2018–19 Durham W.F.C. season

Durham
2018–19 season
Manager	Lee Sanders
Stadium	New Ferens Park
FA Women's Cup	Quarter-final
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Beth Hepple (8); All: Beth Hepple (10)
Highest home attendance	1,629 (v Chelsea)
Lowest home attendance	278 (v Leicester)
Average home league attendance	436

The 2018–19 Durham W.F.C. season was the club's sixth season in 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 had 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 also competed in two cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Squad

This table shows the number of games started (with substitute appearances in parentheses) and goals scored in each competition by each player.

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	19	0	1	0	1	0	21	0	1	0
2	DF		Kathryn Hill	12 (5)	1	1 (1)	0	4	0	17 (6)	1	1	0
4	MF		Lisa Robertson	11 (1)	1	2	2	1	0	14 (1)	3	1	0
5	DF		Sarah Wilson	19 (1)	1	2	0	4	0	25 (1)	1	1	0
6	DF		Sarah Robson	20	2	1 (1)	1	4	0	25 (1)	3	4	0
7	MF		Beth Hepple	18 (1)	8	1	1	4	1	23 (1)	10	0	1
8	FW		Zoe Ness	13 (3)	6	2	2	4	1	19 (3)	9	1	0
9	FW		Nicki Gears	13 (6)	3	2	0	2 (1)	0	17 (7)	3	1	0
10	FW		Natalie Gutteridge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF		Chloe Knott	1 (4)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (5)	0	0	0
13	GK		Megan Borthwick	1	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0
14	DF		Becky Salicki	17	4	2	0	2	0	21	4	2	2
16	DF		Ellie Christon	16 (4)	0	2	0	2 (2)	0	20 (6)	0	1	0
17	FW		Emily Roberts	18	6	2	0	3 (1)	2	23 (1)	8	1	0
20	MF		Lauren Briggs	0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
21	DF		Caroline Dixon	0 (7)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (8)	0	0	0
22	FW		Abi Cottam	9 (2)	3	0 (1)	0	3	1	12 (3)	4	0	0
24	DF		Abby Holmes	16 (2)	0	1	1	3	0	20 (2)	1	2	0
30	GK		Rosie Todd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF		Rachel Lee	13 (2)	0	2	0	3 (1)	0	18 (3)	0	3	0
			Megan Elliott	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
			Hannah Greenwood	1 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
			Jess Holder	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (3)	0	0	0
	FW		Chloe Ryan	0 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	0 (2)	1	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]
16 November 2018	MF	Lisa Robertson	Hibernian	Free	[4]

Transfers out

Date left	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 June 2018	DF	Annabel Johnson	London Bees	Free	[5][6]
22 July 2018	DF	Jenny Bitzer	A.S. Roma	Free	[7]
31 July 2018	MF	Nicola Gibson	London Bees	Free	[8]
6 August 2018	FW	Jordan Atkinson	Sunderland	Free	[9]
6 August 2018	DF	Lauren Jordinson	Queens Park Rangers	Free	[9][10]
10 August 2018	GK	Helen Alderson	Retired	N/A	[11]
18 August 2018	DF	Grace McCatty	Sunderland	Free	[12][13]

Pre-Season

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.[14] 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.[15]

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 summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	11	6	3	37	16	+21	39	5	2	3	17	11	+6	6	4	0	20	5	+15

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: The Football Association

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	L
Position	1	5	5	6	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	4

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

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	0–0	Durham	Boldmere
12:00 BST		Report		Stadium: Trevor Brown Memorial Ground Attendance: 175 Referee: Simon Brown

21 October 2018 (2018-10-21) 5	Durham	2–0	Crystal Palace	Durham
12:00 BST	Emily Roberts 57' Ciara Watling 89' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 287 Referee: Adam Herczeg

28 October 2018 (2018-10-28) 6	London Bees	0–1	Durham	Canons Park, London
12:00 GMT		Report	Beth Hepple 19'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 107 Referee: Emily Heaslip

4 November 2018 (2018-11-04) 7	Durham	5–0	Lewes	Durham
12:00 GMT	Becky Salicki 17' Zoe Ness 19' Abi Cottam 22', 25', 33'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 417 Referee: Adam Williamson

18 November 2018 (2018-11-18) 8	Millwall Lionesses	1–5	Durham	Dartford
12:00 GMT	Evie Clarke 5'	Report	Beth Hepple 2', 9' Nicki Gears 4' Sarah Wilson 37' Zoe Ness 56'	Stadium: Princes Park Attendance: 154 Referee: Ricky Adams

25 November 2018 (2018-11-25) 9	Durham	0–2	Leicester City WFC	Durham
12:00 GMT		Report	Nicole Nymoen 6' Serena Fletcher 17'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 278 Referee: Shane Sugden

2 December 2018 (2018-12-02) 10	Tottenham Hotspur	1–6	Durham	Cheshunt
13:00 GMT	Chloe Morgan 17' Angela Addison 54'	Report	Emily Roberts 9' Beth Hepple 21', 30' Sarah Robson 47' Zoe Ness 49' Becky Salicki 54' Chloe Ryan 90'	Stadium: Cheshunt Stadium Referee: Jordan Marin

9 December 2018 (2018-12-09) 11	Durham	3–1	Manchester United	Durham
12:00 GMT	Becky Salicki 22' Beth Hepple 60' (pen.) Zoe Ness 87'	Report	Ella Toone 42'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 912 Referee: Paul Brown

6 January 2019 (2019-01-06) 12	Charlton Athletic	2–2	Durham	Crayford
12:00 GMT	Ellie Bailes 20' Charlotte Gurr 85'	Report	Zoe Ness 42', 45'	Stadium: The Oakwood Attendance: 279 Referee: Neil West

13 January 2019 (2019-01-13) 13	Durham	2–2	Aston Villa	Durham
12:00 GMT	Lisa Robertson 21' Becky Salicki 75'	Report	Jodie Hutton 22' Kerri Welsh 45'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 454 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

27 January 2019 (2019-01-27) 14	Crystal Palace	0–2	Durham	Bromley
13:00 GMT		Report	Emily Roberts 4' Nicki Gears 49'	Stadium: Hayes Lane Attendance: 138 Referee: Richard Carter

10 March 2019 (2019-03-10) 15	Durham	1–0	London Bees	Durham
12:00 GMT	Kathryn Hill 68'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 353 Referee: Lucy Oliver

31 March 2019 (2019-03-31) 16	Lewes	0–1	Durham	Lewes
12:00 BST		Report	Nicki Gears 42'	Stadium: The Dripping Pan Attendance: 344 Referee: Steven Hughes

14 April 2019 (2019-04-14) 17	Durham	1–2	Sheffield United	Durham
12:00 BST	Becky Salicki 60' Beth Hepple 75'	Report	Danielle Cox 16' Jade Pennock 69'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 359 Referee: Jamie Cann

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 18	Durham	1–0	Millwall Lionesses	Durham
12:00 BST	Emily Roberts 69'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park

28 April 2019 (2019-04-28) 19	Leicester City WFC	1–1	Durham	Quorn
14:00 BST	Melissa Johnson 82'	Report	Sarah Robson 45'	Stadium: Sutton Park Attendance: 264 Referee: Jamie O'Connor

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) 20	Durham	0–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Durham
17:30 BST	Beth Hepple 18'	Report	Anna Filbey 69', 90'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 533 Referee: Jon Matthews

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	Tottenham Hotspur (P)	20	15	1	4	44	27	+17	46	Promotion to the WSL[lower-alpha 1]
3	Charlton Athletic	20	13	2	5	49	21	+28	41
4	Durham	20	11	6	3	37	16	+21	39
5	Sheffield United	20	11	1	8	35	31	+4	34
6	Aston Villa	20	6	8	6	30	39	−9	26

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted.
Notes:

Dependent on obtaining a licence.

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	1–0	Durham	Leigh
19:00 GMT	Mollie Green 1'	Report		Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 683 Referee: Samuel Barrott

Group Two North
Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MNU	REA	EVE	DUR	LIV
1	Manchester United	4	3	0	0	1	5	2	+3	9	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	0–2	—	1–0	—
2	Reading	4	2	0	1	1	9	5	+4	7	Advance to Knock-out stage	—	—	—	4–1	1–1
3	Everton	4	2	0	0	2	6	7	−1	6		0–3	3–2	—	—	—
4	Durham	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4		—	—	1–0	—	3–3
5	Liverpool	4	0	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4		0–1	—	1–3	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Women's FA Cup

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 4th round	Durham	5–1	Cardiff City LFC	Durham
12:00 GMT	Abby Holmes 8' Beth Hepple 43' Sarah Robson 50' Zoe Ness 84', 88'	Report	Ceri Williams 19' Kylie Nolan 21'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 283

17 February 2019 (2019-02-17) 5th round	Bristol City	0–2	Durham	Stoke Gifford
14:00 GMT		Report	Lisa Robertson 65', 90+2'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium

17 March 2019 (2019-03-17) 6th round	Durham	0–1	Chelsea	Durham
12:00 GMT		Report	Ji So-yun 29'	Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 1,629 Referee: David Robinson

Awards

The club held their end-of-season awards dinner on Friday 24 May 2019.[16] The first team award winners were:

Player of the season: Ellie Christon[17]
Players' player of the season: Emily Roberts and Sarah Wilson (award shared)[18]
Most improved player: Megan Borthwick[19]
Golden boot: Beth Hepple[20]

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.
"Signing: Lisa Robertson Joins The Wildcats!". Durham WFC. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 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.
"Atkinson & Jordinson Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
Watkins, Andy (28 September 2018). "QPR Women strengthen squad". Queens Park Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 19 November 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.
"FAQs: Awards Night 2019". Durham Women's FC. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
"Player of the year". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.
"Players' player of the year". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.
"Most improved player". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.
"Golden boot". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.

External links

"Re-run: Aston Villa v Durham" (Streaming video). Aston Villa FC. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018 – via YouTube.

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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] "Signing: Lisa Robertson Joins The Wildcats!". Durham WFC. 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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

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

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

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

[atkinson_jordinson-9] "Atkinson & Jordinson Depart Durham". Durham WFC. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.

[10] Watkins, Andy (28 September 2018). "QPR Women strengthen squad". Queens Park Rangers Football Club. Retrieved 19 November 2018.

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

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

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

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

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

[17] "FAQs: Awards Night 2019". Durham Women's FC. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

[18] "Player of the year". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.

[19] "Players' player of the year". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.

[20] "Most improved player". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.

[21] "Golden boot". Durham WFC. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via Twitter.