FA Women's National League North

British football league

Football league

Current championsNewcastle United (1st title)
(2023–24)Most championshipsBlackburn Rovers (4 titles)Websitewomenscompetitions.thefa.comCurrent: 2023–24 FA Women's National League

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

The league is played on a home and away basis, with each team playing each other twice, and points being awarded in the standard three points for a win format. The bottom two clubs are relegated, also on a geographical basis, to the Division One Northern, and Division One Midland.

For the 2023/24 season, changes were made meaning that two clubs would be relegated from the Women's Championship allowing one team each from National League North and South to be promoted to the Championship rather than having to play a season end playoff. This change resulted in two teams being relegated from the Championship at the end of the season.

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

History

Originally known as the Women's Premier League Northern Division, Bronte were the inaugural second level champions.^[1] Aston Villa, having won the 2010–11 season, became the last second level champions.^[2] After the introduction of the Women's Super League in 2011, the league became the third level of woman’s football. Manchester City won the 2011–12 season, becoming the first third level champions. Prior to the 2018–19 season, the league was renamed as the FA Women's National League North,^[3] part of a complete rebrand of the women’s pyramid.^[4] Blackburn Rovers won the inaugural edition of the rebranded league.^[5]

Current teams (2023–24 season)

Club	Home ground	Position 2022–23
AFC Fylde	Kelamergh Park, Warton	7th
Burnley	Lancashire County Ground, Leyland	3rd
Derby County	Don Amott Arena, Derby	4th
Halifax	Southerns Stadium, Leeds	5th (Brighouse Town)
Huddersfield Town	The Stafflex Arena, Kirkburton	6th
Liverpool Feds	Jericho Lane, Liverpool	9th
Newcastle United	Kingston Park Stadium, Newcastle	WNL D1 North, 1st
Nottingham Forest	Grange Park, Long Eaton	1st
Stoke City	Norton Cricket Club, Stoke-on-Trent	10th
Stourbridge	War Memorial Ground, Stourbridge	WNL D1 Midlands, 1st
West Bromwich Albion	Keys Park, Hednesford	8th
Wolverhampton Wanderers	New Bucks Head, Telford	2nd

Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Location of Northern Premier Division clubs for the 2023–24 season

Previous winners

Season	Winner
2000–01	Leeds United
2001–02	Birmingham City
2002–03	Aston Villa
2003–04	Liverpool
2004–05	Sunderland
2005–06	Blackburn Rovers
2006–07	Liverpool
2007–08	Nottingham Forest
2008–09	Sunderland
2009–10	Liverpool
2010–11	Aston Villa
2011–12	Manchester City
2012–13	Sheffield F.C.
2013–14	Sheffield F.C.
2014–15	Sheffield F.C.
2015–16	Sporting Club Albion
2016–17	Blackburn Rovers
2017–18	Blackburn Rovers
2018–19	Blackburn Rovers
2019–20	not awarded
2020–21	not awarded
2021–22	Wolverhampton Wanderers
2022–23	Nottingham Forest
2023–24	Newcastle United

References

^ "1991–1992". The Owl Football Historian. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^ "2010/11 Northern Division table". The Football Association. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
^ "FA Women's Championship: New name chosen for England's second tier". BBC. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^ "New Brand Identity for FA Woman's Leagues". The Football Association. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^ "Blackburn Rovers defeat Coventry to secure place in FA Woman's Championship". The Football Association. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

External links

Official website
FA Full-time

FA Women's National League

Seasons

Top level	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Below WSL	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Clubs
2022–23

Northern Division	AFC Fylde Boldmere St. Michaels Brighouse Town Burnley Derby County Huddersfield Town Liverpool Feds Loughborough Lightning Nottingham Forest Stoke City West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southern Division	Billericay Town Bridgwater United Cheltenham Town Crawley Wasps Gillingham Ipswich Town London Bees Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Rugby Borough
Div. One North	Barnsley Bradford City Chorley Durham Cestria Hull City Leeds United Merseyrail Middlesbrough Newcastle United Norton & Stockton Ancients Stockport County York City
Div. One Midlands	Doncaster Rovers Belles Leafield Athletic Leek Town Lincoln City Long Eaton United Northampton Town Peterborough United Sheffield F.C. Solihull Moors Sporting Khalsa Stourbridge Wem Town
Div. One South East	Actonians AFC Wimbledon Ashford Town Cambridge City Cambridge United Chesham United Hashtag United Hounslow London Seaward Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Wymondham Town
Div. One South West	AFC Bournemouth AFC St Austell Cardiff City Exeter City Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Maidenhead United Moneyfields Portishead Town Selsey Southampton Women's Swindon Town

Associated
competitions

FA Women's National League Cup
FA Women's National League Plate
FA Women's Premier League National Division (defunct)
Combination Women's Football Leagues (defunct)

Women's football in England

National teams

League
competitions

Levels 1–4	Women's Super League Women's Championship FA Women's National League North South
Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East North East North West Southern South West West Midlands
Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater London Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset South East Counties Staffs Suffolk Surrey Sussex Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire