1999–2000 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Blyth Spartans Kestrels
Promoted	Blyth Spartans Kestrels
Relegated	Bradford City; Arnold Town
Matches played	121
Goals scored	506 (4.18 per match)
Biggest home win	Blyth Spartans Kestrels 11–1 Birmingham City; (28 November 1999)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Croydon; 3rd title
Relegated	Reading Royals; Aston Villa
Matches played	90
Goals scored	385 (4.28 per match)
Biggest home win	Everton 13–0 Reading Royals; (5 September 1999)
Biggest away win	Reading Royals 0–10 Doncaster Belles (7 November 1999)
Longest winless run	Aston Villa (18)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

FA Women's Premier League
Season	1999–2000
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 FA Women's Premier League season was the 9th season of the FA Women's Premier League. Croydon F.C.'s women's team retained their League title, and added the FA Women's Cup to seal a second double in four years.^[1]^[2]^[3] A 3–0 defeat to Arsenal on 4 May 2000 ended an unbeaten league run stretching back almost two years.^[4]^[5]

Team name changes

1998–99	1999–2000
Leyton Orient	Barking

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Croydon (C)	18	15	2	1	58	13	+45	47
2	Doncaster Belles	18	15	1	2	66	14	+52	46
3	Arsenal	18	13	2	3	73	13	+60	41
4	Everton	18	10	3	5	62	31	+31	33
5	Tranmere Rovers	18	9	1	8	43	36	+7	28
6	Southampton Saints	18	5	3	10	23	32	−9	18
7	Millwall Lionesses	18	5	3	10	19	43	−24	18
8	Liverpool	18	4	4	10	15	38	−23	16
9	Reading Royals (R)	18	3	2	13	20	84	−64	11	Relegation to the Southern Division
10	Aston Villa (R)	18	0	1	17	6	81	−75	1	Relegation to the Northern Division

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	CRO	DON	ARS	EVE	TRA	SOU	MIL	LIV	REA	AVL
Croydon	—	2–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	7–2	2–1
Doncaster Belles	0–2	—	2–0	3–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	6–1	9–0
Arsenal	3–0	2–1	—	5–0	8–1	3–0	6–0	2–0	9–0	10–1
Everton	4–5	1–4	1–1	—	3–0	3–0	5–1	1–1	13–0	6–0
Tranmere Rovers	1–5	0–2	3–2	0–4	—	2–0	5–0	6–1	3–1	5–0
Southampton Saints	0–1	0–2	1–3	2–5	0–2	—	1–0	5–1	1–1	5–1
Millwall Lionesses	0–4	1–5	0–7	1–1	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	3–0	2–0
Liverpool	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–4	1–0	2–1	0–3	—	3–1	1–0
Reading Royals	1–10	0–10	0–3	1–6	3–6	1–3	4–1	0–0	—	3–0
Aston Villa	0–4	0–6	1–8	2–4	0–7	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Blyth Spartans Kestrels (C, P)	22	20	1	1	90	21	+69	61	Promotion to the National Division
2	Bangor City	22	14	6	2	44	19	+25	48
3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	13	3	6	64	34	+30	42
4	Leeds United	22	12	3	7	48	30	+18	39
5	Sheffield Wednesday	22	10	5	7	44	42	+2	35
6	Garswood Saints	22	9	7	6	45	39	+6	34
7	Ilkeston Town	22	7	4	11	33	40	−7	25
8	Birmingham City	22	6	5	11	32	47	−15	23
9	Coventry City	22	5	4	13	24	48	−24	19
10	Huddersfield Town	22	5	4	13	28	56	−28	19
11	Bradford City (R)	22	5	2	15	40	69	−29	17	Relegation to the Northern Combination League
12	Arnold Town (R)	22	3	2	17	14	61	−47	11	Relegation to the Midland Combination League

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	BSK	BAC	WOW	LEU	SHW	GAS	ILK	BIC	CVC	HUT	BRC	ART
Blyth Spartans Kestrels	—	1–1	4–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	11–1	2–0	5–0	7–2	10–1
Bangor City	0–2	—	2–1	4–1	2–0	2–3	3–1	1–1	6–1	4–1	3–1	2–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–3	0–1	—	2–3	2–2	5–2	5–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	7–1	7–0
Leeds United	2–5	0–1	3–0	—	0–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	4–1
Sheffield Wednesday	1–6	2–2	2–3	1–3	—	1–2	4–2	2–2	3–2	4–3	2–3	3–1
Garswood Saints	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	—	2–4	1–1	4–0	5–4	3–1	4–1
Ilkeston Town	1–2	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–2	1–1	—	1–0	1–1	6–0	0–0	4–1
Birmingham City	1–6	1–1	1–1	3–6	3–1	1–3	0–3	—	1–2	0–1	4–1	2–0
Coventry City	0–3	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–1	—	1–1	3–2	3–0
Huddersfield Town	1–4	1–2	2–3	0–4	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	—	0–5	1–2
Bradford City	3–5	1–3	3–0	1–3	0–2	1–4	1–4	0–5	4–0	1–3	—	6–1
Arnold Town	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Barry Town
Promoted	Barry Town
Relegated	Whitehawk Three Bridges
Matches played	12
Goals scored	570 (47.5 per match)
Biggest away win	Whitehawk 0–9 Langford (5 September 1999)
Longest winless run	Whitehawk (22)
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Barry Town (C, P)	22	16	1	5	73	25	+48	49	Promotion to the National Division
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	15	4	3	59	22	+37	49
3	Wembley Mill Hill	22	14	2	6	56	20	+36	44
4	Ipswich Town	22	14	0	8	54	41	+13	42
5	Langford	22	11	4	7	46	29	+17	37
6	Berkhamsted Town	22	9	5	8	41	46	−5	32
7	Wimbledon	22	9	3	10	58	44	+14	30
8	Barnet	22	7	7	8	40	50	−10	28
9	Barking	22	8	3	11	67	57	+10	27
10	Cardiff City	22	6	3	13	31	63	−32	21
11	Three Bridges (R)	22	4	6	12	30	48	−18	18	Club dissolved the following season
12	Whitehawk (R)	22	0	0	22	15	125	−110	0	Relegation to the South East Combination League

Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Following an exodus of players, Three Bridges dissolved at the end of the season.^[6]

Results

Home \ Away	BAT	BHA	WMH	IPT	LAN	BET	WIM	BAR	BRK	CAC	THB	WHI
Barry Town	—	1–2	3–2	2–0	5–0	3–0	5–1	7–0	4–0	4–0	5–1	5–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	—	3–2	5–0	2–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	5–1	5–0
Wembley Mill Hill	1–2	0–3	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	5–0	11–0	3–0	4–0
Ipswich Town	4–3	2–3	3–6	—	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–3	4–0	3–2	11–0
Langford	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	—	3–0	4–2	0–0	2–2	4–0	2–0	6–1
Berkhamsted Town	2–4	1–1	0–2	4–2	3–1	—	1–1	3–2	2–6	2–2	1–1	3–1
Wimbledon	3–1	4–2	2–2	4–0	4–2	1–2	—	4–0	5–4	2–3	1–1	7–1
Barnet	2–1	1–2	2–4	0–3	1–1	2–2	4–3	—	7–4	3–1	1–1	6–2
Barking	2–4	3–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–4	4–1	3–4	—	5–1	2–2	9–0
Cardiff City	1–3	0–5	0–1	3–1	0–3	1–2	0–5	2–2	2–1	—	1–2	6–0
Three Bridges	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–3	1–2	—	6–2
Whitehawk	1–7	0–5	0–2	0–5	0–9	3–5	0–4	0–4	1–9	0–4	2–3	—

Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League National Division 1999-2000". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Association, The Football. "AXA FA Women's Premier League Northern Division 1999-00". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Southern Division 1999-00". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
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^ "Defunct & Disappeared".

[1] Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League National Division 1999-2000". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[2] Association, The Football. "AXA FA Women's Premier League Northern Division 1999-00". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[3] Association, The Football. "FA Women's Premier League Southern Division 1999-00". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[4] "Football". archive.ph. 2012-06-30. Archived from the original on 2025-01-26. Retrieved 2025-06-09.

[5] "English Clubs 1999-2000". www.womensoccer.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2025-06-09.

[6] "Defunct & Disappeared".

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