Lisburn Ladies FC

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Lisburn Ladies FC
Full nameLisburn Ladies FC
Founded2010
Ground Bluebell Stadium
Capacity1280
League Women's Premiership
20226th
Website Club website

Lisburn Ladies FC is a women's football club from Lisburn, Northern Ireland. They currently play in the Women's Premiership, 2022 being their first season in the top flight. [1]

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History

Formed as recently as 2010, Lisburn Ladies made their debut in the NIWFA Championship five years later and went on to finish runners-up on numerous occasions before, in 2021, finally clinching the title with an unbeaten season and with it promotion to the Premiership. The club has an extensive underage and academy programme, their second team Lisburn Ladies Swift's [2] currently play in the Division 3 of the NIWFA league structure as of 2023.

Titles

Winners: 2021 [3]

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References

  1. "Lisburn win NIWFA Championship". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  2. "Lisburn Ladies Swifts". NIWFA. Retrieved 30 July 2023.
  3. "Lisburn win NIWFA Championship". Shekicks.net. Retrieved 30 July 2023.