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{{Women's football in England}}
{{Women's football in England}}
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[[Category:Women's football leagues in England]]
[[Category:Women's football leagues in England]]

Revision as of 22:34, 18 May 2010

FA WSL 1
Founded22 March 2010
CountryEngland England
ConfederationUEFA
Divisions1
Number of teams8
Level on pyramid1
Domestic cup(s)FA Women's Cup
TV partnersESPN
Websitehttp://www.thefa.com/superleague

The FA Women's Super League will be an English semi-professional league for women's association football clubs. It will be run by the Football Association and begin in March 2011. An initial 8 teams will compete in the league, which will replace the FA Women's Premier League as the highest level of women's football in England.

History

The Women's Super League was due to start in 2010 but was deferred for a year due to the global economic downturn.[1] Sixteen clubs applied for a place in the inaugural season of the league: Arsenal, Barnet, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton, Leeds Carnegie, Leicester City, OOH Lincoln, Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland.[2] Leeds Carnegie later withdrew their application.[3] Women's Premier League clubs Blackburn Rovers and Watford declined to apply.[4] FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore described the creation of the league as a "top priority" in February 2010.[5]

Competition structure

The Women's Super League will consist of eight clubs and the season will be played over the summer months.[6] The league will be described as professional, with the top four players on each team being paid an annual salary in excess of £20,000.[7]

Media coverage

On 8 December 2009, the FA and ESPN agreed an exclusive four year broadcast rights deal for television coverage of the Women's Super League.[8]

Member clubs

The following eight clubs won two year licences to participate in the Women's Super League from 2011:[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tony Leighton (6 April 2009). "Anger at delay of women's summer Super League". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  2. ^ "Super League's Sixteen Applicants". Shekicks. 7 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  3. ^ Tony Leighton (25 January 2010). "Leeds Carnegie could fold after ending Super League interest". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  4. ^ "Rovers decide against Super League". Blackburn Rovers. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  5. ^ "Watmore outlines top priorities". The Football Association. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  6. ^ a b "Women's Super League". thefa.com. The Football Association. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  7. ^ Tony Leighton (1 November 2009). "FA to launch full-time professional Women's Super League in 2011". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
  8. ^ "FA agree Cup deal with ESPN". The Football Association. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 2010-03-08.
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