2003–04 FA Women's Premier League

FA Women's Premier League
Season2003–04

The 2003–04 FA Women's Premier League season was the 13th season of the FA Women's Premier League.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

National Division

FA Women's Premier League
National Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsArsenal
6th title
RelegatedAston Villa
Tranmere Rovers
UEFA CupArsenal
Matches played90
Goals scored346 (3.84 per match)
Biggest home winArsenal 8–0 Aston Villa
(18 April 2004)
Biggest away winTranmere Rovers 0–8 Fulham (14 March 2004)
Highest scoringTranmere Rovers 2–9 Arsenal (17 August 2003)
Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams
Locations of the FA Women's Premier League National Division Teams (Greater London)

Changes from last season:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Arsenal (C) 18 15 2 1 65 11 +54 47 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
2 Charlton Athletic 18 15 1 2 52 17 +35 46
3 Fulham 18 14 2 2 60 20 +40 44
4 Leeds United 18 8 4 6 32 28 +4 28
5 Doncaster Rovers Belles 18 8 3 7 41 40 +1 27
6 Everton 18 6 2 10 21 36 −15 20
7 Birmingham City 18 4 5 9 17 31 −14 17
8 Bristol Rovers 18 3 3 12 27 37 −10 12
9 Aston Villa (R) 18 1 4 13 18 63 −45 7 Relegation to Northern Division
10 Tranmere Rovers (R) 18 1 4 13 13 63 −50 7
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARS AVL BIR BRI CHA DON EVE FUL LEE TRA
Arsenal — 8–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 7–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 6–0
Aston Villa 1–7 — 0–1 1–2 2–5 2–7 0–1 0–7 1–1 1–1
Birmingham City 0–3 1–1 — 0–5 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–3 0–2 1–1
Bristol Rovers 0–3 0–0 1–2 — 1–2 3–3 2–3 2–3 0–1 5–0
Charlton Athletic 2–1 8–2 1–1 3–1 — 1–0 3–0 2–3 5–0 3–0
Doncaster Rovers Belles 0–2 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 — 2–1 2–3 3–3 3–1
Everton 1–3 4–2 3–2 3–1 0–4 2–5 — 0–1 2–0 1–1
Fulham 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 5–3 4–0 — 4–1 5–1
Leeds United 1–2 2–0 0–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 — 2–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–9 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–4 0–2 1–0 0–8 2–7 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Northern Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsLiverpool
PromotedLiverpool
RelegatedChesterfield
Bangor City
Matches played110
Goals scored373 (3.39 per match)
Biggest away winChesterfield 0–8 Sunderland
(14 March 2004)
Chesterfield
Bangor City
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Northern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
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 to the National Division
  • Stockport County were promoted from the Northern Combination League
  • Chesterfield were promoted from the Midland Combination League
  • Garswood Saints were relegated to the Northern Combination League
  • Ilkeston Town were relegated to the Midland Combination League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Liverpool (C, P) 20 15 5 0 51 12 +39 50 Promotion to the National Division
2 Sunderland 20 10 7 3 56 31 +25 37
3 Stockport County 20 10 4 6 41 22 +19 34
4 Oldham Curzon 20 9 7 4 39 21 +18 34
5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 6 9 5 27 22 +5 27
6 Middlesbrough 20 7 5 8 25 28 −3 26
7 Manchester City 20 7 3 10 35 45 −10 24
8 Lincoln City 20 6 5 9 34 38 −4 23
9 Sheffield Wednesday 20 6 4 10 30 45 −15 22
10 Chesterfield (R) 20 5 6 9 23 50 −27 21 Relegation to the Midland Combination League
11 Bangor City (R) 20 0 3 17 12 59 −47 3 Relegation to the Northern Combination League
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away BAC CHE LIC LIV MCI MID OLC SHW STC SUN WOW
Bangor City — 0–1 0–3 0–3 3–4 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–3 2–7 0–0
Chesterfield 3–1 — 2–0 0–2 1–4 2–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 0–8 0–0
Lincoln City 3–1 4–0 — 1–1 4–0 0–1 0–2 4–1 4–4 2–4 0–2
Liverpool 4–0 7–0 1–1 — 1–0 2–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 5–1 5–0
Manchester City 5–0 4–4 0–2 0–1 — 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–2 1–1 1–1
Middlesbrough 1–1 6–0 5–3 0–1 0–1 — 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0
Oldham Curzon 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–1 — 8–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 1–1 2–0 0–5 5–0 1–1 2–3 — 0–2 2–2 1–1
Stockport County 4–0 1–0 7–1 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 — 5–1 1–2
Sunderland 4–0 4–4 4–1 1–1 3–2 7–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 — 1–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 6–1 3–0 1–3 0–2 3–1 1–2 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League
Southern Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsBristol City
PromotedBristol City
RelegatedMerthyr Tydfil
Barnet
Matches played156
Goals scored555 (3.56 per match)
Biggest home winChelsea 9–1 Merthyr Tydfil
(19 October 2003)
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League
Map showing the locations of the teams in the Southern Division of the FA Women's Premier League

Changes from last season:

  • Bristol Rovers were promoted to the National Division
  • Crystal Palace were promoted from the South East Combination League
  • Cardiff City were promoted from the South West Combination League
  • Southampton Saints were relegated from the National Division
  • Brighton & Hove Albion were relegated from the National Division
  • Barking were relegated to the South East Combination League
  • After the Wimbledon men's team were dissolved, the women's team associated themselves with the new club created by Wimbledon supporters and formed a new women's team, AFC Wimbledon.

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Bristol City (C, P) 24 18 4 2 78 31 +47 58 Promotion to the National Division
2 Southampton Saints 24 18 3 3 54 18 +36 57
3 AFC Wimbledon 24 17 2 5 57 38 +19 53
4 Chelsea 24 13 6 5 60 38 +22 45
5 Watford 24 9 5 10 34 38 −4 32
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 24 8 7 9 43 44 −1 31
7 Langford 24 9 4 11 37 42 −5 31
8 Millwall Lionesses 24 8 6 10 35 38 −3 30
9 Ipswich Town 24 8 5 11 39 44 −5 29
10 Portsmouth 24 9 1 14 43 48 −5 28
11 Enfield Town 24 4 4 16 17 54 −37 16
12 Merthyr Tydfil (R) 24 3 6 15 27 61 −34 15 Relegation to the South West Combination League
13 Barnet (R) 24 2 7 15 31 61 −30 11[a] Relegation to the South East Combination League
Source: FA WPL
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Barnet 2 points deducted for using ineligible player.

Results

Home \ Away WIM BAR BHA BRC CHE ENT IPT LAN MET MIL POR SOU WAT
AFC Wimbledon — 2–1 2–1 3–4 2–2 4–0 3–2 6–2 3–0 2–1 5–1 3–1 2–1
Barnet 1–2 — 4–3 0–6 0–0 1–1 0–4 5–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–3 0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–1 2–2 — 2–2 2–6 0–0 3–2 0–6 3–1 1–3 4–1 2–2 0–1
Bristol City 6–0 3–2 0–3 — 3–1 4–2 2–1 7–0 4–1 2–2 4–0 0–3 5–1
Chelsea 2–1 6–3 2–1 2–2 — 3–2 3–0 0–1 9–1 1–0 3–2 0–4 2–2
Enfield Town 2–1 3–1 0–4 0–4 0–3 — 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–1 0–2
Ipswich Town 2–3 2–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–0 — 3–2 2–1 3–1 4–2 0–1 3–0
Langford 1–2 2–1 1–1 0–3 1–4 5–0 1–0 — 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–1
Merthyr Tydfil 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–4 3–4 2–1 1–1 0–4 — 1–1 1–3 1–4 0–3
Millwall Lionesses 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–5 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 1–4 — 2–1 0–2 0–1
Portsmouth 2–3 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 4–0 4–0 0–2 4–1 4–0 — 1–5 1–2
Southampton Saints 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 — 2–0
Watford 2–3 5–1 1–2 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–4 —
Source: FA WPL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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