2011 season | |||
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Manager | ![]() | ||
Stadium | Wheatsheaf Park | ||
FA WSL | 6th | ||
FA Women's Cup | 5th round | ||
FA WSL Continental Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
Top goalscorer | ![]() | ||
Highest home attendance | 2,510 (13 Apr v ARS) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 95 (18 Aug v BRI) | ||
Biggest win | DON 1–4 CHE (24 Apr) | ||
Biggest defeat | ARS 3–0 CHE (28 July) | ||
Chelsea L.F.C.'s 2011 season was the club's first season in the FA Women's Super League (FA WSL) and sixth in the top flight of English women's football, in its 19th year.
The semi-professional FA WSL debuted after two years of planning with Chelsea facing Arsenal at its home ground of Imperial Fields, a seventh-tier men's club ground, on 13 April 2011. The match was broadcast live on ESPN. [1] out of the 16 that applied. [2] [3] The pre-match featured mascots, amusements, a performance by the band Parade, and a brief fight among spectators within the stands. While the new league's summer schedule was meant to avoid pitch quality concerns encountered by the incumbent winter-schedule FA Women's Premier League, the dry Imperial Fields pitch caused problems during the debut. The match was also the first domestic league action for players since the end of the 2009–10 FA Women's Premier League season 11 months prior. [4] The opening-match attendance of 2,510 was the season's and league's best, [5] and broke the club's all-time record. [6]
On 9 January 2011, Chelsea signed New Zealand captain Hayley Moorwood. [7] The foreign signing was one of several in the league that raised concerns from other clubs' managers that the acquisitions could come at the expense of developing domestic players. [8]
13 April 20111 | Chelsea | 0–1 | Arsenal | Morden |
17:30 | CHE Report WSL report FA Report BBC report Guardian report | Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 2,510 Referee: Saša Ihringová |
21 April 20112 | Chelsea | 1–1 | Lincoln Ladies | Morden |
19:45 |
| CHE report WSL report FA Report |
| Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 273 Referee: T.J. Robinson |
24 April 20113 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 1–4 | Chelsea | Doncaster |
14:00 | Exley ![]() | CHE report WSL report FA report | Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 578 Referee: Shaun Hudson |
1 May 20114 | Liverpool | 1–2 | Chelsea | Skelmersdale |
14:00 |
| CHE report WSL Report FA report | Stadium: West Lancashire College Stadium Attendance: 406 Referee: Natalie Walker |
4 May 20115 | Chelsea | 0–0 | Bristol Academy | Bristol |
19:45 | CHE report WSL report FA report | Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 371 Referee: Rob Ellis |
8 May 20116 | Chelsea | 1–1 | Birmingham City | Morden |
CHE report WSL report |
| Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 441 Referee: Ade Mead |
12 May 20117 | Lincoln Ladies | 0–1 | Chelsea | Lincoln |
19:45 | CHE report WSL report | Stadium: Sincil Bank Attendance: 493 Referee: Neil Pratt |
24 July 20118 | Everton | 2–0 | Chelsea | Merseyside |
CHE report WSL report | Stadium: The Arriva Stadium Attendance: 503 Referee: Saša Ihringová |
28 July 20119 | Arsenal | 3–0 | Chelsea | Borehamwood |
19:45 | CHE report WSL report FA report | Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 608 Referee: Ade Mead |
31 July 201110 | Chelsea | 2–1 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | Morden |
14:00 | CHE report WSL report | Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 300 Referee: Shaun Hudson |
7 August 201111 | Chelsea | 0–1 | Liverpool | Morden |
CHE report WSL report | ![]() | Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 297 Referee: John Burridge |
14 August 201112 | Birmingham City | 3–2 | Chelsea | Stratford upon Avon |
14:00 | CHE report WSL report Box | Stadium: The DCS Stadium Attendance: 413 |
18 August 201113 | Chelsea | 0–1 | Bristol Academy | Morden |
CHE report WSL report | Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 95 |
28 August 201114 | Chelsea | 1–3 | Everton | Morden |
14:00 |
| CHE report WSL report |
| Stadium: Imperial Fields Attendance: 369 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | Lincoln Ladies | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 21 |
5 | Bristol Academy | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 16 |
6 | Chelsea | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 15 |
7 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 26 | −17 | 9 |
8 | Liverpool | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 26 | −16 | 7 |
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 19 | −5 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 |
Last updated: 28 August 2011.
Source: FA WSL results
Chelsea entered the competition in the fifth round as an FA WSL team. They were knocked out of the competition after being defeated 1–0 by the Belles. [9]
13 March 2011 5th round | Chelsea | 0–1 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | Morden |
Report |
| Stadium: Imperial Fields |
Chelsea were drawn with Everton in the quarter-finals and lost the match 4–0. [10]
4 September 2011 1/4 Finals | Chelsea | 0–4 | Everton | Morden |
14:00 | CHE report EVE report BBC report WSU report | Stadium: Imperial Fields |
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | WSL | FA Cup | League Cup | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
1 | GK | ![]() | Carly Telford | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | MF | ![]() | Lara Fay | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | ![]() | Sophie Perry | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
4 | MF | ![]() | Drew Spence | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
5 | DF | ![]() | Gemma Bonner | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
6 | DF | ![]() | Naomi Cole | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | DF | ![]() | Leanne Champ | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
8 | MF | ![]() | Danielle Buet | 15 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
9 | MF | ![]() | Danielle Bird | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | FW | ![]() | Helen Lander | 16 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | MF | ![]() | Claire Rafferty | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | MF | ![]() | Hayley Moorwood | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
13 | DF | ![]() | Shelby Hills | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | DF | ![]() | Kylie Davies | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
15 | FW | ![]() | Emma Plewa | 9 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | GK | ![]() | Sarah Quantrill | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
17 | MF | ![]() | Laura Coombs | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
18 | FW | ![]() | Kate Longhurst | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
19 | DF | ![]() | Rebecca Jane | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | FW | ![]() | Ashlee Hincks | 15 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
30 | GK | ![]() | Francesca Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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