2016 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading FC Women

2016 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Adams Park, High Wycombe
FA WSL 1	8th
FA Cup	Quarter-final vs Sunderland
WSL Cup	First round vs Arsenal
Top goalscorer	League: Emma Follis (4) All: Emma Follis (6)
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The 2016 season was Reading's first season in the FA WSL 1, after winning promotion from the FA WSL 2 in 2015. ^[1]

Season events

On 23 December 2015, Reading announced the signing of Amber-Keegan Stobbs from Washington Spirit. ^[2]

On 28 December 2015, Reading announced their second signing prior to the 2016 FA WSL, with Kayleigh Hines signing from of Oxford United for an undisclosed fee. ^[3]

On 8 January, Reading announced the signing of Jade Boho from Bristol Academy. ^[4]

On 19 February, Reading announced the signing of Mary Earps from Bristol Academy. ^[5]

On 30 June, Reading announced the signing of Remi Allen to a long-term contract from Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee. ^[6]

On 6 July, Reading completed the signing of Sophie Perry on a free transfer after her Brighton & Hove Albion contract had expired. ^[7]

At the end of the 2016 season, Shelly Cox, Amber-Keegan Stobbs, Lois Roche, Jade Boho, Laura May Walkley. Helen Ward and Nia Jones were all released by the club. ^{[8] [9]}

Squad

As of match played 6 November 2016

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age [lower-alpha 1] )	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
19	Mary Earps		GK	(1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 23)	Bristol Academy	2016 [5]
39	Chloe Sansom		GK	(1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2016		0	0
Defenders
2	Becky Jane		DF	(1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 20)	Chelsea	2011
3	Harriet Scott		DF	(1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 23)	Academy	2009
5	Molly Bartrip		DF	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 20)	Academy	2014
6	Kirsty McGee		DF	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 29)	Portsmouth	2014
12	Kylie Davies		DF	(1987-09-25)25 September 1987 (aged 29)	Millwall Lionesses	2015
13	Sophie Perry		DF	(1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 29)	Unattached	2016 [7]		7	0
16	Shelly Cox		DF	(1984-05-16)16 May 1984 (aged 32)	Doncaster Belles	2014
22	Nia Jones		DF	(1992-04-06)6 April 1992 (aged 24)	Cardiff City	2015
	Georgia Hayes		DF
Midfielders
4	Kayleigh Hines		MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 25)	Oxford United	2016 [3]
7	Emma Follis		MF	(1992-01-06)6 January 1992 (aged 24)	Aston Villa	2015
8	Remi Allen		MF	(1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 26)	Birmingham City	2016 [6]		9	0
10	Lois Roche		MF	(1993-06-18)18 June 1993 (aged 23)	Academy	2012
14	Laura May Walkley		MF	(1991-05-19)19 May 1991 (aged 25)	Cardiff Met.	2014
21	Rebekah Haines		MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 25)	Academy
23	Rachel Rowe		MF	(1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 24)	Swansea City	2015		41	1
35	Hannah Knapton		MF		Academy
	Zoe Cunningham		MF		Arsenal
Forwards
9	Lauren Bruton		FW	(1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 23)	Arsenal	2013
11	Jade Boho		FW	(1986-08-30)30 August 1986 (aged 30)	Bristol Academy	2016 [4]
15	Amber-Keegan Stobbs		FW	(1992-10-21)21 October 1992 (aged 24)	Washington Spirit	2016 [2]
18	Helen Ward		FW	(1986-04-26)26 April 1986 (aged 30)	Chelsea	2013
20	Melissa Fletcher		FW	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 24)	Academy	2008
Out on loan
1	Grace Moloney		GK	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 23)	Academy	2009		110	0
17	Charlie Estcourt		MF	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 18)	Chelsea	2015
Left during the season
8	Bonnie Horwood		MF	(1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 29)	Notts County	2014

1. Age as of the end of the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 January 2016	MF		Kayleigh Hines	Oxford United	Undisclosed	[3]
1 January 2016	FW		Amber-Keegan Stobbs	Washington Spirit	Undisclosed	[2]
8 January 2016	FW		Jade Boho	Bristol Academy	Undisclosed	[4]
19 February 2016	GK		Mary Earps	Bristol Academy	Undisclosed	[5]
30 June 2016	MF		Remi Allen	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[6]
6 July 2016	DF		Sophie Perry	Unattached	Free	[7]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
20 January 2016	DF		Ellie Wilson	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[10]
30 June 2016	MF		Bonnie Horwood	Millwall Lionesses	Undisclosed

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
30 June 2016	GK		Grace Moloney	Aston Villa	End of season
30 June 2016	MF		Charlie Estcourt	Bristol City	End of season

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
15 December 2016	DF		Shelly Cox	Notts County		[8]
15 December 2016	MF		Amber-Keegan Stobbs	Everton		[8]
15 December 2016	MF		Lois Roche	Åland United		[8]
15 December 2016	FW		Jade Boho	Madrid CFF		[8]
15 December 2016	FW		Laura May Walkley	London Bees		[8]
15 December 2016	FW		Helen Ward	Yeovil United		[8]
19 December 2016	DF		Nia Jones	Yeovil United		[9]
31 December 2016	DF		Sophie Perry	Brighton & Hove Albion

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
WSL	23 March 2016	6 November 2016	Matchday 1	8th	16	1	6	9	15	26	−11	006.25
FA Cup	20 March 2016	3 April 2016	Fifth Round	Quarterfinal	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	050.00
WSL Cup	2 July 2016	2 July 2016	First Round	First Round	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Total					19	2	6	11	18	32	−14	010.53

Last updated: 6 November 2016
Source: Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2016 FA WSL

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	1	6	9	15	26	−11	9	0	3	5	5	12	−7	1	3	4	10	14	−4

Last updated: 6 November 2016.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L

Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2016. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Arsenal v Reading

23 March 20161	Arsenal	3–1	Reading	Borehamwood
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Janssen 34', 46' Carter 70'	Report	Boho 58'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Rob Whitton

Sunderland v Reading

26 March 20162	Sunderland	1–1	Reading	Hetton-le-Hole
18:00 GMT (UTC)	Mead 46'	Report	Roche 41'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Referee: Glen Hart

Notts County v Reading

24 April 20163	Notts County	2–2	Reading	Nottingham
17:00 BST (UTC+1)	Clarke 33', 65'	Report	Ward 7' McGee 39'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Referee: Anthony Tankard

Reading v Arsenal

27 April 20164	Reading	1–2	Arsenal	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Walkley  74' Follis 79'	Report	Nobbs 30' Janssen 60'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Anthony Coggins

Reading v Sunderland

2 May 20165	Reading	1–1	Sunderland	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Ward 75' (pen.)	Report	Mead 9' M.Beer  74'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Joshua Smith

Birmingham City v Reading

19 May 20166	Birmingham City	0–0	Reading	Solihull
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Hines  88'	Stadium: Damson Park Referee: Wayne Barratt

Liverpool v Reading

9 July 20167	Liverpool	2–0	Reading	Widnes
17:30 BST (UTC+1)	Harding 17' Coombs 24'	Report	McCarthy  34' Stobbs  67'	Stadium: DCBL Stadium Referee: Steven Copeland

Reading v Birmingham City

24 July 20168	Reading	1–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Fletcher 47'	Report	Linden 74' 90'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Ashvin Degnarain

Reading v Notts County

31 July 20169	Reading	1–1	Notts County	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Follis 65'	Report	Buet 40' 76'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Paul Johnson

Reading v Manchester City

3 August 201610	Reading	1–2	Manchester City	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Bruton 89' (pen.)	Report	Christiansen 38' Walsh  69' Duggan 81'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: David Rock

Manchester City v Reading

28 August 201611	Manchester City	2–0	Reading	Manchester
12:15 BST (UTC+1)	Beattie 49' Houghton 88'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Referee: Simeon Lucas

Reading v Liverpool

1 September 201612	Reading	0–1	Liverpool	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Harding  57' Zelem 87'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Sian Massey

Reading v Chelsea

11 September 201613	Reading	0–3	Chelsea	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Allen  71' Bruton  75' Scott  90+3'	Report	Chapman 54' Flaherty  90' Davison 90+1' Borges 90+5'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Tim Donnellan

Doncaster Belles v Reading

24 September 201614	Doncaster Belles	1–4	Reading	Doncaster
18:30 BST (UTC+1)	Barker  44' Simpkins 46'	Report	Follis 9', 61' Jones 37' Rowe 84'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Referee: Gareth Mellor

Chelsea v Reading

30 October 201615	Chelsea	3–2	Reading	Staines-upon-Thames
18:00 GMT (UTC)	Aluko 20', 68' Borges 56'	Report	Bruton 65' (pen.) McGee  76' Fletcher 90+3'	Stadium: Wheatsheaf Park Referee: Sunny Gill

Reading v Doncaster Belles

6 November 201616	Reading	0–1	Doncaster Belles	High Wycombe
18:00 BST (UTC+1)	Allen  68' Bruton  86'	Report	Simpkins  47' Ómarsdóttir 69'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Stephen Bates

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C, Q)	16	13	3	0	36	4	+32	42	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Chelsea (Q)	16	12	1	3	42	17	+25	37
3	Arsenal	16	10	2	4	33	14	+19	32
4	Birmingham City	16	7	6	3	18	13	+5	27
5	Liverpool	16	7	4	5	27	23	+4	25
6	Notts County	16	4	4	8	16	26	−10	16	Club folded after end of season
7	Sunderland	16	2	4	10	17	41	−24	10
8	Reading	16	1	6	9	15	26	−11	9
9	Doncaster Rovers (R)	16	1	0	15	8	48	−40	3	Relegation to FA WSL 2

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

FA Cup

Main article: 2015–16 FA Women's Cup

Reading v Millwall Lionesses

20 March 2016Fifth round	Reading	2–0	Millwall Lionesses	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Boho Follis	Report		Stadium: Adams Park

Sunderland v Reading

3 April 2016Quarter-final	Sunderland	3–0	Reading	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Mead 35' Williams 41' Chaplen 90' K.Johnston A.Holmes	Report		Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 407 Referee: Shaun Hudson

WSL Cup

Main article: 2016 FA WSL § WSL Cup

Reading v Arsenal

2 July 2016First round	Reading	1–3	Arsenal	High Wycombe
17:00 GMT (UTC)	Follis 66'	Report	Losada 47' Williams 50', 64'	Stadium: Adams Park

Squad statistics

As of match played 6 November 2016

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		WSL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ENG	Becky Jane	16	0	15	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF	ENG	Harriet Scott	8	0	6+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
4	MF	ENG	Kayleigh Hines	16	0	12+3	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip	13	0	11+1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Kirsty McGee	17	1	16	1	0	0	1	0
7	MF	ENG	Emma Follis	17	5	16	4	0	0	1	1
8	MF	ENG	Remi Allen	9	0	7+2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ENG	Lauren Bruton	17	2	14+2	2	0	0	1	0
10	MF	IRL	Lois Roche	5	1	3+1	1	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	EQG	Jade Boho	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
12	DF	WAL	Kylie McCarthy	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	IRL	Sophie Perry	7	0	6+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	WAL	Laura May Walkley	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
15	FW	ENG	Amber-Keegan Stobbs	9	0	4+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	ENG	Shelly Cox	5	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW	WAL	Helen Ward	10	2	6+3	2	0	0	1	0
19	GK	ENG	Mary Earps	13	0	12	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW	WAL	Melissa Fletcher	12	2	7+5	2	0	0	0	0
22	DF	WAL	Nia Jones	8	1	3+5	1	0	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Rachel Rowe	17	1	15+1	1	0	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Zoe Cunningham	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ENG	Hannah Knapton	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
1	GK	IRL	Grace Moloney	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	WAL	Charlie Estcourt	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	WSL Cup	Total
1	MF		7	Emma Follis	4	1	1	6
2	MF		9	Lauren Bruton	2	0	0	2
	FW		18	Helen Ward	2	0	0	2
	FW		20	Melissa Fletcher	2	0	0	2
	FW		11	Jade Boho	1	1	0	2
6	DF		6	Kirsty McGee	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Lois Roche	1	0	0	1
	DF		22	Nia Jones	1	0	0	1
	MF		23	Rachel Rowe	1	0	0	1
Total					15	2	1	18

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	WSL Cup	Total
1	GK		19	Mary Earps	1	0	0	1
	GK		1	Grace Moloney	0	1	0	1
Total					1	1	0	2

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	WSL		FA Cup		WSL Cup		Total
3		DF	Harriet Scott	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Kayleigh Hines	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Kirsty McGee	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Remi Allen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
9		FW	Lauren Bruton	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
12		DF	Kylie Davies	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Laura May Walkley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Amber-Keegan Stobbs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0

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