Football league season
The2019–20 FA Women's National League was the 29th season of the competition, and the second since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football byThe Football Association . Began in 1992, it was previously known as the FA Women's Premier League.[ 1] It sits at the third and fourth levels of thewomen's football pyramid , below theFA Women's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues.[ 2]
The league features six regional divisions: theNorthern andSouthern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Division One North, Division One Midlands, Division One South East, and Division One South West. The league normally consists of 72 teams, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions will both qualify for a Championship play-off match against each other which will decide the overall National League Champion. The divisional alignments for the forthcoming season were outlined at the National League's AGM on 16 June 2019.[ 3]
On 5 June 2020, the season was curtailed and all results were expunged with no promotion or relegation as a result of theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 4] [ 5]
Northern Premier Division [ edit ] Football league season
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position in2018–19 AFC Fylde Mill Farm,Wesham 6th Burnley Arbories Memorial Sports Ground,Padiham Promoted from D1 North (1st) Derby County The Don Amott Arena,Derby 3rd Huddersfield Town The Stafflex Arena,Kirkburton 4th Hull City Hull University Sports Ground,Hull 10th Loughborough Foxes Loughborough University Stadium,Loughborough Realigned from NL South (7th) Middlesbrough Bedford Terrace,Billingham 5th Nottingham Forest Stokeld Stadium,Carlton 9th Sheffield Coach and Horses,Dronfield 11th Stoke City Community Drive,Stoke-on-Trent 7th Sunderland Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground ,Hetton-le-Hole 2nd West Bromwich Albion Trevor Brown Memorial Ground,Sutton Coldfield Promoted from D1 Midlands (1st)
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source:
FA Full-Time Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Southern Premier Division [ edit ] Football league season
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position2018–19 Cardiff City CCB Centre for Sporting Excellence ,Ystrad Mynach 2nd Chichester City Oaklands Park,Chichester 3rd Crawley Wasps Tinsley Lane,Crawley Promoted from D1 South East (1st) Gillingham Maidstone Road Sports Ground,Chatham 10th Hounslow Green Lane,Hounslow 11th (asQPR ) Keynsham Town The AJN Stadium,Keynsham Promoted from D1 South West (1st) MK Dons Stadium MK ,Milton Keynes 9th Oxford United Marsh Lane,Marston 4th Plymouth Argyle Haye Road,Plymouth 6th Portsmouth Kendall's Stadium,Portsmouth 8th Watford CRY Community Stadium,Kings Langley 5th Yeovil Town The Avenue Stadium ,Dorchester Relegated fromWSL (11th)
Updated to match(es) played on 8 March 2020. Source:
FA Full-Time Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Football league season
FA Women's National League Division One North Season 2019–20 Champions N/A Promoted N/A Relegated N/A
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position in2018–19 Barnsley Barnsley FC Academy,Barnsley 4th Bolton Wanderers Kensite Stadium,Atherton 8th Bradford City Plumpton Park,Bradford Relegated from NL North (13th) Brighouse Town The Yorkshire Payments Stadium,Brighouse 2nd Chester-le-Street Moor Park,Chester Moor 3rd Chorley Victory Park Stadium,Chorley 7th Durham Cestria The Graham Sports Centre,Durham Promoted fromNERWFL Premier Division (1st) Leeds United Thorp Arch ,Wetherby 6th Liverpool Feds I.M. Marsh Campus,Liverpool 5th Newcastle United Druid Park ,Newcastle upon Tyne 9th Norton & Stockton Ancients Norton Teesside Sports Complex,Stockton-on-Tees 10th Stockport County Stockport Sports Village,Stockport Promoted fromNWWRFL Premier Division (1st)
^ Stockport County deducted one point Division One Midlands [ edit ] Football league season
FA Women's National League Division One Midlands Season 2019–20 Champions N/A Promoted N/A Relegated N/A
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position2018–19 Bedworth United The Oval,Bedworth 5th Birmingham & West Midlands Trevor Brown Memorial Ground,Sutton Coldfield 3rd Burton Albion The Lamb Ground ,Tamworth 9th Doncaster Rovers Belles Oxford Street,Rossington Relegated from NL North (12th) Leafield Athletic Stockingford Pavilion,Nuneaton Promoted fromWMRWFL Premier Division (1st) Leicester United Riverside Pavilion,Leicester Promoted fromEMRWFL Premier Division (1st) Long Eaton United Grange Park,Long Eaton 6th Lincoln City Ashby Avenue,Lincoln 7th (asNettleham ) Solihull Moors West Midland Sports & Social Club,Birmingham 10th Sporting Khalsa The Aspray Arena,Willenhall 4th The New Saints (TNS) Park Hall Stadium,Oswestry 8th Wolverhampton Wanderers CKW Stadium, Castlecroft,Wolverhampton 2nd
Division One South East [ edit ] Football league season
FA Women's National League Division One South East Season 2019–20 Champions N/A Promoted N/A Relegated N/A
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position2018–19 Actonians Rectory Park,Northolt 4th AFC Basildon The Frost Hire Stadium,Canvey Island Relegated from NL South (12th asC & K Basildon ) AFC Wimbledon War Memorial Sports Ground,Sutton 6th Billericay Town AGP Arena,Billericay 2nd Cambridge City The Ellgia Stadium,Ely Promoted fromERWFL (1st) Cambridge United Recreation Way,Mildenhall 8th Enfield Town Queen Elizabeth II Stadium,Enfield 3rd Ipswich Town The Goldstar Ground,Felixstowe 7th Kent Football United Glentworth Sports Club,Kent Promoted fromLSEWRFL (1st) Leyton Orient Mile End Stadium,Bow ,London 5th Norwich City Plantation Park,Blofield 10th Stevenage Hertingfordbury Park,Hertford 9th
Division One South West [ edit ] Football league season
FA Women's National League Division One South West Season 2019–20 Champions N/A Promoted N/A Relegated N/A
Changes from last season:
Club Home ground Position2018–19 Brislington Brislington Stadium,Brislington 7th Buckland Athletic Homers Heath,Newton Abbot 3rd Cheltenham Town Petersfield Park,Cheltenham 4th Chesham United The Meadow,Chesham 5th Exeter City Clifford Hill Training Ground, Promoted fromSWRWFL Premier Division (1st) Larkhall Athletic Plain Ham,Larkhall 6th Maidenhead United York Road Stadium ,Maidenhead 10th Poole Town Dorset County F.A. County Ground,Poole 11th Southampton FC Women Testwood Stadium,Totton Promoted fromSRWFL Premier Division (1st) Southampton Women's FC Gang Warily Recreation Ground,Southampton 2nd Swindon Town Cinder Lane,Fairford 9th
^ Cheltenham fined and deducted three points for fielding an ineligible player.[ 8]
Seasons
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Associated competitions
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League competitions
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Cup competitions