2017–18 Liverpool L.F.C. season

Liverpool Ladies FC
2017–18 season
Manager	Scott Rogers
Stadium	Select Security Stadium
FA WSL 1	6th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
FA WSL Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Bethany England and Natasha Harding (4); All: Bethany England (5)
	← 2017 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season is Liverpool Ladies Football Club's 29th season of competitive football and its eighth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1]

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017–18 season was the first after the FA WSL shifted its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.^[2]

First team

Last updated on 19 February 2018^[3]

Squad No.	Name	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Siobhan Chamberlain	(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983 (age 41)
12	Emily Ramsey	(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000 (age 24)
23	Becky Flaherty	(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26)
Defenders
2	Amy Turner	(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991 (age 33)
3	Martha Harris	(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30)
5	Gemma Bonner (captain)	(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33)
21	Naomi Hartley	(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001 (age 23)
22	Alex Greenwood	(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993 (age 31)
26	Ellie Fletcher	(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999 (age 25)
40	Lucy Roberts	(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001 (age 23)
44	Satara Murray	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
6	Sophie Ingle	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)
7	Kate Longhurst	(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35)
8	Laura Coombs	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33)
10	Caroline Weir	(1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 29)
11	Bethany England	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 30)
18	Ali Johnson	(1998-12-24) 24 December 1998 (age 25)
19	Amy Rodgers	(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 (age 24)
36	Ashley Hodson	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)
Forwards
9	Jess Clarke	(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989 (age 35)
15	Cassia Pike	(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000 (age 23)
17	Niamh Charles	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25)
20	Rinsola Babajide	(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998 (age 26)

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Source
17	FW	Niamh Charles	29 June 2017	^[4]
6	MF	Sophie Ingle	21 September 2017	^[5]
18	MF	Ali Johnson	23 November 2017	^[6]
23	GK	Becky Flaherty	23 November 2017	^[6]
26	DF	Ellie Fletcher	23 November 2017	^[6]
36	MF	Ashley Hodson	23 November 2017	^[6]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
25 January 2018	FW	20	Rinsola Babajide	Watford	Undisclosed	^[7]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
11 July 2017	GK	12	Danielle Gibbons	Sheffield	Released	^[8]^[9]
12 August 2017	MF	20	Katie Zelem	Juventus	Undisclosed	^[10]
29 August 2017	FW	11	Shanice van de Sanden	Lyon	Undisclosed	^[11]
30 December 2017	FW	40	Natasha Harding	Reading	Free	^[12]^[13]
19 February 2018	DF	4	Casey Stoney		Retired	^[14]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
14 September 2017	30 June 2018	MF	11	Bethany England	Chelsea	Undisclosed	^[15]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 January 2017	31 May 2018	MF	30	Hannah Dale	Sheffield	Undisclosed	^[16]

Pre-season

13 August 2017	Fylde	0 – 8	Liverpool	Warton, Fylde
14:00		Report	Hodson 12' Clarke 18', 26' Weir 35', 45+1' Jhamat 67' (pen.) Pike 77' (pen.) Everett 82'	Stadium: Kellamergh Park

20 August 2017	Liverpool	6 – 0	Watford	Kirkby
15:00	Harding Hodson Rodgers Blanchard	Report		Stadium: The Academy

3 September 2017	Aston Villa	Cancelled	Liverpool	Tamworth, Staffordshire
TBD		Report		Stadium: The Lamb Ground

9 September 2017	Bristol City	2 – 0	Liverpool	Filton
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium

Toulouse International Ladies Cup

25 August 2017	Liverpool	0 – 6	Lyon	Toulouse, France
17:30		Report	Hegerberg 9', 23' Le Sommer 49', 60' Malard 73' Marozsán 87'	Stadium: Stade Ernest-Wallon

27 August 2017	Liverpool	0 – 3	Montpellier	Toulouse, France
11:00		Report	Léger 3', 73' Haupais 35'	Stadium: Stade Ernest-Wallon

Competitions

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
15	8	1	6	27	21	+6	25	4	1	2	15	8	+7	4	0	4	12	13	−1

Last updated: 29 April 2018.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	1	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source: FA WSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

22 September 2017 1	Everton	0 – 2	Liverpool	Widnes
19:45	Finnigan 28'	Report	Harding 69' Weir 90' Charles 90+3'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Sarah Garrett

29 September 2017 2	Liverpool	0 – 3	Reading	Widnes
19:00		Report	Williams 19' Allen 33' Chaplen 74'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 481 Referee: Joe Hull

7 October 2017 3	Chelsea	1 – 0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
12:30	Mjelde 14' Davison 44'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Amy Fearn

28 October 2017 4	Sunderland	1 – 4	Liverpool	South Shields
18:00	Staniforth 11' Williams 81'	Report	Harding 12', 60', 85' Greenwood 57' 64'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 429 Referee: John Matthews

11 November 2017 5	Liverpool	1 – 0	Birmingham City	Widnes
17:30	Charles 30' Longhurst 78'	Report	Ayisi 81'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 843 Referee: David McNamara

10 December 2017	Arsenal	Postponed	Liverpool
		Report

6 January 2018 6	Liverpool	8 – 0	Yeovil Town	Widnes
17:30	Heatherson 17' (o.g.) England 30', 39', 55', 60' Weir 51' Clarke 59' Coombs 75'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 453 Referee: Helen Byrne

27 January 2018 7	Liverpool	2 – 0	Bristol City	Widnes
17:30	England 46', 65'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Amy Fearn

7 February 2018 8	Liverpool	0 – 3	Arsenal	Widnes
19:00		Report	Miedema 29' (pen.) Janssen 45' Evans 62'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: R. Welch

11 February 2018 9	Manchester City	4 – 0	Liverpool	Manchester
12:30	Parris 2', 60' Christiansen 56' (pen.) McManus 73'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 2,356 Referee: Scott Simpson

21 February 2018 10	Liverpool	3 – 1	Sunderland	Widnes
19:00	Clarke 18', 50' England 55' Harris 58'	Report	Bruinenberg 32'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 497 Referee: Sarah Garratt

25 March 2018 11	Birmingham City	4 – 0	Liverpool	Solihull
		Report		Stadium: Damson Park

FA Cup

4 February 2018 Fourth round	Liverpool	5 – 0	Watford	Walton, Liverpool
13:00	Johnson 7' Weir 19' England 22', 63' Harris 29'	Report		Stadium: Walton Hall Park

18 February 2018 Fifth round	Chichester City	0 – 3	Liverpool	Chichester
14:00		Report	Babajide 34' Hodson 39' England 47'	Stadium: Oaklands Park

18 March 2018 Quarter-final	Liverpool	0 – 3	Chelsea	Widnes
14:00		Report	Andersson 21' Chapman 45' Mjelde 58' (pen)	Stadium: Select Security Stadium

FA WSL Cup

Group stage

11 October 2017 Group 1 North	Liverpool	6 – 0	Sheffield	Widnes
19:00	Weir 10', 29' Gilliatt 52' (o.g.) Ingle 65' Johnson 83' England 90'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 352 Referee: Simon Mather

5 November 2017 Group 1 North	Durham	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Liverpool	Durham
12:00	Johnson 54' Lee 60' Christon 73'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 351 Referee: Helen Byrne
	Penalties
	Hill Wilson Hepple Worthington Johnson Atkinson Christon Gears		Greenwood Coombs Bonner England Harding Stoney Charles Weir

15 November 2017 Group 1 North	Liverpool	5 – 1	Aston Villa	Widnes
19:00	Hodson 17' Clarke 38' Greenwood 49' (pen.) Weir 85' Johnson 87'	Report	Jones 67'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 282 Referee: Natalie Aspinall

5 December 2017 Group 1 North	Sunderland	1 – 0	Liverpool	South Shields
18:00	Galloway 13'	Report	Greenwood 80'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 128 Referee: Matthew Dicicco

Knock-out rounds

17 December 2017 Quarter-final	Chelsea	5 – 1	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	Bachmann 23' Kirby 4', 24', 62' Cuthbert 77'	Report	Stoney 51'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Alex Burke

Appearances and goals

As of 22 February 2018

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		FA WSL Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	ENG	Siobhan Chamberlain	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
12	GK	ENG	Emily Ramsey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK	SCO	Becky Flaherty	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders:
2	DF	ENG	Amy Turner	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Martha Harris	12	1	6+2	0	1	1	1+2	0
5	DF	ENG	Gemma Bonner	12	0	7	0	0	0	5	0
21	DF	ENG	Naomi Hartley	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF	ENG	Alex Greenwood	16	2	10	1	1	0	5	1
26	DF	ENG	Ellie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
40	DF	ENG	Lucy Roberts	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
44	DF	ENG	Satara Murray	9	0	5+1	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders:
6	MF	WAL	Sophie Ingle	17	1	10	0	2	0	5	1
7	MF	ENG	Kate Longhurst	11	0	4+2	0	2	0	2+1	0
8	MF	ENG	Laura Coombs	14	1	9	1	0	0	5	0
10	MF	SCO	Caroline Weir	16	5	8+1	1	2	1	5	3
11	MF	ENG	Bethany England	14	9	9	5	2	3	2+1	1
18	MF	ENG	Ali Johnson	11	3	3+3	0	2	1	0+3	2
19	MF	ENG	Amy Rodgers	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
36	MF	ENG	Ashley Hodson	14	2	1+6	0	2	1	5	1
Forwards:
9	FW	ENG	Jess Clarke	16	4	8+1	3	0+2	0	3+2	1
15	FW	WAL	Cassia Pike	4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
17	FW	ENG	Niamh Charles	8	2	4+1	2	0	0	3	0
20	FW	ENG	Rinsola Babajide	4	1	0+3	0	1	1	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
4	DF	ENG	Casey Stoney	12	1	9	0	0	0	3	1
40	FW	WAL	Natasha Harding	8	4	5	4	0	0	1+2	0

Source: [1]

Honours

FA WSL 1 Player of the Month: Bethany England, January 2018.^[17]

References

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^ "Team". Liverpool Ladies FC. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
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[9] "Goalkeeper Danielle Gibbons Signs For World's First". Sheffield FC Ladies. 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 February 2019. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

[10] "Katie Zelem joins Juventus Women". Liverpool FC. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.

[11] "Van de Sanden agrees Lyon transfer". Liverpool FC. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[12] "Natasha Harding to leave Liverpool Ladies". Liverpool FC. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

[13] "Royals Sign Welsh International Natasha Harding!". Reading FC Women. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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