FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

Infobox sports league
logo=FAWPL Logo.gif
pixels=132px
sport=Football
founded=1992
teams=12
country=ENG
champion=Nottingham Forest L.F.C.

The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the second-level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Southern divisions. These two divisions are below the National Division.

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard football format. The Northern champions get promoted to the National Premiership and are replaced by one of its bottom clubs, with relegation allocated along geographical lines. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Northern and Midland Combination Leagues.

Northern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup as well as the FA Women's Cup.

eason 2008-09

The following teams will compete:
*Aston Villa L.F.C.
*Curzon Ashton L.F.C.+
*Lincoln City L.F.C.
*Manchester City L.F.C.
*Newcastle United W.F.C.
*Reading W.F.C.+
*Preston North End W.F.C.
*Rotherham United L.F.C.
*Sheffield Wednesday L.F.C.
*Leicester City W.F.C.+
*Sunderland A.F.C. Women
*Tranmere Rovers L.F.C.

+ = newly promoted

ee also

*Women's football (soccer)
*List of women's football teams
*List of women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

* [http://www.thefa.com/Womens/ The FA Women's Page]