Stoke City L.F.C.

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Stoke City L.F.C.
Stoke City FC.svg
Full nameStoke City Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)The Potters
Founded2001
Ground Community Drive
Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
Capacity1,500
ChairmanAlyson Pattinson
ManagerChloe Jones
League FA Women's National League North
2018–19 FA Women's National League North, 7th of 13
Website Club website

Stoke City Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Stoke City. They are currently members of the FA Women's National League North.

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Stoke City F.C. Association football club

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1860s the club changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status. Stoke were one of the twelve founding members of founding member of the Football League in 1888. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football.

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The club were formed in the summer of 2001 and had a successful first season in the West Midlands league Division One finishing third before gaining promotion to the Premier Division via the play-offs. Season 2008–09 saw the Ladies gain promotion into the Midland Combination League. A title-winning 2012–13 campaign saw the team gain promotion to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division.

The Midland Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Midland Combination, was a women's football league in England from 1998 to 2014. Until the creation of the FA Women's Super League in 2011, that sat at the third level of English women's football pyramid along with the three other Combination Leagues – South West, South East and Northern. The Midland Combination fed into the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, and lay above the West Midlands Regional Women's Football League and the East Midlands Regional Women's Football League in the pyramid. For the 2014–15 season the Midland Combination was incorporated into the newly re-structured FA Women's Premier League as the FA WPL Midlands Division One.

History

Early history

An early Stoke Ladies team was formed in 1921 by Len Bridgett, a director at Stoke. [1] His side were generally referred as "Stoke United" and their games were mostly for charitable causes. They played against Dick, Kerr's Ladies from Preston twice in April 1921 in aid of the Royal Staffordshire Infirmary. [1] However, in December 1921 the FA banned woman's football claiming it to be "unsuitable for females". [1] Undeterred Bridgett arranged for his side to play in Barcelona against French side Les Sportives de Paris. They played two matches against Paris and won both. Their final match was against Dick Kerr's in Colne, on 22 September 1923. [1]

Preston, Lancashire city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England

Preston is a city and the administrative centre of Lancashire, England, on the north bank of the River Ribble.

Barcelona City and municipality in Catalonia

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Colne town and civil parish in Lancashire, England

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Modern history

Stoke City Ladies were formed in 2001 and began playing in the West Midlands League Division One, the sixth tier of Woman's football in England. They finished in third position gaining promotion to the West Midlands League Premier Division. They spent the next seven season's in the fifth tier before winning the league title in 2008–09 after amassing 81 points scoring 95 goals and conceding only 14 in just 22 matches. They also won the Staffordshire County Cup four time in a row from 2009 to 2012. In March 2013 with the side well on top of the Midland Combination League the club decided to apply to join the expanding FA Woman's Super League, however their attempt was unsuccessful. [2] They won their sixth County Cup by beating their reserve team 5–1 on 19 March 2013. [3] They won the Midland Combination League title on 26 March 2013 beating Leafield Athletic 1–0. [4]

The West Midlands Regional Women's Football League is at the fifth and sixth levels of the English women's football pyramid, with the seven other Regional Leagues – Eastern, London & SE, Southern, South West, East Mids, North East and North West. The West Midlands Regional Women's Football League feeds directly into the FA Women's Premier League, and lies above the Birmingham Women's Football League, Staffordshire Women's Football League and Worcestershire Women's Football League in the pyramid. The pyramid structure was founded in 1998.

Staffordshire Football Association organization

The Staffordshire Football Association is the governing body of football in the county of Staffordshire.


Current Squad

As of 1 July 2019.

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

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No.PositionPlayer
Flag of England.svg GK Natalie Hall
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg FW Hannah Keryakoplis
Flag of Egypt.svg FW Sarah Essam
Flag of England.svg MF Faye McCoy

Honours

Leagues

Cups

League history

SeasonLeaguePlayedWinsDrawsLossesGoals FGoals APointsPosition FA Women's Cup County CupLeague Cup
2001–02 West Midlands Division One 2014248317443rd
2002–03West Midlands Premier Division2010465843344th
2003–04West Midlands Premier Division209654435334th
2004–05West Midlands Premier Division187383433246th
2005–06West Midlands Premier Division2073103653247thQR1R2RU
2006–07West Midlands Premier Division2114075529453rdQR2W
2007–08West Midlands Premier Division2114166721463rdRU
2008–09West Midlands Premier Division2220119514811stR2W
2009–10 Midland Combination League 229674944336thR3W
2010–11 Midland Combination League 2210664630364thR2WR1
2011–12 Midland Combination League 2214335523452ndR2WRU
2012–13 Midland Combination League 221811729551stR3WW
2013–14 FA Women's Premier League 2010375145335thR3R1W
2014–15 FA Women's Premier League 2282123838287thR4WR1
2015–16 FA Women's Premier League 2214265928464thR3WQF
2016–17 FA Women's Premier League 208664337304thR1WR2
2017–18 FA Women's Premier League 2212465238404thR2WR1
2018–19 FA Women's National League North 249695951337thR4WQF

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stoke Ladies FC". Donmouth. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Ladies in bid to join big league". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Stoke City Ladies win County Cup". The Sentinel. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  4. ↑ "Stoke City ladies on course for treble after winning league title". The Sentinel. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
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