southampton Saints

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

Chelsea

Watford

Millwall

Crystal Palace

AFC Wimbledon

Enfield Town

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

The Southern Division season began on 15 August 2004 and ended on 24 April 2005.^[6] Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.

Changes from last season:

• Bristol City were promoted to the National Division
• Crystal Palace were promoted from the South East Combination League
• Cardiff City were promoted from the South West Combination League
• Barnet were relegated to the South East Combination League
• Merthyr Tydfil were relegated to the South West Combination League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chelsea (C, P)	22	16	4	2	72	25	+47	52	Promotion to the National Division
2	Portsmouth	22	13	5	4	42	26	+16	44
3	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	11	3	8	59	43	+16	36
4	Crystal Palace	22	10	6	6	36	25	+11	36
5	AFC Wimbledon	22	11	2	9	51	32	+19	35
6	Millwall Lionesses	22	9	8	5	37	33	+4	35
7	Cardiff City	22	9	7	6	41	30	+11	34	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
8	Southampton Saints	22	7	6	9	39	40	−1	27
9	Watford	22	7	6	9	38	40	−2	27
10	Langford	22	6	5	11	28	52	−24	23
11	Enfield Town (R)	22	1	6	15	20	61	−41	9	Relegation to the South East Combination League
12	Ipswich Town (R)	22	2	2	18	28	84	−56	8

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	WIM	BHA	CAR	CHE	CRY	ENT	IPT	LAN	MIL	POR	SOU	WAT
AFC Wimbledon	—	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–5	4–0	3–1	6–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	4–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	3–1	—	2–3	0–6	2–2	5–1	7–1	3–1	3–0	2–3	3–3	0–2
Cardiff City	2–0	2–1	—	1–2	3–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–4
Chelsea	1–1	0–2	1–1	—	0–1	10–0	10–2	4–1	4–0	6–3	4–2	5–0
Crystal Palace	1–3	3–1	2–2	0–1	—	2–0	3–0	5–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	2–1
Enfield Town	2–7	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	—	3–1	1–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–3
Ipswich Town	0–7	4–5	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	—	6–1	1–4	1–5	1–4	0–4
Langford	1–2	1–5	1–0	2–3	1–1	2–1	4–3	—	2–0	1–2	2–1	1–1
Millwall Lionesses	1–1	3–3	3–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–0	4–1	—	1–1	1–1	2–2
Portsmouth	1–0	2–1	4–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	6–1	2–1	0–1	—	1–0	0–0
Southampton Saints	2–3	3–2	0–4	2–2	0–1	1–1	6–2	1–3	2–1	1–2	—	3–0
Watford	0–4	1–4	1–1	2–3	3–1	4–1	7–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–2	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank[7]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Emma Mead	Brighton & Hove Albion	22
	Nina Downham	Chelsea
3	Sophie Perry	Brighton & Hove Albion	19
4	Helen Ward	Watford	14
5	Kelly Townshend	Enfield Town	12