2001–02 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season2001–02

The 2001–02 FA Women's Premier League season was the 11th season of the FA Women's Premier League.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsArsenal
5th title
RelegatedBarry Town
Sunderland
UEFA CupArsenal
Matches90
Goals326 (3.62 per match)
Biggest home winArsenal 10–2 Leeds United
(11 May 2002)
Biggest away winBrighton & Hove Albion 0–8 Doncaster Belles
(14 October 2001)
Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams
Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams (Greater London)

Changes from last season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 18 16 1 1 60 15 +45 49 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
2 Doncaster Belles 18 13 2 3 57 21 +36 41
3 Charlton Athletic 18 10 1 7 40 24 +16 31
4 Leeds United 18 7 5 6 36 37 −1 26
5 Everton 18 8 2 8 30 31 −1 26
6 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 3 8 31 36 −5 24
7 Brighton & Hove Albion 18 7 3 8 19 33 −14 24
8 Southampton Saints 18 5 3 10 19 34 −15 18
9 Barry Town (R) 18 2 3 13 19 49 −30 9 Relegation to the Southern Division. Folded before the new season began
10 Sunderland (R) 18 1 5 12 15 46 −31 8 Relegation to the Northern Division
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARS BAR BRI CHA DON EVE LEE SOU SUN TRA
Arsenal — 6–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 10–2 3–1 4–1 2–0
Barry Town 0–1 — 2–1 1–2 1–3 3–3 1–3 1–2 2–2 1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–0 1–1 — 3–0 0–8 0–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0
Charlton Athletic 0–3 5–2 5–1 — 3–4 2–1 0–1 0–1 7–0 2–0
Doncaster Belles 4–0 2–0 4–0 0–0 — 4–1 3–1 5–1 1–1 6–0
Everton 0–1 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 — 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–4
Leeds United 2–5 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 4–3 — 1–2 5–0 3–4
Southampton Saints 0–3 3–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 — 0–0 0–0
Sunderland 0–3 2–3 1–1 1–4 2–4 0–1 1–1 1–3 — 0–1
Tranmere Rovers 1–5 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–5 2–3 3–3 3–0 1–3 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsBirmingham City
PromotedBirmingham City
RelegatedCoventry City
Matches110
Goals392 (3.56 per match)
Biggest home winIlkeston Town 8–0 Coventry City (20 January 2002)
Biggest away winSheffield Wednesday 0–7 Aston Villa (26 August 2001)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

  • Leeds United were promoted to the National Division
  • Manchester City were promoted from the Northern Combination League
  • Mansfield Town were promoted from the Midland Combination League
  • Liverpool were relegated from the National League
  • Newcastle Town were relegated to the Midland Combination League
  • Huddersfield Town were relegated to the Northern Combination League
  • Mansfield Town became North Notts

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Birmingham City (C, P) 20 16 3 1 68 21 +47 51 Promotion to the National Division
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 11 4 5 39 27 +12 37
3 Oldham Curzon 20 10 6 4 39 22 +17 36
4 Ilkeston Town 20 9 6 5 43 27 +16 33
5 Liverpool 20 8 6 6 41 27 +14 30
6 Bangor City 20 7 8 5 40 35 +5 29
7 Sheffield Wednesday 20 6 7 7 32 38 −6 25
8 Aston Villa 20 6 6 8 42 39 +3 24
9 Garswood Saints 20 4 6 10 21 47 −26 18
10 Manchester City 20 4 4 12 19 45 −26 16
11 Coventry City (R) 20 0 2 18 8 64 −56 2 Relegation to the Midland Combination League
12 North Notts (X) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew midway through the season. Records expunged.
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) ?

1 - North Notts withdrew, record annulled

Results

Home \ Away ASV BAC BIC CVC GAS ILK LIV MCI OLC SHW WOW
Aston Villa — 5–5 1–3 2–0 0–2 3–3 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–2
Bangor City 1–1 — 2–3 6–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–2
Birmingham City 3–1 2–2 — 3–0 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–0 4–3 6–2 3–1
Coventry City 0–5 2–3 0–0 — 1–2 0–2 0–3 0–3 1–4 1–4 0–2
Garswood Saints 1–3 2–2 0–6 2–1 — 2–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–2
Ilkeston Town 3–1 0–2 3–1 8–0 5–0 — 1–1 4–1 0–4 1–1 0–0
Liverpool 1–2 5–0 2–5 5–0 1–1 2–0 — 2–0 4–0 1–1 5–3
Manchester City 1–4 1–2 1–5 3–1 5–2 0–5 0–0 — 2–4 0–3 2–1
Oldham Curzon 3–0 0–0 1–2 4–0 5–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 — 2–1 2–0
Sheffield Wednesday 0–7 1–4 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 4–1 1–0 — 2–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 5–1 1–7 2–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season2001–02
ChampionsFulham
PromotedFulham
RelegatedQueen's Park Rangers
Berkhamsted Town
Matches132
Goals690 (5.23 per match)
Biggest home winFulham 22–0 Barking
(24 February 2002)
Longest unbeaten runFulham (22)
2001–02 FA Women's Premier League is located in Southern England
Bristol Rovers
Newport County
Newport County
Berkhamsted Town
Berkhamsted Town
Ipswich Town
Langford
Langford
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Fulham (C, P) 22 22 0 0 234 6 +228 66 Promotion to the National Division
2 Bristol Rovers 22 14 2 6 72 35 +37 44
3 Millwall Lionesses 22 14 1 7 55 55 0 43
4 Chelsea 22 13 2 7 59 51 +8 41
5 Langford 22 12 1 9 53 46 +7 37
6 Wimbledon 22 11 3 8 41 55 −14 36
7 Ipswich Town 22 8 4 10 43 52 −9 28
8 Barking 22 7 2 13 40 79 −39 23
9 Newport County 22 6 3 13 37 60 −23 21
10 Barnet 22 5 6 11 27 75 −48 21
11 Queen's Park Rangers (R) 22 3 5 14 19 60 −41 14 Relegation to the South East Combination League
12 Berkhamsted Town (R) 22 1 3 18 10 116 −106 6
Source: WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

1 - Wembley Mill Hill and Queen's Park Rangers merged.

Results

Home \ Away BRK BAR BET BRR CHE FUL IPT LAN MIL NEC QPR WIM
Barking — 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–4 3–2 1–4 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–3
Barnet 3–7 — 2–0 0–6 0–3 1–7 1–1 5–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–4
Berkhamsted Town 0–5 1–1 — 1–5 0–6 0–12 1–0 2–6 0–7 0–2 0–0 1–7
Bristol Rovers 3–1 0–1 10–0 — 4–1 1–6 0–1 3–2 8–0 3–1 5–0 10–1
Chelsea 8–3 5–0 5–1 1–0 — 0–9 2–0 1–3 2–1 5–2 4–0 3–0
Fulham 22–0 18–0 15–0 12–1 9–1 — 12–0 9–0 9–0 9–1 3–0 9–0
Ipswich Town 2–0 2–2 12–0 1–4 6–3 0–13 — 1–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
Langford 4–2 3–1 4–1 0–1 0–1 0–5 2–2 — 3–4 4–1 3–0 0–1
Millwall Lionesses 7–0 1–2 1–0 2–2 6–1 0–11 1–0 2–1 — 5–4 2–1 3–1
Newport County 1–2 5–0 3–0 1–2 3–3 0–14 1–1 0–2 1–2 — 5–0 1–1
Queen's Park Rangers 3–1 1–1 6–0 0–2 1–1 0–14 2–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 — 0–0
Wimbledon 2–1 1–1 6–1 4–2 1–0 0–12 1–0 2–4 0–3 2–0 4–0 —
Source: WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

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  3. ^ "Arsenal close in on title". April 21, 2002 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Trudy seals Barry win". November 4, 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Arsenal thrash Sunderland". October 28, 2001 – via news.bbc.co.uk.
  6. ^ "England (Women) 2001/02". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 2025-06-08.
  7. ^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League National Division 2001-02". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  8. ^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Northern Division 2001-02". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  9. ^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Southern Division 2001-02". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
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