Nottingham Forest Women F.C.

Nottingham Forest Women is an English women's association football club affiliated with Nottingham Forest Football Club. Nottingham Forest Women are members of the FA Women's National League North, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.[1]

Nottingham Forest Women
Full nameNottingham Forest
Women
Nickname(s)Forest
The Reds
Tricky Trees
The Garibaldi
Founded1990
GroundGrange Park, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 2EF
Capacity1,500 (with 500 under standing cover and 150 seats)
Women and Girl's ManagerAmber Wildgust
ManagerCarly Davies
LeagueFA Women's National League North
2022–23FA Women's National League North, 1st of 12
WebsiteClub website

History

The first known existence of a female Nottingham Forest team competed in the Notts and Derby League in the early 1970s.

Forest Ladies

Forest Ladies was officially founded in 1990 by the NFFC Community arm and then developed by the players. The small group of young women advertised in the men's official programme against Everton for players to join them.[2]

Forest picked up their first National League title in the 2007–08 season, winning the National League North following a 5–1 victory in their last game of the season against Sheffield Wednesday.

In the 2010–11 season, they recorded their highest placing in the National League (then the top division of English women's football) by finishing 2nd behind Sunderland. In the same season, Forest also reached the FA WPL Cup final in March 2011 in which they were defeated by Barnet on penalties.

Forest Women applied to join the FA Women's Super League in 2014, however were unsuccessful.[3][4]

Nottingham Forest Women

Under Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, Forest Ladies have been integrated into the whole football club.

In April 2018, Nottingham Forest and Forest Ladies announced an agreement to create a close working relationship between the two organisations and work towards becoming one football club. The agreement involved a financial commitment to Forest Ladies for on and off the pitch development, players being integrated into club initiatives and marketing campaigns, and a club website presence with player profiles, fixtures, and results.[5]

In May 2019, Forest announced that Nottingham Forest Ladies would cease to operate as an independent club and operate fully under Nottingham Forest’s control at the City Ground. Forest appointed Lee Billiard as General Manager and former Durham Women and Oxford United Manager Andy Cook as the team's first full-time Head Coach.[6][7][8]

Following this change, Forest announced in June 2019 that Forest Ladies were being renamed to Nottingham Forest Women. As part of the change, Nottingham Forest Women adopted the Nottingham Forest badge and removed the word 'Ladies' from the logo.[9]

Nottingham Forest Women entered into a partnership with Nottingham Trent University ('NTU') in August 2019 in which NTU helped construct a women’s football programme across the two organisations (in which female footballers could apply to study at NTU and represent Nottingham Forest Women at the first-team level) and introduced a sports scholarship to players who wish to feature in the women’s first-team squad. The partnership also enabled Nottingham Forest Women to NTU's health and well-being resources including strength and conditioning facilities, pitch-side physiotherapy and sports science support.[10]

Professional hybrid era

In July 2023, Nottingham Forest confirmed that beginning in the 2023-24 FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division season, the Nottingham Forest Women's team will be fully integrated within the club's football department and operate a professional hybrid model as part of Forest's plans to create a fully-professional women's first team. Under the professional hybrid model, Forest's female players are under contract for the first time in the club's history and relocated their training facilities to the Nigel Doughty Academy, where the players will receive an increased amount of training sessions.[11]

The change to a professional hybrid model coincided with numerous changes in the Nottingham Forest Women's footballing operations. Head Coach Andy Cook left the club to join Newcastle United after leading Forest to a league and cup double in the 2022-2023 FA Women's National League season and the club's reserve team was disbanded. The transition also saw numerous players leaving the football club including first-team players Georgia Hewitt, Gianna Mitchell, Yasmin Mosby, Naomi Powell, Charlotte Steggles, Rosetta Taylor, and Amy West.[12][13][14]

Former Aston Villa and Watford General Manager and London City Lionesses Director of Football Amber Wildgust was appointed as the club's Women and Girls Manager with the responsibility of leading the progression of Nottingham Forest Women on and off the pitch. The club also appointed former Aston Villa first-team coach and West Bromwich Albion assistant manager Carly Davies as Head Coach.[15][16][17][18][19][20]

Stadia

Grange Park

Nottingham Forest Women play their home games at Long Eaton United's Grange Park. Grange Park has a capacity of 1,500 (with 500 under standing cover and 150 seats).[21][22]

City Ground
Main article: City Ground

The club has also played competitive fixtures at Nottingham Forest's City Ground since 2021, when they hosted Derby County. Nottingham Forest lost the game 2-0 in front of an FA Women's National League North record attendance of 4,443.[23][24]

List of Nottingham Forest women's matches at the City Ground
Date Opposition Competition Result Attendance
3 October 2021Derby CountyFA Women's National League North0-24,443
29 January 2022Manchester CityWomen's FA Cup0-83,994 [25]
16 October 2022Derby CountyFA Women's National League North3-15,082 [26]
8 October 2023Derby CountyFA Women's National League North0-26,037 [27]

Previous stadia

The club previously played their home matches at Eastwood C.F.C.'s Halbrooke Stadium between February 2019 and July 2023. Prior to playing at Eastwood, they played at Carlton Town FC's Bill Stokeld Stadium and Basford United F.C.'s Greenwich Avenue.[28][29]

Seasons
Season League[30] FA Cup[31] League Cup[30]
League Tier P W D L GF GA Pts Pos Cup Round
1999–2000 East Midlands League4East Midlands League CupW
2000–2001
2001–2002 W
2002–2003 1stF
2003–2004 Midland Combination32ndQF
2004–2005 1st
2005–2006 FA WPL North2228683330305thFA WPL CupR1
2006–2007 2211384136363rdR2
2007–2008 2218408026581stR1
2008–2009 FA WPL National122521525591710thR3
2009–2010 22341516511311thQFR2
2010–2011 2146531916232ndR4F
2011–2012 18431121421510thR3R1
2012–2013 FA WPL North31610243522322ndR5R4
2013–2014 2010374424334thR3QF
2014–2015 2272133452239thR2QF
2015–2016 2211473727376thR4SF
2016–2017 20531227491810thR4R1
2017–2018 2254132357199thR2QF
2018–2019 FA WNL Northern Premier Division2474132957259thR3FA WNL CupR3
2019–2020 * 13913271928-R3FA WNL PlateQF
2020–2021 * 9423221214-R2-
2021–2022 2413564017445thR4W
2022–2023 2217328118541stR3FA WNL CupW
2023–2024

Key:
This key provides a key to the abbreviations used in the Seasons table.

Definition Abbreviation
Played P
Games won W
Games drawn D
Games lost L
Goals for GF
Goals against GA
Points Pts
Final position Pos
Women's Premier League WPL
Women's National League WNL
Round 1 R1
Round 2 R2
Round 3 R3
Quarter Final QF
Semi Final SF
Final F
Winner W
Champions Relegated

Players

Current squad
As of 20 October 2023.
Number Nationality Position Name Joined Club
1 ENGGKEmily BattyJuly 2021
2 ENGDFLyndsey HarkinJuly 2016
3 NIRDFNat JohnsonAugust 2023
5 ENGDFOlivia CookJuly 2019
7 ENGFWSophie DomingoAugust 2022
8 ENGFWMai MoncasterSeptember 2019
10 ENGMFHolly MandersAugust 2023
11 ENGDFChloe DixonAugust 2023
12 ENGMFNiamh ReynoldsAugust 2020
14 ENGFWLouanne Worsey (on loan from Birmingham City[34])September 2023
15 ENGDFLaura-Jayne O'NeillAugust 2017
16 ENGMFMollie GreenAugust 2023
17 ENGMFFreya ThomasAugust 2023
18 CANGKAja AguirreJuly 2019
19 ENGMFBecky AndersonJuly 2021
21 ENGDFHayley JamesAugust 2020
22 ENGFWCharlotte GreengrassSeptember 2020
24 NIRDFElla HaugheyOctober 2023
25 ENGMFAlice Keitley (dual-registration loan with Aston Villa[35])October 2023
32 ENGDFAbi Cowie (on loan from Birmingham City[36])September 2023

[37]

Staff

Current staff
Role Name
Women & Girl’s ManagerAmber Wildgust
Head CoachCarly Davies
Technical CoachMarcus Webber [38]
Physical Performance CoachDamien Farrow
Operations ManagerSteve Gray

Managerial history

This section currently includes managers appointed since Forest Ladies were integrated into Nottingham Forest and were renamed to Nottingham Forest Women.

Information correct as of match played up to and including 15 October 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Number Manager From To Played W L D W % L % D %
1Andy CookJuly 2019July 20239362112067%12%21%
2Carly DaviesAugust 2023Present860275%0%25%

Honours

Club honours
Competition Number of Titles Seasons
Unison East Midlands League Cup2 1999–2000, 2001–2002
Unison East Midlands League1 2002–2003
Nottinghamshire FA Women's County Cup14 2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019, 2021–2022
Midland Combination League1 2004–2005
FA Women's Premier League Northern Division1 2007–2008
FA Women's National League Plate1 2021–2022
FA Women's National League North1 2022–2023
FA Women's National League Cup1 2022–2023

[39]

Individual honours
Year Players' Player Manager's Player Young Player Fans' Player Leading Goalscorer
2019–2020Lyndsey Harkin[40]Georgia Hewitt[41]Bex Rayner[42]
Olivia Cook [42]		Precious Hamilton (24)[43]
2020–2021Lyndsey Harkin[44]Aja Aguirre[45]Katie Middleton[46]Rosie Axten (6)[47]
2021–2022Lyndsey Harkin[48]
Emily Batty[48]		Lyndsey Harkin[48]Mai Moncaster[48]Rachel Brown (11)[49]
2022–2023Emily Batty[50]Charlotte Greengrass[51]Charlotte Greengrass (22)[52]

Social media reliability note:
Some of the information in the "Individual honours" table is from Nottingham Forest Women's social media profiles. Social media profiles are often controlled by the organization or individual that they represent, and they may not be subject to the same standards of editorial oversight as traditional media sources. The information has been verified by checking the football club's website and other reliable sources.

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