Eastbourne Town W.F.C.

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Eastbourne Town Women
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Full nameEastbourne Town Women Football Club
Nickname(s)The Town
Founded6 May 2002;22 years ago (2002-05-06)
Ground The Saffrons, Eastbourne
Capacity3,000 (200 Seated)
ChairmanDave Shearing
ManagerToby Fox
League Sussex County Women and Girls Football League Premier Division
2023–24 Sussex County Women and Girls Football League Division One, 6th of 8
Website Club website

Eastbourne Town Women F.C. is an English football club based in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. They currently play in the Sussex County Women and Girls Football League Premier Division.

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They are founding members of the Sussex County Women and Girls Football League in 2004. [1]

Eastbourne Town Women play their home games at The Saffrons, and are affiliated to Eastbourne Town.

History

2002–2011: The early years

Originally known as Eastbourne Town Ladies, they were formed on 6 May 2002, being transferred from Polegate Grasshoppers Under 15’s to make the jump into senior football. [2] The team entered Division Three of the South East Counties Women's League for the 2002–03 season, finishing third place below Woking Reserves and Lindfield and were promoted to Division Two along with Crawley Wasps. The following season wasn’t successful, with players leaving for education reasons they finished 8th in the table, but with the creation of the Sussex County Women and Girls Football League in 2004, the team took the drop.

The ladies spent one season in the league, came runners up and won their first piece of silverware, the Sussex County Women’s Challenge Trophy against Burgess Hill Town. They then transferred back to the South East Counties League Division 1. Barely being able to stay in the division for the first two seasons, the 2007-08 season proved to be the start of success. Although losing the first game of the season to Meadow Sports they completed the rest of the season unbeaten and finishing the season as runners up. The Ladies won a double in 2008-09 season, winning the South East Counties Chairman's Cup and the Division 1 title and earning promotion to the Premier Division. They were crowned league champions in the 2010-11 season and were runners up in the S.E.C. League Cup, but they earnt promotion into the London and South East Women's Regional Football League Premier Division for the first time, at the time there was only one division.

2011–2021: London & South East league

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Eastbourne Town Women against the then Leyton Orient Women in December 2020

The first season in the London and South East League was most successful at the time, they reached 2nd place in the table, [3] losing out on promotion into the FA Women's National League by 4 points. After then form slipped over the next few seasons, hovering just outside the relegation zone.

In 2014,Gary Pearce, the manager had stepped down after 12 seasons in charge, and the 2014–15 season saw player Emma Parslow becoming player-manager with Theo Parfitt as joint manager. Although finishing 11th the league, the women made their record Women's FA Cup run during the 2014–15 season by reaching the Third round, starting their run winning 7–0 to Burgess Hill Town Women, 3–1 to Parkwood Rangers and 5–0 to Gosport Borough Ladies in the first, second and third qualifying rounds, the First round proper saw a 1–1 draw after extra time with Chichester City Ladies but winning the penalty shootout 5–4 taking them to the Second round with Queens Park Rangers Girls winning 1–0 before losing in the Third round to Derby County Women 2–4 after extra time. [4] All of Eastbourne Town's games were played at home.

In 2016 both Emma and Theo both stepped down from their joint role and was taken over by Stuart Tibble for just one season, Theo Parfitt took over again with the team goalkeeper, Sarah Walshaw for the 2017–18 season before university graduate Charlie Woodham taking the reins for the 2018–19 season. For nine seasons since finishing runners up, the Ladies continued to hover around the relegation zone, several management changes and a poor form of results saw no improvement. On 10 June 2019 the team renamed themselves to Eastbourne Town Women [5] and were joined by Zak Dove, replacing Charlie Woodham as manager but after a few months came the COVID-19 pandemic which halted the 2019–20 season along with the following season. In June 2021 Zak Dove stepped down from his role as manager. [6]

2021–present: Sussex county league

Eastbourne Town Women players in yellow in a local derby match with Eastbourne Borough women in February 2023 Town-v-boro-120223.jpg
Eastbourne Town Women players in yellow in a local derby match with Eastbourne Borough women in February 2023

In July 2021, the club released a statement announcing that the club was withdrawing from the London and South East regional football league and taking voluntary relegation in to the Sussex County Women and Girls Football League [7] After 16 years since leaving, the Women re-joined the league's Premier Division with a new manager, Martin Keightley, and a new team. With some women staying from the previous season and some who were in the early ladies team re-joining. Martin Keightley resigned after a few months and Theo Parfitt took over as caretaker manager until Rick Tate took over the role permanently in February 2022. The Women were relegated into Division One for the 2022–23 season. After a successful start to the season, the team were sitting at the top of the table. With two games left to play in the season, Denne Park, forfeited their game giving Eastbourne Town an automatic three points which made them Division One champions and earning an automatic promotion back into the Premier Division. [8]

In June 2023, it was announced by the club that a Development team would be created, led by former player Stef Shambrook taking on the manager role assisted by Tasha Pearson, also a former player. The team entered Division One of the Sussex County Women's league. [9] The first team reached the final of the 2023–24 Sussex Women's Challenge Trophy, and the first final of any competition since 2012. Losing to Saltdean's development squad 9-2. [10] In February 2024, it was announced that Rick Tate would step down as Women's team manager. Long term players Sarah Da Silva and Dani Parfitt were announced at joint player-managers until the end of the season. [11] The season ended with Town finishing 6th place. In June 2024, the club announced that Toby Fox would take over as first team manager. [12]

Kits

Football kits

The club colours are yellow and blue, colours that represent the county of Sussex. [13] Away kits have changed over the seasons from white and blue, pink and light blue.

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2009–2011
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2014–2018
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2018–2019
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2019–2021 [14]
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2021–2022

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

PeriodKit manufacturerShirt sponsor (chest)Shirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (arm)
2002–2009Unknown ASDA NoneNone
2009–2011 Flag of Germany.svg Adidas Drusillas Zoo Park
2011–2014 Flag of England.svg MKK SportsSussex Business Times [15]
2014–2018 Flag of Italy.svg Macron Macron Store Hastings
2018–2019 Flag of Italy.svg Errea Brand Installations
2019–2021 Flag of Italy.svg Macron UK Packaging [16] Willow Tree
2021–2023Lincolns BakeryThe Bell, Ticehurst
2023–present Flag of England.svg Umbro Coleman Plant HireNoneThe Beacon [17]

Ground

Eastbourne Town Women currently play their home games at The Saffrons, Compton Place Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 1EA. Located in Eastbourne town centre, a 5-minute walk from Eastbourne Railway Station.

Players

As of 7 August 2024 [18]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
— GK Flag of England.svg  ENG Zoe Pearce
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Sarah Da Silva
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Jools Impey
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lucia Law
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kim Collyer
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Lauren Thompson
— DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Rachelle Maillard
No.Pos.NationPlayer
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Hayley Beattie
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Kelly Booth
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Laura Knight
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Pat Rick
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Ashlee Morris
— MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Esme Heath
— FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Hayley Chapman

Management and staff

Current staff

As of 7 August 2024
PositionName
Manager Flag of England.svg Toby Fox
Assistant manager Flag of England.svg Ed Copping
Flag of England.svg Sarah Walshaw
Goalkeeping coach Flag of England.svg Marc Jukes

Managerial history

Key

Stats as of 14 February 2024.

DatesNameMWDLWin %HonorsNotes
2002–2014 Flag of England.svg Gary Pearce South East Counties Women's League Premier Division Champions: 2010–11
South East Counties Women's League Division One West Champions: 2008–09
South East Counties Women's Chairman's Cup Winners: 2008–09
Sussex County Challenge Trophy Winners: 2004–05
2014–2016 Flag of England.svg Emma Parslow & Theo Parfitt425730011.90
2016–2017 Flag of England.svg Stuart Tibble183213016.67
2017–2018 Flag of England.svg Theo Parfitt & Sarah Walshaw163211018.75
2018–2019 Flag of England.svg Charlie Woodham238213034.78 [19]
2019–2021 Flag of England.svg Zak Dove9324033.33 [20]
2021-2021 Flag of England.svg Martin Keightley3003000.00
2021–2022 Flag of England.svg Theo Parfitt †4013000.00
2022–2024 Flag of England.svg Rick Tate ‡3720314054.05 Sussex County Women's League Division One Champions: 2022–23 [11]
2024 Flag of England.svg Sarah Da Silva & Dani Parfitt †2002000.00
2024 – Present Flag of England.svg Toby Fox [12]

Season summary

WinnersRunners-upThird place Promoted Relegated Transferred
Results of league and cup competitions by season
SeasonLeague FA Cup [21] League CupNotes
Tier DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
2002–037 South East Counties Division 3↑1812247146383rd—1R [22]
2003–046 South East Counties Division 2→2270153886218th—1R [23]
2004–056 Sussex County Division 1→2nd 1Q —
2005–066 South East Counties Division 1 West2052132866148th1Q— [24]
2006–076 South East Counties Division 1 West1633101834128th2Q— [25]
2007–086 South East Counties Division 1 West1813417018432ndPR— [26]
2008–096 South East Counties Division 1 West↑1410134911311st1Q1R [27]
2009–106 South East Counties Premier Division1912253821383rd3QQF [28]
2010–116 South East Counties Premier Division↑1611325811361st3QRunners up [29]
2011–125 London & South East Premier Division2012534624412nd2Q— [30]
2012–135 London & South East Premier Division2072112548217th3Q— [31]
2013–145 London & South East Premier Division2034131750139th2Q— [32]
2014–155 London & South East Premier Division22241625551011th R3 QF [33]
2015–165 London & South East Premier Division20331414621110th 2Q — [34]
2016–175 London & South East Premier Division1832131248119th—GS [35]
2017–185 London & South East Premier Division1632111542118th 3Q GS [36]
2018–195 London & South East Premier Division167182323226th PR GS [37]
2019–205 London & South East Premier Division13238123198th [lower-alpha 1] 1Q GS [38]
2020–215 London & South East Premier Division↓32017466th [lower-alpha 2] 3Q — [39]
2021–227 Sussex County Premier Division↓16211368178th 1Q 2R [40]
2022–238 Sussex County Division 1↑1613125225401st—2R [41] [8]
2023–247 Sussex County Premier Division145274231176th—QF [42]

Honors

Club records

Notes

  1. ↑ 2019–20 League abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all league results expunged
  2. ↑ 2020–21 League curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Eastbourne Town Women took voluntary relegation [7]

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