2014–15 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season2013–14
ChampionsSheffield
PromotedSheffield

§The 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League season was the 24th season of the competition, which began in 1992. Formerly the top flight of women's football in England, this season it sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.[1]

This season saw the Premier League expand to cover the Regional Leagues as well. The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1, the former Combination Leagues.[2] 67 teams were members of the league at the beginning of the 2014–15 season, with 12 teams in the Northern and Southern Divisions, and the Northern and Midlands Division 1. South East Division 1 had 10 teams and South West Division 1 had 9 teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions qualified for a playoff match against each other which decided the overall league champion, who was promoted to FA WSL 2.[3]

Team name changes

2013–14 2014–15
Leeds United Leeds
Leeds City Vixens Guiseley Vixens

Premier Division

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season2014–15
ChampionsSheffield
PromotedSheffield
RelegatedWolverhampton Wanderers
Matches132
Goals519 (3.93 per match)
Highest scoringSheffield 11–2 Huddersfield Town (7 December 2014)
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:[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sheffield (C, O, P) 22 19 1 2 76 19 +57 58 Qualification for the Championship play-off
2 Coventry City 22 18 2 2 64 16 +48 56
3 Blackburn Rovers 22 13 3 6 46 34 +12 42
4 Bradford City 22 11 6 5 49 28 +21 39
5 Huddersfield Town 22 8 5 9 53 65 −12 29
6 Derby County 22 8 3 11 45 56 −11 27
7 Stoke City 22 8 2 12 38 38 0 26
8 Preston North End 22 7 5 10 41 46 −5 26
9 Nottingham Forest 22 7 2 13 34 52 −18 23
10 Sporting Club Albion 22 5 6 11 23 36 −13 21
11 Newcastle United 22 5 5 12 33 50 −17 20
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers (R) 22 2 2 18 17 79 −62 8 Relegation to the Midlands Division One
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BLB BRC CVC DER HUD NEW NOT PNE SCA SHE STC WOL
Blackburn Rovers — 4–1 0–4 1–0 2–3 3–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 6–0
Bradford City 2–4 — 1–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 4–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 10–1
Coventry City 5–0 2–0 — 6–2 6–4 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 0–1 4–0 2–0
Derby County 2–1 1–3 0–4 — 2–1 4–1 5–3 2–4 2–3 0–2 3–2 3–0
Huddersfield Town 4–4 1–2 1–4 4–4 — 3–3 4–1 2–6 1–1 1–3 1–4 3–0
Newcastle United 1–1 2–3 0–3 4–0 0–3 — 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–5 2–1 1–1
Nottingham Forest 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 4–5 2–1 — 2–1 0–2 0–6 3–2 1–0
Preston North End 0–2 1–1 1–5 2–3 0–4 1–3 3–5 — 1–1 2–2 2–1 6–2
Sporting Club Albion 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–3 2–3 — 0–3 2–1 0–0
Sheffield 3–1 3–2 2–0 4–1 11–2 4–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 — 3–1 4–0
Stoke City 2–1 0–2 1–3 2–1 2–2 4–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 — 2–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 0–5 1–4 3–6 4–0 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–0 1–8 0–7 —
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
ChampionsPortsmouth
PromotedPortsmouth
RelegatedGillingham
Keynsham Town
Matches132
Goals541 (4.1 per match)
Biggest home winCharlton Athletic 11–1 Plymouth Argyle (17 May 2015)
Biggest away winKeynsham Town 1–12 Charlton Athletic (24 August 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:[5]

  • Copeswood (Coventry) were promoted from the Midlands Combination League
  • Queens Park Rangers were promoted from the South East Combination League
  • Plymouth Argyle were promoted form the South West Combination League
  • Coventry City were moved to the Northern Division
  • Chesham United were relegated to the Southern Region League First Division - Northern

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Portsmouth (C) 22 18 2 2 62 25 +37 56 Qualification for the Championship play-off
2 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 17 2 3 63 22 +41 53
3 Charlton Athletic 22 15 3 4 88 34 +54 48
4 Cardiff City 22 14 3 5 69 26 +43 45
5 Tottenham Hotspur 22 12 3 7 60 40 +20 39
6 West Ham United 22 10 5 7 39 30 +9 35
7 Queen's Park Rangers 22 6 4 12 28 42 −14 22
8 Lewes 22 6 3 13 31 37 −6 21
9 Copsewood (Coventry) 22 6 2 14 22 66 −44 20
10 Plymouth Argyle 22 4 6 12 25 60 −35 18
11 Gillingham (R) 22 4 3 15 28 65 −37 15 Relegation to the South East Division One
12 Keynsham Town (R) 22 1 2 19 26 94 −68 5 Relegation to the South West Division One
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BHA CAR CCV CHA GIL KYT LEW PLY POR QPR TOT WHU
Brighton & Hove Albion — 5–0 3–1 5–1 3–1 H–W 3–0 4–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 3–0
Cardiff City 1–1 — 2–0 3–3 6–2 5–1 2–0 5–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 1–2
Copsewood (Coventry) 0–3 1–6 — 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–5 2–1 0–5 1–0 3–1 0–3
Charlton Athletic 4–1 1–4 7–0 — 3–0 4–0 5–0 11–1 6–3 5–0 2–1 3–3
Gillingham 1–5 1–7 6–2 0–4 — 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–4 3–2
Keynsham Town 1–5 0–6 1–4 1–12 5–3 — 0–6 3–3 1–3 1–8 1–5 1–3
Lewes 0–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–2 — 2–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 0–1
Plymouth Argyle 0–5 2–1 3–1 3–5 3–2 2–1 2–2 — 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–0
Portsmouth 2–1 3–7 2–2 2–1 3–0 6–0 2–0 1–0 — 3–1 4–1 3–1
Queen's Park Rangers 1–3 0–3 3–0 1–4 0–0 3–2 2–1 1–1 2–3 — 1–3 1–2
Tottenham Hotspur 2–5 2–2 8–0 5–2 3–0 5–3 4–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 — 0–2
West Ham United 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 5–1 4–1 1–2 5–2 0–3 1–1 1–2 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-off

The overall FA WPL champion was decided by a play-off match held at The Arden Garages Stadium on 24 May 2015, which resulted in a 1–0 win for Northern Division side Sheffield over Southern Division side Portsmouth.[6] The following month, Sheffield won promotion to WSL 2 after meeting the FA's licensing criteria.[7]

Sheffield1–0Portsmouth
  • Giampalma 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 308
Referee: L Rashid

Division One

Northern Division One

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsGuiseley Vixens
PromotedGuiseley Vixens
RelegatedSheffield United
Matches132
Goals533 (4.04 per match)
Biggest away winSheffield United 1–9 Guiseley Vixens (25 January 2015)
Highest scoringSheffield United 3–8 Stockport County (22 February 2015)
← 2013–14

Changes from last season:[8]

  • Leeds City Vixens became Guiseley Vixens after merging with Guiseley.[9]
  • Leeds United were relegated from the Northern Division
  • Leeds United became Leeds[10]
  • Huddersfield Town were promoted to the Northern Division
  • Cheadle Heath Nomads were relegated from the Northern Combination League
  • Wakefield were relegated from the Northern Combination League
  • Morecambe were promoted to the Northern Division One
  • Norton & Stockton Ancients were promoted to the Northern Division One
Chester-le-Street
Chorley
Liverpool Marshall Feds
Mossley Hill
Norton & Stockton Ancients
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Guiseley Vixens (C, P) 22 17 1 4 78 35 +43 52 Promotion to the Northern Division
2 Liverpool Marshall Feds 22 16 2 4 46 26 +20 50
3 Leeds 22 15 1 6 57 31 +26 46
4 Middlesbrough 22 11 4 7 56 40 +16 37
5 Chorley 22 11 3 8 44 36 +8 36
6 Chester-le-Street 22 10 4 8 44 38 +6 34
7 Mossley Hill 22 10 3 9 55 38 +17 33
8 Stockport County 22 8 2 12 46 58 −12 26
9 Tranmere Rovers 22 6 6 10 20 31 −11 24
10 Morecambe 22 7 1 14 40 45 −5 22
11 Norton & Stockton Ancients (R) 22 5 1 16 26 65 −39 16 Relegation from the Premier League.
12 Sheffield United (R) 22 1 2 19 21 90 −69 5
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CLS CHO GUV LEE LMF MID MOR MOH NSA SHU STO TRA
Chester-le-Street — 5–0 0–5 2–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–3 2–1
Chorley 3–1 — 2–1 1–4 2–3 6–3 2–1 1–0 7–0 1–1 2–2 2–0
Guiseley Vixens 1–2 2–1 — 1–3 5–3 1–3 5–3 3–2 5–1 2–0 6–1 5–0
Leeds 2–2 1–2 3–6 — 1–2 2–0 2–3 5–2 4–1 7–0 4–2 3–1
Liverpool Marshall Feds 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 — 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 4–0 2–1
Middlesbrough 3–1 5–3 1–5 2–1 2–0 — 3–0 0–4 1–2 8–0 3–1 1–1
Morecambe 2–3 4–1 2–3 1–3 6–1 0–3 — 1–4 1–1 7–1 0–3 0–1
Mossley Hill 2–0 2–1 3–4 0–2 0–3 2–2 2–3 — 8–0 2–1 5–1 1–1
Norton & Stockton Ancients 3–2 0–1 1–4 0–2 0–1 1–6 1–2 0–5 — 7–0 4–1 0–1
Sheffield United 0–4 1–3 1–9 1–2 2–3 1–8 1–4 3–4 1–2 — 3–8 0–0
Stockport County 1–4 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–5 2–3 1–0 4–3 4–1 2–3 — 2–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 —
Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Midlands Division One

FA Women's Premier League
Midlands Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsLoughborough Foxes
PromotedLoughborough Foxes
RelegatedMansfield Town
Curzon Ashton
Matches132
Goals519 (3.93 per match)
Biggest home winLeafield Athletic 11–1 Curzon Ashton (17 May 2015)
Biggest away winLeicester City Ladies 0–7 Leafield Athletic (12 April 2015)
← 2013–14

Changes from last season:[11]

  • Copeswood (Coventry) were promoted to the Southern Division
  • Sporting Khalsa were promoted to the Midlands Division One
  • Steel City Wanderers were promoted to the Midlands Division One
Leicester City Ladies
Loughborough Students
Mansfield Town
Radcliffe Olympic
Solihull
Map showing the locations of the teams in Midlands Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Loughborough Foxes (C, P) 22 16 4 2 69 26 +43 52 Promotion to the Northern Division
2 Leicester City 22 14 4 4 51 23 +28 46
3 Leafield Athletic 22 14 1 7 70 38 +32 43
4 Radcliffe Olympic 22 13 4 5 52 26 +26 43
5 Loughborough Students 22 10 3 9 43 34 +9 33
6 Rotherham United 22 10 2 10 51 53 −2 32
7 Solihull 22 8 5 9 44 45 −1 29
8 Sporting Khalsa 22 8 3 11 41 41 0 27
9 Leicester City Ladies 22 7 5 10 20 32 −12 26
10 Steel City Wanderers 22 6 3 13 31 50 −19 21
11 Mansfield Town (R) 22 5 6 11 30 59 −29 21 Relegation from the Premier League.
12 Curzon Ashton (R) 22 0 2 20 17 92 −75 2
Source: Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away CUA LEA LCL LCW LOF LST MAT RAD ROT SOL SPK SCW
Curzon Ashton — 0–5 0–2 1–6 2–4 1–5 1–1 2–2 1–7 1–2 0–2 0–3
Leafield Athletic 11–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 5–4 4–1 3–2 2–3 5–1
Leicester City Ladies 2–1 0–7 — 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2
Leicester City 3–2 4–1 0–0 — 3–3 5–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Loughborough Foxes 4–1 5–3 0–1 1–0 — 3–2 8–1 2–1 6–0 2–2 3–0 6–1
Loughborough Students 6–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 — 7–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 3–2 3–0
Mansfield Town 4–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–4 1–0 — 0–3 2–2 2–1 5–2 1–0
Radcliffe Olympic 5–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 6–0 — 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0
Rotherham United 4–1 3–0 5–1 2–6 2–5 3–2 3–0 0–0 — 2–4 1–0 3–2
Solihull 5–0 3–4 0–1 1–3 1–4 3–2 5–5 2–4 2–1 — 1–0 2–2
Sporting Khalsa 6–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–4 1–1 3–0 1–6 6–1 1–1 — 2–1
Steel City Wanderers 3–0 0–4 1–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–6 3–3 1–4 —
Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South East Division One

FA Women's Premier League
South East Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsC & K Basildon
PromotedC & K Basildon
Matches90
Goals306 (3.4 per match)
Biggest home winMilton Keynes Dons 12–0 Norwich City (26 October 2014)
← 2013–14

Changes from last season:[12]

  • Queen Park Rangers were promoted to the Southern Division
  • Ebbsfleet United were relegated from the South East Combination League
  • Brentwood Town were relegated from the South East Combination League
  • Crystal Palace were promoted to the South East Division One
  • Bedford were promoted to the South East Division One
Map showing the locations of the teams in South East Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 C & K Basildon (C, P) 18 13 3 2 54 21 +33 42 Promotion to the Southern Division
2 Milton Keynes Dons 18 12 4 2 40 15 +25 40
3 Crystal Palace 18 11 4 3 41 22 +19 37
4 Luton Town 18 8 3 7 29 30 −1 27
5 Enfield Town 18 7 4 7 29 30 −1 25
6 Denham United 18 6 5 7 35 24 +11 23
7 Cambridge United 18 5 5 8 19 29 −10 20
8 Bedford 18 5 3 10 29 38 −9 18
9 Ipswich Town 18 3 5 10 30 42 −12 14
10 Norwich City 18 1 2 15 15 70 −55 5
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Results

Home \ Away BED CAM CKB CRY DEN ENF IPS LUT MKD NOR
Bedford — 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–2 0–6 3–2
Cambridge United 0–1 — 1–2 3–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1
C & K Basildon 3–2 2–2 — 3–2 2–1 3–0 5–0 3–0 5–0 6–0
Crystal Palace 0–0 4–0 3–2 — 3–1 4–1 4–1 4–1 0–2 H–W
Denham United 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 — 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 6–1
Enfield Town 1–3 3–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 — 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0
Ipswich Town 4–6 1–1 1–4 2–4 2–0 0–1 — 1–1 2–2 6–0
Luton Town 2–1 4–0 1–3 3–0 0–5 2–3 3–2 — 0–1 2–1
Milton Keynes Dons 5–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 — 12–0
Norwich City 0–6 1–3 3–3 0–4 0–5 1–3 5–3 0–4 0–1 —
Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

South West Division One

FA Women's Premier League
South West Division One
Season2014–15
ChampionsForest Green Rovers
PromotedForest Green Rovers
Matches72
Goals279 (3.88 per match)
Biggest home winExeter City 8–0 Cheltenham Town (12 April 2015)
Biggest away winSt Nicholas 0–7 Forest Green Rovers (29 March 2015)
Highest scoringCheltenham Town 4–6 Southampton Saints
(9 November 2014)
← 2013–14

Changes from last season:[13]

  • Plymouth Argyle were promoted to the Southern Division
  • Keynsham Development were relegated from the South West Combination League
  • Newquay were relegated from the South West Combination League
  • University of Portsmouth were relegated from the South West Combination League
  • Cheltenham Town were promoted to the South West Division One
  • St Nicholas were promoted to the South West Division One
Map showing the locations of the teams in South West Division One of the FA Women's Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Forest Green Rovers (C, P) 16 10 2 4 44 19 +25 32 Promotion to the Southern Division
2 Exeter City 16 10 2 4 45 23 +22 32
3 Swindon Town 16 10 4 2 42 18 +24 31[a]
4 Southampton Saints 16 9 1 6 39 30 +9 28
5 Larkhall Athletic 16 7 2 7 31 26 +5 23
6 Shanklin 16 6 4 6 22 28 −6 22
7 Chichester City 16 6 3 7 26 27 −1 21
8 Cheltenham Town 16 3 2 11 19 52 −33 11
9 St Nicholas 16 1 0 15 11 56 −45 3
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Swindon Town were deducted 3 points

Results

Home \ Away CHE CHI EXE FGR LAR SHA SOU STN SWT
Cheltenham Town — 1–4 0–4 1–5 0–0 0–4 4–6 3–0 1–4
Chichester City 5–1 — 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–3
Exeter City 8–0 2–0 — 0–4 3–1 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–1
Forest Green Rovers 3–0 3–1 2–2 — 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–0 1–3
Larkhall Athletic 1–2 3–0 1–4 5–0 — 2–3 1–0 4–2 1–4
Shanklin 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–3 — 0–2 2–1 0–0
Southampton Saints 3–1 4–1 4–2 2–3 2–1 0–2 — 5–0 3–3
St Nicholas 1–2 0–5 4–2 0–7 0–4 0–2 2–3 — 0–4
Swindon Town 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–3 5–0 3–1 5–1 —
Source: The Football Association
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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