2019–20 Bristol City W.F.C. season

The 2019–20 Bristol City W.F.C. season was the club's fourth season under the Bristol City affiliation and the organisation's 21st overall season in existence. It was their third consecutive full season in the FA Women's Super League following promotion to the 2017 Spring Season. Along with competing in the WSL, the club also competed in two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Bristol City

2019–20 season
Chairman	Simon Arnold
Head Coach	Tanya Oxtoby
Stadium	Stoke Gifford Stadium, Filton
FA WSL	10th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ebony Salmon (5) All: Ebony Salmon (8)
Highest home attendance	3,041 (vs. Brighton & Hove Albion, 7 September)
Lowest home attendance	League: 404 (vs. Birmingham City, 8 December) All: 317 (vs. London City Lionesses, 3 November, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	1,215 as of 19 January 2020
Home colours Away colours

On 13 March 2020, in line with the FA's response to the coronavirus pandemic, it was announced the season was temporarily suspended until at least 3 April 2020.[1][2] After further postponements, the season was ultimately ended prematurely on 25 May 2020 with immediate effect.[3] Bristol City sat in 10th at the time and retained their position on sporting merit after The FA Board's decision to award places on a points-per-game basis.[4][5]

Squad

As of 30 January 2020.[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Sophie Baggaley 2 DF  WAL Loren Dykes (captain) 3 DF  WAL Gemma Evans 4 DF  ENG Jasmine Matthews 5 DF  SCO Frankie Brown 6 MF  AUS Chloe Logarzo 7 DF  ENG Poppy Pattinson 8 MF  ENG Carla Humphrey 9 FW  ENG Ebony Salmon 10 FW  BEL Yana Daniëls 11 FW  ENG Charlie Wellings 12 DF  ENG Florence Allen

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  SCO Eartha Cumings 14 FW  KOR Jeon Ga-eul 15 MF  WAL Megan Wynne (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 16 DF  ENG Meaghan Sargeant 18 DF  ENG Maisy Collis 19 MF  ENG Katie Robinson 20 MF  ENG Georgia Wilson 21 FW  SCO Abi Harrison 25 MF  NZL Olivia Chance 26 DF  ENG Faye Bryson 27 FW  ENG Jessica Wooley

FA Women's Super League

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
14	2	3	9	9	38	−29	9	0	1	5	1	14	−13	2	2	4	8	24	−16

Last updated: 23 February 2020.
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	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A
Result	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C
Position	7	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	10

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

Results

7 September 2019 1	Bristol City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Bristol
15:00	Daniëls  40'	Report	Skovsen  86'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 3,041 Referee: Abigail Bryne

15 September 2019 2	Everton	2–0	Bristol City	Southport
12:30	George  14' Kelly  44', 45+1' Clémaron  72'	Report		Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 441 Referee: Amy Fearn

29 September 2019 3	Bristol City	0–4	Chelsea	Filton
14:30	Harrison  54'	Report	Reiten  3', 10' Ji  17' Ingle  78'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 986 Referee: Lisa Benn

13 October 2019 4	Liverpool	1–1	Bristol City	Birkenhead
12:00	Lawley  72' (pen.)	Report	Salmon  16' Brown  41'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 924 Referee: Martin Woods

27 October 2019 5	Bristol City	1–2	Tottenham Hotspur	Filton
15:00	Harrison  39'	Report	Godfrey  30' Graham  63', 64' Peplow  86'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 639 Referee: Daniel Lamport

17 November 2019 6	Reading	3–3	Bristol City	Reading
14:00	Allen  17' Chaplen  18' James  47' Howard  74'	Report	Brown  25' Wellings  38' Daniëls  49' Salmon  83'	Stadium: Madjeski Stadium Attendance: 1,420 Referee: Kirsty Dowle

24 November 2019 7	Bristol City	0–5	Manchester City	Filton
12:30		Report	Wullaert  21' White  65' Bremer  84', 90+2' Weir  87'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,212 Referee: Lucy Oliver

1 December 2019 8	Arsenal	11–1	Bristol City	Borehamwood
12:30	Evans  7', 60' Williamson  10' Miedema  15', 32', 26', 51', 56', 64' Nobbs  54' Mitchell  79'	Report	Daniëls  85'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Helen Conley
Note: New FA WSL record scoreline

8 December 2019 9	Bristol City	0–2	Birmingham City	Filton
15:00	Pattinson  36' Wilson  36'	Report	Whipp  5' Walker  26' Grant  65'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 404 Referee: Sam Allison

15 December 2019	Bristol City	P–P	West Ham United	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

5 January 2020 10	Manchester United	0–1	Bristol City	Leigh
12:00	James  38' Toone  90+4'	Report	Salmon  34' Evans  38' Hughes  82' Chance  90+4'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Lucy Oliver

12 January 2020 11	Chelsea	6–1	Bristol City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	England  28', 82' Blundell  40' Carter  45',  90+3' Ji  45+2', 50' Bright  74'	Report	Salmon  15' Pattinson  70'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,866 Referee: Emily Heaslip

19 January 2020 12	Bristol City	0–1	Liverpool	Filton
15:00	Salmon  90+2'	Report	Furness  13' Roberts  59'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Savvas Yianni

2 February 2020	Tottenham Hotspur	P–P	Bristol City	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch

9 February 2020	Bristol City	P–P	Reading	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: All WSL games postponed due to adverse weather conditions[7]

12 February 2020 13	Manchester City	1–0	Bristol City	Manchester
19:00	Bonner  2' Wullaert  80'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 858 Referee: Lucy Oliver

23 February 2020 14	Birmingham City	0–1	Bristol City	Solihull
14:00		Report	Bryson  66' Salmon  75'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 659 Referee: Stacey Pearson

22 March 2020 15	Bristol City	Cancelled	Arsenal	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

29 March 2020 16	Brighton & Hove Albion	Cancelled	Bristol City	Crawley
14:00				Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

5 April 2020 17	Bristol City	Cancelled	Everton	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

25 April 2020 18	Bristol City	Cancelled	Manchester United	Bristol
13:00				Stadium: Ashton Gate
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

3 May 2020 19	Bristol City	Cancelled	West Ham United	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from 15 December 2019. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

10 May 2020 20	Bristol City	Cancelled	Reading	Filton
15:00				Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from 9 February 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

16 May 2020 21	West Ham United	Cancelled	Bristol City	Romford
15:00				Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

22	Tottenham Hotspur	Cancelled	Bristol City	Canons Park
				Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Note: Rescheduled from 2 February 2020. Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Qualification
8	West Ham United	14	5	1	8	19	34	−15	16	1.14
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	16	3	4	9	11	30	−19	13	0.81
10	Bristol City	14	2	3	9	9	38	−29	9	0.64
11	Birmingham City	13	2	1	10	5	23	−18	7	0.54
12	Liverpool (R)	14	1	3	10	8	20	−12	6	0.43	Relegation to the Championship

Source: FA WSL, BBC
Rules for classification: Initially: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored. After abandonment of season: 1) Points per game
(R) Relegated.

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Bristol City entered the FA Cup in the fourth round, beating Championship side Durham in extra-time to progress to the next round.[8] They were drawn against fellow WSL side Everton in the fifth round with the game moved to Ashton Gate, the second match of the season to be moved to the men's stadium after the season opener.[9]

26 January 2020 Fourth round	Bristol City	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Durham	Filton
	Robinson  103'	Report		Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium

17 February 2020 Fifth round	Bristol City	0–5	Everton	Bristol
		Report	Kaagman  8', 53' Morgan  18' Graham  39' Cain  59'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 1,889

FA Women's League Cup

Group Stage

22 September 2019 Group stage	Bristol City	3–0	London Bees	Filton
15:00	Humphrey  7' Salmon  15' Allen  45' Harrison  90'	Report		Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 337 Referee: Elizabeth Simms

20 October 2019 Group stage	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–2	Bristol City	Crawley
14:00	Green  60' (pen.)	Report	Harrison  9' Salmon  45+2'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium

3 November 2019 Group stage	Bristol City	1–1 (3–4 p)	London City Lionesses	Filton
15:00	Wellings  65'	Report	Cowan  17' Bennett  78'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 317 Referee: Rick Hulme
	Penalties
	Baggaley Wellings Chance Salmon Humphrey		Kemppi Susanna Fitzgerald Ejupi Wilson

21 November 2019 Group stage	Arsenal	7–0	Bristol City	Borehamwood
19:30	Little  33', 52' Roord  45' Miedema  57', 76' Nobbs  87' Beattie  90'	Report		Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 805 Referee: Louise Saunders

11 December 2019 Group stage	Charlton Athletic	2–5	Bristol City	Bexley
19:45	Devlin  32', 90' Gotch  55'	Report	Salmon  15' Wellings  61' Robinson  70' van der Linden  80' Wilson  83'	Stadium: The Oakwood Attendance: 114

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ARS	BHA	BRI	LON	CHA	LCL
1	Arsenal	5	4	0	1	0	25	0	+25	13	Advance to Knock-out stage		—	—	7–0	9–0	4–0	—
2	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	3	1	0	1	13	4	+9	11			0–0	—	1–2	—	—	—
3	Bristol City	5	3	0	1	1	11	11	0	10			—	—	—	3–0	—	1–1
4	London Bees	5	1	1	0	3	3	17	−14	5			—	0–5	—	—	0–0	—
5	Charlton Athletic	5	1	0	1	3	3	12	−9	4			—	0–3	2–5	—	—	1–0
6	London City Lionesses	5	0	1	0	4	3	14	−11	2			0–5	2–4	—	0–3	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 11 December 2019. Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

Squad statistics

Appearances

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Sophie Baggaley	20	0	14	0	2	0	4	0
2	DF		Loren Dykes	12	0	10+1	0	0	0	1	0
3	DF		Gemma Evans	19	0	11+1	0	2	0	5	0
4	DF		Jasmine Matthews	17	0	13	0	1	0	3	0
5	DF		Frankie Brown	19	0	13	0	2	0	3+1	0
6	MF		Chloe Logarzo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	DF		Poppy Pattinson	8	0	6	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF		Carla Humphrey	11	1	8	0	0	0	3	1
9	FW		Ebony Salmon	21	8	7+7	5	1+1	0	5	3
10	FW		Yana Daniëls	19	2	13+1	2	2	0	2+1	0
11	FW		Charlie Wellings	20	3	13	1	2	0	3+2	2
12	DF		Flo Allen	12	0	3+3	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
13	GK		Eartha Cumings	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW		Jeon Ga-eul	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
15	MF		Megan Wynne	5	0	0+3	0	1+1	0	0	0
16	DF		Meaghan Sargeant	16	0	12	0	0	0	4	0
18	MF		Maisy Collis	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	MF		Katie Robinson	16	2	3+6	0	1+1	1	3+2	1
20	MF		Georgia Wilson	13	1	5+3	0	0	0	3+2	1
21	FW		Abi Harrison	9	3	5+1	1	0	0	1+2	2
23	FW		Elise Hughes	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Olivia Chance	20	0	10+4	0	2	0	4	0
26	DF		Faye Bryson	5	0	2+1	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW		Jessica Wooley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
10	FW		Ella Rutherford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for Bristol City but left during the season:
6	MF		Vita van der Linden	4	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
14	MF		Kirsten Reilly	4	0	0+1	0	0	0	3	0
17	MF		Ellie Strippel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	FA WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9	FW	Ebony Salmon	5	0	3	8
2	11	FW	Charlie Wellings	1	0	2	3
	21	FW	Abi Harrison	1	0	2
4	10	FW	Yana Daniëls	2	0	0	2
	19	MF	Katie Robinson	0	1	1
6	6	MF	Vita van der Linden	0	0	1	1
	8	MF	Carla Humphrey	0	0	1
	20	MF	Georgia Wilson	0	0	1
Total				9	1	11	21

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
28 May 2019	DF		Meaghan Sargeant	Birmingham City	[10]
	FW		Charlie Wellings	Birmingham City	[11]
12 July 2019	FW		Yana Daniëls	Liverpool	[12]
	DF		Jasmine Matthews	Liverpool	[13]
15 July 2019	FW		Ebony Salmon	Manchester United	[14]
23 July 2019	MF		Vita van der Linden	Ajax	[15]
3 September 2019	MF		Olivia Chance	Everton	[16]
13 September 2019	MF		Kirsten Reilly	Hibernian	[17]
18 January 2020	DF		Faye Bryson	Everton	[18]
	FW		Jeon Ga-eul	Hwacheon KSPO
23 January 2020	MF		Chloe Logarzo	Sydney FC	[19]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Until	Ref.
4 January 2020	FW		Elise Hughes	Everton	30 January 2020	[20]
18 January 2020	MF		Megan Wynne	Tottenham Hotspur	End of season	[21]

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
17 May 2019	MF		Julie Biesmans	PSV Eindhoven	[22][23]
	MF		Lucy Graham	Everton	[22][24]
	DF		Danique Kerkdijk	Brighton & Hove Albion	[22][25]
	FW		Juliette Kemppi	London City Lionesses	[22]
	MF		Ali Johnson	Sheffield United	[22][26]
5 July 2019	FW		Rosella Ayane	Tottenham Hotspur	[27]
	FW		Heather Payne	Florida State Seminoles	[27][28]
6 August 2019	GK		Aimee Watson	Oxford United	[29]
15 August 2019	MF		Poppy Wilson	London City Lionesses	[30]
21 December 2019	MF		Kirsten Reilly	Rangers	[31]
12 January 2020	MF		Ellie Strippel	Yeovil Town	[32]
24 January 2020	MF		Vita van der Linden	Stade de Reims	[33]

Loans out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
6 September 2019	FW		Ella Rutherford	Crystal Palace	6 January 2020	[34]
6 January 2020				Leicester City	End of season	[35]

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