# 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League

The 2015–16 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 24th season of the competition, which began in 1992. Formerly the top flight of women's football in England, this season it sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues.
The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 72 teams were members of the league at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, 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 playoff match against each other which will decide the overall league champion, who subject to meeting league requirements will be promoted to FA WSL 2.

## Premier Division
### Northern Division
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sporting Club Albion | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 53 | Playoff with Southern Division champion |
| 2 | Preston North End | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 71 | 20 | +51 | 49 | |
| 3 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 46 | |
| 4 | Stoke City | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 59 | 28 | +31 | 44 | |
| 5 | Bradford City | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 48 | 31 | +17 | 38 | |
| 6 | Nottingham Forest | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 37 | |
| 7 | Derby County | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 28 | |
| 8 | Huddersfield Town | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 47 | 56 | −9 | 25 | |
| 9 | Newcastle United | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 33 | 57 | −24 | 22 | |
| 10 | Nuneaton Town | 22 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 14 | |
| 11 | Guiseley Vixens (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 26 | 71 | −45 | 13 | Relegation to FA Women's Premier League Division One regions |
| 12 | Loughborough Foxes (R) | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 26 | 58 | −32 | 11 | Relegation to FA Women's Premier League Division One regions |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BLB | BRA | DER | GUI | HUD | LOU | NEW | NOT | NUN | PNE | SCA | STK |
| Blackburn Rovers | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Bradford City | 2–2 | | 3–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–4 |
| Derby County | 4–3 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Guiseley Vixens | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–6 | | 0–7 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 |
| Huddersfield Town | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–6 | 0–2 | | 7–0 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Loughborough Foxes | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 1–5 | 6–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Newcastle United | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–2 | | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–5 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
| Nuneaton Town | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 |
| Preston North End | 0–1 | 2–1 | 7–1 | 4–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 13–0 | | 3–0 | 0–3 |
| Sporting Club Albion | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | | 3–1 |
| Stoke City | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–2 | |

### Southern Division
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Brighton & Hove Albion (O, P) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 18 | +40 | 54 | Playoff with Northern Division champion |
| 2 | Charlton Athletic | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 52 | |
| 3 | Cardiff City | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 66 | 27 | +39 | 47 | |
| 4 | Coventry United | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 44 | |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 61 | 27 | +34 | 44 | |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 34 | |
| 7 | Lewes | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 42 | −12 | 25 | |
| 8 | C & K Basildon | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 38 | 55 | −17 | 25 | |
| 9 | Queens Park Rangers | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 21 | |
| 10 | West Ham United | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 21 | 60 | −39 | 19 | |
| 11 | Forest Green Rovers | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 19 | 76 | −57 | 8 | |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle (R) | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 23 | 89 | −66 | 6 | Relegation to FA Women's Premier League Division One regions |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | B&HA | C&KB | CAR | CHA | CVU | FGR | LEW | PLY | POR | QPR | TOT | WHU |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | | 6–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| C & K Basildon | 1–6 | | 4–7 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–3 |
| Cardiff City | 1–2 | 4–2 | | 3–1 | 0–3 | 8–2 | 5–0 | 9–1 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 |
| Charlton Athletic | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 9–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 8–1 |
| Coventry United | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | | 4–0 | 5–0 | 11–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| Forest Green Rovers | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 1–3 | | 0–6 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 |
| Lewes | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 |
| Plymouth Argyle | 0–4 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 2–5 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–2 |
| Portsmouth | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 6–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 7–0 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | | 2–1 |
| West Ham United | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–8 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |

### Championship play-off

The overall FA WPL champion was decided by a play-off match held at Wycombe Wanderers' Adams Park stadium on 29 May 2016, which resulted in a 4–2 victory for Southern Division Brighton & Hove Albion over Northern Division Sporting Club Albion. Brighton won promotion to FA WSL 2 a few days after the match, having met The Football Association's licensing requirements for entry to the Women's Super League.

## Division One
### Northern Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Middlesbrough (C, P) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 90 | 22 | +68 | 54 | Promotion to Northern Division |
| 2 | Liverpool Marshall Feds | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 79 | 39 | +40 | 46 | |
| 3 | Chorley | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 46 | +14 | 42 | |
| 4 | Hull City | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 37 | |
| 5 | Leeds Ladies | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Mossley Hill | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 46 | 37 | +9 | 34 | |
| 7 | Morecambe | 22 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 59 | −9 | 29 | |
| 8 | Blackpool Wren Rovers | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 42 | 68 | −26 | 28 | |
| 9 | Chester-le-Street | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 27 | |
| 10 | Tranmere Rovers | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 19 | |
| 11 | Stockport County (R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 46 | 65 | −19 | 16 | Relegated from FA Women's Premier League. |
| 12 | Norton & Stockton Ancients (R) | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 77 | −57 | 8 | Relegated from FA Women's Premier League. |
* ↑ Stockport had three points deducted

### Midlands Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Leicester City W.F.C. (C, P) | 22 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 93 | 19 | +74 | 66 | Promotion to Northern Division |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 30 | +32 | 45 | |
| 3 | Radcliffe Olympic | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 38 | |
| 4 | Solihull | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 43 | 47 | −4 | 35 | |
| 5 | Birmingham & West Midlands | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 33 | |
| 6 | Loughborough Students | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 44 | 54 | −10 | 28 | |
| 7 | Steel City Wanderers | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 35 | 58 | −23 | 27 | |
| 8 | Leicester City L.F.C. | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 26 | |
| 9 | Rotherham United | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 53 | −11 | 24 | |
| 10 | Sporting Khalsa | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 27 | 53 | −26 | 20 | |
| 11 | Peterborough Northern Star (R) | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 37 | 44 | −7 | 19 | Relegated from FA Women's Premier League. |
| 12 | Leafield Athletic (R) | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 30 | 66 | −36 | 19 | Relegated from FA Women's Premier League. |

### South East Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Crystal Palace (C, P) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 90 | 17 | +73 | 62 | Promotion to Southern Division |
| 2 | Gillingham | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 84 | 20 | +64 | 51 | |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 26 | +37 | 44 | |
| 4 | Luton Town | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 32 | +13 | 40 | |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 52 | 44 | +8 | 36 | |
| 6 | Cambridge United | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 54 | 24 | +30 | 35 | |
| 7 | Enfield Town | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 26 | |
| 8 | Norwich City | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 43 | 53 | −10 | 26 | |
| 9 | Denham United | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 23 | |
| 10 | Old Actonians | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 63 | −38 | 17 | |
| 11 | Lowestoft Town | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 97 | −80 | 9 | |
| 12 | Bedford (R) | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 16 | 109 | −93 | 7 | Relegated from FA Women's Premier League. |

### South West Division One
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Swindon Town (C, P) | 18 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 49 | 12 | +37 | 47 | Promotion to Southern Division |
| 2 | Chichester City | 18 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 8 | +36 | 44 | |
| 3 | Keynsham Town | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 39 | |
| 4 | Larkhall Athletic | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 36 | |
| 5 | Exeter City | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 36 | 37 | −1 | 25 | |
| 6 | Southampton Saints | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 23 | |
| 7 | Maidenhead United | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 28 | 37 | −9 | 22 | |
| 8 | Cheltenham Town | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 49 | −32 | 12 | |
| 9 | Shanklin | 18 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 54 | −38 | 9 | |
| 10 | St Nicholas | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 19 | 52 | −33 | 6 | |
| 11 | Gloucester City (X) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from league. Record expunged. |
| 12 | Swindon Spitfires (X) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Resigned from league. Record expunged. |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | CHE | CHI | EXE | KEY | LAR | MAI | SHA | SOS | STN | SWT |
| Cheltenham Town | | 0–4 | 3–0 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–4 |
| Chichester City | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 8–0 | 1–1 |
| Exeter City | 3–1 | 0–0 | | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 7–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| Keynsham Town | 1–2 | 1–3 | 4–1 | | 3–3 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 |
| Larkhall Athletic | 4–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 |
| Maidenhead United | 3–0 | 1–2 | 7–3 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 |
| Shanklin | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | | 0–5 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| Southampton Saints | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| St Nicholas | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | | 2–3 |
| Swindon Town | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 8–0 | 5–1 | 3–1 | |