Huddersfield Town Women F.C.

Huddersfield Town Women Football Club is an English women's football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. The team play their homes matches at the Stafflex Arena.[1] They compete in the FA Women's National League North and are affiliated to the professional men's club Huddersfield Town. They were previously known as Huddersfield Town Ladies, but changed to Huddersfield Town Women in 2019.

Huddersfield Town Women
Full nameHuddersfield Town Women Football Club
Nickname(s)The Terriers
Founded1988 (as Huddersfield Ladies FC)
GroundStorthes Hall, Huddersfield
ChairmanDavid Mallin
ManagerJordan Wimpenny
LeagueFA Women's National League North
2019–20FA Women's National League North (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

The club was formed in June 1988 as Huddersfield Ladies FC and joined the North-East Regional League Division 2 where, in their first season, they won the league Cup and were promoted to Division One as champions. Over the next few seasons there were signs that an exciting team was beginning to emerge with the 1992/93 season seeing Huddersfield finish 3rd place in the league and runners-up in the League Cup. At the end of 1992/93 season, Huddersfield Ladies merged with Huddersfield Town Juniors, becoming Huddersfield Town Ladies FC.

The next season (1993/94) saw Huddersfield complete the triple as they won the league championship, League Cup and Yorkshire Cup. They only lost once all season. The following season (1994/95) saw the first team retain the league championship, winning all 16 league matches and scoring 101 goals in the process. Eventually Huddersfield Town Ladies were relegated twice over successive seasons to the Yorkshire and Humberside Premier League. However, in the same period a lot of time and effort was invested in producing a new crop of talented young players from within their own junior ranks.

During the 2006/07 season the first team finished in 2nd place in the first season of the North East Regional Women's Premier Division. In the 2010/11 season the club won the NERWPL, league and cup double and gained promotion to the Northern Women's Combination league under the management of Mickey Booth. After 14 years in charge, Mickey Booth decided to step down as first team manager at the end of the 2012/13 season.

Three excellent coaches were appointed with Glen Preston as manager, and Ashley Vickers and Fraser Green as his assistants for the 2013/14 season. Their first season in charge couldn't have gone much better, winning the Northern Women's Combination league championship by a margin of 8 points and gaining promotion to the FA Women's National League. In their five seasons since promotion to the FA Women's National League Huddersfield Town Ladies have finished 5th, 8th, 9th, 6th, and 4th respectively. Ashley Vickers became manager with Lee Harrison, Michael Emery, Stuart Amos and Jordan Wimpenny acting as his assistants.

In the Summer of 2019 the club changed their name to Huddersfield Town Women FC.

In January 2020, Huddersfield Town Women announced that they would play their upcoming Women's FA Cup match against Ipswich Town F.C. Women at the John Smith's Stadium. This match attracted 1,115 supporters, which broke Huddersfield Town Women's current attendance record.[2] Huddersfield lost the game 4–1.[3]

On 19 March, Huddersfield Town Women confirmed the departure of manager Ashley Vickers.[4] Lee Harrison and Michael Emery also left their positions at the club. Jordan Wimpenny was confirmed as the new first team manager on 23 March.[5]

Players

Current squad
As of 1 August 2020.

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 Laura Carter
2 DF  ENG Beth Stanfield
3 DF  ENG Shauna Legge
4 FW  ENG Kate Mallin (captain)
5 DF  ENG Vicky Abbott
6 MF  ENG Lauren Griffiths
7 MF  ENG Katie Nutter
8 DF  ENG Charley Evans
9 MF  ENG Sarah Danby
10 FW  ENG Laura Elford
11 MF  ENG Brittany Sanderson
12 MF  ENG Ella Harris
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 GK  ENG Lauren Joyce
14 FW  ENG Lucy Sowerby
15 DF  ENG Georgia Marshall
17 DF  ENG Eleanor Ciesielski
18 MF  ENG Alice Linsell
22 DF  ENG Lois Scholefield
23 GK  WAL Olivia Clark
25 MF  ENG Olivia Taylor
31 FW  ENG Ellie White
34 MF  ENG Emma Samways
36 MF  ENG Hannah Smith
— DF  ENG Serena Fletcher

League history

Honours

League

FA Northern Women's Combination League (Third Tier)

  • Champions (1): 2013–14

* FA North East Regional Women's Premier Division (Fourth Tier)

  • Champions (1): 2010–11
  • Runners-up: 2006–07

Cup

Women's FA Cup

League Cup

League Plate

County Cup

  • Winners (2): 2016–17, 2017–18
  • Runners-up (4): 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2018–19

References
  1. . Huddersfield Town Women F.C. official website. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. "Record Huddersfield Town Women crowd see Terriers suffer FA Cup rout to Ipswich Town". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. "Huddersfield Town 1–4 Ipswich Town highlights and reaction". YorkshireLive. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. "ASHLEY VICKERS DEPARTS HUDDERSFIELD TOWN WOMEN". HTAFC. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. "JORDAN WIMPENNY NAMED TOWN WOMEN MANAGER". HTAFC. Retrieved 8 June 2020.

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