The FA Women's Premier League Northern Division is a league in the third-level in the women's football

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 Southern

FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

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...

 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 Northern 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 Northern

Northern Combination Women's Football League

The Northern Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Northern Combination, is at the fourth level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, South East and Midland...

 and Midland

Midland Combination Women's Football League

The Midland Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Midland Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, South East and Northern...

 Combination Leagues.

Northern 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 2010–11 season

• Aston Villa LFC
  Aston Villa L.F.C.
  Aston Villa Ladies Football Club is an English women's football team affiliated with Aston Villa F.C., currently playing in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. The club has been in existence under several names since 1973. Originally titled Solihull FC, the team became officially...
  
  
• Coventry City LFC
  Coventry City L.F.C.
  Coventry City Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Coventry City F.C.. Founded in 1991, they currently play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division after two successive promotions from the Midland Combination Women's Football League.The club also...
  
  
• Curzon Ashton LFC
  Curzon Ashton L.F.C.
  Curzon Ashton Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Curzon Ashton F.C.. The club were known as Oldham Curzon Ladies Football Club until June 2005. They currently play in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division. In 2008–09 they finished in tenth place, two...
  
  
• Derby County LFC
  Derby County L.F.C.
  Derby County Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Derby County F.C.. The first team currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division...
  
  
• Leeds City Vixens LFC
  Leeds City Vixens L.F.C.
  Leeds City Vixens Ladies Football Club is an English women's football team founded in 1993 by Martin Cockerill, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
  
  
• Leicester City WFC
  Leicester City W.F.C.
  Leicester City Women Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Leicester City F.C.. The club is distinct from Leicester City Ladies Football Club who play at Midland Combination level. LCWFC currently play in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division...
  
  
• Manchester City LFC
  Manchester City L.F.C.
  Manchester City Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club affiliated with Manchester City FC.-History:Manchester City Ladies was formed in 1989....
  
  
• Newcastle United LFC
• Preston North End LFC
  Preston North End W.F.C.
  Preston North End W.F.C. are an English women's football club affiliated with Preston North End F.C. and currently playing in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.-History:...
  
  
• Rochdale LFC

See also

• Women's football (soccer)
  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...
  
  
• List of women's football teams
• List of women's football (soccer) competitions

External links

• The FA Women's Page