Founded | 1989 |
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Country | England |
Divisions | 3 |
Number of teams | 35 |
Level on pyramid | 5 & 6 |
Promotion to | FA Women's National League Division One North |
Relegation to | Cheshire Women's & Youth Football League; Greater Manchester Women's Football League; Lancashire FA Women's County League; Liverpool Women's & Youth Football League. |
Website | The FA – NWWRFL |
The North West Women's Regional Football League (NWWRFL) is one of the eight English regional leagues comprising the fifth and sixth tiers of the English women's football pyramid. The other seven leagues are the North East, East Midlands, West Midlands, Eastern, London and South East, South West and Southern. The NWWRFL includes teams from several counties in the north west of England. Broadly, these are Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
The league has two levels: the tier five Premier Division and, split geographically, the tier six Division One North and Division One South. The Premier Division has promotion to the FA Women's National League Division One (tier four). Division One North and Division One South have relegation into four county leagues (all tier seven): Cheshire Women's & Youth Football League Premier Division; Greater Manchester Women's Football League Premier Division; Lancashire FA Women's County League Division One; and Liverpool Women's & Youth Football League Division One.