Stoke City F.C. Women

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Stoke City F.C. Women
Stoke City FC.svg
Full nameStoke City Football Club Women
Nickname(s)The Potters
Founded2001
Ground Community Drive
Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent
Head Coach Marie Hourihan
League FA Women's National League North
2023–24 FA Women's National League North, 5th of 12
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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

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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.

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]

The club re-branded in July 2019 dropping the "Ladies" sub-title becoming Stoke City F.C. Women. [5] In March 2023 it was announced that the team are to turn semi-professional for the 2023–24 season. [6] In July 2023, the team appointed Marie Hourihan as their first full-time head coach. [7]

Honours

Leagues

Cups

League history

Source: [8]

SeasonLeague Women's FA Cup County Cup League Cup
DivisionPWDLFAPtsPos
2001–02 West Midlands Division One ↑2014248317443rd———
2002–03 West Midlands Premier Division 2010465843344th———
2003–04West Midlands Premier Division209654435334th———
2004–05West Midlands Premier Division187383433246th———
2005–06West Midlands Premier Division2073103653247thQR1R2RU
2006–07West Midlands Premier Division2114075529453rdQR2W—
2007–08West Midlands Premier Division2114166721463rd—RU—
2008–09West Midlands Premier Division ↑2220119514811stR2W—
2009–10 Midland Combination League 229674944336thR3W—
2010–11Midland Combination League2210664630364thR2WR1
2011–12Midland Combination League2214335523452ndR3WR1
2012–13Midland Combination League ↑221811729551stR3WW
2013–14 FA Women's Premier League 2010375145335thR3WR1
2014–15FA Women's Premier League2282123838287thR4WR1
2015–16 FA Women's Premier League2214265928464thR3WR3
2016–17 FA Women's Premier League208664337304thR1WR2
2017–18 FA Women's Premier League2212465238404thR2WR1
2018–19 FA Women's National League North 249695951337thR4WQF
2019–20 FA Women's National League North148153217254th———
2020–21 FA Women's National League North83231522117th———
2021–22 FA Women's National League North2481153654259thR3WR2
2022–23 FA Women's National League North22731232492410thR3WR3
2023–24 FA Women's National League North2210484137345thR3SFR1

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  6. ↑ "Ricky Martin: Stoke City technical director says Potters women are to turn semi-pro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Stoke City FC Women - League History & League Tables". Stoke City Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
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