The Northern Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Northern Combination, was a women's football league in England from 1998 to 2014. Until the creation of the

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in 2011, they sat at the third level of English women's football pyramid along with the three other Combination Leagues –

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and Midland. The Northern Combination fed into the

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, and lied above the

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and the

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in the pyramid. For the 2014–15 season the Midland Combination was incorporated into the newly re-structured

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as the FA WPL Northern Division One.

Clubs for 2013–14 season

Previous winners

References

History of the Northern Combination
from ncfl.co.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
Northern Women's Combination League
Retrieved 2 July 2011

External links

Official website of the Northern Combination
Retrieved 21 November 2006.
At FA Full-time
{{Women's football in England Sports leagues established in 1998 4