FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League Northern Division

Sport	Football
Founded	1992
No. of teams	12
Country(ies)	England
Most recent champion(s)	Aston Villa LFC 2010–11

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

Clubs for 2011–12 season

• Blackburn Rovers LFC
• Derby County LFC
• Leeds City Vixens LFC
• Leicester City WFC
• Manchester City LFC
• Preston North End LFC
• Rochdale LFC
• Rotherham United LFC
• Sheffield LFC
• Sporting Club Albion LFC

See also

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

External links

• The FA Women's Page