2001–02 FA Women's Premier League

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]

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Season	2001–02
Champions	Arsenal 5th title
Relegated	Barry Town Sunderland
UEFA Cup	Arsenal
Matches	90
Goals	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 →

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

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

Season	2001–02
Champions	Birmingham City
Promoted	Birmingham City
Relegated	Coventry City
Matches	110
Goals	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 →

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
12	North Notts (X)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew midway through the season. Records expunged.

National Division

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

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