Brentford Women Football Club is an English women's football club based in West London, that plays in the London and South East Women's Regional Football League. They are affiliated with the men's team Brentford FC. Brentford Women play at Bedfont Recreation Ground, in Feltham. [1]
Nickname(s) | The Bees |
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Founded | 1990 |
Ground | Bedfont Recreation Ground, Feltham |
Owner | Matthew Benham |
Chairman | Roger Crook |
Manager | Karleigh Osborne |
League | London and South East Women's Regional Football League |
2023–24 | 2nd of 12 |
Website | Club website |
Brentford Women was founded by Roger Crook as an under-14s team in July 1990 when his daughter needed somewhere to compete. [2] [3] After playing in various local youth leagues they merged with SmithKline Beecham to form the senior team Brentford Beechams, who played in the Greater London Women’s Football League. [4] In 2005–06 the team merged again, this time with Viking Ladies. [4]
In the 2022–23 season, Brentford Women broke the record for a tier six women's game with an attendance of 5,116 at the Gtech Community Stadium, against Watford on 13 November 2022. [5] [2]
The first team has been managed by Karleigh Osborne since 2018 and the Assistant Manager is Sean Hillier. [6] [2]
The B Team play in the Greater London Women's Football League Division One North. The head coach is Tommy Ryan-Maynard, and Assistant Head Coach is former player Charlotte Tanner. [1]
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