1996–97 FA Women's Premier League

The 1996-97 season of the FA Women's Premier League was the 6th season of the former top flight of English women's association football.

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Arsenal	18	16	1	1	65	9	+56	49	Champions
2.	Doncaster Belles	18	13	2	3	44	15	+29	41
3.	Croydon	18	9	4	5	39	26	+13	31
4.	Liverpool	18	9	3	6	30	16	+14	30
5.	Millwall Lionesses	18	7	6	5	25	19	+6	27
6.	Everton	18	8	3	7	36	36	0	27
7.	Wembley	18	6	4	8	26	27	-1	22
8.	Millwall Lionesses	18	3	6	9	14	26	-12	15
9.	Tranmere Rovers	18	3	3	12	23	48	-25	12	Relegated to Northern / Southern Divisions
10.	Ilkeston Town	18	1	4	13	14	56	-42	7	Relegated to Northern / Southern Divisions

References

Ilkeston Football

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Leeds United Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Preston North End Sheffield Sporting Club Albion Stoke City Wolverhampton Wanderers

Southern Division	Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Chesham United Coventry City Gillingham Keynsham Town Lewes Portsmouth Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

Cup seasons	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14

1996–97 in English football

FA competitions

Premier League and
Football League

Football Conference

Football Conference
Conference League Cup

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

1998 FIFA World Cup (UEFA Qualification Group 2)

Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Derby County Everton Leeds United Leicester City Liverpool Manchester United Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bradford City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Ipswich Town Manchester City Norwich City Oldham Athletic Oxford United Portsmouth Port Vale Queens Park Rangers Reading Sheffield United Southend United Stoke City Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bournemouth Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Burnley Bury Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Gillingham Luton Town Millwall Notts County Peterborough United Plymouth Argyle Preston North End Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Walsall Watford Wrexham Wycombe York City

Third Division	Barnet Brighton & Hove Albion Cambridge United Cardiff City Carlisle United Chester City Colchester United Darlington Doncaster Rovers Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Hereford United Hull City Leyton Orient Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Swansea City Torquay United Wigan Athletic

Others	Newport Woking

Summer 1996 transfers
Winter 1996–97 transfers