2007–08 FA Women's Premier League

2007–08 FA Tesco Women's Premier League^[1]
Season	2007–08
Dates	16 Aug 2007–18 May 2008
Champions	Arsenal
Relegated	Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic
European Cup	Arsenal
Matches played	132
Goals scored	521 (3.95 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lianne Sanderson (25)
Biggest home win	ARS 9–0 CCY; (11 Nov)
Biggest away win	CHA 0–7 ARS; (29 Nov)
Highest scoring	ARS 9–0 CCY; (27 Sep–14 May)
Longest winning run	17 - Arsenal; (27 Sep–3 Apr)
Longest unbeaten run	22 - Arsenal; (17 Aug–6 May)
Longest winless run	22 - Charlton Athletic; (7 Oct–11 May)
Longest losing run	12 - Charlton Athletic; (7 Oct–16 Dec)
	← 2006–07 2008–09 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2008.

The 2007–08 FA Tesco Women's Premier League season was the 16th season of the FA Women's Premier League, England's highest-tier women's association football league at that time.

National Division edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal	22	20	2	0	85	15	+70	62	Champions, to European Cup
2	Everton	22	18	3	1	69	14	+55	57
3	Leeds United^[a]	22	12	4	6	45	33	+12	40
4	Bristol Academy	22	10	4	8	45	35	+10	34
5	Chelsea	22	9	5	8	40	35	+5	32
6	Doncaster Rovers	22	8	5	9	44	42	+2	29
7	Watford	22	9	2	11	53	52	+1	29
8	Blackburn Rovers	22	8	4	10	50	45	+5	28
9	Birmingham City	22	7	4	11	34	39	−5	25
10	Liverpool	22	6	4	12	31	51	−20	22
11	Cardiff City	22	3	3	16	19	69	−50	12	Relegated to Southern Division; to European Cup^[b]
12	Charlton Athletic	22	0	4	18	6	91	−85	4	Relegated to Southern Division

^ On 9 July 2008, the team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie). On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.
^ Qualified by winning the Welsh Women's Cup.

As of match played on 18 May 2008^[2]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lianne Sanderson	Arsenal	25
2	Katie Anderton	Blackburn	23
3	Helen Lander	Watford	21
4	Natasha Dowie	Everton	17
5	Fara Williams	Everton	14

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nottingham Forest	22	18	4	0	80	26	+54	58	Promoted to National Division
2	Lincoln City	22	18	1	3	66	16	+50	55
3	Sunderland	22	16	2	4	52	30	+22	50
4	Newcastle United	22	10	3	9	58	46	+12	33
5	Preston North End	22	10	1	11	39	39	0	31
6	Sheffield Wednesday	22	8	2	12	38	48	−10	26
7	Manchester City	22	7	4	11	29	41	−12	25
8	Tranmere Rovers	22	7	3	12	36	57	−21	24
9	Rotherham United	22	7	1	14	41	62	−21	22
10	Aston Villa	22	6	3	13	49	59	−10	21
11	Stockport County	22	6	1	15	21	54	−33	19	Relegated
12	Crewe Alexandra	22	5	3	14	30	61	−31	18	Relegated

Source: Soccerway table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Fulham	22	15	5	2	70	19	+51	50	Promoted to National Division
2	Millwall Lionesses	22	13	5	4	50	21	+29	44
3	Barnet	22	13	4	5	61	21	+40	43
4	Portsmouth	22	13	3	6	63	26	+37	42
5	West Ham United	22	12	0	10	63	46	+17	36
6	Crystal Palace	22	10	4	8	45	30	+15	34
7	Colchester United	22	10	1	11	51	54	−3	31
8	Keynsham Town	22	8	6	8	51	31	+20	30
9	Newquay^[3]	22	9	2	11	50	45	+5	29
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	6	2	14	35	57	−22	20
11	AFC Team Bath Ladies	22	5	4	13	39	53	−14	19	Relegated
12	Reading Royals	22	0	0	22	8	183	−175	0	Relegated

Source: Soccerway table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

^ "Premier League Movements". Fair Game. 17 August 2007. Archived from the original on 24 August 2007.
^ "Round-Up from the Premier League and the Regions". Fair Game. No. 29. Baltic Publications (published 29 July 2008). July 2008.
^ ^a ^b Leighton, Tony (21 October 2007). "Arsenal have Heaney eating humble pastie". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2023. The Cornish club (Newquay) have taken giant strides since being formed seven years ago, winning six promotions to reach the Premier League's Southern Division. In the summer the club's senior teams were taken over by the Western League club Truro City, at whose home ground they now play and name they will adopt next season.