2018–19 Durham W.F.C. season

Durham
2018–19 season
Manager	Lee Sanders
Stadium	New Ferens Park
Top goalscorer	League: Emily Roberts (2); All: Emily Roberts (4)
Highest home attendance	427 (v Charlton)
Lowest home attendance	284 (v Everton, WSL Cup)
Average home league attendance	427

The 2018–19 season is the 6th season in Durham W.F.C.'s history and their first in the newly-created FA Women's Championship, the second tier of women's football in England. All of Durham's previous seasons have also been at the second level, in the now-defunct FA WSL 2, the change this year was brought about by a restructuring of women's football by The Football Association. The Wildcats are also competing in two cup competitions: the FA Women's Cup and the FA WSL Cup.

Squad

As of 30 September 2018

This table shows the number of games started (with substitute appearances in parentheses) and goals scored in each competition by each player. These are aggregated from the individual match reports linked in the results section below.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		WSL Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals	Apps.	Goals
1	GK		Hannah Reid	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	0
2	DF		Kathryn Hill	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0
5	DF		Sarah Wilson	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	0	0
6	DF		Sarah Robson	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	1	0
7	MF		Beth Hepple	3	1	0	0	3	1	6	2	0	0
8	FW		Zoe Ness	2	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	1	0
9	FW		Nicki Gears	0 (3)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (4)	0	0	0
10	FW		Natalie Gutteridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Chloe Knott	0 (2)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
13	GK		Megan Borthwick	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
14	DF		Becky Salicki	3	1	0	0	2	0	5	1	1	0
16	DF		Ellie Christon	3	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	4 (2)	0	0	0
17	FW		Emily Roberts	3	2	0	0	2 (1)	2	5 (1)	4	0	0
20	MF		Lauren Briggs	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
22	FW		Abi Cottam	2	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	0
24	DF		Abby Holmes	2 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
30	GK		Rosie Todd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF		Rachel Lee	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	1	0
			Chloe Ryan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date joined	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
21 June 2018	DF	Abby Holmes	PEC Zwolle	Free	^[1]
17 July 2018	MF	Chloe Knott	Georgetown Hoyas	Free	^[2]
11 August 2018	GK	Hannah Reid	Hibernian	Free	^[3]

Transfers out

Date left	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2018	DF	Annabel Johnson	London Bees	Free	^[4]^[5]
22 July 2018	DF	Jenny Bitzer	A.S. Roma	Free	^[6]
31 July 2018	MF	Nicola Gibson	London Bees	Free	^[7]
6 August 2018	FW	Jordan Atkinson	Sunderland	Free	^[8]
6 August 2018	DF	Lauren Jordinson		Free	^[8]
10 August 2018	GK	Helen Alderson	Retired	N/A	^[9]
18 August 2018	DF	Grace McCatty	Sunderland	Free	^[10]^[11]

Competitions

Pre-Season Friendlies

Durham arranged six friendly matches in preparation for the 2018–19 season, including a mini-tour of Scotland where they faced Spartans and Rangers. Two home matches were played against Newcastle United and Sheffield United at the Wildcats' training base at Durham University and they also faced Liverpool of the FA Women's Super League on neutral territory in Penrith.^[12] A game was also scheduled against FA Women's National League side Huddersfield Town, but a behind-closed-doors friendly against undisclosed opposition was arranged to replace it after the Yorkshire club cancelled.^[13]

17 July 2018 (2018-07-17) Friendly	Durham	14–0	Newcastle United	Durham
19:30 BST	Nicki Gears 3', 21', 23', 43', 59' Own goal 25' (o.g.) Emily Roberts 30' Beth Hepple 32', 34' Jordan Atkinson 61' Rachel Lee 64' Zoe Ness 68' Chloe Knott 70' Abigail Cottam 87'	Report		Stadium: Graham Sports Centre, Durham University

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Friendly	Durham	2–3	Sheffield United	Durham
19:00 BST	Zoe Ness 28', 63'		Chloe Dixon 6' Beth Merrick 42' Georgia Stevens 75'	Stadium: Graham Sports Centre, Durham University

27 July 2018 (2018-07-27) Friendly	Spartans	1–1	Durham	Edinburgh
19:30 BST	Michaela McAlonie 55'		Abby Holmes 75'	Stadium: Ainslie Park

29 July 2018 (2018-07-29) Friendly	Rangers	2–3	Durham	Glasgow
12:00 BST	12', 38'		Emily Roberts 5' Jordan Atkinson 59', 71'	Stadium: New Tinto Park

5 August 2018 (2018-08-05) Friendly	Durham	v	*Undisclosed*	Durham
13:00 BST				Stadium: Graham Sports Centre, Durham University Attendance: 0 (played behind closed doors)

12 August 2018 (2018-08-12) Friendly	Durham	0–3	Liverpool	Penrith
13:00 BST		Report	Satara Murray 29' (pen.) Jess Clarke 58' Laura Coombs 65'	Stadium: Frenchfield Park Attendance: 400

FA Women's Championship

Results

8 September 2018 (2018-09-08) 1	Sheffield United	0–2	Durham	Stocksbridge
17:00 BST		Report	Becky Salicki 66' Emily Roberts 90'	Stadium: Bracken Moor Attendance: 412

23 September 2018 (2018-09-23) 2	Durham	2–2	Charlton Athletic	Durham
12:00 BST	Beth Hepple 23' Emily Roberts 26'	Report	Kit Graham 24' Amelia Ritchie 84'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 427 Referee: Matthew Diciccio

30 September 2018 (2018-09-30) 3	Manchester United	0–0	Durham	Leigh
12:00 BST	Katie Zelem 68'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 2,244 Referee: Thomas Parsons

14 October 2018 (2018-10-14) 4	Aston Villa	v	Durham	Boldmere
12:00 BST				Stadium: Trevor Brown Memorial Ground

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	+2

Last updated: 23 September 2018.
Source: The Football Association

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3
Ground	A	H	A
Result	W	D	D
Position	1	5	5

Source: Durham WFC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA WSL Cup

Results

19 August 2018 (2018-08-19) Group 2 North	Reading	4–1	Durham	High Wycombe
13:00 BST	Kirsty Pearce 6' Fara Williams 13', 24', 81'	Report	Beth Hepple 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 246 Referee: Alex Rayment

26 August 2018 (2018-08-26) Group 2 North	Durham	1–0	Everton	Durham
12:00 BST	Zoe Ness 21'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 284

16 September 2018 (2018-09-16) Group 2 North	Durham	3–3 (4–5 p)	Liverpool	Durham
12:00 BST	Emily Roberts 3', 21' Abi Cottam 57'	Report	Sophie Bradley-Auckland 2' Rinsola Babajide 71' Courtney Sweetman-Kirk 86'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 352 Referee: Lucy Oliver
		Penalties
	Zoe Ness Beth Hepple Sarah Wilson Sarah Robson Kathryn Hill Abi Cottam Emily Roberts		Laura Coombs Niamh Charles Christie Murray Courtney Sweetman-Kirk Yana Daniëls Kirsty Linnett Sophie Bradley-Auckland

5 December 2018 (2018-12-05) Group 2 North	Manchester United	v	Durham	Leigh
19:00 GMT				Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

Group Two North table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	REA	DUR	EVE	MNU	LIV
1	Reading	3	2	0	0	1	8	4	+4	6	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	4–1	—	—	13 Dec
2	Durham	3	1	0	1	1	5	7	−2	4	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	—	1–0	—	3–3
3	Everton	2	1	0	0	1	3	3	0	3		3–2	—	—	13 Dec	—
4	Manchester United	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	3		0–2	5 Dec	—	—	—
5	Liverpool	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	−1	2		—	—	5 Dec	0–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

References

↑ "Holmes is where the heart is!". Durham WFC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
↑ "Chloe Knott joins the Wildcats". Durham WFC. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
↑ "Stopper Reid Joins Durham!". Durham WFC. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
↑ "Johnson to Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
↑ Frith, Wilf (25 July 2018). "London Bees sign Durham WFC defender". She Kicks. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
↑ "AS Roma Femminile announce squad for inaugural season in the Italian Serie A". Women's Soccer United. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
↑ "Nicola Gibson signs for London Bees". London Bees. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
1 2 "Atkinson & Jordinson Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
↑ "Alderson steps back from first team". Durham WFC. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
↑ "McCatty released". Durham WFC. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via Twitter.
↑ "Sunderland AFC Ladies on Twitter". Sunderland AFC Ladies. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Twitter.
↑ "F.R.I.E.N.D.L.I.E.S–2018 Fixtures Confirmed". Durham WFC. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via YouTube.
↑ "Update on 5 August Friendly". Durham WFC. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

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[1] "Holmes is where the heart is!". Durham WFC. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

[2] "Chloe Knott joins the Wildcats". Durham WFC. 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[3] "Stopper Reid Joins Durham!". Durham WFC. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[4] "Johnson to Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

[5] Frith, Wilf (25 July 2018). "London Bees sign Durham WFC defender". She Kicks. Retrieved 26 July 2018.

[6] "AS Roma Femminile announce squad for inaugural season in the Italian Serie A". Women's Soccer United. 22 July 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

[7] "Nicola Gibson signs for London Bees". London Bees. 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.

[atkinson_jordinson-8] 1 2 "Atkinson & Jordinson Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[9] "Alderson steps back from first team". Durham WFC. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

[10] "McCatty released". Durham WFC. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018 – via Twitter.

[11] "Sunderland AFC Ladies on Twitter". Sunderland AFC Ladies. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 4 September 2018 – via Twitter.

[12] "F.R.I.E.N.D.L.I.E.S–2018 Fixtures Confirmed". Durham WFC. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via YouTube.

[13] "Update on 5 August Friendly". Durham WFC. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.