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
FA Women's Super League
The Women's Super League (WSL), also known as the Barclays Women's Super League for sponsorship reasons, and formerly the FA WSL, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in England. Currently oper ...
in 2011, they sat at the third level of
English women's football pyramid along with the three other Combination Leagues –
South West,
South East and
Midland. The Northern Combination fed into the
FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
The FA Women's National League North is a football league at the third tier of women's football in England. Together with the National League South, the two leagues form the highest division of the National League.
Established in 1991 as the WFA ...
, and lied above the
North West Women's Regional Football League and the
North East Regional Women's Football League in the pyramid. For the 2014–15 season the Midland Combination was incorporated into the newly re-structured
FA Women's Premier League
The FA Women's National League is a group of six Association football, football divisions which sit at the third and fourth tiers of women's football in England.
Founded in 1991 as the WFA National League, the league was run by the Women's Footba ...
as the FA WPL Northern Division One.
Clubs for 2013–14 season
Previous winners
References
History of the Northern Combinationfrom 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.
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Sports leagues established in 1998
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