Everton F.C. (women)
Full name | Everton Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Blues The Toffees | ||
Founded | 1983 | ||
Ground | Walton Hall Park | ||
Capacity | 2,200+ | ||
Manager | Brian Sørensen | ||
League | Women's Super League | ||
2022–23 | WSL, 6th of 12 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Everton Football Club (
History
Early years
The club started life as Hoylake WFC in 1983. It merged with Dolphins YC to become Leasowe, then added Pacific to its title in a sponsorship deal. In 1987–88, it came to prominence winning the
Becoming Everton
In 1995, the club became known as Everton Ladies and continued to make its mark. In 1997, it reached the final of the Premier League Cup only to lose to Millwall Lionesses 1–2. The following year, however, the team was crowned National Premier League Champions which is its biggest success to date.
In 1999 the club again lost in the League Cup final, 1–3 to Arsenal Ladies, and in 2005 reached the FA Women's Cup final only to lose 0–1 to
The club's first foray into UEFA competition saw it win its opening game 4–0 against Lithuanian side Gintra. It won further group games against Glentoran and Zulwil without conceding and scoring 20 goals in the process. The campaign was to end in disappointment at the second group stage. Despite beating Valur 3–1 in its final group game, Everton only finished third and failed to progress into the quarter–finals amidst much controversy.[2]
On 10 May 2009, Everton needed only a draw against Arsenal Ladies in the last match of the season to win the Women's Premier League for only the second time in its history, but lost 1–0 to finish runners–up on goal difference. Due to the reformatting of the European Cup into the
In 2011, the club advanced to the quarter–finals of the Champions League, where its best run so far was stopped by German side
Relegation to FA WSL 2 in 2014
After several seasons finishing mid-table, Everton would struggle to gain form during the
FA WSL 2 (2015–2017)
Everton would contend in WSL2, registering back-to-back third-place finishes during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In anticipation of re-aligning the season with the typical FIFA calendar, the WSL 1 and 2 competed in a truncated 9-match season. The "FA WSL Spring Series" (as it became referred), would not have teams compete for promotion or relegation before the full 2017–18 season.[8] Everton won the Spring Series, recording 7 wins from 9 with scoring led by Claudia Walker (7 goals) and Simone Magill (5 goals). The Spring Series title was the first since the FA Women's Premier League National Division 1997–98 season title.
Return to top flight
Prior to the
Everton struggled to gain much form during the 2017–18 season. Despite making a run to the semi-finals in the
Ahead of the
Stadium
Everton had Rossett Park as its home ground starting in 1998, sharing with non-league side Marine A.F.C. in Crosby.[13] Rossett Park would be the Blues' home ground for 15 years.
In 2013, the team moved to
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Everton announced that it would play the first half of the season at Haig Avenue[15][16] and ended up staying for the whole season.
In 2019, it was announced that the club would play its last game at the Haig Avenue on 29 September of that year before moving to Walton Hall Park but delays meant the team would not move like planned until February 2020.[17]
As of February 23, 2020, Everton play at Walton Hall Park.
Current squad
- As of 24 March 2024[18]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Former players
Honours
For a detailed international record see English women's football clubs in international competitions
- FA WSL 2 Spring Series:
- Winners (1): 2017
- FA Women's Premier League National Division:
- FA Women's Cup:
- Winners (2): 1988–89 (as Leasowe Pacific), 2009–10
- Runners-up (4): 1987–88 (as Leasowe), 2004–05, 2019–20
- Winners (2): 1988–89 (as Leasowe Pacific),
- FA Women's Premier League Cup:
- Winners (1): 2007–08
- Runners-up (2): 1996–97, 1998–99
- FA Women's Community Shield:
- Runners-up (2): 2006–07, 2008–09
- Liverpool County FA Cup:
- Winners (3): 2006, 2007, 2008
Managers
Name | Tenure | M | W | D | L | Win % | Notes |
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Keith Marley | – 2002 | ||||||
Mo Marley | 2012 – 13 October 2012 | 206 | 129 | 26 | 51 | 62.2% | [19] |
Andy Spence | 14 November 2012 – 10 June 2015 | 51 | 16 | 13 | 22 | 31.4% | [20][21] |
Nicola Anderson | 10 June 2015 – 15 December 2015 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35.7% | Interim manager[21][22] |
Andy Spence | 15 December 2015 – 7 November 2018 | 45 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 42.2% | [23][24] |
Jennifer Herst | 7 November 2018 – 1 December 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0% | Interim manager[24] |
Willie Kirk | 1 December 2018 – 16 October 2021 | 70 | 29 | 7 | 34 | 41.4% | [25][26][27] |
Jean-Luc Vasseur | 29 October 2021 – 1 February 2022 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.7% | [26] |
Chris Roberts Claire Ditchburn |
1 February 2022 – 1 July 2022 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23.1% | Interim managers[26] |
Brian Sorensen | 1 July 2022 – | 41 | 15 | 5 | 21 | 36.6% | [28] |
Player of the Season
- 2006 – Jody Handley[30]
- 2007 – Fara Williams[30]
- 2008 – Lindsay Johnson[30]
- 2009 – Fara Williams[30]
- 2010 – Jill Scott[30]
- 2011 – Natasha Dowie[30]
- 2012 – Rachel Brown[30]
- 2013 – Toni Duggan[30]
- 2014 – Nikita Parris[30]
- 2015 – Simone Magill[30]
- 2016 – Kelly Jones [31]
- 2017 – N/A[31]
- 2018 – Angharad James[32]
- 2019 – Simone Magill[30]
- 2020 – Danielle Turner
- 2021 – Izzy Christiansen
- 2022 – Gabby George
- 2023 – Nathalie Björn
Supporters Player of the Season
- 2007 – Rachel Unitt
- 2008 – Rachel Brown
- 2009 – Danielle Hill
- 2010 – Fara Williams
- 2011 – Fara Williams
- 2012 – Toni Duggan
- 2013 – Toni Duggan & Lizzie Durack (tied)
- 2014 – Nikita Parris
- 2015 – Danielle Turner
- 2016 – Simone Magill
- 2017 – Gabby George
- 2018 – Angharad James
- 2019 – Simone Magill
- 2020 – Lucy Graham
- 2021 – Izzy Christiansen
- 2022 – Gabby George
- 2023 – Megan Finnigan
Young Player of the Season
- 2019 – Chloe Kelly
- 2020 – Molly Pike
- 2021 – Poppy Pattinson
- 2022 – Hanna Bennison
- 2023 – Jess Park
Spirit of the Blues Award
- 2021 - Megan Finnigan
- 2022 - Aurora Galli
- 2023 - Nicoline Sørensen & Courtney Brosnan
- List of women's association football clubs in England and Wales
- Women's football in England
- List of women's association football clubs
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