Guiseley A.F.C. Vixens

Guiseley A.F.C. Vixens
Full name Guiseley Association Football Club Vixens
Nickname(s) Vixens
Founded 1993[1]
Ground Nethermoor Park, Guiseley
Capacity 1,550 (200 seats)[2]
Manager Glen Preston[3]
League FA Women's National League North
2017–18 FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, 10th of 12

Guiseley Association Football Club Vixens is an English women's football team founded in 1993 by Martin Cockerill as "Meanwood Vixens" under coach Victoria Simpson before becoming Leeds City Vixens, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England . The Guiseley Vixens compete in the FA Women's Cup and are amongst the teams in the FA Women's National League North.

The club is known not only for its open age team but also for the younger girls' teams which wear the same uniform. All age groups play in the West Riding Girls Football League and other small tournaments around Yorkshire. The club is working with Leeds City Council to promote women's football in Leeds.

History

The Vixens winning the County Cup, 2007

Throughout the club's history, younger girls have joined, permitting the club to enter successful teams in the West Riding Girls Football League[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and the u16sA play in the Four Counties Regional Girls League (playing against Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United).[11] The club have always generally played in white and blue.[12]

Leeds City Vixens was started in 1993[13] by Martin Cockerill and his children. At first it was called Meanwood Vixens but it grew into what is now known as Leeds City Vixens. Immediately the team made a name for itself and grew as part of the Sheffield and District Girl's League, winning the u12's, u14's and u16's .[14] Leeds City Vixens open age played in the Yorkshire & Humberside League. In the season 1999/00 they finished 2nd with 51 points. In 2000/01 they got 41 points and finished 5th. In 2001/02 they finished 10th with 16 points. In 2002/03 they finished 5th with 27 points and got promoted to the next tier. They started playing in the Northern Combination League for the 2003/2004 season. A bad finish left them 10th at the end of the season and they were relegated back down.[15] At the end of the 2004/2005 season, they finished top of the Yorkshire & Humberside League which brought them back up to the Northern Combination, where they remain.[16] In the 2005/06 season they finished 2nd.[17] In the 2006/2007 season they finished 2nd and came close to promotion. Over the course of the season they won 15 games, drew 4 games, and lost 2 games.[18] The 2007/08 season saw a change in venue for the team. They now play at the same ground as Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C. and finally won promotion in 2008/09, finishing as champions of the Northern Combination Women's Football League.

Guiseley merged with Leeds City Vixens in 2014/15 to become Guiseley Vixens and under the management of John Shirt they went on to win the Women's Premier League Division One (North) The following season with many players departing and under new management Guiseley struggled to cope in the Premier League and were relegated on the last game of the season drawing 2-2 with Newcastle United when needing to win for survival

in 2017 a new management team took over with Glen Preston (formerly in charge of Huddersfield Town) and Kyle O'Reilly (Former Huddersfield Town Development Manager) spear heading the charge. They went on to win the Premier League One at the first time of asking and by a record margin (16 points) losing only one game all season.

2018 and Guiseley got off to the worst start imaginable at the half way stage of the season they had not won one game, they were sitting bottom of the Premier League 11 points from safety. But in the second half of the season the Vixens rallied together and produced a great escape to survive on the last day of the season beating Huddersfield 2-1. To cap off this achievement they also ended Bradford City's five year reign of the County Cup beating them 3-1 at Fleet Lane to mark off a very successful season

Five-a-side

Leeds City Vixens teams annually play a Five-a-Side tournament with other clubs around England.[19] The 2007/08 five a side tournament will be held in May 2008.[19] The tournament is sponsored by Manning Stainton.[19]

Sponsorship

The club is sponsored by Leeds-based Blacks Solicitors.

It was previously sponsored by Mears as official sponsor and corporate partner. This was a five-year partnership with Mears initially giving a cheque for £7,500.[1] The British Army was the kit sponsor for a two-year period from October 2008.[20]

Other teams connected with Leeds City Vixens

The club has many younger ages on the team including U16sA, U16sB, U15s, U13s, U11s, U10s, U9s.[1] Most age groups give out awards at the end of the year the awards such as "Player of the year" and "Most improved player".

They Vixens also have a reserve team. The reserve team plays in the West Riding Girls Football League Premier Division.[21] The third side is managed by Martin Walker and they play in the West Riding Girls Football League.

The U16sA play in the Four Counties League.[11] The U16sB Play in the West Riding Girls Football League Division 1.[22] The U15s Play in the West Riding Girls Football League Division 1.[4] The U13s Play 11-a-side matches in the West Riding Girls Football League Division 1.[6] The U11s Play in the West Riding Girls Football League Division 3.[8] The U10s Play in the West Riding Girls Football League Division 1.[9] The U9s play in the West Riding Girls Football League.[10]

Honours

  • Women's Premier League Winners 2014 [23]
  • Women's Premier League Winners 2017 [23]
  • West Riding County Cup Winners 2018 [23]
  • Twice Reebok's English champions[23]
  • 4 times PUMA's World Champions[23]
  • Twice Snicker's Champions of England[23]
  • Women's Yorkshire County Cup[3]
  • Coca-Cola's North East England champions[23]

Mascot

Vicky The Vixen

The official Leeds City Vixens mascot is Vicky the Vixen. Vicky is normally found at the Leeds City Vixens football development centre.[24] She gets young girls from around Leeds interested in football. Unlike many mascots Vicky the Vixen is a female because Leeds City Vixens is a female team. The idea for the Vixens to have a mascot came from Martin Cockerill, the founder of Leeds Vixens, in September 2006.

Current squad

As of 8 July 2018

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

No. Position Player
England GK Chelsea Pilmer
1 Wales GK Bethan Davies
2 Jamaica DF Alarna Fuller (captain)
3 England MF Beth Stanfield
4 England DF Jodie Hunter
7 England MF Lauren Griffiths
9 England MF Sophie Walton
21 Jamaica DF Liv DaCosta
No. Position Player
10 England MF Kirstie Hunt
12 England MF Ellie Olds
20 England MF Ella Hartley
23 England MF Shannon Durkin
32 England FW Ellie Casper
39 England DF Eleanor Ciesielski
40 England DF Ellie Hall

Current staff

As of 08 March 2018

  • Manager: Glen Preston
  • Assistant Manager: Ash Thompson
  • Coach: Stuart Amos

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Leeds City Vixens club website". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  2. ↑ NCEL.org.uk Archived 28 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. 1 2 "Women's First Team". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  4. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U15s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  5. ↑ "Leeds City vixens U14s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  6. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U13s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  7. ↑ "Leeds City vixens U12s Team". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  8. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U11s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  9. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U10s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  10. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U9s groups". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  11. 1 2 "Leeds City vixens U16s". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  12. ↑ "female soccer leeds vixens". female soccer. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  13. ↑ "WRCFA first line". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
  14. ↑ "A bit of the clubs history". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008.
  15. ↑ "2004/2005 Northern Combination League". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
  16. ↑ "Vixens v Villa". BBC Sport. BBC.
  17. ↑ "Women's First Team – Tables". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  18. ↑ "2006/2007 Northern Combination League".
  19. 1 2 3 "Leeds City vixens". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  20. ↑ "Official website 08/09". Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  21. ↑ "Leeds City vixens Reserve Team". Leeds City Vixens. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  22. ↑ "Leeds City vixens U16sB side". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Leeds City vixens Honours". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
  24. ↑ "Leeds City vixens news". Leeds City Vixens. 2007-05-17. Retrieved 2007-06-19.
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