Morecambe FC Women

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Morecambe Ladies FC
Full nameMorecambe Ladies Football Club
Founded2005;18 years ago (2005)
ChairmanNick Barrett
ManagerNick Barrett
League North West Women's Regional Football League Division One
2022–23 North West Women's Regional Football League Division One, 7th of 12
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Morecambe Ladies FC were established in 2005, originally named Lancaster & Morecambe Ladies FC. Sophie Fish set up the club to enable local girls to play football due to a lack of female clubs at that time. Two years after the club was formed they were approached by Morecambe FC to join the men's club.

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History

2022 -

On September 15, 2022 Morecambe F.C. announced a partnership with Morecambe LFC to formally bring them into the clubs fold and rename them to Morecambe F.C. Women. [1]

Kit and main sponsors

PeriodKit ManufacturerShirt Sponsor
2005-22
2022- Tyson Fury [2]

Players

Current squad

As of 7 April 2023 [3]

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 placeholder.svg  Erin Lightfoot
GK Flag placeholder.svg  Caitlin Currie
DF Flag placeholder.svg Lucy Middleton
DF Flag placeholder.svg  Rebecca Baldwin
DF Flag placeholder.svg Amy Fisher
DF Flag placeholder.svg Olivia Thompson
DF Flag placeholder.svg  Ysabel McGrath
DF Flag placeholder.svg  Amy Hawker
DF Flag placeholder.svg  Amy Cambray
DF Flag placeholder.svg  Charlotte Townley
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Gabrielle Johnson
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Colby Davidson
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Olivia Jenkinson
MF Flag placeholder.svg Charlotte Gray
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Deborah Holyoak
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Alicia Trewin
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Natasha Walker
MF Flag placeholder.svg  Eleanor Townsend
FW Flag placeholder.svg  Izzy Munro
FW Flag placeholder.svg  Olivia Greene
FW Flag placeholder.svg  Hannah Priestley
FW Flag placeholder.svg Olivia Thompson
FW Flag placeholder.svg  Nat Broad

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References

  1. "Women's football welcomed into the Morecambe FC family".
  2. "Women's shirt sponsors confirmed". Morecambe F.C. 16 September 2022.
  3. "Morecambe FC Women First Team". morecambefc.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.