Stoke City L.F.C.

Stoke City L.F.C.
Full name Stoke City Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s) The Potters
Founded 2001
Ground Community Drive
Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
Chairman Allison Pattinson
Manager Andrew Frost
League FA Women's Premier League Northern Division
2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, 4th
Website Club home page

Stoke City Ladies Football Club are an English women's association football club affiliated with Stoke City.

They 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.

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]

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]

Honours

Leagues

Cups

League history

SeasonLeaguePlayedWinsDrawsLossesGoals FGoals APointsPositionFA Women's CupCounty CupLeague Cup
2001–02West Midlands Division One2014248317443rd
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
2009–10Midland Combination League229674944336thR3W
2010–11Midland Combination League2210664630364thR2WR1
2011–12Midland Combination League2214335523452ndR2WRU
2012–13Midland Combination League221811729551stR3WW
2013–14FA Women's Premier League2010375145335thR3R1W
2014–15FA Women's Premier League2282123838287thR4WR1
2015–16FA Women's Premier League2214265928464thR3WQF

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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