Durham Women's F.C.

Durham Women FC

Full name

Durham Women's F.C.

Nickname(s)

The Wildcats

Founded

2013

Ground

New Ferens Park, Durham

Capacity

3,000

General Manager

Lee Sanders

Manager

Andy Thorpe

League

FA WSL 2

2014

6th

Website

Club home page

Home colours

Away colours

Durham Women F.C. is a women's football club based in Durham, North East England. They play their home games at New Ferens Park, Belmont. The team was founded in 2013 as a collaboration between South Durham and Cestria Girls and Durham University.^[1] Durham compete in the FA Women's Super League 2, the second tier of Women's football in England,^[2] having been awarded a licence for its inaugural season.

Following a series of friendly matches, Durham competed in their first competitive games in the 2013–14 FA Women's Cup, reaching the fifth round,^[3] with their first league game held on 17 April 2014 against local rivals Sunderland.

Despite a difficult start to the 2014 season, the Wildcats, finished 6th, winning five, drawing three and losing ten, of their eighteen games.

Current squad

As of 12 June 2015.^[4]

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Helen Alderson
		GK	Anne Moorhouse
		DF	Caroline Dixon
		DF	Lizzie Patterson
		DF	Ellie Christon
		DF	Jen Jennings
		DF	Julie Nelson
		DF	Lauren Jordinson
		DF	Sarah Wilson
		DF	Vic Linsley

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Beth Hepple
		MF	Chloe Macek
		MF	Courtney Corrie
		MF	Emily Scott
		MF	Rachel Lee
		MF	Amelia Pereira
		FW	Jemma Purfield
		FW	Jess Clark
		FW	Jordan Atkinson
		FW	Becky Beech

References

↑ Clark, Steph. "Durham Women gear up for Super League bow". Northern Echo. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ "Women's Super League: North East seeks knock-on effect". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ Watson, Neil. "Sunderland Ladies relish Durham derby opener". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
↑ "Team". Durham Women FC. Retrieved 17 April 2014.

External links

Official site

FA WSL

2016 WSL 1 teams	Arsenal Birmingham City Chelsea Doncaster Rovers Belles Liverpool Manchester City Notts County Reading Sunderland

2016 WSL 2 teams	Aston Villa Bristol City Durham Everton London Bees Millwall Lionesses Oxford United Sheffield Watford Yeovil Town

Associated competitions	FA Women's Cup FA WSL Cup UEFA Women's Champions League

Seasons	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Foreign players Hat-tricks

Women's football in England

The Football Association

National teams

League system

Level 1	Women's Super League 1

Levels 2	Women's Super League 2

Levels 3–4	Women's Premier League (Northern, Southern)

Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East (level 5 only) North East North West Southern South West West Midlands Greater London (levels 6–9) South East Counties (levels 6–8)

Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset Staffs Suffolk Surrey (level 9) Sussex (level 8) Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire

Cup competitions

List of clubs

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