2013–14 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season2013–14

The 2013–14 FA Women's Premier League season was the 23rd season of the former top flight of English women's association football.[1][2]

National Division

The creation of the FA WSL 2 lead to the abolishment of the Premier League National Division. Clubs were either approved for the FA WSL 1 or 2 or relegated to a Regional Division.

Changes from last season:

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season2013–14
ChampionsSheffield
RelegatedLeeds United
Matches110
Goals462 (4.2 per match)
Biggest home winSheffield 7–0 Blackburn Rovers (8 September 2013)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

  • Stoke City were promoted from the Midlands Combination League
  • Bradford City were promoted from the Northern Combination League
  • Leeds United were relegated from the National Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sheffield (C) 20 17 2 1 74 15 +59 53
2 Preston North End 20 12 1 7 49 39 +10 37
3 Bradford City 20 11 2 7 36 33 +3 35
4 Nottingham Forest 20 10 3 7 44 24 +20 33
5 Stoke City 20 10 3 7 51 45 +6 33
6 Sporting Club Albion 20 8 4 8 36 34 +2 28
7 Derby County 20 7 4 9 45 51 −6 25
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 6 2 12 28 48 −20 20
9 Blackburn Rovers 20 5 3 12 29 51 −22 18
10 Newcastle United 20 5 2 13 33 66 −33 17
11 Leeds United (R) 20 4 4 12 37 56 −19 16 Relegation to the Northern Division One
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BLB BRC DER LEU NEW NOT PNE SCA SHE STC WOL
Blackburn Rovers 4–0 3–2 2–3 4–2 1–3 1–6 1–0 1–5 0–2 2–4
Bradford City 2–2 4–4 1–3 2–0 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–3 2–2 4–0
Derby County 0–2 0–2 5–2 4–0 0–4 2–1 2–1 2–2 1–3 5–3
Leeds United 1–1 3–0 5–3 1–4 0–3 3–3 1–4 2–3 2–5 1–1
Newcastle United 3–2 0–4 3–2 2–1 0–5 4–2 1–3 0–5 3–3 2–5
Nottingham Forest 2–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 2–2 3–4 3–3 0–1 1–2 1–2
Preston North End 1–0 5–0 2–5 5–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 0–5 3–1 3–1
Sporting Club Albion 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–1 6–2 0–3 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0
Sheffield 7–0 1–0 4–0 6–2 7–1 0–0 3–1 5–0 7–1 3–0
Stoke City 5–1 2–4 4–4 2–1 4–2 2–4 1–2 1–0 3–4 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 0–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–4
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season2014–15
ChampionsCoventry City
RelegatedChesham United
Matches110
Goals406 (3.69 per match)
Biggest home winCardiff City 9–1 Chesham United (19 January 2014)
Biggest away winChesham United 0–8 Gillingham (4 May 2014)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Coventry City (C) 20 14 4 2 42 14 +28 46 Moved to the Northern Division
2 Gillingham 20 14 2 4 58 21 +37 44
3 Cardiff City 20 12 4 4 55 24 +31 40
4 Portsmouth 20 12 1 7 42 29 +13 37
5 Charlton Athletic 20 9 5 6 39 35 +4 32
6 Lewes 20 9 4 7 31 32 −1 31
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 20 7 2 11 32 31 +1 23
8 Tottenham Hotspur 20 6 4 10 27 36 −9 22
9 Keynsham Town 20 6 1 13 40 52 −12 19
10 West Ham United 20 4 3 13 25 48 −23 15
11 Chesham United (R) 20 2 0 18 15 84 −69 6 Relegation to the Southern Region League First Division - Northern
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BHA CAR CHA CHE CVC GIL KYT LEW POR TOT WHU
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–2 4–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0
Cardiff City 3–0 2–2 9–1 1–2 0–0 4–3 1–1 3–2 4–0 4–1
Charlton Athletic 2–1 3–3 3–2 0–1 1–3 4–3 3–2 1–1 1–0 2–1
Chesham United 1–2 0–5 0–4 0–5 0–8 2–1 1–0 1–4 0–3 2–5
Coventry City 1–1 0–1 1–1 6–0 0–4 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 2–0
Gillingham 3–0 4–2 3–1 5–0 0–3 4–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 1–1
Keynsham Town 3–6 0–5 0–4 5–2 3–3 4–2 3–0 1–2 2–3 4–1
Lewes 0–6 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 5–1
Portsmouth 3–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–2 3–2 5–1 1–2 6–2
Tottenham Hotspur 3–0 0–2 2–2 5–1 0–3 0–4 1–2 1–3 0–1 3–1
West Ham United 0–1 0–3 2–3 3–1 1–3 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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