2015–16 FA Women's Premier League
Team Home ground 2014-15 position
Cheltenham Town Petersfield Park , Cheltenham 8th
Chichester City Oaklands Park , Chichester 7th
Exeter City Minster Park , Exminster 2nd
Gloucester City Fairmile Gardens , Longford 1st in South West Region League ( promoted )
Keynsham Town Crown Field , Keynsham 12th in Southern Division ( relegated )
Larkhall Athletic Plain Ham , Larkhall 5th
Maidenhead United York Road , Maidenhead 1st in Southern Region League ( promoted )
Shanklin County Ground , Shanklin 6th
Southampton Saints Silverlake Arena , Sholing 4th
St Nicholas Lodge Road , Yate 9th
Swindon Spitfires The Elms , Highworth 2nd in South West Region League ( promoted )
Swindon Town Barrington Park , Shrivenham 3rd
Division One -- South West Division One
Cheltenham TownChichester CityExeter CityGloucester CityKeynshamLarkhall AthleticMaidenhead UnitedShanklinSouthampton SaintsSt NicholasSpitfiresSw.Town Map showing the locations of the teams in South West Division One of the FA Women 's Premier League Changes from last season : Forest Green Rovers were promoted to the Southern Division . Keynsham Town were relegated from the Southern Division . Maidenhead United were promoted from the Southern Region League . [ 20 ] Gloucester City and Swindon Spitfires were promoted from the South West Region League . [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The teams competing this season are : [ 23 ]
The 2015-16 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 24th season of the competition, which began in 1992. Formerly the top flight of women's football in England, this season it sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues. The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 72 teams were members of the league at the beginning of the 2015-16 season, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions will both qualify for a playoff match against each other which will decide the overall league champion, who subject to meeting league requirements will be promoted to FA WSL 2.