The South West Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South West Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football

Women's football in England

While women's football has been played in England for over a century, it has only been in the 1990s that the game has seen a large increase in female players, as well as in female spectators, culminating in England hosting the Women's European Championships in 2005....

 pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South East

South East Combination Women's Football League

The South East Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the South East Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, Midland and Northern...

, Midland

Midland Combination Women's Football League

The Midland Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Midland Combination, is at the third level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, South East and Northern...

 and Northern

Northern Combination Women's Football League

The Northern Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Northern Combination, is at the fourth level of the English women's football pyramid, along with the three other Combination Leagues - South West, South East and Midland...

. The South West Combination feeds directly into the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the Third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division...

, and lies above the South West Women's Football League Premier Division and the Southern Region Women's Football League Premier Division in the pyramid. The Combination leagues were founded in 1998.

Teams

The teams competing in the South West Combination during the 2010-11 season were:

• Chesham United http://www.culfc.co.uk/
• Cullompton Rangers www.cullyladies.co.uk
• Forest Green Rovers http://www.forestgreenroversfc.com/matchAndTeams/ladies/index.asp
• Gloucester City http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/gloucestercityladiesfc/
• Havant & Waterlooville http://www.havantandwaterlooville.net/stats/fixtures.asp?y=2010&t=5
• Newquay AFC http://www.clubwebsite.co.uk/newquayladiesfc/
• Oxford City http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oxfordcityfc/?primary=ladies&secondary=teamnews&team_id=
• Plymouth Argyle
  Plymouth Argyle L.F.C.
  Plymouth Argyle Ladies Football Club are a women's amateur association football club located in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon in the South-West of England....
  
   http://www.palfc.org.uk/
• Southampton Saints
  Southampton Saints L.F.C.
  Southampton Saints Girls and Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club formerly affiliated with Southampton F.C.. They play in the South West Combination Women's Football League, after winning the Southern Region Women's Footbal League in 2009–10.The club is descended from the...
  
   http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/southamptonsaintslgfc/
• Swindon Town http://www.swindontownladies.co.uk/

The league operated with only 10 teams for the 2010-11 season instead of the regulation 12, as WFC Fulham

Fulham L.F.C.

WFC Fulham, previously known as Fulham LFC, was a Ladies Football Club formerly associated with Fulham Football Club. The team were dissolved as of 16 May 2006, but were later re-established with independence from Fulham F.C....

 and Winscombe L.F.C. both disbanded before the season began. Reading Town L.F.C., who were relegated from the South West Combination at the end of the 2009/10 season, were offered a reprieve but declined.

Previous winners

Season	Winner
1998-99	Cardiff County (now known as Cardiff City L.F.C. Cardiff City L.F.C. Cardiff City Ladies Football Club is a Welsh women's football club currently playing at the third level in England. The club was founded in 1975 as Llanedeyrn L.F.C. after a local charity match. They play at Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff.... )
1999-00	Newport Strikers W.F.C.
2000-01	Bristol Rovers (now known as Bristol Academy W.F.C. Bristol Academy W.F.C. Bristol Academy Women's Football Club are a semi-professional English women's football club affiliated with the Bristol Academy of Sport, based at Filton College. They were admitted to the FA WSL in 2010.-History:... )
2001-02	Bristol City W.F.C. (now Team Bath)
2002-03	Portsmouth L.F.C. Portsmouth L.F.C. Portsmouth FC Ladies, colloquially known as "Pompey Ladies", is a women's football club for the south coast city of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. The club currently plays in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division...
2003-04	Cardiff City L.F.C. Cardiff City L.F.C. Cardiff City Ladies Football Club is a Welsh women's football club currently playing at the third level in England. The club was founded in 1975 as Llanedeyrn L.F.C. after a local charity match. They play at Cardiff International Sports Stadium, Cardiff....
2004-05	Reading Royals L.F.C.
2005-06	Keynsham Town L.F.C. Keynsham Town L.F.C. Keynsham Town L.F.C. are an English women's football club affiliated with Keynsham Town F.C. and currently playing in the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division.-History:...
2006-07	Newquay A.F.C. Ladies
2007-08	Reading F.C. Women
2008-09	Queens Park Rangers L.F.C.
2009-10	Yeovil Town L.F.C.
2010-11	Plymouth Argyle L.F.C. Plymouth Argyle L.F.C. Plymouth Argyle Ladies Football Club are a women's amateur association football club located in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon in the South-West of England....

External links

• Official website of the South West Combination. Retrieved 20 November 2006.