2001–02 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Birmingham City
Promoted	Birmingham City
Relegated	Coventry City
Matches played	110
Goals scored	392 (3.56 per match)
Biggest home win	Ilkeston Town 8–0 Coventry City (20 January 2002)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Wednesday 0–7 Aston Villa (26 August 2001)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Arsenal; 5th title
Relegated	Barry Town; Sunderland
Matches played	90
Goals scored	326 (3.62 per match)
Biggest home win	Arsenal 10–2 Leeds United; (11 May 2002)
Biggest away win	Brighton & Hove Albion 0–8 Doncaster Belles; (14 October 2001)
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

FA Women's Premier League
Season	2001–02
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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]

2000–01	2001–02
Wembley Mill Hill	Queen's Park Rangers

National Division

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

Home \ Away	ARS	DON	CHA	LEE	EVE	TRA	BRI	SOU	BAR	SUN
Arsenal	—	4–1	3–1	10–2	4–2	2–0	3–0	3–1	6–0	4–1
Doncaster Belles	4–0	—	0–0	3–1	4–1	6–0	4–0	5–1	2–0	1–1
Charlton Athletic	0–3	3–4	—	0–1	2–1	2–0	5–1	0–1	5–2	7–0
Leeds United	2–5	1–1	2–0	—	4–3	3–4	1–0	1–2	3–0	5–0
Everton	0–1	2–0	0–3	0–0	—	0–4	1–2	2–1	4–0	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	1–5	1–5	1–1	3–3	2–3	—	4–1	3–0	4–0	1–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	0–8	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	—	3–0	1–1	1–0
Southampton Saints	0–3	1–2	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–2	—	3–1	0–0
Barry Town	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–3	3–3	1–2	2–1	1–2	—	2–2
Sunderland	0–3	2–4	1–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–3	—

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

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

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

¹ - North Notts withdrew, record annulled

Home \ Away	BIC	WOW	OLC	ILK	LIV	BAC	SHW	ASV	GAS	MCI	CVC
Birmingham City	—	3–1	4–3	0–0	4–1	2–2	6–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	3–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–7	—	0–0	4–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–2	4–0	3–1	2–0
Oldham Curzon	1–2	2–0	—	3–2	2–1	0–0	2–1	3–0	5–2	0–0	4–0
Ilkeston Town	3–1	0–0	0–4	—	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	5–0	4–1	8–0
Liverpool	2–5	5–3	4–0	2–0	—	5–0	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–0	5–0
Bangor City	2–3	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–0	—	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	6–0
Sheffield Wednesday	1–3	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–2	1–4	—	0–7	2–0	4–1	1–1
Aston Villa	1–3	0–2	0–0	3–3	3–3	5–5	2–3	—	0–2	0–1	2–0
Garswood Saints	0–6	0–2	0–0	2–3	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	—	2–2	2–1
Manchester City	1–5	2–1	2–4	0–5	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–4	5–2	—	3–1
Coventry City	0–0	0–2	1–4	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–4	0–5	1–2	0–3	—

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

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season	2001–02
Champions	Fulham
Promoted	Fulham
Relegated	Queen's Park Rangers Berkhamsted Town
Matches played	132
Goals scored	690 (5.23 per match)
Biggest home win	Fulham 22–0 Barking (24 February 2002)
Longest unbeaten run	Fulham (22)
← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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	Relegation to the South East Combination League

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

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

Home \ Away	FUL	BRR	MIL	CHE	LAN	WIM	IPT	BRK	NEC	BAR	QPR	BET
Fulham	—	12–1	9–0	9–1	9–0	9–0	12–0	22–0	9–1	18–0	3–0	15–0
Bristol Rovers	1–6	—	8–0	4–1	3–2	10–1	0–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	5–0	10–0
Millwall Lionesses	0–11	2–2	—	6–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	7–0	5–4	1–2	2–1	1–0
Chelsea	0–9	1–0	2–1	—	1–3	3–0	2–0	8–3	5–2	5–0	4–0	5–1
Langford	0–5	0–1	3–4	0–1	—	0–1	2–2	4–2	4–1	3–1	3–0	4–1
Wimbledon	0–12	4–2	0–3	1–0	2–4	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–0	6–1
Ipswich Town	0–13	1–4	3–0	6–3	1–3	4–1	—	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	12–0
Barking	1–4	0–0	3–1	2–3	1–4	0–3	3–2	—	2–1	2–4	3–1	1–1
Newport County	0–14	1–2	1–2	3–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	5–0	5–0	3–0
Barnet	1–7	0–6	1–2	0–3	5–3	0–4	1–1	3–7	0–2	—	1–1	2–0
Queen's Park Rangers	0–14	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	0–2	1–1	—	6–0
Berkhamsted Town	0–12	1–5	0–7	0–6	2–6	1–7	1–0	0–5	0–2	1–1	0–0	—

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

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