FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
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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
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 Southern 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 South West
and South East
Combination Leagues.
Southern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup
as well as the FA Women's Cup
.
† = promoted from South West Combination Women's Football League
♠ = promoted from South East Combination Women's Football League
- = relegated from FA Women's Premier League National Division
Women's football (soccer)
Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...
pyramid in England, along with the 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....
division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division
FA Women's Premier League National Division
The 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...
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
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
format. The Southern 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 South West
South West Combination Women's Football League
The South West Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South West Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South East, Midland and Northern...
and South East
South East Combination Women's Football League
The South East Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South East Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, Midland and Northern...
Combination Leagues.
Southern Championship teams are eligible to play in the Women's League Cup
Premier League Cup
The Football Association Women's Premier League Cup is a cup competition in English Women's association football. It is also referred to as the Women's League Cup as it is the women's equivalent to the men's League Cup, although both competitions are organised by different governing bodies.The...
as well as the FA Women's Cup
FA Women's Cup
The Football Association Women’s Challenge Cup Competition, commonly referred to as the FA Women's Cup, is the top cup competition for women's football clubs in England – designed as an exact equivalent to the FA Cup created 99 years earlier...
.
Clubs for 2011–12 season
- Brighton & Hove Albion LFCBrighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.Brighton & Hove Albion Women & Girls Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.. It competes in the Southern Championship for the 2008–09 season. The women currently play at Worthing FC's Woodside Road ground, following Brighton and Hove Albion's...
- Colchester United LFCColchester United L.F.C.Colchester United Ladies Football Club are an English ladies football team based in Colchester, Essex and are affiliated to Colchester United F.C.-History:The club was founded in 1992 under the name of Colchester Royals...
- Gillingham LFC
- Keynsham Town LFCKeynsham Town L.F.C.Keynsham Town L.F.C. are an English women's football club affiliated with Keynsham Town F.C. and currently playing in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division.-History:...
- Cardiff City LFC -
- Plymouth Argyle LFCPlymouth Argyle L.F.C.Plymouth Argyle Ladies Football Club are a women's amateur association football club located in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon in the South-West of England....
† - Portsmouth LFCPortsmouth L.F.C.Portsmouth FC Ladies, colloquially known as "Pompey Ladies", is a women's football club for the south coast city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The club currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division...
- Queen's Park Rangers LFC
- Tottenham Hotspur LFC ♠
- West Ham United LFCWest Ham United L.F.C.West Ham United Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with West Ham United FC. They were formed in 1991 and play at Ship Lane, Thurrock, home of Thurrock FC...
† = promoted from South West Combination Women's Football League
South West Combination Women's Football League
The South West Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South West Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South East, Midland and Northern...
♠ = promoted from South East Combination Women's Football League
South East Combination Women's Football League
The South East Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South East Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, Midland and Northern...
- = relegated from FA Women's Premier League National Division
FA Women's Premier League National Division
The 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...
See also
- Women's association football
- List of women's football teams
- International competitions in women's association football