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2020–21 FA Women's National League
The 2020–21 FA Women's National League was the 30th season of the competition, and the third since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football by The Football Association. Starting in 1992, it was previously known as the FA Women's Premier League. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the Women's football in England#Pyramid, women's football pyramid, below the FA Women's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues. The league featured six regional divisions: the FA Women's National League North, Northern and FA Women's National League South, Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Division One North, Division One Midlands, Division One South East, and Division One South West. The league consisted of 71 teams, divided into six divisions of twelve teams apart from Division One South West which contains 11 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the Northern and Southern Premier divisions would have both q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FA Women's National League
The FA Women's National League is a group of six 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 Football Association, before control was handed to the Football Association in 1994, and the name changed to FA Women's Premier League. The league consisted of the National Division, England's top division until 2010, and the Northern and Southern Divisions, which formed the second tier. The league operated a system of promotion and relegation, with the bottom two teams of the National Division relegated, and the winners of the Northern and Southern Divisions promoted. With the introduction of the Women's Super League, the National Division became the second tier, while the Northern and Southern Divisions became the third. The National Division was replaced in 2013 by the Championship, with the Northern and Southern Divisions continuing at the third tier. In 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dronfield
Dronfield is a town in North East Derbyshire, England, which includes Dronfield Woodhouse and Coal Aston. It lies in the valley of the River Drone between Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chesterfield and Sheffield. The Peak District National Park is to the west. The name comes from the Old English ''Dranfleld'', probably meaning an open land infested with Drone (bee), drone bees. The town existed before the 1086 Domesday Book, and has a 13th-century parish church. In 1662, Charles II of England, Charles II granted the town a market, although this later ceased. The industrial history of the town includes coal mining, the wool trade, the production of soap and steel, and engineering. Today a range of manufacturing firms still operate in the town. The stadium to the north of the town is officially "The Home of Football Stadium, The Home of Football", providing the football pitch, playing surface for Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest football club. Dronfield's population increased in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield F
Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties of England, historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its southern suburbs were transferred from Derbyshire to the city council. It is the largest settlement in South Yorkshire and the third largest of Northern England. The city is in the North Midlands, in the eastern foothills of the Pennines and the valleys of the River Don, Yorkshire, River Don with its four tributaries: the River Loxley, Loxley, the Porter Brook, the River Rivelin, Rivelin and the River Sheaf, Sheaf. Sixty-one per cent of Sheffield's entire area is green space and a third of the city lies within the Peak District national park and is the fifth-largest city in England. There are more than 250 parks, woodlands and gardens in the city, which is estimated to contain aroun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Eastwood is a former coal mining Town#United Kingdom, town and civil parish in the Borough of Broxtowe, Broxtowe district of Nottinghamshire, England, northwest of Nottingham. Mentioned in Domesday Book, it expanded rapidly during the Industrial Revolution. The Midland Railway was formed here and it is the birthplace of D. H. Lawrence. History "Eastwood" is a wikt:hybrid, hybrid place-name, formed from Old English language, Old English ''Est'', for "East", and Old Norse ''Þveit'' , for "meadow", "cleared meadow", or "clearing in a wood." This is a common element in English place-names, often found as "Thwaite (placename element), Thwaite". "Eastwood" might mean ''eastern clearing'', possibly originating as a Viking Age, Viking-age clearing in Sherwood Forest. There is some evidence to suggest that the land around Eastwood was occupied in the Middle and Late Palǣolithic periods. The location of the settlement is due primarily to the availability of rich agricultural land, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastwood Community F
Eastwood may refer to: Businesses *EastwoodCo, an automotive restoration retailer *Eastwood Guitars, a guitar manufacturer Places Australia *Eastwood, New South Wales ** Eastwood railway station ** Electoral district of Eastwood * Eastwood, South Australia Canada * Eastwood, Ontario * Eastwood, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighborhood United Kingdom England * Eastwood, Essex * Eastwood, Herefordshire *Eastwood, Nottinghamshire * Eastwood, West Yorkshire ** Eastwood (L&Y) railway station Scotland *Eastwood, Strathclyde, historic local government district * Eastwood (UK Parliament constituency), a former constituency *Eastwood (Scottish Parliament constituency), a constituency of the Scottish Parliament *Eastwood, Glasgow, neighbourhood United States Settlements *Eastwood, California * Eastwood, Florida * Eastwood, Louisiana * Eastwood, Michigan *Eastwood, Missouri * Eastwood, New Jersey, a borough between 1894 and 1896 * Eastwood, Ohio Neighborhoods * Eastwood, Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Forest Women F
Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham is the legendary home of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. In the 2021 Census, Nottingham had a reported population of 323,632. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midlands. Its Functional Urban Area, the largest in the East Midlands, has a population of 919,484. The population of the Nottingham/Derby metropolitan area is estimated to be 1,610,000. The metropolitan economy of Nottingham is the seventh-largest in the United Kingdom with a GDP of $50.9 bill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billingham
Billingham is a List of towns in England, town and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in County Durham, England. The town is on the north side of the River Tees and is governed as part of the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees unitary authority. It had a population of 33,927, in the 2021 census. The settlement has existed since Anglo-Saxon times as a village. A post-Second World War town centre was built north of the old village centre on the town's grange. It was a township, with an Urban district council, urban district, from 1923, until 1968, when it was absorbed into the County Borough of Teesside, and later part of the county of Cleveland. Billingham is home to the Billingham Manufacturing Plant which is a major producer of chemicals for agriculture. History The town was settled by Angles (tribe), Angles and has a name either meaning ''Billa's people's home'' or ''beak, bill-shaped hill people's home''. The town was in one of the Northumbrian regiones. This regione is tho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middlesbrough W
Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside built-up area and the Tees Valley. History Monks and lords Middlesbrough started as a Benedictine priory on the south bank of the River Tees, its name possibly derived from it being midway between the holy sites of Durham and Whitby. The earliest recorded form of Middlesbrough's name is "Mydilsburgh". Some believe the name means 'middle fortress', since it was midway between the two religious houses of Durham and Whitby; others state that it is an Old English personal name (''Midele'' or ''Myhailf'') combined with ''burgh'', meaning town. In 686 a monastic cell was consecrated by St Cuthbert at the request of St Hilda, Abbess of Whitby. The cell evolved into Middlesbrough Priory. The manor of Middlesburgh belonged to Whitby Abbey and Gisborough Priory. Robert Bruce, Lord of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughborough
Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884. It is the second largest settlement in the county after Leicester. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is also located near Leicester and Derby. Loughborough is also home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells for the Loughborough Carillon, Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in Queens Park. History Medieval The earliest reference to Loughborough occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, which calls it ''Lucteburne''. It appears as ''Lucteburga'' in a charter from the reign of Henry II of England, Henry II, and as ''Luchteburc'' in the Pipe Rolls of 1186. The name is of Old English origin and means "Luhhede's ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884. It is the second largest settlement in the county after Leicester. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is also located near Leicester and Derby. Loughborough is also home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells for the Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in Queens Park. History Medieval The earliest reference to Loughborough occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, which calls it ''Lucteburne''. It appears as ''Lucteburga'' in a charter from the reign of Henry II, and as ''Luchteburc'' in the Pipe Rolls of 1186. The name is of Old English origin and means "Luhhede's ''burh'' or fortified place". Loughborough Grammar School was est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. History Humber Estuary "The archaeology of the intertidal wetlands of the Humber Estuary is of international importance, and includes prehistoric boats, trackways, fishtraps and platforms, Roman settlements and ports and Post-Medieval fishweirs." The foreshore of North Ferriby, within the Humber Estuary, is the site of the earliest Sewn boat, sewn plank boats known outside Egypt. In 1931, wooden planks belonging to an ancient Ferriby Boats, boat were discovered by local man Ted Wright on the shore of the Humber. Two further boats have since been discovered. Estimates using radiocarbon dating have placed the origin of the boats to the Bronze Age, between 2030 and 1680 BC. The Ferriby Boats are the earliest known boats found in Europe. In addition, Bronze Age round barrows were found near North Ferriby by archaeologists excavating the land ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
