2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading
2020–21 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Madejski Stadium
WSL	5th
FA Cup	Semifinal vs West Ham United
League Cup	Quarterfinal vs Chelsea
Top goalscorer	League: Fara Williams (11); All: Fara Williams (19)

The 2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season was the club's 12th season and their third in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid.

Season events

On 2 July, Reading announced that Jade Moore, Jo Potter and Remi Allen had all extended their contracts with Reading for the 2018–19 season.[1]

On 5 July, Reading announced the signing of Rachael Laws from Sunderland.[2]

On 9 July, Reading announced the double signing of Gemma Davison and Sophie Howard.[3]

On 28 January, Reading announced the signing of Rakel Hönnudóttir from Limhamn Bunkeflo[4]

On 4 April, Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading until the summer of 2021.[5]

On 9 May, Fara Williams signed a new contract with Reading for the 2019–20 season.[6]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2018	GK	Rachael Laws	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[2]
5 July 2018	DF	Sophie Howard	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	[3]
5 July 2018	MF	Gemma Davison	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[3]
28 January 2019	FW	Rakel Hönnudóttir	Limhamn Bunkeflo	Undisclosed	[4]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 January 2019	MF		Jade Bailey	Chelsea	End of season	[7]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2019	DF		Becky Jane	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[8]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
30 June 2019[9]	DF		Kirsty Pearce	Retired

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Grace Moloney
2	DF	Becky Jane
3	DF	Mayumi Pacheco
4	MF	Fara Williams
5	DF	Molly Bartrip
6	DF	Kirsty Pearce (captain)
7	MF	Rachel Furness
8	MF	Remi Allen
9	MF	Gemma Davison
10	FW	Lauren Bruton
11	MF	Natasha Harding
14	FW	Millie Farrow

No.	Position	Player
15	FW	Rakel Hönnudóttir
16	MF	Jade Bailey (on loan from Chelsea)
17	MF	Charlie Estcourt
18	MF	Jade Moore
19	MF	Brooke Chaplen
22	DF	Jo Potter
23	MF	Rachel Rowe
26	DF	Sophie Howard
27	GK	Rachael Laws
28	DF	Lily Woodham
29	DF	Kiera Skeels

Competitions

WSL

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	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27	4	1	5	18	16	+2	4	2	4	15	14	+1

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	-	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	-	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	-	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	-	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	2	4	5	4	4	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	5

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

Results

9 September 2018 1	Reading	4–0	Yeovil Town	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Davison 5' Williams 11' Bruton 59' (pen.) Allen 61'	Report	Evans 79'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 464 Referee: Helen Conley

19 September 2018 2	West Ham United	0–0	Reading	Romford
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Simic 19' Simon 64'	Report	Howard 81'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 658 Referee: Abby Marriott

23 September 2018 3	Reading	0–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Allen 51' Harding 63'	Report	Sargeant 7' P.Williams 90+6'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 693 Referee: Jacob Miles

30 September 2018 4	Liverpool	0–1	Reading	Birkenhead
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Roberts 37' 56'	Report	Chaplen 36' Bruton 84'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 382 Referee: David McNamara

21 October 2018 5	Arsenal	6–0	Reading	Borehamwood
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Miedema 3', 49', 85' Nobbs 7' Mead 45+2' van de Donk 76'	Report	Pearce 8' Furness 45+1'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,586 Referee: Abby Marriott

26 October 2018 7	Manchester City	1–1	Reading	Manchester
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Stanway 33' Parris 90+1'	Report	Moore 50' Pearce 68' Allen 90+5'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,015 Referee: David McNamara

4 November 2018 8	Reading	3–0	Bristol City	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 32', 50' Chaplen 65'	Report	Rutherford 63' Kerkdijk 90+1'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 482 Referee: Abigal Marnot

18 November 2018 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Reading	Crawley
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Bowman 27' A.Whelan 61'	Report	Hourihan 20' (o.g.) Chaplen 58' Moloney 62' Williams 65' Davison 81'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 330 Referee: Ryan Atkin

25 November 2018 10	Reading	2–1	Everton	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Chaplen 20', 77'	Report	Cain 13' Kelly 46' Magill 53'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 625 Referee: Amy Fearn

2 December 2018 11	Chelsea	1–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Ji 49'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Lucy Oliver

9 December 2018 12	Reading	2–2	Liverpool	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 62', 84' 69' Furness 63' Bartrip 79'	Report	Sweetman-Kirk 10', 68'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 582 Referee: Joshua Smith

6 January 2019 13	Birmingham City	2–1	Reading	Solihull
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Harrop 32' 72' P.Williams 56' Sargeant 89'	Report	Moore 23' Furness 30' Harding 52' Allen 82' Hampton 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 606 Referee: Robert Ellis

27 January 2019 15	Reading	0–3	Arsenal	Reading
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Harding 60' Allen 76' Moore 80'	Report	Miedema 2' Mitchell 23' McCabe 37' 90+4' Mead 74' Little 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Lucy Oliver

20 February 2019 17	Reading	1–2	West Ham United	Reading
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Williams 66' (pen.) Allen 82'	Report	Lehmann 20', 53'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,148 Referee: Rebecca Welch

13 March 2019 18	Reading	3–4	Manchester City	High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Chaplen 3' Williams 62' (pen.) Pearce 87'	Report	Parris 15', 36', 39' 90+2' Stokes 54' McManus 68'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 449 Referee: Tom Reeves

31 March 2019 19	Bristol City	0–1	Reading	Filton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Allen 24' Williams 49' Chaplen 55'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 391 Referee: Samuel Allison

17 April 2019 16	Yeovil Town	0–5	Reading	Dorchester
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Cousins 57'	Report	Williams 33' Davison 44' Bruton 54', 83' Farrow 80', 90'	Stadium: Clayson Stadium Attendance: 407 Referee: Scott Jackson

20 April 2019 20	Reading	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	Furness 49'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Amy Fearn

28 April 2019 21	Everton	3–2	Reading	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kaagman 40' Boye-Hlorkah 52' Magill 59' Worm 86' Stringer 89'	Report	Allen 8' Pearce 53' Williams 77'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 174 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

11 May 2019 22	Reading	2–3	Chelsea	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Harding 50' Williams 52' Allen 75'	Report	Ji 8' Carney 51' England 64'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 612 Referee: Abigail Bryne

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Chelsea	20	12	6	2	46	14	+32	42
4	Birmingham City	20	13	1	6	29	17	+12	40
5	Reading	20	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27
6	Bristol City	20	7	4	9	17	34	−17	25
7	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	25	37	−12	23

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

11 February 2019 Fourth Round	Reading	13–0	Keynsham Town	Woking
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 21' (pen.), 24', 28' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 59' Bruton 37', 53' Chaplen 48', 49' Estcourt 68' Hönnudóttir 78', 80' Davison 84'	Report		Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

17 February 2019 Fifth Round	Reading	2–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Pacheco 45' Allen 52' Pearce 69' Hönnudóttir 84' 90+3'	Report	Mannion 77'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Alex Blake

17 March 2019 Quarterfinal	Reading	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Allen 101' Furness 108' Hönnudóttir 120+6'	Report	Greenwood 98' Harding 106' (o.g.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 951

14 April 2019 Semifinal	Reading	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	West Ham United	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Furness 48' Potter Harding Moore Bruton	Report	Lehmann 56' Cho Simon	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,334
	Penalties
	Davison Hönnudóttir Bruton Furness Allen Moore		Ross Visalli Leon Longhurst Flaherty So-Hyun

League Cup

Group stage

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

19 August 2018 1	Reading	4–1	Durham	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pearce 6' Williams 13', 24', 81'	Report	R.Lee 16' B.Hepple 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park

25 August 2018 2	Manchester United	0–2	Reading	Leigh
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	James 59'	Report	Bartrip 41' Chaplen 56' Bruton 61' Davison 90+4'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

16 September 2018 3	Everton	3–2	Reading	Southport
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Walker 14', 27' Kaagman 56' Bruinenberg 90'	Report	Finnigan 24' (o.g.) Chaplen 79'	Stadium: Haig Avenue

12 December 2018 4	Reading	1–1 (4 – 5 p)	Liverpool	High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Furness 64' Jane 85'	Report	Kitching 49' Sweetman-Kirk 66'	Stadium: Adams Park

Knockout stage

9 January 2019 Quarterfinal	Chelsea	4–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Kirby 3', 86' Asante 37' Riley 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 973

Squad statistics

As of match played 11 May 2019

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Grace Moloney	27	0	20	0	4	0	3	0
2	DF		Becky Jane	14	0	3+5	0	1	0	2+3	0
3	DF		Maz Pacheco	22	0	14+2	0	4	0	2	0
4	MF		Fara Williams	29	19	20	11	4	5	5	3
5	DF		Molly Bartrip	22	0	7+7	0	4	0	4	0
6	DF		Kirsty Pearce	24	3	17+1	1	1+1	1	4	1
7	MF		Rachel Furness	25	3	16+3	1	3	1	3	1
8	MF		Remi Allen	26	2	19	2	3	0	2+2	0
9	MF		Gemma Davison	20	4	8+6	2	0+2	1	3+1	1
10	FW		Lauren Bruton	25	5	15+2	3	4	2	4	0
11	MF		Natasha Harding	27	1	19	1	3	0	4+1	0
14	FW		Millie Farrow	6	2	2+3	2	0	0	0+1	0
15	FW		Rakel Hönnudóttir	8	3	2+3	0	0+3	3	0	0
16	MF		Jade Bailey	8	0	3+3	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF		Charlie Estcourt	10	1	4+3	0	1	1	2	0
18	MF		Jade Moore	18	1	12+1	1	3+1	0	1	0
19	MF		Brooke Chaplen	24	11	16	7	3	2	5	2
22	DF		Jo Potter	25	0	16	0	4	0	4+1	0
23	MF		Rachel Rowe	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF		Sophie Howard	10	0	5+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
27	GK		Rachael Laws	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF		Lily Woodham	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	MF	4	Fara Williams	11	5	3	19
2	MF	19	Brooke Chaplen	7	2	2	11
3	FW	10	Lauren Bruton	3	2	0	5
4	MF	9	Gemma Davison	2	1	1	4
	FW	15	Rakel Hönnudóttir	0	4	0	4
	MF	7	Rachel Furness	1	2	1	4
7	MF	8	Remi Allen	2	1	0	3
	DF	6	Kirsty Pearce	1	1	1	3
			Own goal	2	0	1	3
10	FW	14	Millie Farrow	2	0	0	2
11	MF	11	Natasha Harding	1	0	0	1
	18	18	Jade Moore	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Charlie Estcourt	0	1	0	1
Total				33	19	9	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Grace Moloney	7	1	1	9
Total					7	1	1	9

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
1		GK	Grace Moloney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Becky Jane	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3		DF	Maz Pacheco	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Fara Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Molly Bartrip	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		DF	Kirsty Pearce	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Rachel Furness	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Remi Allen	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
9		MF	Gemma Davison	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Lauren Bruton	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
11		MF	Natasha Harding	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
15		FW	Rakel Hönnudóttir	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Jade Moore	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Jo Potter	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		DF	Sophie Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				24	0	7	0	3	0	34	0

References

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"Royals Women sign Sunderland stopper". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"Royals Women bolster ranks with double swoop". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"Iceland international Hönnudóttir joins Royals Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"England international Bruton extends her Royals contract". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"Fara agrees new contract with the Royals". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
"Jade Bailey: Reading Women sign Chelsea midfielder on loan". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
"LFC Women agree terms for Becky Jane signing". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
"Kirsty Pearce: Reading Women's captain to retire". 10 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.

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