2020–21 Birmingham City W.F.C. season

The 2020–21 Birmingham City W.F.C. season is the club's 53rd season in existence and their 10th in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid, having been founding members of the league in 2011. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Birmingham City

2020–21 season
Chairman	Panos Pavlakis
Head Coach	Carla Ward
Stadium	Damson Park, Solihull
League Cup	Group stage
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Carla Ward was appointed manager ahead of the new season on 13 August 2020, taking over from Charlie Baxter who had been put in charge on an interim basis following the departure of Marta Tejedor during the previous campaign.[1]

Squad

As of 2 February 2021.[2]

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 Hannah Hampton 2 MF  ENG Sarah Mayling 3 DF  IRL Harriet Scott 4 MF  ENG Ruby Mace[lower-alpha 1] 7 MF  NIR Chloe McCarron 8 MF  ENG Mollie Green 10 MF  SCO Christie Murray 11 FW  SCO Abbi Grant 12 FW  IRL Ruesha Littlejohn 14 FW  ENG Emma Kelly 16 DF  ENG Georgia Brougham (on loan from Everton) 17 MF  ENG Heidi Logan 18 FW  ENG Claudia Walker 19 FW  ENG Lucy Whipp

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 DF  SCO Jamie-Lee Napier (on loan from Chelsea) 21 GK  ENG Imogen Maguire 22 MF  ENG Connie Scofield 24 GK  ENG Sophie Whitehouse 25 MF  NIR Rebecca Holloway 26 DF  ENG Lily Simkin 28 MF  ENG Laura Brown 29 MF  ENG Ella Powell 30 DF  ENG Gemma Lawley 32 DF  ENG Abi Cowie 35 FW  ENG Emily Murphy (on loan from Chelsea) — GK  POL Daniela Kosinska[lower-alpha 2] — FW  GRE Veatriki Sarri

1. Dual registration with Arsenal
2. Dual registration with Stoke City

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
11	3	2	6	10	16	−6	11	0	1	3	3	8	−5	3	1	3	7	8	−1

Last updated: 7 February 2021.
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	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	D	L	D
Position	10	11	10	8	7	7	6	7	8	8	9

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

Results

6 September 2020 1	Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Birmingham City	Crawley
14:00	Connolly  58' Kaagman  60'	Report	Holloway  66' Scott  71' Napier  81' Mayling  90+1'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Rob Whitton

13 September 2020 2	Birmingham City	2–5	Manchester United	Solihull
14:00	Walker  14' McManus  27' (o.g.)	Report	Ross  5' Zelem  36' Toone  47' Hanson  60', 79'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Lucy Oliver

4 October 2020 3	Birmingham City	0–1	Chelsea	Solihull
14:30		Report	Kirby  9'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Abigail Byrne

11 October 2020 4	Reading	0–1	Birmingham City	Reading
14:00		Report	Scott  64' Walker  72' Scofield  82'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Sarah Garratt

18 October 2020 5	Bristol City	0–4	Birmingham City	Bath
14:00	Matthews  27'	Report	Corsie  16',  74' Green  32' Walker  50' Murray  65' (pen.) Grant  90'  90+7'	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Stacey Pearson

8 November 2020 6	Birmingham City	1–2	West Ham United	Solihull
14:00	Walker  9' Murray  90'	Report	Vetterlein  31' Walker  43' (o.g.) van Egmond  73' Daly  90+3'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Richie Watkins

14 November 2020 7	Aston Villa	0–1	Birmingham City	Walsall
14:30	Hutton  38'	Report	Walker  72' Scofield  76'	Stadium: Bescot Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Rebecca Welch

6 December 2020 8	Arsenal	3–0	Birmingham City	Borehamwood
14:00	Foord  57' Roord  62' Little  87' (pen.)	Report	Scott  43'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Cristiana Hattersley

13 December 2020	Birmingham City	P–P	Everton	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[3]

20 December 2020	Birmingham City	P–P	Manchester City	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Postponed due to waterlogged pitch[4]

10 January 2021	Tottenham Hotspur	P–P	Birmingham City	Canons Park
14:00				Stadium: The Hive
Note: Postponed due to Birmingham player shortage[5]

17 January 2021 9	Birmingham City	0–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Solihull
14:00		Report	Kerkdijk  64'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Helen Conley

20 January 2021	Birmingham City	P–P	Everton	Solihull
19:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Rescheduled from 13 December 2020 due waterlogged pitch. Postponed due to waterlogged pitch.[6]

24 January 2021 10	Manchester United	2–0	Birmingham City	Leigh
12:00	Harris  5' Galton  46' Toone  67',  81' A. Turner  88'	Report	Littlejohn  45+3' Murphy  90+2'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Stacey Pearson

7 February 2021 11	Everton	1–1	Birmingham City	Liverpool
14:00	Turner  22' Scott  88'	Report	Napier  34' McCarron  41' Holloway  66' Kelly  87' Littlejohn  90+3'	Stadium: Walton Hall Park Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Lisa Benn

10 February 2021 12	Birmingham City	v	Aston Villa	Solihull
19:00				Stadium: Damson Park

28 February 2021 13	Birmingham City	v	Manchester City	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Rescheduled from 20 December 2020 due to waterlogged pitch

7 March 2021 14	Birmingham City	v	Arsenal	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park

11 March 2021 15	Birmingham City	v	Everton	Solihull
19:00				Stadium: Damson Park
Note: Rescheduled from 20 January 2021 due to waterlogged pitch.

17 March 2021 16	West Ham United	v	Birmingham City	Dagenham
19:00				Stadium: Victoria Road

28 March 2021 17	Birmingham City	v	Bristol City	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park

4 April 2021 18	Chelsea	v	Birmingham City	Kingston upon Thames
14:00				Stadium: Kingsmeadow

25 April 2021 19	Birmingham City	v	Reading	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park

2 May 2021 20	Manchester City	v	Birmingham City	Manchester
14:00				Stadium: Academy Stadium

9 May 2021 21	Birmingham City	v	Tottenham Hotspur	Solihull
14:00				Stadium: Damson Park

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Tottenham Hotspur	12	3	3	6	13	23	−10	12
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	14	3	3	8	10	30	−20	12
9	Birmingham City	11	3	2	6	10	16	−6	11
10	Aston Villa	12	3	1	8	11	30	−19	10
11	West Ham United	12	2	2	8	14	29	−15	8

Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Women's FA Cup

As a member of the top two tiers, Birmingham City will enter the FA Cup in the fourth round proper. Originally scheduled to take place on 31 January 2021, it was delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions.[7][8]

TBD Fourth round

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FA Women's League Cup

7 October 2020 Group stage	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Birmingham City	Bamber Bridge
19:45		Report	Walker  81'	Stadium: Irongate Attendance: Behind-closed-doors

9 December 2020 Group stage	Birmingham City	0–0 (5–6 p)	Leicester City	Quorn
14:00		Report	Barker  35'	Stadium: Farley Way Stadium Attendance: Behind-closed-doors Referee: Sarah Garratt
	Penalties
	Murray Walker Hampton Brougham Corsie Scofield		Allen Devlin Smith Plumptre Blanchard Everett
Note: Rescheduled from 18 November 2020 following positive COVID-19 test by Birmingham player.[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEI	BIR	BLB
1	Leicester City	2	1	1	0	0	5	2	+3	5	Advanced to knock-out stage		—	—	5–2
2	Birmingham City	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Possible knockout stage based on ranking		0–0	—	—
3	Blackburn Rovers	2	0	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0			—	0–1	—

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

As of 7 February 2021

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		Hannah Hampton	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
2	MF		Sarah Mayling	10	0	9	0	0	0	0+1	0
3	DF		Harriet Scott	12	0	11	0	0	0	1	0
4	MF		Ruby Mace	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Chloe McCarron	10	0	3+5	0	0	0	2	0
8	MF		Mollie Green	12	1	7+3	1	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Christie Murray	10	1	8	1	0	0	0+2	0
11	FW		Abbi Grant	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	1	0
12	FW		Ruesha Littlejohn	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
14	FW		Emma Kelly	11	0	2+7	0	0	0	2	0
16	DF		Georgia Brougham	12	0	10	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF		Heidi Logan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW		Claudia Walker	13	6	11	5	0	0	1+1	1
19	MF		Lucy Whipp	11	0	7+3	0	0	0	1	0
20	DF		Jamie-Lee Napier	11	1	9	1	0	0	2	0
21	GK		Imogen Maguire	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Connie Scofield	10	0	6+2	0	0	0	1+1	0
24	GK		Sophie Whitehouse	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	MF		Rebecca Holloway	13	0	11	0	0	0	1+1	0
26	DF		Lily Simkin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Laura Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Ella Powell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF		Gemma Lawley	5	0	1+2	0	0	0	2	0
32	DF		Abi Cowie	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	FW		Emily Murphy	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Daniela Kosinska	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	FW		Veatriki Sarri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who appeared for the club but left during the season:
4	DF		Rachel Corsie	9	1	7	1	0	0	1+1	0
23	MF		Destiney Toussaint	8	0	1+5	0	0	0	1+1	0

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Ref.
21 August 2020	MF		Christie Murray	Liverpool	[10]
28 August 2020	MF		Chloe McCarron	Linfield	[11]
6 September 2020	MF		Destiney Toussaint	London Bees	[12]
7 September 2020	MF		Mollie Green	Manchester United	[13]
7 January 2021	FW		Veatriki Sarri	Sheffield United	[14]
16 January 2021	FW		Ruesha Littlejohn	Leicester City	[15]
30 January 2021	GK		Sophie Whitehouse	Tottenham Hotspur	[16]

Loans in

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Until	Ref.
28 August 2020	DF		Rachel Corsie	Utah Royals	15 January 2021	[17][18]
4 September 2020	DF		Georgia Brougham	Everton	End of season	[19]
4 September 2020	DF		Jamie-Lee Napier	Chelsea	End of season	[20]
7 October 2020	GK		Daniela Kosinska[lower-alpha 1]	Stoke City	End of season	[21]
16 January 2021	FW		Emily Murphy	Chelsea	End of season	[22]
2 February 2021	MF		Ruby Mace[lower-alpha 1]	Arsenal	End of season	[23]

1. Dual registration

Transfers out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Ref.
28 May 2020	MF		Brianna Visalli	Houston Dash	[24]
1 June 2020	DF		Adrienne Jordan	OL Reign	[25]
4 June 2020	DF		Freya Gregory	Aston Villa	[26][27]
	MF		Abbey Jones	Aston Villa
7 June 2020	MF		Olivia Rabjohn	Aston Villa
10 June 2020	GK		Alexandra Brooks	Blackburn Rovers	[28][29]
19 June 2020	MF		Chloe Arthur	Aston Villa	[30][31]
	MF		Lucy Staniforth	Manchester United	[30][32]
30 June 2020	DF		Kerys Harrop	Tottenham Hotspur	[33][34]
1 July 2020	FW		Rachel Williams	Tottenham Hotspur	[35][36]
15 January 2021	MF		Destiney Toussaint	Coventry United	[37]

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