The Home Counties League was a
women's football league The Women's Football League was a small women's American football league that began playing in 2002. Its last season was in 2007. It was composed of four teams, one in Grand Rapids, Michigan, one in Tennessee, one in North Carolina, and one in Jacks ...
which was the highest level of play for teams in South East England.
The league was established in 1970, on the initiative of the Amersham Angels team, which left the
South East of England League. Other founding members included the Crystal Palace,
Queen's Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, which compete in the . After a nomadic early existence, they have played home matches at Loftus Roa ...
, and
Swindon Spitfires Women. Reading Ladies and
Red Star Southampton
Southampton Saints Girls and Ladies Football Club, founded in 1979 as Red Star Southampton, was an English women's football club formerly affiliated with Southampton F.C..
At the end of the 2013–14 season the South West Combination WFL disso ...
joined for the 1971/72 season, with Southampton becoming the league's dominant team, its main challenger in the early years being Thame Ladies. In later years, Southampton moved to the Southern Regions League,
and
Friends of Fulham became a leading club in the league, winning the Home Counties League Cup on six consecutive occasions.
For the 1991/92 season, the
Women's Football Association
The Women's Football Association (WFA) was the governing body of women's football in England. It was formed in 1969 and was disbanded in 1993, as responsibility for overseeing all aspects of the game of women's football in England passed to Th ...
reorganised the league system, with top teams moving to the new
WFA National League Premier Division, and most others to the new
Southern Region Women's Football League
The Southern Region Women's Football League is at the fifth and sixth levels of the English women's football pyramid, with the seven other Regional Leagues – Eastern, London & SE, South West, West Midlands, East Midlands, North East and Nor ...
.
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References
Defunct women's football leagues in England