Meanwhile getting relegated from the National Division at the end of the 1996-97 season were Southampton Saints and bottom club Ilkeston Town. Ilkeston had been in the top flight since the League’s ...

Bronte’s departure and subsequent dissolution came six years after they had been founder members of the then Women’s Football Association National League. They won the Northern Division in its opening ...

They then showed their intent for 1996-97 by winning their first three matches, the third of them importantly against a Brighton team that would prove to be their nearest challengers. ... FA WOMEN’S ...