2012–13 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Sunderland
Promoted	Sunderland (WSL 1) ; Watford (WSL 2); Manchester City (WSL 1) ; Aston Villa (WSL 2); Barnet (WSL 2)
Relegated	Leeds United; Coventry City; Charlton Athletic; Cardiff City; Portsmouth
	← 2011–12 2013–14; 2014 (WSL 2) →

The 2012–13 FA Women's Premier League season was the 22nd season of the former top flight of English women's association football.^[1]

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Sunderland (C, P)	18	14	3	1	54	16	+38	45	Approved for FA WSL 2
2	Watford (P)	18	11	5	2	32	17	+15	38	Approved for FA WSL 2
3	Leeds United (R)	18	12	2	4	32	19	+13	38	Relegation to the Northern Division
4	Manchester City (P)	18	7	4	7	32	25	+7	25	Approved for FA WSL 1
5	Coventry City (R)	18	8	1	9	25	27	−2	25	Relegation to the Southern Division
6	Aston Villa (P)	18	7	3	8	21	29	−8	24	Approved for FA WSL 2
7	Charlton Athletic (R)	18	6	4	8	25	31	−6	22	Relegation to the Southern Division
8	Cardiff City (R)	18	5	4	9	23	26	−3	19
9	Portsmouth (R)	18	3	4	11	22	44	−22	13
10	Barnet (P)	18	0	4	14	7	39	−32	4	Approved for FA WSL 2

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

Home \ Away	SUN	WAT	LEE	MCI	COV	AST	CHA	CAR	POR	BRT
Sunderland	—	2–2	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	7–0	7–0
Watford	2–2	—	1–2	1–1	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	3–0
Leeds United	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–0
Manchester City	2–3	1–1	3–0	—	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	1–0
Coventry City	1–4	0–2	1–2	0–3	—	1–3	2–0	2–1	2–2	3–2
Aston Villa	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–4	—	2–1	0–4	2–0	3–0
Charlton Athletic	2–1	1–1	2–3	4–4	0–1	1–0	—	0–4	7–2	1–1
Cardiff City	0–4	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	—	2–0	0–0
Portsmouth	1–4	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	3–3	—	2–1
Barnet	0–1	0–1	1–4	0–3	0–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–2	—

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	Sheffield (C)	16	13	2	1	46	16	+30	41
2	Nottingham Forest	16	10	2	4	35	22	+13	32
3	Blackburn Rovers	16	9	3	4	35	25	+10	30
4	Sporting Club Albion	16	8	3	5	40	24	+16	27
5	Preston North End	16	7	4	5	29	27	+2	25
6	Newcastle United	16	6	2	8	31	39	−8	20
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	5	1	10	20	40	−20	16
8	Derby County	16	4	0	12	28	43	−15	12
9	Leicester City (R)	16	1	1	14	14	42	−28	4	Relegation to the Midland Combination League

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

Home \ Away	SHE	NOT	BLB	SCA	PNE	NEW	WOL	DER	LEI
Sheffield	—	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	5–1	3–1	5–1
Nottingham Forest	0–2	—	3–2	3–2	3–2	2–3	1–1	3–0	2–1
Blackburn Rovers	3–1	1–3	—	0–2	2–1	1–1	4–1	5–1	2–0
Sporting Club Albion	2–4	0–0	1–1	—	0–1	6–0	4–0	4–2	2–4
Preston North End	2–2	1–0	4–4	3–3	—	3–0	2–1	3–2	2–2
Newcastle United	0–4	2–3	0–2	1–4	2–0	—	5–1	2–4	5–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	2–4	0–3	0–4	2–1	0–1	—	3–2	1–0
Derby County	2–1	2–2	1–3	2–3	2–0	2–2	7–0	—	1–1
Leicester City	0–2	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–5	0–3	0–4	—

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	Reading (C, P)	18	15	0	3	57	16	+41	45	Approved for FA WSL 2
2	Millwall Lionesses (P)	18	12	1	5	25	18	+7	37
3	Yeovil Town (P)	18	9	3	6	29	17	+12	30
4	Brighton & Hove Albion	18	8	4	6	32	30	+2	28
5	Lewes	18	7	2	9	23	24	−1	23
6	West Ham United	17	6	4	7	20	18	+2	22
7	Gillingham	18	5	4	9	19	29	−10	19
8	Tottenham Hotspur	17	4	4	9	22	33	−11	16
9	Colchester United (R)	16	3	7	6	17	30	−13	16	Club folded at the end of the season
10	Queen's Park Rangers (R)	18	2	5	11	14	43	−29	11	Relegation to the South East Combination League

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

Home \ Away	REA	MIL	YEO	BHA	LEW	WHU	GIL	TOT	COL	QPR
Reading	—	3–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	3–2	7–0	3–1	5–1	8–0
Millwall Lionesses	0–2	—	2–1	1–5	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	5–2	2–0
Yeovil Town	0–1	1–0	—	1–2	3–1	1–0	3–0	4–4	3–1	2–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	4–3	0–1	0–4	—	1–0	3–2	2–2	4–0	4–3	2–2
Lewes	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–3	—	3–0	3–0	1–4	4–0	2–1
West Ham United	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	—	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–1
Gillingham	1–2	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	—	1–0	0–0	1–2
Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–0
Colchester United	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	P–P	1–0	P–P	—	1–1
Queen's Park Rangers	0–4	0–1	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–7	2–2	2–2	—

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

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