2005–06 FA Women's Premier League

The 14th season of the FA Women's Premier League. The National Division at the time was expanded to 12 clubs from 10.

National Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Arsenal	18	16	2	0	83	20	+63	50	Champions, to European Cup
2.	Everton	18	14	2	2	46	20	+26	44
3.	Charlton Athletic	18	12	3	3	41	13	+28	39
4.	Doncaster Rovers	18	7	2	9	32	34	-2	23
5.	Bristol Academy W.F.C.	18	4	8	6	19	29	-10	20
6.	Birmingham City	18	6	2	10	24	40	-16	20
7.	Leeds United	18	4	6	8	27	36	-9	18
8.	Fulham	18	4	2	12	24	45	-21	14
9.	Sunderland	18	3	4	11	22	57	-35	13	Playoff with Southern Division
10.	Chelsea	18	3	3	12	22	46	-24	12	Playoff with Northern Division

Playoffs

National Division	1st leg	2nd leg	Regional Division Runners-Up
Sunderland (9th Place National Division)	1-3	4-2	Bristol City W.F.C. (2nd Place Southern Division)
Chelsea (10th Place National Division)	3-0	1-1	Liverpool (2nd Place Northern Division)

No relegations.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Kelly Smith	Arsenal	18
2	Lianne Sanderson	Arsenal	17
3	Jody Handley	Everton	12
	Jayne Ludlow	Arsenal	12
5	Eniola Aluko	Charlton Athletic	11

Northern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Blackburn Rovers L.F.C.	22	20	2	0	55	12	+43	62	Promoted to National Division
2.	Liverpool L.F.C.	22	15	3	4	39	17	+22	48	Playoff with National Division
3.	Tranmere Rovers	22	13	4	5	41	29	+12	43
4.	Lincoln City L.F.C.	22	11	3	8	40	31	+9	36
5.	Nottingham Forest L.F.C.	22	8	6	8	33	30	+3	30
6.	Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.	22	6	10	6	29	33	-4	28
7.	Aston Villa	22	8	2	12	33	38	-5	26
8.	Newcastle United W.F.C.	22	6	7	9	32	33	-1	25
9.	Stockport County L.F.C.	22	5	7	10	24	31	-7	22
10.	Curzon Ashton L.F.C.	22	4	6	12	27	64	-37	18
11.	Manchester City W.F.C.	22	3	7	12	19	31	-12	16
12.	Middlesbrough L.F.C.	22	3	3	16	18	41	-23	12	Relegated

Southern Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1.	Cardiff City Ladies F.C.	22	14	7	1	53	17	+36	49	Promoted to National Division, To European Cup^1
2.	Bristol City W.F.C.	22	16	1	5	51	30	+21	49	Playoff with National Division
3.	Watford L.F.C.	22	14	5	3	59	28	+31	47
4.	Portsmouth F.C. Ladies	22	12	4	6	58	39	+19	40
5.	Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.	22	11	5	6	51	31	+20	38
6.	West Ham United L.F.C.	22	8	4	10	31	33	-2	28
7.	AFC Wimbledon Ladies	22	8	3	11	39	52	-13	27
8.	Reading F.C. Women^2	22	7	2	13	34	42	-8	23
9.	Crystal Palace L.F.C.	22	7	1	14	38	52	-14	22
10.	Southampton Saints Girls & Ladies F.C.	22	6	0	16	30	70	-40	18
11.	Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.	22	4	5	13	33	53	-20	17
12.	Langford L.F.C.	22	4	5	13	30	60	-30	17	Relegated

² Qualifies by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.
² Reading FC began an association with women's football when it affiliated with Reading Royals LFC (previously Twyford Comets) in 1988. In May 2006, Reading ended this affiliation and started their own women's team, Reading FC Women.

Winners Southern Division	1st leg	2nd leg	Runners-Up Southern Division
Cardiff City Ladies F.C.	02.11.2005 3-0	06.10.2005 2-1	Bristol City W.F.C.

References

• RSSSF
• Soccerway table