2010–11 FA Women's Premier League

The 2010–11 FA Women's Premier League season was the 20th season of the former top flight of English women's association football. This season the FA Women's Super League became the top level, superseding a reduced eight-team Premier League National Division.

FA Women's Premier League

Season	2010–11
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Although there was no promotion to the FA Women's Super League until at least 2013, two teams were relegated into the Northern and Southern Divisions. The top two from each of these Divisions will then be promoted into a 10-team National Division for 2011-12.^[1][2]

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Sunderland
Relegated	Blackburn Rovers Millwall Lionesses
Matches played	56
Goals scored	171 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sarah Wiltshire (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Reading 5–1 Barnet (7 November 2010)
Biggest away win	Watford 0–3 Leeds United (30 January 2011)
Highest scoring	Blackburn Rovers 4–4 Watford (22 August 2010)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Leeds United

Reading

Nottingham Forest

Watford

Sunderland

Blackburn Rovers

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

Millwall Lionesses

Barnet

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

Changes from last season:

• Arsenal were approved for FA WSL
• Everton were approved for FA WSL
• Chelsea were approved for FA WSL
• Doncaster Rovers Belles were approved for FA WSL
• Birmingham City were approved for FA WSL
• Bristol Academy were approved for FA WSL
• Barnet were promoted from the Southern Division
• Reading were promoted from the Southern Division

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sunderland (C)	14	9	3	2	30	16	+14	30
2	Nottingham Forest	14	6	5	3	19	16	+3	23
3	Reading	14	6	2	6	24	21	+3	20
4	Leeds United	14	5	3	6	17	17	0	18
5	Barnet	14	4	4	6	20	22	−2	16
6	Watford	14	3	7	4	21	26	−5	16
7	Blackburn Rovers (R)	14	4	4	6	18	24	−6	16	Relegation to the Northern Division
8	Millwall Lionesses (R)	14	3	4	7	22	29	−7	13	Relegation to the Southern Division

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2012. Source: FA WPL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BAR	BLR	LEU	MIL	NOF	REA	SUN	WAT
Barnet	—	0–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	5–2
Blackburn Rovers	2–1	—	2–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	0–2	4–4
Leeds United	1–1	3–1	—	1–1	0–1	3–0	1–3	0–0
Millwall Lionesses	2–1	1–3	1–2	—	2–2	0–3	2–3	2–2
Nottingham Forest	3–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	—	1–2	1–1	1–2
Reading	5–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–0	—	1–1	1–3
Sunderland	4–1	4–1	1–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	—	4–2
Watford	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	—

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1.	Sarah Wiltshire	Watford	11
2=	Kelly McDougall	Sunderland	9
2=	Stacey Sowden	Barnet	9
4=	Catherine Lawson	Nottingham Forest	8
4=	Kate Longhurst	Millwall Lionesses	8

Last updated: 24 April 2011.
Source: http://full-time.thefa.com/StatLeaders.do?divisionseason=724561&league=872938

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Aston Villa
Promoted	Aston Villa Coventry City
Relegated	Newcastle United Curzon Ashton
Matches played	90
Goals scored	341 (3.79 per match)
Biggest home win	Leicester City 11–0 Rochdale (1 May 2011)
Biggest away win	Leeds City Vixens 2–8 Leicester City (24 October 2010)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Newcastle United

Leeds City Vixens

Preston North End

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

Aston Villa

Coventry City

Leicester City

Derby County

Curzon Ashton

Manchester City

Rochdale

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

Changes from last season:

• Liverpool approved for WSL
• Lincoln City approved for WSL
• Coventry City promoted from the Midland Combination League
• Rochdale promoted from the Northern Combination League
• Sheffield Wednesday relegated to the Northern Combination League
• Luton Town relegated to the South East Combination League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Aston Villa (C, P)	18	14	0	4	40	18	+22	42	Promotion to the National Division
2	Coventry City (P)	18	13	2	3	45	22	+23	41
3	Leicester City	18	12	1	5	59	20	+39	37
4	Manchester City	18	12	1	5	37	18	+19	37
5	Derby County	18	8	3	7	27	28	−1	27
6	Leeds City Vixens	18	5	2	11	31	46	−15	17
7	Rochdale	18	5	1	12	36	57	−21	16
8	Preston North End	18	4	3	11	22	46	−24	15
9	Newcastle United (R)	18	4	3	11	22	48	−26	15	Relegation to Northern Combination League
10	Curzon Ashton (R)	18	3	4	11	22	38	−16	13	Relegation to Midland Combination League

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2012. 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	CUA	CVC	DEC	LEC	LCV	MCI	NEU	PNE	ROC
Aston Villa	—	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	5–1	4–0	4–1
Curzon Ashton	1–3	—	0–4	2–3	0–4	2–1	1–2	0–3	4–2	2–0
Coventry City	0–1	2–1	—	0–5	2–1	4–1	2–1	2–2	3–0	5–2
Derby County	1–0	0–0	0–1	—	1–6	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–2	3–2
Leicester City	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–2	—	6–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	11–0
Leeds City Vixens	4–0	2–2	2–3	3–0	2–8	—	0–4	0–1	4–2	0–1
Manchester City	2–1	3–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	0–3	—	4–0	2–0	3–1
Newcastle United	1–3	3–3	0–5	1–4	1–2	1–0	0–4	—	1–3	0–2
Preston North End	0–3	1–0	0–5	0–0	1–3	3–3	0–1	2–2	—	3–0
Rochdale	1–4	2–2	2–3	2–3	2–3	6–3	0–3	7–3	5–2	—

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

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division

Season	2010–11
Champions	Charlton Athletic
Promoted	Charlton Athletic Cardiff City
Relegated	Yeovil Town
Matches played	90
Goals scored	242 (2.69 per match)
Biggest away win	Portsmouth 0–5 Colchester United (24 October 2010)
Highest scoring	West Ham United 4–5 Brighton & Hove Albion (7 November 2010)
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Cardiff City

Brighton & Hove Albion

Portsmouth

Yeovil Town

Gillingham

Colchester United

Keynsham Town

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

Charlton Athletic

Cardiff City

Brighton & Hove Albion

Portsmouth

Yeovil Town

Gillingham

Colchester United

Keynsham Town

Queens Park Rangers

West Ham United

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

Changes from last season:

• Barnet were promoted to the National Division
• Reading were promoted to the National Division
• Gillingham were promoted from the South East Combination League
• Yeovil Town were promoted from the South West Combination League
• Crystal Palace were relegated to the South East Combination League
• Fulham were relegated to the South East Combination League, but folded at the end of the season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Charlton Athletic (C, P)	18	11	3	4	30	12	+18	36	Promotion to the National Division
2	Cardiff City (P)	18	11	3	4	26	19	+7	36
3	West Ham United	18	10	3	5	29	17	+12	33
4	Portsmouth	18	10	1	7	33	30	+3	31
5	Keynsham Town	18	9	3	6	26	22	+4	30
6	Colchester United	18	6	3	9	22	23	−1	21
7	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	5	4	9	25	35	−10	19
8	Queen's Park Rangers	18	5	3	10	16	26	−10	18
9	Gillingham	18	5	2	11	17	27	−10	17
10	Yeovil Town (R)	18	3	5	10	18	31	−13	14	Relegation to the South West Combination League

Updated to match(es) played on 17 May 2012. 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	BHA	CAR	CHA	COU	GIL	KET	POR	QPR	WHU	YEO
Brighton & Hove Albion	—	1–1	1–4	1–3	0–2	0–2	5–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Cardiff City	1–0	—	0–2	3–0	1–2	3–2	0–3	1–1	1–0	2–1
Charlton Athletic	2–0	1–2	—	0–2	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1
Colchester United	1–1	1–2	0–1	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–4	4–1
Gillingham	3–1	0–3	1–3	0–2	—	1–2	2–2	3–0	0–2	0–1
Keynsham Town	2–1	0–2	0–3	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	0–1	0–0	3–1
Portsmouth	5–1	0–1	0–1	0–5	3–1	3–1	—	3–2	0–1	4–2
Queen's Park Rangers	1–2	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–0	0–4	3–0	—	0–3	0–2
West Ham United	4–5	4–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	—	2–0
Yeovil Town	1–1	1–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	—

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

See also

• National League
• Northern Division
• Southern Division