FA Premier Reserve League

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The FA Premier Reserve League is the top reserve team league for the top English football teams in the Premier League. Most of England's major teams field reserve sides in this league. The league is split into a northern and a southern division, commonly referred to as the Barclays Premiership Reserve League North and the Barclays Premiership Reserve League South for sponsorship reasons.

The league in its current form started out in 1999, replacing the Central League in the North and the Football Combination in the South as the top level of reserve-team football, although these competitions still continue for lower-level teams.

Teams are not relegated from the Premier Reserve League based on their final league position, but on the league position of their respective clubs' senior teams. If the senior team is relegated from the Premier League, then the Reserve team is relegated from the Premier Reserve League and replaced by the Reserve teams of the promoted teams from the Championship.

Season Northern Division winner Southern Division winner
1999-00 Liverpool Reserves Derby County Reserves
2000-01 Everton Reserves Derby County Reserves
2001-02 Manchester United Reserves Ipswich Town Reserves
2002-03 Sunderland Reserves Watford Reserves
2003-04 Aston Villa Reserves Charlton Athletic Reserves
2004-05 Manchester United Reserves Charlton Athletic Reserves
2005-06 Manchester United Reserves Tottenham Hotspur Reserves
2006-07 Bolton Wanderers Reserves Reading F.C. Reserves

From 2004-05 onwards, the League held its first play-off between the champions of the two sections. Northern Champions Manchester United Reserves beat Southern Champions Charlton Athletic Reserves 4-2 at The Valley. In the 2005-06 Play-off, held at Old Trafford, Manchester United Reserves beat Tottenham Hotspur Reserves 2-0. The 2007 final, held at the Madejski Stadium, Reading beat Bolton 2-0

The Reserve League was restructured for the 2006-07 season, with only reserve teams of members of the FA Premier League taking part in the competition. The current 20 members of the Premier Reserve League for the 2007-08 season are:

Northern Division Southern Division
Premier Reserve League seasons
v • d • e

2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08

Arsenal | Aston Villa | Birmingham City | Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers | Chelsea | Derby County | Everton
Fulham | Liverpool | Manchester City | Manchester United | Middlesbrough | Newcastle United | Portsmouth
Reading | Sunderland | Tottenham Hotspur | West Ham United | Wigan Athletic
Premier League seasons
v • d • e

1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–2000 • 2000–01
2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08
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