[1] The league also took a break between 12 May and mid-July to allow preparation for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

[2] Arsenal won the competition, their eighth consecutive English title, Birmingham finished second.

[4] Sixteen clubs applied for a place in the inaugural season of the league: Arsenal, Barnet, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Colchester United, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton, Leeds Carnegie, Leicester City, Lincoln Ladies, Liverpool, Millwall Lionesses, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest and Sunderland.

[6] Eight clubs were then picked by the FA from the remaining fifteen applicants: Arsenal, Birmingham City, Bristol Academy, Chelsea, Doncaster Rovers Belles, Everton, Lincoln Ladies, and Liverpool.

Arsenal also won the League and Women's FA Cup thus winning a treble that season.