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Stoke City F.C. Women - Wikipedia

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Stoke City F.C. Women

Full name

Stoke City Football Club Women

Nickname(s)

The Potters

Founded

2001

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

https://www.stokecityfc.com/club/women

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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.

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

Midland Combination League champions: 2012–13
West Midlands League Premier Division champions: 2008–09
West Midlands League Division One third-place promotion: 2001–02

Cups

Staffordshire County Cup: (14) 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23
Midland Combination League Cup: 2012–13

League history

Source:^[8]

Season	League									Women's FA Cup	County Cup	League Cup
Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Women's FA Cup	County Cup	League Cup
2001–02	West Midlands Division One ↑	20	14	2	4	83	17	44	3rd	—	—	—
2002–03	West Midlands Premier Division	20	10	4	6	58	43	34	4th	—	—	—
2003–04	West Midlands Premier Division	20	9	6	5	44	35	33	4th	—	—	—
2004–05	West Midlands Premier Division	18	7	3	8	34	33	24	6th	—	—	—
2005–06	West Midlands Premier Division	20	7	3	10	36	53	24	7th	QR1	R2	RU
2006–07	West Midlands Premier Division	21	14	0	7	55	29	45	3rd	QR2	W	—
2007–08	West Midlands Premier Division	21	14	1	6	67	21	46	3rd	—	RU	—
2008–09	West Midlands Premier Division ↑	22	20	1	1	95	14	81	1st	R2	W	—
2009–10	Midland Combination League	22	9	6	7	49	44	33	6th	R3	W	—
2010–11	Midland Combination League	22	10	6	6	46	30	36	4th	R2	W	R1
2011–12	Midland Combination League	22	14	3	3	55	23	45	2nd	R3	W	R1
2012–13	Midland Combination League ↑	22	18	1	1	72	9	55	1st	R3	W	W
2013–14	FA Women's Premier League	20	10	3	7	51	45	33	5th	R3	W	R1
2014–15	FA Women's Premier League	22	8	2	12	38	38	28	7th	R4	W	R1
2015–16	FA Women's Premier League	22	14	2	6	59	28	46	4th	R3	W	R3
2016–17	FA Women's Premier League	20	8	6	6	43	37	30	4th	R1	W	R2
2017–18	FA Women's Premier League	22	12	4	6	52	38	40	4th	R2	W	R1
2018–19	FA Women's National League North	24	9	6	9	59	51	33	7th	R4	W	QF
2019–20	FA Women's National League North	14	8	1	5	32	17	25	4th	—	—	—
2020–21	FA Women's National League North	8	3	2	3	15	22	11	7th	—	—	—
2021–22	FA Women's National League North	24	8	1	15	36	54	25	9th	R3	W	R2
2022–23	FA Women's National League North	22	7	3	12	32	49	24	10th	R3	W	R3
2023–24	FA Women's National League North	22	10	4	8	41	37	34	5th	R3	SF	R1

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Stoke Ladies FC". Donmouth. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "Ladies in bid to join big league". The Sentinel. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
^ "Stoke City Ladies win County Cup". The Sentinel. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
^ "Stoke City ladies on course for treble after winning league title". The Sentinel. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
^ "New Name For Club's Female Team". Stoke City. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
^ "Ricky Martin: Stoke City technical director says Potters women are to turn semi-pro". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "Marie Hourihan appointed head coach of women's team". Stoke City. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
^ "Stoke City FC Women - League History & League Tables". Stoke City Ladies FC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2020.

External links

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FA Women's National League

Seasons

Top level	1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Below WSL	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

Clubs
2024–25

Northern Division	Burnley Derby County Halifax Hull City Liverpool Feds Nottingham Forest Rugby Borough Sporting Khalsa Stoke City Stourbridge West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Southern Division	AFC Wimbledon Billericay Town Cheltenham Town Exeter City Gwalia United Hashtag United Ipswich Town Lewes Milton Keynes Dons Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Watford
Div. One North	AFC Fylde Barnsley F.C. Cheadle Town Stingers Chorley Doncaster Rovers Belles Durham Cestria Huddersfield Town Leeds United Middlesbrough Norton & Stockton Ancients Stockport County York City
Div. One Midlands	Barnsley Women's Boldmere St. Michaels Leafield Athletic Lincoln City Lincoln United Loughborough Lightning Northampton Town Notts County Peterborough United Solihull Moors Sutton Coldfield Town Worcester City
Div. One South East	Actonians AFC Sudbury Ashford Town Cambridge United Chatham Town Chesham United Dulwich Hamlet London Bees London Seaward Norwich City Queens Park Rangers Real Bedford
Div. One South West	Abingdon United AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth Sports Bridgwater United Bristol Rovers Keynsham Town Maidenhead United Moneyfields Portishead Town Southampton Women's Swindon Town Worthing

Associated
competitions

FA Women's National League Cup
FA Women's National League Plate
FA Women's Premier League National Division (defunct)
Combination Women's Football Leagues (defunct)

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