Chichester & Selsey Ladies F.C.

Chichester and Selsey Ladies and Youth Football Club[1] are a women's association football club based in Selsey, West Sussex, England. They were founded in 2020 as a breakaway club from Chichester City F.C.. They play in the FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division.

Chichester & Selsey Ladies
Full nameChichester and Selsey Ladies and Youth Football Club
FoundedMay 2020 (May 2020)
GroundHigh Street Ground, Selsey
LeagueFA Women's National League South Premier Division
WebsiteClub website

History

Historically, the club were Chichester City L.F.C., which had been founded in 2012 and affiliated to the men's Chichester City F.C..[2][3] However, in 2019 they moved their home matches from Chichester City's Oaklands Park in Chichester to Selsey F.C.'s High Street Ground due to feeling they were unable to get all women's and girl's teams training together at Oaklands Park.[4] Selsey F.C. invited the team to move there to play their remaining matches.[5] In 2020, for an undisclosed reason, the women's team formally broke away from Chichester City F.C. and moved to Selsey permanently.[2] Chichester City then set up a new women's team called Chichester City Women and aimed to re-enter the FA women's national pyramid.[6]

To avoid confusion between the similar names of two clubs, which occurred due to mistaken reports that the team were moving back to Oaklands Park,[2] the former Chichester City Ladies renamed themselves to Chichester & Selsey Ladies.[1] Chichester & Selsey would retain the former affiliation's colours of green and white as well as their position in the FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division.[2][7] They were scheduled to play their first Women's FA Cup match under their new name in January 2021 but this was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.[8]

References
  1. "Passionate, driven, determined... meet newly named Chichester and Selsey Ladies and Youth FC". Chichester Observer. 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  2. "Confused? Don't be! Chichester City Ladies are nothing to do with Chichester City Women". Chichester Observer. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  3. "England — List of Foundation Dates". RSSSF. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  4. "Now Selsey is home sweet home for Chichester City Ladies". Chichester Observer. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  5. Barker, Stuart (2020-11-20). "Interview: Chichester & Selsey Boss, Sadie Blakely". Since 71. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  6. "Chichester area gets second women's football team". Chichester Observer. 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  7. "FA Women's National League". The FA. 2017-04-27. Retrieved 2021-01-20.
  8. "One 2nd round tie survives COVID restrictions". She Kicks. Retrieved 2021-01-20. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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