FA WSL Spring Series

The FA WSL 1 Spring Series was an interim edition of the FA WSL between the sixth and seventh full seasons. The Spring Series ran from February to May 2017 to bridge the gap from the 2016 FA WSL season which ran from March to September as a summer tournament, and the 2017–18 season which started in September 2017.^[2][3]

FA WSL 1

Season	2017 Spring Series
Matches played	36
Goals scored	122 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fran Kirby (6 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Chelsea 6–0 Yeovil Town (30 April 2017)
Biggest away win	Sunderland 0–7 Chelsea (21 May 2017)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 4–4 Liverpool (4 May 2017)
← 2016 2017–18 →

While the 2017–18 season planned to feature 21 clubs,^[3] the Spring Series contained 20. Notts County Ladies F.C. folded two days before they were due to play their first Spring Series game, leaving 19 teams in total.^[4] Teams played each other once, with no promotion or relegation before the full 2017–18 season.^[5]

Ten teams were due to compete in this season.^[3] Notts County Ladies announced it was folding and withdrew from the league two days before their first scheduled fixture.^[4]

Teams

Arsenal

Birmingham City

Bristol City

Chelsea

Liverpool

Manchester City

Reading

Sunderland

Yeovil Town

Locations of the Spring Series WSL 1 teams

Team	Location	Ground	Capacity	2016 season
Arsenal	Canons Park	The Hive Stadium	5,176	3rd
Birmingham City	Solihull	Damson Park	3,050	4th
Bristol City	Filton	Stoke Gifford Stadium	1,500	2nd, WSL 2
Chelsea	Staines	Wheatsheaf Park	3,009	2nd
Liverpool	Widnes	Select Security Stadium	13,350	5th
Manchester City	Manchester	Academy Stadium	7,000	1st
Reading	High Wycombe	Adams Park	9,617	8th
Sunderland	Hetton-le-Hole	Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground	2,500	7th
Yeovil Town	Yeovil	Huish Park	9,565	1st, WSL 2

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chelsea (C)	8	6	1	1	32	3	+29	19	Champions
2	Manchester City	8	6	1	1	17	6	+11	19
3	Arsenal	8	5	3	0	22	9	+13	18
4	Liverpool	8	4	2	2	20	18	+2	14
5	Sunderland	8	2	3	3	4	14	−10	9
6	Reading	8	2	2	4	10	15	−5	8
7	Birmingham City	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	7
8	Bristol City	8	1	1	6	5	21	−16	4
9	Yeovil Town	8	0	1	7	6	26	−20	1

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BIR	BRI	CHE	LIV	MCI	REA	SUN	YEO
Arsenal		4–2			4–4		1–0
Birmingham City			2–0	0–2	0–2			0–0	0–0
Bristol City	0–5			0–4	1–1	0–3	1–3
Chelsea	2–2				7–0				6–0
Liverpool						1–3	4–2	4–0
Manchester City	0–1	1–1		1–0					5–1
Reading		1–1		0–4		2–3
Sunderland	0–0		1–0	0–7		0–1	1–1
Yeovil Town	1–5		2–3		1–4		0–1	1–2

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Fran Kirby	Chelsea	6
2	Caroline Weir	Liverpool	5
3	Karen Carney	Chelsea	4
	Danielle Carter	Arsenal
	Erin Cuthbert	Chelsea
	Toni Duggan	Manchester City
	Natasha Harding	Liverpool
	Ji So-yun	Chelsea
	Jordan Nobbs	Arsenal
	Drew Spence	Chelsea

See also

• FA WSL 2 Spring Series