2007–08 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's National League
Northern Division
Season	2007–08
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season	2007–08
Dates	16 Aug 2007–18 May 2008
Champions	Arsenal
Relegated	Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic
European Cup	Arsenal
Matches played	132
Goals scored	521 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lianne Sanderson (25)
Biggest home win	ARS 9–0 CCY; (11 Nov)
Biggest away win	CHA 0–7 ARS; (29 Nov)
Highest scoring	ARS 9–0 CCY; (27 Sep–14 May)
Longest winning run	17 - Arsenal; (27 Sep–3 Apr)
Longest unbeaten run	22 - Arsenal; (17 Aug–6 May)
Longest winless run	22 - Charlton Athletic; (7 Oct–11 May)
Longest losing run	12 - Charlton Athletic; (7 Oct–16 Dec)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2008.

FA Women's Premier League^[1]
Season	2007–08
	← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 FA Women's Premier League season (known as the FA Tesco Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 17th season of the FA Women's Premier League, England's highest-tier women's association football league at that time.^[2]^[3]^[4]

National Division

Team movement

Promotions and relegations from 2006–07
Team	Previous league	Moved to
Liverpool	Northern Division	National Division
Watford	Southern Division	National Division
Sunderland	National Division	Northern Division
Fulham	National Division	Southern Division

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	22	20	2	0	85	15	+70	62	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
2	Everton	22	18	3	1	69	14	+55	57
3	Leeds United^[a]	22	12	4	6	45	33	+12	40
4	Bristol Academy	22	10	4	8	45	35	+10	34
5	Chelsea	22	9	5	8	40	35	+5	32
6	Doncaster Rovers Belles	22	8	5	9	44	42	+2	29
7	Watford	22	9	2	11	53	52	+1	29
8	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	4	10	50	45	+5	28
9	Birmingham City	22	7	4	11	34	39	−5	25
10	Liverpool	22	6	4	12	31	51	−20	22
11	Cardiff City (R)	22	3	3	16	19	69	−50	12	Relegation to the Southern Division Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
12	Charlton Athletic (R)	22	0	4	18	6	91	−85	4	Relegation to the Southern Division

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

^ On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie). On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.
^ Qualified by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	EVE	LEE	BRI	CHE	DON	WAT	BLA	BIR	LIV	CAR	CHA
Arsenal	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	4–3	4–1	5–1	3–0	5–2	9–0	5–0
Everton	0–2	—	4–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	5–1	2–2	2–1	6–0	7–0
Leeds United	0–4	1–2	—	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–1	4–4	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–2
Bristol Academy	0–1	1–3	0–0	—	2–2	0–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	4–3	4–1	7–0
Chelsea	0–3	1–2	1–2	3–4	—	3–4	4–3	1–1	0–1	4–1	5–0	4–0
Doncaster Rovers Belles	2–4	1–2	2–3	0–3	1–1	—	2–2	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	4–0
Watford	2–6	1–4	2–4	6–2	2–3	4–3	—	3–2	0–1	4–1	1–1	4–0
Blackburn Rovers	1–3	0–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	3–2	4–2	—	4–1	2–3	6–0	6–0
Birmingham City	0–3	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–3	3–3	2–3	1–0	—	1–2	2–1	6–1
Liverpool	1–4	1–5	0–3	3–2	0–0	0–3	1–4	1–1	1–0	—	4–0	2–0
Cardiff City	0–6	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–3	2–3	1–1	—	2–1
Charlton Athletic	0–7	0–6	0–5	0–3	0–0	1–1	0–6	0–5	0–4	1–1	0–4	—

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

Top scorers

As of match played on 18 May 2008^[5]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lianne Sanderson	Arsenal	25
2	Katie Anderton	Blackburn	23
3	Helen Lander	Watford	21
4	Natasha Dowie	Everton	17
5	Fara Williams	Everton	14

Northern Division

Team movement

Promotions and relegations from 2006–07
Team	Previous league	Moved to
Liverpool	Northern Division	National Division
Rotherham United	Midland Combination	Northern Division
Sheffield Wednesday	Northern Combination	Northern Division
Sunderland	National Division	Northern Division
Wolverhampton	Northern Division	Midland Combination
Curzon Ashton	Northern Division	Northern Combination

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest (C, P)	22	18	4	0	80	26	+54	58	Promotion to the National Division
2	Lincoln City	22	18	1	3	66	16	+50	55
3	Sunderland	22	16	2	4	52	30	+22	50
4	Newcastle United	22	10	3	9	58	46	+12	33
5	Preston North End	22	10	1	11	39	39	0	31
6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	2	12	38	48	−10	26
7	Manchester City	22	7	4	11	29	41	−12	25
8	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	3	12	36	57	−21	24
9	Rotherham United	22	7	1	14	41	62	−21	22
10	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	49	59	−10	21
11	Stockport County (R)	22	6	1	15	21	54	−33	19	Relegation to the Northern Combination League
12	Crewe Alexandra (R)	22	5	3	14	30	61	−31	18	Relegation to the Midland Combination League

Source: FA WPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	FOR	LIN	SAF	NEW	PNE	SWD	MCY	TRO	RUT	VIL	SPC	CWA
Nottingham Forest	—	0–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	5–1	3–0	3–2	7–0	4–4	2–1	5–2
Lincoln City	1–2	—	5–1	5–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–0	4–0	3–0	3–0
Sunderland	2–2	2–1	—	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	4–1	4–2	2–1	0–1
Newcastle United	1–3	1–4	1–2	—	1–3	2–4	3–0	4–1	3–1	3–2	2–2	6–1
Preston North End	1–5	3–2	1–2	0–3	—	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–0	5–2	0–1	1–0
Sheffield Wednesday	1–5	2–6	2–3	3–1	0–2	—	0–2	4–1	0–2	2–5	2–1	1–0
Manchester City	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–0	0–4	1–3	—	3–0	1–5	2–4	2–0	1–0
Tranmere Rovers	0–5	1–5	3–2	3–3	3–4	1–1	2–1	—	3–0	1–0	1–3	4–1
Rotherham United	3–6	1–2	1–3	3–6	3–3	2–1	3–2	3–4	—	3–2	1–6	0–2
Aston Villa	2–6	1–2	2–4	2–3	2–1	4–2	1–1	5–2	1–3	—	1–2	2–2
Stockport County	1–2	0–3	0–5	0–7	0–3	0–4	0–3	0–1	0–5	2–0	—	2–1
Crewe Alexandra	0–7	1–5	1–3	3–5	2–1	2–2	2–5	2–2	2–1	1–5	4–0	—

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

Southern Division

FA Women's National League
Southern Division
Season	2007–08
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

Team movement

Promotions and relegations from 2006–07
Team	Previous league	Moved to
Watford	Southern Division	National Division
Newquay^[6]	South West Combination	Southern Division
Colchester United	South East Combination	Southern Division
Fulham	National Division	Southern Division
AFC Wimbledon	Southern Division	South East Combination
Southampton Saints	Southern Division	South West Combination

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fulham (C, P)	22	15	5	2	70	19	+51	50	Promoted to National Division
2	Millwall Lionesses	22	13	5	4	50	21	+29	44
3	Barnet	22	13	4	5	61	21	+40	43
4	Portsmouth	22	13	3	6	63	26	+37	42
5	West Ham United	22	12	0	10	63	46	+17	36
6	Crystal Palace	22	10	4	8	45	30	+15	34
7	Colchester United	22	10	1	11	51	54	−3	31
8	Keynsham Town	22	8	6	8	51	31	+20	30
9	Newquay^[6]	22	9	2	11	50	45	+5	29
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	2	14	35	57	−22	20
11	Team Bath (R)	22	5	4	13	39	53	−14	19	Relegated to South West Combination League
12	Reading Royals (R)	22	0	0	22	8	183	−175	0	Relegated to South West Combination League

Source: FA WPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	FUL	MIL	BAR	POR	WHU	CPL	COU	KTW	NEW	BHA	TBL	RRL
Fulham	—	2–2	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–1	6–0	3–0	14–0
Millwall Lionesses	1–1	—	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–2	2–3	0–2	2–0	3–0	4–2	6–0
Barnet	0–1	1–1	—	4–0	1–2	5–1	1–3	1–1	1–2	5–2	5–1	8–0
Portsmouth	1–1	2–1	1–2	—	2–0	0–3	4–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	5–0	10–0
West Ham United	0–8	0–2	0–3	1–4	—	1–0	8–1	1–2	3–5	3–1	3–2	12–0
Crystal Palace	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	2–1	—	2–4	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–0
Colchester United	1–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–2	1–3	—	2–5	3–0	2–4	2–2	7–0
Keynsham Town	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–3	—	0–3	1–2	4–1	8–0
Newquay^[6]	1–6	1–3	1–6	1–0	1–4	3–2	5–0	0–2	—	1–2	0–0	9–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–1	0–3	1–2	3–6	3–6	0–2	2–3	1–4	1–1	—	0–1	4–0
Team Bath	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–1	0–1	1–0	2–4	2–1	3–5	2–3	—	5–2
Reading Royals	0–5	0–7	0–6	0–10	3–10	0–12	1–6	1–13	0–10	1–5	0–12	—

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

References

^ "Premier League Movements". Fair Game. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007.
^ "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
^ "Round-Up from the Premier League and the Regions". Fair Game. No. 29. Baltic Publications (published 29 July 2008). July 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leighton, Tony (21 October 2007). "Arsenal have Heaney eating humble pastie". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Cornish club (Newquay) have taken giant strides since being formed seven years ago, winning six promotions to reach the Premier League's Southern Division. In the summer the club's senior teams were taken over by the Western League club Truro City, at whose home ground they now play and name they will adopt next season.

External links

Table at women.soccerway.com

[table_note_LEE0.46500387250679-5] On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie). On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.

[table_note_res_R10.46500387250679-6] Qualified by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.

[1] "Premier League Movements". Fair Game. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007.

[2] "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[3] "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[4] "Browser Check | Full-Time". fulltime.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.

[7] "Round-Up from the Premier League and the Regions". Fair Game. No. 29. Baltic Publications (published 29 July 2008). July 2008.

[newquay-8] Leighton, Tony (21 October 2007). "Arsenal have Heaney eating humble pastie". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Cornish club (Newquay) have taken giant strides since being formed seven years ago, winning six promotions to reach the Premier League's Southern Division. In the summer the club's senior teams were taken over by the Western League club Truro City, at whose home ground they now play and name they will adopt next season.

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