Rhyl Ladies F.C.

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Rhyl Ladies F.C.
Full nameRhyl Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lilywhites
Founded2009 (as Prestatyn Ladies & Girls Football Club)
Ground Belle Vue Stadium, Rhyl
ManagerCassandra Thomas
2018-199th [1]
Website Club website

Rhyl Ladies Football Club, until 2016 known as Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies Football Club [2] and previously Prestatyn Ladies & Girls Football Club, [3] are a women's association football club based in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. They play their home matches at Rhyl F.C.'s Belle Vue Stadium.

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History

Prestatyn Ladies & Girls were founded in 2009 in Prestatyn by Tom Jamieson with a five-year plan to eventually reach the Welsh Premier Women's Football League. [4] In 2014, Prestatyn Ladies & Girls won promotion from the North Wales League to the Welsh Premier Women's Football League [5] by winning a play-off against the Ceredigion League's Aberystwyth University 10–0. [6] Owing to ground regulations, the club moved away from Prestatyn and joined with Rhyl to play at Belle Vue Stadium. The club were also renamed Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies as a result. [3] Following the club's move to Rhyl, a new women's football club was set up in Prestatyn and became affiliated with Prestatyn Town F.C. which became known as Prestatyn Town Ladies in order to continue women's football in Prestatyn. [7]

Following the disbandment of Wrexham Ladies F.C., a number of players moved to Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies. [8] Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies along with Llandudno Ladies were the only teams from North Wales competing in the Welsh Premier Women's Football League with concerns expressed that they would be the main teams representing the region as North Wales League clubs had been dissuaded from applying for promotion due to the expense. [9]

In August 2019, it was announced that Rhyl Ladies would be withdrawing from the Welsh Premier Women's League citing a lack of commitment to playing in a national league and were therefore unable to attract a team. [10]

Youth

Rhyl & Prestatyn Ladies run a number of youth teams. In 2016, their under 16 team won the North West Wales League title. [11]

Current squad

As of 25 July 2019. [12]

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 Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Yasmin Mills
- GK Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Samantha Mitchell
- GK Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Delyth Morgan
- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Alaw Davies-Smith
- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Tonicha Dickens
- DF Flag of England.svg  ENG Caroline Gardner
- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Kim Sands
- DF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Lucy Vaughan
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Emily Bentley
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Ellie Davies
- MF Flag of England.svg  ENG Rachel Nattrass
No.Pos.NationPlayer
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Emma Roden
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Cassandra Thomas
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Ellie Bretherton
- MF Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Lily Corry
- FW Flag of England.svg  ENG Kirstie Kural
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Candice Nellist
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Emily Jones
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Molly King
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Zoe Stopford
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Amy Webster
- FW Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  WAL Laura Williams

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