2016 FA WSL 2

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FA WSL 2
Season2016
Champions Yeovil Town
Promoted Bristol City
Yeovil Town
Matches played90
Goals scored279 (3.1 per match)
Top goalscorer Iniabasi Umotong & Jo Wilson
(13 goals)
Biggest home win Yeovil Town 5–0 Watford
(1 May 2016)
Biggest away win Watford 0–5 London Bees
(16 May 2016)
Highest scoring Oxford United 3–5 Millwall Lionesses
(24 March 2016)
← 2015

The 2016 FA WSL 2 was the third edition of the FA WSL 2 since it was formed in 2014. The WSL 2 included one team promoted from the FA Women's Premier League for the first time.

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Sheffield became the first team to be promoted to the WSL 2 from the FA Women's Premier League. [1]

Yeovil Town and Bristol City were both promoted to the WSL 1 at the end of the season. Yeovil Town won the WSL 2 on goal difference after defeating Sheffield 3-0 on the final day. [2] [3]

Teams

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Locations of the 2016 WSL 2 teams

Bristol Academy was renamed Bristol City before the season. [4]

TeamLocationGroundCapacity2015 season
Aston Villa Sutton Coldfield Central Ground, Coles Lane2,0005th
Bristol City Filton Stoke Gifford Stadium 1,500
Durham Durham New Ferens Park 3,0007th
Everton Widnes Halton Stadium 13,3503rd
London Bees Canons Park The Hive Stadium 5,1768th
Millwall Lionesses London The Den 20,1469th
Oxford United Abingdon Northcourt Road2,0006th
Sheffield Dronfield Coach and Horses2,000
Watford Berkhamsted Broadwater2,00010th
Yeovil Town Yeovil Huish Park 9,5654th

Table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1 Yeovil Town (C)1812334116+2539Promotion to FA WSL 1
2 Bristol City 1812333716+2139
3 Everton 1810443518+1734
4 Durham 1810353019+1133
5 Sheffield 187562518+726
6 Aston Villa 187382627−124
7 London Bees 186482839−1122
8 Millwall Lionesses 183782431−716
9 Oxford United 1841132042−2213
10 Watford 1821151353−407
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away AST BRI DUR EVE LON MIL OXF SHE WAT YEO
Aston Villa 2–22–00–21–13–12–11–24–00–2
Bristol City 2–01–00–13–02–14–10–04–13–2
Durham 3–00–01–32–02–12–11–03–00–2
Everton 2–12–31–15–11–13–01–13–03–0
London Bees 2–10–32–23–42–13–10–52–20–2
Millwall Lionesses 2–21–20–12–21–10–31–12–10–4
Oxford United 0–10–51–50–14–23–51–02–02–2
Sheffield 1–23–10–11–00–12–22–13–01–1
Watford 0–20–21–62–10–51–23–21–31–2
Yeovil Town 4–22–04–01–02–31–12–03–05–0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 January 2017. Source: FA WSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Joint top goalscorers -- Jo Wilson (L) & Iniabasi Umotong (R) 2016 FA WSL 2 joint top goalscorers.jpg
Joint top goalscorers — Jo Wilson (L) & Iniabasi Umotong (R)
RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Nigeria.svg Iniabasi Umotong Oxford United 13
Flag of England.svg Jo Wilson London Bees
3 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Sarah Wiltshire Yeovil Town 11
4 Flag of Scotland.svg Claire Emslie Bristol City 10
5 Flag of England.svg Millie Farrow Bristol City 9
Flag of England.svg Beth Hepple Durham
Flag of England.svg Bethan Merrick Aston Villa
8 Flag of England.svg Ann-Marie Heatherson Yeovil Town 7
Flag of England.svg Jodie Michalska Sheffield
10 Flag of England.svg Claudia Walker Everton 6
Flag of England.svg Katie Wilkinson Aston Villa
Flag of England.svg Ashlee Hincks Millwall Lionesses

See also

References

  1. ↑ Association, The Football. "Sheffield FC's promotion into FA WSL 2 confirmed". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  2. ↑ "WSL 2: Yeovil Town Ladies pip Bristol City Women to title". BBC Sport. 2016-11-06. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  3. ↑ Association, The Football. "Yeovil Town beat Sheffield 3-0 to win the league on goal difference". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
  4. ↑ Posted 11 December 2015, 12:52 in (11 December 2015). "Bristol Name Change Approved". She Kicks. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "United awarded win over Millwall". Archived from the original on 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
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