London City Lionesses

London City Lionesses is a fully professional women's association football club based in Dartford, England.[2] The team competes in FA Women's Championship during the 2019–20 season, the second tier of English women's football. The club was founded in May 2019, as an independent breakaway club from Millwall Lionesses.[3][4]

This article is about the association football club formed under this name in 2019. For its origins, see Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.

London City Lionesses
Full nameLondon City Lionesses Football Club
FoundedMay 2019 (May 2019)
GroundPrinces Park, Dartford
Capacity4,100
Head coachLisa Fallon[1]
LeagueFA Women's Championship
2019–20FA Women's Championship, 4th of 11
WebsiteClub website

History

On 13 May 2019, a statement was released by Millwall F.C. announcing that the board of directors and senior management at the team's official women's affiliate, Millwall Lionesses, had declared their intentions to split from the club, becoming an independent entity and operating under a new name.[5][6] The breakaway was already agreed in principle by the FA.[7] The transfer of Millwall's Championship licence was officially approved by the FA on 29 June 2019.[8] After only six league games, manager Chris Phillips was sacked with the team sitting fourth in the Championship.[9]

Players

Current squad
As of 19 June 2020.[10]

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 Lucy Thomas
2 DF Chantelle Mackie
3 DF Leanne Cowan
4 MF Poppy Wilson
5 DF Hannah Short
6 DF Ylenia Priest
7 MF Elizabeta Ejupi
8 FW Freda Ayisi
9 FW Gabby Ravenscroft
10 FW Juliette Kemppi
11 FW Evie Clarke
No. Position Player
12 DF Grace Neville
14 FW Kallie Balfour
16 MF Harley Bennett
17 MF Lucy Fitzgerald
18 MF Ellie Mason
19 FW Lily Agg
20 MF Annie Rossiter
21 MF Flo Fyfe
22 FW Eden Bailey
24 MF Ellie Arnold

Managerial history

Information correct as of 27 May 2020. Only competitive matches are counted.

List of London City Lionesses managers
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%[nb 1] Notes
Chris Phillips  England 13 May 2019 15 October 2019 7 4 0 3 11 16 057.14 [11]
John Bayer (interim)  England 15 October 2019 27 May 2020 14 4 3 7 17 27 028.57 [11]
Lisa Fallon  Ireland 27 May 2020 present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !— [12]
  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places

References
  1. "Lisa Fallon and Melissa Phillips announced as new London City Lionesses coaching team". London City Lionesses. 27 May 2020.
  2. Wrack, Suzanne (18 August 2019). "'Equality has to be more than words': London City Lionesses go it alone". The Guardian.
  3. "London City Lionesses: Millwall Supporters Club "saddened" by women's team breakaway". BBC News. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  4. "London City Lionesses: Can a women's team thrive independently?". 19 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. "Club Statement: Millwall Lionesses". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
  6. McElwee, Molly (13 May 2019). "Millwall women's team to split from club and form new London City Lionesses outfit". The Telegraph.
  7. "London City Lionesses: FA Women's Football board approve Millwall switch". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  8. "London City Lionesses". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  9. "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019.
  10. "London City Lionesses first team". Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  11. "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  12. "Lisa Fallon and Melissa Phillips announced as new London City Lionesses coaching team". London City Lionesses. 27 May 2020.
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