2004–05 FA Women's Premier League

The 2004–05 FA Women's Premier League season was the 14th season of the FA Women's Premier League.

FA Women's Premier League

Season	2004–05
← 2003–04 2005–06 →

National Division

The season started on 15 August 2004 and ended on 7 May 2005.^[1] Arsenal were the defending champions, while Liverpool and Bristol City entered as the promoted teams from the 2003–04 Northern and Southern Divisions. Arsenal won their second consecutive league title, and seventh overall.^[2]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arsenal (C)	18	15	3	0	57	13	+44	48	Qualification for the European Cup
2	Charlton Athletic	18	13	2	3	43	17	+26	41
3	Everton	18	11	4	3	45	24	+21	37
4	Birmingham City	18	9	3	6	37	28	+9	30
5	Bristol Rovers	18	9	1	8	35	28	+7	28
6	Leeds United	18	8	2	8	31	34	−3	26
7	Fulham	18	3	5	10	18	39	−21	14
8	Doncaster Rovers	18	3	3	12	10	38	−28	12
9	Liverpool (R)	18	3	2	13	21	49	−28	11	Relegation to the Northern Division
10	Bristol City (R)	18	2	3	13	12	39	−27	9	Relegation to the Southern Division

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BIR	BRI	BRR	CHA	DON	EVE	FUL	LEE	LIV
Arsenal	—	8–1	7–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	2–0	6–2	1–0	4–1
Birmingham City	2–5	—	4–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	3–0	2–2	6–0
Bristol City	2–3	0–1	—	0–2	0–4	3–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–1
Bristol Rovers	1–5	0–1	2–2	—	1–3	5–0	1–2	3–2	2–1	5–1
Charlton Athletic	0–1	3–2	1–0	3–1	—	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–1
Doncaster Rovers Belles	0–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–3	—	0–1	1–0	0–4	2–6
Everton	1–1	2–2	4–1	3–2	2–2	5–2	—	2–1	1–3	2–1
Fulham	0–0	1–4	4–2	0–3	0–4	0–0	0–0	—	2–1	2–1
Leeds United	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	1–5	1–0	0–8	4–2	—	8–3
Liverpool	0–4	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2005. Source: The FA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

As of 7 May 2005.^[3]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Trudy Williams	Bristol Rovers	20
2	Karen Walker	Leeds United	14
3	Angela Banks	Arsenal	13
4	Julie Fleeting	Arsenal	12
5	Eniola Aluko	Charlton Athletic	10
	Kelly McDougall	Everton

Northern Division

The season began on 15 August 2004 and ended on 2 May 2005.^[4]

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Sunderland (C)	22	17	2	3	66	26	+40	53	Promotion to the National Division
2.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22	14	5	3	46	19	+27	47
3.	Blackburn Rovers	22	10	9	3	59	39	+20	39
4.	Stockport County	22	7	9	6	37	39	-2	30
5.	Lincoln City	22	8	5	9	43	48	-5	29
6.	Aston Villa	22	8	4	10	36	43	-7	28
7.	Middlesbrough	22	6	6	10	34	41	-7	24
8.	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	3	12	31	38	-7	24
9.	Oldham Curzon	22	6	6	10	34	42	-8	24
10.	Manchester City	22	7	3	12	29	45	-16	24
11.	Sheffield Wednesday (R)	22	5	8	9	26	40	-14	23	Relegation
12.	Coventry City (R)	22	4	6	12	33	54	-21	18	Relegation

Top goalscorers

As of 2 May 2005.^[5]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Amy McCann	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20
2	Andrea Bell	Blackburn Rovers	16
	Steph Houghton	Sunderland
	Melanie Reay	Sunderland
5	Sara Priestly	Lincoln City	14

Southern Division

The season began on 15 August 2004 and ended on 24 April 2005.^[6] Cardiff City qualified for the European Cup by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Chelsea (C)	22	16	4	2	72	25	+47	52	Promotion to the National Division
2.	Portsmouth	22	13	5	4	42	26	+16	44
3.	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	11	3	8	59	43	+16	36
4.	Crystal Palace	22	10	6	6	36	25	+11	36
5.	AFC Wimbledon	22	11	2	9	51	32	+19	35
6.	Millwall Lionesses	22	9	8	5	37	33	+4	35
7.	Cardiff City	22	9	7	6	41	30	+11	34	Qualification for the European Cup
8.	Southampton Saints	22	7	6	9	39	40	-1	27
9.	Watford	22	7	6	9	38	40	-2	27
10.	Langford	22	6	5	11	28	52	-24	23
11.	Enfield Town (R)	22	1	6	15	20	61	-41	9	Relegation
12.	Ipswich Town (R)	22	2	2	18	28	84	-56	8	Relegation

Top goalscorers

As of 24 April 2005.^[7]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Emma Mead	Brighton & Hove Albion	22
	Nina Downham	Chelsea
3	Sophie Perry	Brighton & Hove Albion	19
4	Helen Ward	Watford	14
5	Kelly Townshend	Enfield Town	12