Lewes F.C. Women
Lewes Football Club Women is a women's football club affiliated with Lewes F.C. The club compete in the FA Women's Championship and play at The Dripping Pan. The team's highest ever league finish was 8th place in the second-tier FA Women's Championship in 2019–20.
Full name | Lewes Football Club Women | ||
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Nickname(s) | The Rookettes | ||
Founded | 2002[1] | ||
Ground | The Dripping Pan, Lewes | ||
Capacity | 3,000 (600 seated) | ||
Manager | Simon Parker[2] | ||
League | FA Women's Championship | ||
2019–20 | 8th of 11 | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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History
Lewes Ladies FC was established in 2002 as the women's affiliate of Lewes FC, a not-for-profit club helping pioneer 100% fan and community ownership. The team started playing in the South East Counties football league and within a ten year period climbed through the pyramid, winning promotion to the fourth-tier FA Women's Premier League in 2012 following an unbeaten season.[3]
In 2017, Lewes became the first professional or semi-professional football club to pay its women's team the same as its men's team as part of their Equality FC initiative.[4]
In 2018, the team was awarded a place in the FA Women's Championship.[5] In September 2019 club director Barry Collins resigned, frustrated at the board's preoccupation with equality campaigning: "I joined a football club and feel like I'm leaving a political party".[6]
Lewes were awarded Her Football Hub’s ‘Club of the Year’[7] award during the 2020 ceremony. Crowning the club due to their campaign in gender equality within sport.
Current squad
- As of 28 January 2021.[8]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season summary
- Key
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
Champions | Runners-up | Promoted | Relegated |
Season | Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | FA Cup |
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2002–03 | ||||||||||
2003–04 | SEC[9] | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 21 | 27 | 3rd | |
2004–05 | SEC[10] | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 14 | 35 | 3rd | R2 |
2005–06 | LSEWRFL[11] | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 85 | 20 | 55 | 2nd | |
2006–07 | LSEWRFL[12] | 20 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 15 | 55 | 1st | |
2007–08 | ||||||||||
2008–09 | ||||||||||
2009–10 | R3 | |||||||||
2010–11 | R1 | |||||||||
2011–12 | R2 | |||||||||
2012–13 | WPL South[13] | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 5th | R2 |
2013–14 | WPL South[14] | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 6th | R3 |
2014–15 | WPL South[15] | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 37 | 21 | 7th | R3 |
2015–16 | WPL South[16] | 22 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 42 | 25 | 7th | R3 |
2016–17 | WPL South[17] | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 31 | 36 | 25 | 7th | R3 |
2017–18 | WPL South[18] | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 25 | 44 | 5th | R5 |
2018–19 | Championship | 20 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 17 | 9th | R4 |
2019–20 | Championship | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 8th | R5 |
See also
- Category:Lewes F.C. Women players
- Football in Sussex
References
- "Lewes Ladies looking for new Coach to work with management team". Lewes F.C. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- "Alonso departs Lewes FC as Parker takes up the reins". www.lewesfc.com.
- "History". www.lewesfc.com.
- Christenson, Marcus (12 July 2017). "Lewes FC become first professional club to pay women and men equally". The Guardian.
- "Lewes FC Women win a place in the new FA Women's Championship". www.lewesfc.com.
- "'I joined a football club and feel like I'm leaving a political party' – Collins explains Lewes exit". Nonleaguedaily.com. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- Hub, Her Football (20 December 2020). "2020 Her Football Hub Awards". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- "Women's 1st". www.lewesfc.com.
- "South East Counties Womens League 2003–04". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "South East Counties Womens League 2004–05". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "London & South East Regional Women's League 2005–06". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "London & South East Regional Women's League 2006–07". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2012–13". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2013–14". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2014–15". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2015–16". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2016–17". fulltime-league.thefa.com.
- "FA Women's National League South 2017–18". fulltime-league.thefa.com.