Crystal Palace F.C. (Women)

Crystal Palace Football Club Women, formerly known as Crystal Palace Ladies Football Club, is a women's association football club based in south-east London which competes in the FA Women's Championship. The club, known as the "Eagles", is affiliated to Crystal Palace F.C., the men's equivalent. The women's section offer female football from under-9s through to senior level, including an academy at The Priory School in Orpington.

This article is about the women's football club. For the men's football club, see Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Women
Full nameCrystal Palace Football Club Women
Nickname(s)The Eagles
Founded1992
GroundHayes Lane, Bromley
Capacity5,000
ChairmanRichard Spokes
ManagerDean Davenport
LeagueFA Women's Championship
2019–20FA Women's Championship, 9th of 11

The club play their home matches at Hayes Lane, after forming a partnership with Bromley in 2014.

History

The club was formed in 1992 as Crystal Palace Ladies, and initially played non-competitive matches against local teams. However, since 2003, the club has risen up the pyramid, and had their first success winning the South East Combination Women's Football League in 2003–04, and later had their first cup success beating Chelsea in the Surrey FA County Cup final in 2011. Palace reached the FA Women's Premier League in 2013–14. The club won the Division One title in 2015–16 after going the whole season unbeaten and also won the Surrey FA County Cup that same season beating AFC Wimbledon in the final.

In 2018, The Guardian newspaper claimed that female reserve team players had to pay £250 annual subscription fees. The Crystal Palace F.C. men's star first team player Wilfried Zaha, who had just signed a new contract made "a substantial financial contribution" to help subsidise the club's female section.[1]

In 2019, Crystal Palace Ladies featured in Harry's Heroes: The Full English, a television documentary shown on ITV. They lost 1–0 to a team of male former professional footballers, despite their opponents being in advanced middle age and/or obese.[2]

On 10 June 2019, the club announced it was changing its identity and would play as "Crystal Palace FC" in recognition of the growing trend within the women's game to move away from the term "Ladies".[3]

Current squad

Updated 4 January 2021[4]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  ENG Chloe Morgan
2 DF  ENG Annabel Johnson
3 MF  ENG Nicole Pepper
4 DF  ENG Amy Goddard
5 DF  ENG Georgia Clifford
6 MF  SCO Leigh Nicol
7 FW  ENG Amber Stobbs
8 MF  ENG Amber Gaylor
9 FW  ENG Kate Natkiel
10 FW  ENG Ashlee Hincks
11 FW  ENG Bianca Baptiste
12 DF  ENG Lizzie Waldie
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  IRL Cherelle Khassal
14 DF  ENG Siobhan Wilson
15 MF  CYP Andria Georgiou
17 FW  ENG Amy Taylor
20 GK  WAL Emma Gibbon
21 MF  ENG Leeta Rutherford
22 MF  ENG Coral-Jade Haines
23 MF  ENG Ashleigh Goddard
24 DF  WAL Ffion Morgan
26 MF  ENG Aoife Hurley
27 MF  ENG Hannah Churchill
— MF  ENG Kirsty Barton (on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion)
— MF  ENG Grace Garrard
— DF  ENG Gracie Pearse

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF  ENG Charlie Goad (at Kent Football United)

Club staff
Position Name
Chairman Richard Spokes
Vice Chairman John Harney
Director of Football Alberto Kurti
Honorary President Bill Nighy
Head coach Dean Davenport
Assistant manager Ritchie Callaghan
First team coach Kirk Stoneham
Goalkeeping Coach Lee Heywood
Strength and conditioning coach Chico Lyons
Sports Therapist Laila Braam
Matchday announcer/TV Presenter Matt Hall
Cameraman Ronan Howard

Honours

Leagues

Cups
  • Surrey County Cup Winners (2): 2011, 2016

See also

References
  1. "Crystal Palace Ladies: Wilfried Zaha makes 'substantial financial contribution' to club". BBC Sport. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. Jeffries, Stuart (18 March 2018). "Harry's Heroes review – an answer to the question: 'Who ate all the pies?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  3. "A new identity for Crystal Palace Ladies Football Club". CPFC Official Site. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. "Crystal Palace FC - Palace Women". www.cpfc.co.uk.
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