1996–97 FA Women's Premier League
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The 1996-97 season of the FA Women's Premier League
was the 6th season of the former top flight of English women's association football.
National Division
FA Women's Premier League
The FA Women's Premier League is the second tier of women's football in England. It previously formed the top tier prior to the creation of the FA Women's Super League in 2011. The Women's Premier League has been run by The Football Association since the 1992–93 season...
was the 6th season of the former top flight of English women's association football.
National DivisionFA Women's Premier League National DivisionThe FA Women's Premier League National Division is the second level of the English women's football league pyramid. From 1991 until the introduction of the summer competition FA Women's Super League the National Division functioned as the top league in England. Below it are simultaneously the...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Notes |
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| 1. | Arsenal | 18 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 9 | 49 | Champions | |
| 2. | Doncaster Belles | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 15 | 41 | ||
| 3. | Croydon Charlton Athletic L.F.C. Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division in England. Between 2000, the year it was founded from Croydon Women's F.C. and 2007, Charlton had one of the most successful women's teams in England... |
18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 26 | 31 | ||
| 4. | Liverpool Liverpool L.F.C. Liverpool Ladies Football Club is a semi–professional women's football club affiliated with Liverpool Football Club and playing in the FA WSL... |
18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 30 | ||
| 5. | Millwall Lionesses Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. Millwall Lionesses Ladies Football Club were founded in March 1972 by Patricia Maslin and Rita Bullions. In a time when women's football was almost unheard of the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at first snubbed by Millwall FC but went on to became the first women's football team to... |
18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 27 | ||
| 6. | Everton Everton L.F.C. Everton Ladies Football Club are a semi-professional women's association football team from the city of Liverpool, who compete in the FA WSL. They were runners-up to Arsenal in the 2009–10 Premier League National Division season. They have won the title once in 1998 and the FA Women's Cup on... |
18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 27 | |
| 7. | Wembley Barnet F.C. Ladies Barnet Football Club Ladies is an English women's football club affiliated with Barnet F.C.. They play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division, after winning the Southern Division in 2009–10.... |
18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 26 | 27 | |||
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| 8. | Millwall Lionesses Millwall Lionesses L.F.C. Millwall Lionesses Ladies Football Club were founded in March 1972 by Patricia Maslin and Rita Bullions. In a time when women's football was almost unheard of the group of women who made up the Lionesses were at first snubbed by Millwall FC but went on to became the first women's football team to... |
18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 26 | |||
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| 9. | Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers L.F.C. Tranmere Rovers Ladies Football Club are an English team founded in 1990, based in the Wirral, and affiliated with Tranmere Rovers F.C. Between 1996 and 2004 they competed in the FA Premier League National Division, then the top tier of the English women's football pyramid. Since 2011, they have... |
18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 48 | |||
| 12 | Relegated to Northern FA Women's Premier League Northern Division 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.... / Southern FA Women's Premier League Southern Division The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the Third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division... Divisions |
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| 10. | Ilkeston Town | 18 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 56 | |||
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