1999–2000 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season1999–2000

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]

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsCroydon
3rd title
RelegatedReading Royals
Aston Villa
Matches played90
Goals scored385 (4.28 per match)
Biggest home winEverton 13–0 Reading Royals
(5 September 1999)
Biggest away winReading Royals 0–10 Doncaster Belles (7 November 1999)
Longest winless runAston Villa (18)
Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams

Changes from last season:

  • Aston Villa were promoted from the Northern Division
  • Reading Royals were promoted from the Southern Division
  • Bradford City were relegated to the Northern Division
  • Ilkeston Town were relegated to the Northern Division

Standings

Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams (Greater London)

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 ARS AVL CRO DON EVE LIV MIL REA SOU TRA
Arsenal — 10–1 3–0 2–1 5–0 2–0 6–0 9–0 3–0 8–1
Aston Villa 1–8 — 0–4 0–6 2–4 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 0–7
Croydon 1–0 2–1 — 2–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 7–2 0–0 1–0
Doncaster Belles 2–0 9–0 0–2 — 3–1 2–1 2–1 6–1 3–0 4–1
Everton 1–1 6–0 4–5 1–4 — 1–1 5–1 13–0 3–0 3–0
Liverpool 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–3 2–4 — 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–0
Millwall Lionesses 0–7 2–0 0–4 1–5 1–1 3–0 — 3–0 1–1 1–1
Reading Royals 0–3 3–0 1–10 0–10 1–6 0–0 4–1 — 1–3 3–6
Southampton Saints 1–3 5–1 0–1 0–2 2–5 5–1 1–0 1–1 — 0–2
Tranmere Rovers 3–2 5–0 1–5 0–2 0–4 6–1 5–0 3–1 2–0 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsBlyth Spartans Kestrels
PromotedBlyth Spartans Kestrels
RelegatedBradford City
Arnold Town
Matches played121
Goals scored506 (4.18 per match)
Biggest home winBlyth Spartans Kestrels 11–1 Birmingham City
(28 November 1999)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

  • Aston Villa were promoted from the Northern Division
  • Bangor City were promoted from the Northern Combination League
  • Birmingham City were promoted from the Midland Combination League
  • Bradford City were relegated from the National Division
  • Berkhamsted Town were moved to the Southern Division

Table

Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

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 ART BAC BIC BSK BRC CVC GAS HUT ILK LEU SHW WOW
Arnold Town — 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–3
Bangor City 2–0 — 1–1 0–2 3–1 6–1 2–3 4–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 2–1
Birmingham City 2–0 1–1 — 1–6 4–1 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 3–6 3–1 1–1
Blyth Spartans Kestrels 10–1 1–1 11–1 — 7–2 2–0 3–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 1–2 4–3
Bradford City 6–1 1–3 0–5 3–5 — 4–0 1–4 1–3 1–4 1–3 0–2 3–0
Coventry City 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–3 3–2 — 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–3
Garswood Saints 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–0 — 5–4 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–1
Huddersfield Town 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–4 0–5 0–1 3–2 — 1–1 0–4 2–2 2–3
Ilkeston Town 4–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 — 0–3 0–2 0–4
Leeds United 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–5 1–1 5–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 — 0–2 3–0
Sheffield Wednesday 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–6 2–3 3–2 1–2 4–3 4–2 1–3 — 2–3
Wolverhampton Wanderers 7–0 0–1 2–1 0–3 7–1 1–0 5–2 2–0 5–2 2–3 2–2 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season1999–2000
ChampionsBarry Town
PromotedBarry Town
RelegatedWhitehawk
Three Bridges
Matches played12
Goals scored570 (47.5 per match)
Biggest away winWhitehawk
0–9 Langford
(5 September 1999)
Longest winless runWhitehawk (22)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

  • Reading Royals were promoted to the National League
  • Wembley Mill Hill were promoted from the South East Combination League
  • Cardiff City were promoted from the South West Combination League
  • Berkhamsted Town were moved from the Northern Division
  • Leyton Orient became Barking

Table

Barking
Wimbledon
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

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

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  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.
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