2008–09 FA Women's Premier League

The 2008–09 FA Women's Premier League season was the 18th season of the FA Women's Premier League, England's highest-tier women's association football league at that time.^[1][2][3]

FA Women's Premier League

Season	2008–09
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division

Season	2008–09
Dates	17 August 2008–10 May 2009
Champions	Arsenal
Relegated	Liverpool Fulham
Champions League	Arsenal Everton
Matches played	132
Goals scored	493 (3.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Kelly Smith (25)
Biggest home win	DON 7–0 FUL (31 Aug) ARS 7–0 FUL (18 Dec) EVE 7–0 FOR (1 Feb)
Biggest away win	LIV 2–11 ARS (24 Aug)
Highest scoring	LIV 2–11 ARS (24 Aug)
Longest winning run	16 - Arsenal (17 Aug–26 Mar)
Longest unbeaten run	21 - Everton (17 Aug–6 May)
Longest winless run	21 - Fulham (17 Aug–12 Apr)
Longest losing run	5 - Fulham (1 Mar–29 Mar) Nottingham Forest (17 Aug–18 Sep)
← 2007–08 2009–10 → All statistics correct as of 10 May 2009.

Birmingham City

Bristol Academy

Doncaster Rovers Belles

Everton

Leeds Carnegie

Blackburn Rovers

Nottingham Forest

Liverpool

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

Watford

Arsenal

Chelsea

Fulham

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

Changes from last season:

• Nottingham Forest were promoted from the Northern Division
• Fulham were promoted from the Southern Division
• Cardiff City were relegated to the Southern Division
• Charlton Athletic were relegated to the Southern Division
• Leeds United became Leeds Carnegie

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	22	20	1	1	89	14	+75	61	Qualification for the Champions League knockout phase
2	Everton	22	20	1	1	68	10	+58	61	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying round
3	Chelsea	22	16	2	4	55	23	+32	50
4	Doncaster Rovers Belles	22	9	6	7	43	36	+7	33
5	Birmingham City	22	10	3	9	39	43	−4	33
6	Leeds Carnegie	22	8	4	10	32	40	−8	28
7	Watford	22	7	4	11	31	40	−9	25
8	Bristol Academy	22	5	8	9	39	49	−10	23
9	Blackburn Rovers	22	5	3	14	27	52	−25	18
10	Nottingham Forest	22	5	2	15	25	59	−34	17
11	Liverpool (R)	22	4	4	14	28	63	−35	16	Relegation to the Northern Division
12	Fulham (R)	22	1	6	15	17	64	−47	9	Relegation to the Southern Division

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

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BIR	BLA	BRI	CHE	DON	EVE	FUL	LEE	LIV	NOT	WAT
Arsenal	—	6–2	4–0	3–0	4–1	6–1	0–3	7–0	4–0	2–0	5–0	6–1
Birmingham City	1–3	—	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	4–0	3–2
Blackburn Rovers	0–4	4–1	—	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–3	1–4
Bristol Academy	1–4	4–2	3–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	6–0	4–2	2–2
Chelsea	0–2	3–3	4–0	3–0	—	4–1	0–4	4–1	3–1	5–0	3–1	1–0
Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–0	0–1	—	0–3	7–0	0–3	2–3	2–1	2–1
Everton	0–1	4–2	4–2	5–0	1–0	1–0	—	6–0	5–0	5–0	7–0	3–1
Fulham	0–5	0–1	3–4	2–2	0–5	0–0	1–4	—	0–2	2–2	1–3	0–0
Leeds Carnegie	1–6	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–3	0–0	2–1	—	4–1	4–1	1–0
Liverpool	2–11	2–3	1–2	2–3	1–1	2–5	1–2	2–2	1–3	—	1–2	0–1
Nottingham Forest	1–5	0–1	0–3	2–2	1–5	1–4	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–2	—	1–2
Watford	0–1	1–2	4–1	3–3	1–5	2–2	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–3	2–2	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kelly Smith	Arsenal	25
2	Lianne Sanderson	Chelsea	13
3	Eniola Aluko	Chelsea	12
	Natasha Dowie	Everton	12
	Cheryl Foster	Liverpool	12

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division

Season	2008–09
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland
Relegated	Tranmere Rovers Rotherham United
Matches played	132
Goals scored	574 (4.35 per match)
Biggest home win	Newcastle United 12–0 Rotherham United (19 April 2009)
Biggest away win	Rotherham United 0–11 Sunderland (5 April 2009)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Sunderland

Newcastle United

Tranmere Rovers

Preston North End

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

Aston Villa

Leicester City

Lincoln

Curzon Ashton

Sheffield Wednesday

Manchester City

Rotherham United

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

Reading

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

Changes from last season:

• Nottingham Forest were promoted to the National Division
• Curzon Ashton were promoted from the Northern Combination League
• Leicester City were promoted from the Midland Combination League
• Reading were promoted from the South West Combination League
• Stockport County were relegated to the Northern Combination League
• Crewe Alexandra 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	95	16	+79	53	Promotion to the National Division
2	Lincoln City	22	16	4	2	79	15	+64	52
3	Manchester City	22	13	4	5	42	22	+20	43
4	Newcastle United	22	12	5	5	58	28	+30	41
5	Leicester City	22	12	4	6	54	33	+21	40
6	Reading	22	9	6	7	43	31	+12	33	Moved to the Southern Division
7	Aston Villa	22	10	2	10	49	50	−1	32
8	Preston North End	22	7	3	12	37	51	−14	24
9	Sheffield Wednesday	22	6	0	16	37	72	−35	18
10	Curzon Ashton	22	4	4	14	35	70	−35	16
11	Tranmere Rovers (R)	22	4	2	16	28	76	−48	14	Relegation to the Northern Combination League
12	Rotherham United (R)	22	3	2	17	17	110	−93	11	Relegation to the Midland Combination League

Source: FA WPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ASV	CRZ	LIN	LCY	MCY	NEW	PNE	RDG	RUT	SAF	SWD	TRO
Aston Villa	—	4–2	1–0	3–2	3–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	9–1	2–3	2–4	4–0
Curzon Ashton	1–2	—	0–3	0–0	0–2	1–0	2–2	0–3	6–0	0–9	6–1	3–4
Lincoln City	5–1	9–0	—	3–3	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	7–1	2–1	7–0	4–0
Leicester City	3–1	4–1	0–3	—	1–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	8–1	1–4	4–1	4–1
Manchester City	2–0	4–1	1–2	0–3	—	0–0	5–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–2	3–0
Newcastle United	2–1	8–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	—	2–5	2–2	12–0	1–5	2–0	3–0
Preston North End	4–0	3–4	2–4	1–1	0–3	0–5	—	H–W	4–0	0–4	4–3	2–3
Reading	2–2	4–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	—	5–0	0–3	1–0	6–1
Rotherham United	2–1	2–2	0–9	0–6	0–2	0–6	1–2	0–5	—	0–11	2–4	2–2
Sunderland	11–0	2–2	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	5–0	6–0	2–0	—	7–1	7–0
Sheffield Wednesday	2–6	2–1	0–4	3–4	1–3	1–2	2–0	2–3	1–2	0–5	—	4–1
Tranmere Rovers	0–4	2–0	0–6	2–3	1–3	4–2	1–3	3–3	1–3	0–4	2–3	—

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

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division

Season	2008–09
Champions	Millwall Lionesses
Promoted	Millwall Lionesses
Relegated	Ipswich Town Turo City
Matches played	132
Goals scored	433 (3.28 per match)
Biggest home win	Millwall Lionesses 9–0 Ipswich Town (22 March 2009)
Biggest away win	Ipswich Town 0–7 Portsmouth (9 November 2008)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Cardiff City

Portsmouth

Brighton & Hove Albion

Colchester United

Keynsham Town

Ipswich Town

Truro City

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

Millwall Lionesses

Charlton Athletic

Crystal Palace

West Ham United

Barnet

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

Changes from last season:

• Fulham were promoted to the National Division
• Ipswich Town were promoted from the South East Combination League
• Cardiff City were relegated from the National Division
• Charlton Athletic were relegated from the National Division
• Team Bath were relegated to the South West Combination League
• Reading Royals were relegated to the South West Combination League
• Newquay became Truro City

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Millwall Lionesses (C, P)	22	17	3	2	61	14	+47	54	Promotion to the National Division
2	Barnet	22	11	7	4	58	33	+25	40
3	West Ham United	22	10	9	3	41	20	+21	39
4	Charlton Athletic	22	10	6	6	37	28	+9	36
5	Portsmouth	22	10	5	7	50	35	+15	35
6	Colchester United	22	8	6	8	37	41	−4	30
7	Cardiff City	22	8	5	9	40	38	+2	29
8	Keynsham Town	22	8	3	11	34	49	−15	27
9	Crystal Palace	22	5	8	9	31	43	−12	23
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	5	5	12	28	44	−16	20
11	Ipswich Town (R)	22	5	3	14	19	64	−45	18	Relegation to the South East Combination League
12	Truro City (R)	22	3	4	15	31	58	−27	13	Relegation to the South West Combination League

Source: FA WPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BHA	CCY	CHA	COU	CPL	IPT	MIL	KTW	POR	TRC	WHU
Barnet	—	1–2	1–1	5–2	5–3	5–2	3–0	2–5	2–2	3–4	6–0	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–4	—	3–5	1–1	1–3	1–1	4–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	0–1
Cardiff City	1–2	2–0	—	0–1	2–2	2–0	4–0	0–3	3–1	2–2	0–2	0–3
Charlton Athletic	0–1	4–0	1–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	3–4	3–0	2–3
Colchester United	1–0	1–0	2–3	1–1	—	0–2	0–1	1–4	4–4	4–3	3–2	2–2
Crystal Palace	0–0	4–4	4–3	1–1	1–1	—	0–0	0–3	1–4	0–2	0–4	1–1
Ipswich Town	1–6	2–0	0–3	0–3	1–0	0–3	—	1–2	0–2	0–7	2–4	0–5
Millwall Lionesses	2–3	3–0	3–2	1–1	3–0	4–1	9–0	—	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Keynsham Town	1–1	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–3	1–5	3–0	0–5	—	2–1	2–1	1–4
Portsmouth	2–2	3–1	4–1	3–0	1–2	3–2	1–2	0–3	5–0	—	2–2	1–2
Truro City	1–5	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–2	3–5	1–5	1–2	1–1	—	1–6
West Ham United	0–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–2	3–0	1–1	—

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