2017 Everton L.F.C. season

Everton Ladies FC

2017 season
Everton crowned FA WSL Spring Series Champions
Manager	Andy Spence
Stadium	Select Security Stadium, Widnes
FA WSL 2	Champions, 1st
WSL Cup	First Round
FA Women's Cup	Fifth Round
Top goalscorer	Claudia Walker (7)
Highest home attendance	821 (May 14 vs. Watford)
Lowest home attendance	165 (Apr 30 vs. Brighton)
Average home league attendance	419
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The FA WSL Spring Series (2017 season) was Everton Ladies Football Club's third season competing in the FA Women's Super League. ^[1]

Due to the reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season only covered half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifted its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. ^[2] For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation for which to be competed.

First Team

As of 28 January 2018. ^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   ENG Kirstie Levell 3 DF   ENG Danielle Turner 5 DF   ENG Fern Whelan 7 FW   ENG Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah 8 MF   ENG Michelle Hinnigan 10 FW   NIR Simone Magill 11 MF   ENG Kelly Jones 12 DF   ENG Georgia Brougham 15 MF   ENG Emma Doyle 17 MF   NZL Olivia Chance 18 FW   ENG Claudia Walker

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   ENG Megan Finnigan 21 FW   ENG Mollie Green 26 DF   ENG Faye Bryson — GK   ENG Jennifer Myler — MF   WAL Emily Hollinshead — DF   ENG Erin Staunton-Turner — MF   ENG Lauren Davies — DF   ENG Grace Nelson — DF   ENG Vicky Jones — FW   ENG Amber Stobbs

Transfers

In

Entry date	Pos	No.	Player	From club	Contract end	Fee	Ref.
3 February 2017	FW	22	Amber Stobbs	Reading		N/A	[4]
3 February 2017	MF	17	Olivia Chance	Breiðablik		N/A	[4]
28 March 2017	FW	21	Mollie Green	Liverpool		N/A	[5]
5 May 2017	FW	22	Aileen Whelan	Notts County		N/A	[6]
5 May 2017	DF	5	Fern Whelan	Notts County		N/A	[6]

Competitions

Women's Super League 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Everton	9	7	1	1	25	7	+18	22	Applied for promotion to the 2017–18 FA WSL. Promotion approved. [7]
2	Doncaster Rovers Belles	9	5	3	1	19	9	+10	18	Applied for promotion to the 2017–18 FA WSL.
3	Millwall Lionesses	9	5	2	2	12	8	+4	17
4	Aston Villa	9	5	2	2	19	16	+3	17
5	Durham	9	5	1	3	14	10	+4	16
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	9	2	4	3	8	13	−5	10
7	London Bees	9	3	1	5	13	21	−8	10
8	Watford	9	2	2	5	12	17	−5	8
9	Sheffield	9	2	0	7	9	18	−9	6
10	Oxford United	9	0	2	7	7	19	−12	2

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
9	7	1	1	25	7	+18	22	4	0	0	13	0	+13	3	1	1	12	7	+5

Last updated: 28 January 2018.
Source: ELFC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Ground	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	W	L	W	T	W	W	W	W
Position	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	1	1

Source: ELFC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; L = Loss; T = Tie

Matches

Oxford United v Everton

12 February 20171	Oxford United	1–2	Everton	Abingdon
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Umotong  88'	Report	Magill 13' Jones 48' Bryson  80'	Stadium: Northcourt Road Attendance: 243 Referee: Kevin Howick

Sheffield v Everton

12 March 20172	Sheffield	1–2	Everton	Dronfield
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Gilliatt  75' McCue 78'	Report	Walker 67' Gilliatt 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Coach and Horses Attendance: 385 Referee: Lee Hibble

Millwall Lionesses v Everton

2 April 20173	Millwall Lionesses	2–1	Everton	Bermondsey
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Rutherford 21' Devlin 64'	Report	Walker 27' (pen.)	Stadium: St. Paul's Sport Ground Attendance: 156 Referee: Dean Skipper

Everton v Aston Villa

16 April 20174	Everton	3–0	Aston Villa	Widnes
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Magill 38' Walker 68' Bryson 76'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 344 Referee: Steven Copeland

Doncaster Rovers Belles v Everton

23 April 20175	Doncaster Rovers Belles	3–3	Everton	Doncaster
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Sweetman-Kirk 37', 47' (pen.) Barker  70' Little 74'	Report	Brougham 3' Walker 20' Green  70' Chance 85'	Stadium: Keepmoat Stadium Attendance: 482 Referee: Gareth Rhodes

Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion

30 April 20176	Everton	5–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Widnes
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Magill 11' (pen.) Turner 16', 48' Walker 18' Brougham 83'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 165 Referee: Daniel Issawi

Everton v Durham

6 May 20177	Everton	1–0	Durham	Widnes
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	George 13'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 344 Referee: Kristian Silcock

Everton v Watford

14 May 20178	Everton	4–0	Watford	Widnes
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Brougham 18' Whelan 48' Magill  69' Chance 81' Green 90'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 821 Referee: Elizabeth Sims

London Bees v Everton

20 May 20179	London Bees	0–4	Everton	Canons Park
14:45 BST (UTC+01:00)	Anderson  86'	Report	Green 28' Hinnigan 34' Walker 70' (pen.), 80' Jones  88'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 1,070 Referee: Andreas Anastasiou

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Women's Cup

Brighouse Town v Everton

5 February 2017Third round	Brighouse Town	1–8	Everton	Halifax, West Yorkshire
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Cass	Report Box Score	Walker Chance Magill Hinnigan	Stadium: Dual Seal Stadium

Durham v Everton

19 February 2017Fourth round	Durham	2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Everton	Durham
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Hepple Salicki	Report Box Score	Hinnigan Finnigan	Stadium: New Ferens Park

Liverpool v Everton

19 March 2017Fifth round	Liverpool	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Everton	Widnes
14:00 GMT (UTC+00:00)	Harding 8' van de Sanden 108'	Box Score	Magill 69'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 728

Statistics

As of 10 February 2018

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	ENG	Kirstie Levell	12	0	9	0	3	0
	GK	ENG	Jennifer Myler	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Defenders:
3	DF	ENG	Danielle Turner	9	2	9	2	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Fern Whelan	1	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF	ENG	Georgia Brougham	9	2	8	2	1	0
23	DF	ENG	Gabrielle George	9	1	9	1	0	0
26	DF	ENG	Faye Bryson	8	1	4+4	1	0	0
	DF	ENG	Vicky Jones	9	0	5+4	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Erin Staunton-Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0
	DF	ENG	Grace Nelson	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders:
8	MF	ENG	Michelle Hinnigan	11	3	8+1	1	2	2
11	MF	ENG	Kelly Jones	10	1	9	1	1	0
15	MF	ENG	Emma Doyle	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	NZL	Olivia Chance	10	4	3+6	2	0+1	2
20	MF	ENG	Megan Finnigan	9	1	8	0	1	1
	MF	WAL	Emily Hollinshead	7	0	3+3	0	1	0
	MF	ENG	Lauren Davies	3	0	3	0	0	0
Forwards:
7	FW	ENG	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	1	0	1	0	0	0
10	FW	NIR	Simone Magill	9	8	7	5	2	3
18	FW	ENG	Claudia Walker	10	10	8+1	7	1	3
21	FW	ENG	Mollie Green	7	1	7	1	0	0
22	FW	ENG	Aileen Whelan	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
	FW	ENG	Amber Stobbs	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0

• Source:

Honours

• FA WSL Players' Player of the Spring Series: Michelle Hinnigan ^[8]
• FA WSL Head Coach of the Spring Series: Andy Spence ^[8]

References

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