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2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season

The 2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season was the club's 12th season and their third in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid.

Reading
2018–19 season
ManagerKelly Chambers
StadiumAdams Park
WSL5th
FA CupSemifinal vs West Ham United
League CupQuarterfinal vs Chelsea
Top goalscorerLeague: Fara Williams (11)
All: Fara Williams (19)

Season events edit

On 2 July, Reading announced that Jade Moore, Jo Potter and Remi Allen had all extended their contracts with Reading for the 2018–19 season.[1]

On 5 July, Reading announced the signing of Rachael Laws from Sunderland.[2]

On 9 July, Reading announced the double signing of Gemma Davison and Sophie Howard.[3]

On 22 July, Reading signed Millie Farrow from Bristol City.[4]

On 23 July, Reading signed Maz Pacheco from Doncaster Rovers Belles.[5]

On 28 January, Reading announced the signing of Rakel Hönnudóttir from Limhamn Bunkeflo.[6]

On 4 April, Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading until the summer of 2021.[7]

On 9 May, Fara Williams signed a new contract with Reading for the 2019–20 season.[8]

Squad edit

As of match played 11 May 2019
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age[a]) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Grace Moloney   GK (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 26) Academy 2009 147 0
27 Rachael Laws   GK (1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 28) Sunderland 2018[2] 2 0
Defenders
2 Becky Jane   DF (1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 22) Chelsea 2011 2019[9]
3 Maz Pacheco   DF (1998-08-25)25 August 1998 (aged 20) Doncaster Rovers Belles 2018[5] 22 0
5 Molly Bartrip   DF (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 22) Academy 2014
6 Kirsty Pearce   DF (1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 32) Portsmouth 2014
22 Jo Potter   DF (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 34) Notts County Ladies 2017[10] 2019[1]
26 Sophie Howard   DF (1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 25) 1899 Hoffenheim 2018[3] 10 0
28 Lily Woodham   DF (2000-09-03)3 September 2000 (aged 18) Bristol City 2018 6 0
29 Kiera Skeels   DF (2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 18) Academy 2019 0 0
Midfielders
4 Fara Williams   MF (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 35) Arsenal 2017 2020[8]
7 Rachel Furness   MF (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 30) Sunderland 2017[11]
8 Remi Allen   MF (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 28) Birmingham City 2016 2019[1]
9 Gemma Davison   MF (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 32) Chelsea 2018[3] 20 4
11 Natasha Harding (captain)   MF (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 30) Liverpool 2018[12] 40 1
16 Jade Bailey   MF (1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 32) loan from Chelsea 2019 8 0
17 Charlie Estcourt   MF (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 20) Chelsea 2015
18 Jade Moore   MF (1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 28) Notts County Ladies 2017[10] 2019[1]
23 Rachel Rowe   MF (1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 26) Swansea City 2015 74 8
Forwards
10 Lauren Bruton   FW (1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 26) Arsenal 2013 2021[7]
14 Millie Farrow   FW (1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 22) Bristol City 2018[4] 6 2
15 Rakel Hönnudóttir   FW (1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 30) Limhamn Bunkeflo 2019[6] 8 3
19 Brooke Chaplen   FW (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 30) Sunderland 2017[13]
Out on loan
Left during the season
  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
5 July 2018 GK   Rachael Laws Sunderland Undisclosed [2]
5 July 2018 DF   Sophie Howard TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Undisclosed [3]
5 July 2018 MF   Gemma Davison Chelsea Undisclosed [3]
22 July 2018 FW   Millie Farrow Bristol City Undisclosed [4]
23 July 2018 DF   Maz Pacheco Doncaster Rovers Belles Free [5]
28 January 2019 FW   Rakel Hönnudóttir Limhamn Bunkeflo Undisclosed [6]

Loans in edit

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
3 January 2019 MF   Jade Bailey Chelsea End of season [14]

Out edit

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
10 June 2019 DF   Becky Jane Liverpool Undisclosed [15]

Released edit

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
7 July 2018 FW   Melissa Fletcher Retired [16]
30 June 2019 DF   Kirsty Pearce Retired [17]

Competitions edit

WSL edit

Main article: 2018–19 FA WSL

Results summary edit

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 8 3 9 33 30  +3 27 4 1 5 18 16  +2 4 2 4 15 14  +1

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday edit

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHAHAA-AHAHAHAHH-HAAHAH
ResultWDLWL-DWWWLDLLL-LWWWLL
Position2454475554555666776555
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results edit

9 September 2018 1 Reading 4–0 Yeovil Town High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Davison   5'
Williams   11'
Bruton   59' (pen.)
Allen   61'		 Report Evans   79' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 464
Referee: Helen Conley
19 September 2018 2 West Ham United 0–0 Reading Romford
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Simic   19'
Simon   64'		 Report Howard   81' Stadium: Rush Green Stadium
Attendance: 658
Referee: Abby Marriott
23 September 2018 3 Reading 0–1 Birmingham City High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Allen   51'
Harding   63'		 Report Sargeant   7'
P.Williams   90+6'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 693
Referee: Jacob Miles
30 September 2018 4 Liverpool 0–1 Reading Birkenhead
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Roberts   37'   56' Report Chaplen   36'
Bruton   84'		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 382
Referee: David McNamara
21 October 2018 5 Arsenal 6–0 Reading Borehamwood
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Miedema   3', 49', 85'
Nobbs   7'
Mead   45+2'
van de Donk   76'		 Report Pearce   8'
Furness   45+1'		 Stadium: Meadow Park
Attendance: 1,586
Referee: Abby Marriott
26 October 2018 7 Manchester City 1–1 Reading Manchester
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Stanway   33'
Parris   90+1'		 Report Moore   50'
Pearce   68'
Allen   90+5'		 Stadium: Academy Stadium
Attendance: 1,015
Referee: David McNamara
4 November 2018 8 Reading 3–0 Bristol City High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC) Williams   32', 50'
Chaplen   65'		 Report Rutherford   63'
Kerkdijk   90+1'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 482
Referee: Abigal Marnot
18 November 2018 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 1–4 Reading Crawley
14:00 GMT (UTC) Bowman   27'
A.Whelan   61'		 Report Hourihan   20' (o.g.)
Chaplen   58'
Moloney   62'
Williams   65'
Davison   81'		 Stadium: Broadfield Stadium
Attendance: 330
Referee: Ryan Atkin
25 November 2018 10 Reading 2–1 Everton High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC) Chaplen   20', 77' Report Cain   13'
Kelly   46'
Magill   53'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 625
Referee: Amy Fearn
2 December 2018 11 Chelsea 1–0 Reading Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC) Ji   49' Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 1,741
Referee: Lucy Oliver
9 December 2018 12 Reading 2–2 Liverpool High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC) Williams   62', 84'   69'
Furness   63'
Bartrip   79'		 Report Sweetman-Kirk   10', 68' Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 582
Referee: Joshua Smith
6 January 2019 13 Birmingham City 2–1 Reading Solihull
14:00 GMT (UTC) Harrop   32'   72'
P.Williams   56'
Sargeant   89'		 Report Moore   23'
Furness   30'
Harding   52'
Allen   82'
Hampton   88' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Damson Park
Attendance: 606
Referee: Robert Ellis
27 January 2019 15 Reading 0–3 Arsenal Reading
12:30 GMT (UTC) Harding   60'
Allen   76'
Moore   80'		 Report Miedema   2'
Mitchell   23'
McCabe   37'   90+4'
Mead   74'
Little   80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 1,269
Referee: Lucy Oliver
20 February 2019 17 Reading 1–2 West Ham United Reading
19:30 GMT (UTC) Williams   66' (pen.)
Allen   82'		 Report Lehmann   20', 53' Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 2,148
Referee: Rebecca Welch
13 March 2019 18 Reading 3–4 Manchester City High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC) Chaplen   3'
Williams   62' (pen.)
Pearce   87'		 Report Parris   15', 36', 39'   90+2'
Stokes   54'
McManus   68'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 449
Referee: Tom Reeves
31 March 2019 19 Bristol City 0–1 Reading Filton
15:00 BST (UTC+1) Report Allen   24'
Williams   49'
Chaplen   55'		 Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium
Attendance: 391
Referee: Samuel Allison
17 April 2019 16 Yeovil Town 0–5 Reading Dorchester
19:45 BST (UTC+1) Cousins   57' Report Williams   33'
Davison   44'
Bruton   54', 83'
Farrow   80', 90'		 Stadium: Clayson Stadium
Attendance: 407
Referee: Scott Jackson
20 April 2019 20 Reading 1–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Reading
13:00 BST (UTC+1) Furness   49' Report Stadium: Madejski Stadium
Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Amy Fearn
28 April 2019 21 Everton 3–2 Reading Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Kaagman   40'
Boye-Hlorkah   52'
Magill   59'
Worm   86'
Stringer   89'		 Report Allen   8'
Pearce   53'
Williams   77'		 Stadium: Haig Avenue
Attendance: 174
Referee: Andrew Kitchen
11 May 2019 22 Reading 2–3 Chelsea High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1) Harding   50'
Williams   52'
Allen   75'		 Report Ji   8'
Carney   51'
England   64'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 612
Referee: Abigail Bryne

Table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Chelsea 20 12 6 2 46 14 +32 42
4 Birmingham City 20 13 1 6 29 17 +12 40
5 Reading 20 8 3 9 33 30 +3 27
6 Bristol City 20 7 4 9 17 34 −17 25
7 West Ham United 20 7 2 11 25 37 −12 23
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 Women's FA Cup
11 February 2019 Fourth Round Reading 13–0 Keynsham Town Woking
14:00 GMT (UTC) Williams   21' (pen.), 24', 28' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 59'
Bruton   37', 53'
Chaplen   48', 49'
Estcourt   68'
Hönnudóttir   78', 80'
Davison   84'		 Report Stadium: Kingfield Stadium
17 February 2019 Fifth Round Reading 2–1 Birmingham City High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC) Pacheco   45'
Allen   52'
Pearce   69'
Hönnudóttir   84'   90+3'		 Report Mannion   77' Stadium: Adams Park
Referee: Alex Blake
17 March 2019 Quarterfinal Reading 3–2 (a.e.t.) Manchester United High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC) Allen   101'
Furness   108'
Hönnudóttir   120+6'		 Report Greenwood   98'
Harding   106' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 951
14 April 2019 Semifinal Reading 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(3–4 p)		 West Ham United High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1) Furness   48'
Potter  
Harding  
Moore  
Bruton  		 Report Lehmann   56'
Cho  
Simon  		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 2,334
Penalties
Davison  
Hönnudóttir  
Bruton  
Furness  
Allen  
Moore  		   Ross
  Visalli
  Leon
  Longhurst
  Flaherty
  So-Hyun

League Cup edit

Main article: 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

Group stage edit

Pos Team
 Pld W WPEN LPEN L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Manchester United 4 3 0 0 1 5 2 +3 9 Advance to knock-out stage
2 Reading 4 2 0 1 1 9 5 +4 7
3 Everton 4 2 0 0 2 6 7 −1 6
4 Durham 4 1 0 1 2 5 8 −3 4
5 Liverpool 4 0 2 0 2 5 8 −3 4
Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
19 August 2018 1 Reading 4–1 Durham High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Pearce   6'
Williams   13', 24', 81'		 Report R.Lee   16'
B.Hepple   80' (pen.)		 Stadium: Adams Park
25 August 2018 2 Manchester United 0–2 Reading Leigh
12:00 BST (UTC+1) James   59' Report Bartrip   41'
Chaplen   56'
Bruton   61'
Davison   90+4'		 Stadium: Leigh Sports Village
16 September 2018 3 Everton 3–2 Reading Southport
12:00 BST (UTC+1) Walker   14', 27'
Kaagman   56'
Bruinenberg   90'		 Report Finnigan   24' (o.g.)
Chaplen   79'		 Stadium: Haig Avenue
12 December 2018 4 Reading 1–1
(4 – 5 p)		 Liverpool High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC) Furness   64'
Jane   85'		 Report Kitching   49'
Sweetman-Kirk   66'		 Stadium: Adams Park

Knockout stage edit

9 January 2019 Quarterfinal Chelsea 4–0 Reading Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT (UTC) Kirby   3', 86'
Asante   37'
Riley   90+1'		 Report Stadium: Kingsmeadow
Attendance: 973

Squad statistics edit

As of match played 11 May 2019

Appearances edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total WSL FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   IRL Grace Moloney 27 0 20 0 4 0 3 0
2 DF   ENG Becky Jane 14 0 3+5 0 1 0 2+3 0
3 DF   ENG Maz Pacheco 22 0 14+2 0 4 0 2 0
4 MF   ENG Fara Williams 29 19 20 11 4 5 5 3
5 DF   ENG Molly Bartrip 22 0 7+7 0 4 0 4 0
6 DF   ENG Kirsty Pearce 24 3 17+1 1 1+1 1 4 1
7 MF   NIR Rachel Furness 25 3 16+3 1 3 1 3 1
8 MF   ENG Remi Allen 26 2 19 2 3 0 2+2 0
9 MF   ENG Gemma Davison 20 4 8+6 2 0+2 1 3+1 1
10 FW   ENG Lauren Bruton 25 5 15+2 3 4 2 4 0
11 MF   WAL Natasha Harding 27 1 19 1 3 0 4+1 0
14 FW   ENG Millie Farrow 6 2 2+3 2 0 0 0+1 0
15 FW   ISL Rakel Hönnudóttir 8 3 2+3 0 0+3 3 0 0
16 MF   ENG Jade Bailey 8 0 3+3 0 2 0 0 0
17 MF   WAL Charlie Estcourt 10 1 4+3 0 1 1 2 0
18 MF   ENG Jade Moore 18 1 12+1 1 3+1 0 1 0
19 MF   ENG Brooke Chaplen 24 11 16 7 3 2 5 2
22 DF   ENG Jo Potter 25 0 16 0 4 0 4+1 0
23 MF   WAL Rachel Rowe 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
26 DF   SCO Sophie Howard 10 0 5+1 0 0+1 0 2+1 0
27 GK   ENG Rachael Laws 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
28 DF   WAL Lily Woodham 6 0 1+3 0 0 0 1+1 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers edit

Place Position Nation Number Name WSL FA Cup League Cup Total
1 MF   4 Fara Williams 11 5 3 19
2 MF   19 Brooke Chaplen 7 2 2 11
3 FW   10 Lauren Bruton 3 2 0 5
4 MF   9 Gemma Davison 2 1 1 4
FW   15 Rakel Hönnudóttir 0 4 0 4
MF   7 Rachel Furness 1 2 1 4
7 MF   8 Remi Allen 2 1 0 3
DF   6 Kirsty Pearce 1 1 1 3
Own goal 2 0 1 3
10 FW   14 Millie Farrow 2 0 0 2
11 MF   11 Natasha Harding 1 0 0 1
18   18 Jade Moore 1 0 0 1
MF   17 Charlie Estcourt 0 1 0 1
Total 33 19 9 61

Clean sheets edit

Place Position Nation Number Name WSL FA Cup League Cup Total
1 GK   1 Grace Moloney 7 1 1 9
Total 7 1 1 9

Disciplinary record edit

Number Nation Position Name WSL FA Cup League Cup Total
               
1   GK Grace Moloney 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2   DF Becky Jane 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
3   DF Maz Pacheco 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
4   MF Fara Williams 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5   DF Molly Bartrip 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
6   DF Kirsty Pearce 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7   MF Rachel Furness 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8   MF Remi Allen 7 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
9   MF Gemma Davison 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10   FW Lauren Bruton 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
11   MF Natasha Harding 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
15   FW Rakel Hönnudóttir 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18   MF Jade Moore 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
22   DF Jo Potter 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
26   DF Sophie Howard 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total 24 0 7 0 3 0 34 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Moore, Potter and Allen all extend deals with RFC Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Royals Women sign Sunderland stopper". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Royals Women bolster ranks with double swoop". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 9 July 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Millie Farrow: Reading Women sign Bristol City Women striker". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Mayumi Pacheco: Reading Women sign former Doncaster Rovers Belles left-back". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Iceland international Hönnudóttir joins Royals Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 28 January 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. ^ a b "England international Bruton extends her Royals contract". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 4 April 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. ^ a b "Fara agrees new contract with the Royals". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 9 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Becky Jane: Reading Women defender signs new deal until June 2019". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Reading Women: Jade Moore, Jo Potter and Kirsty Linnett join for Spring Series". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 1 May 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Rachel Furness: Reading sign Northern Ireland midfielder from Sunderland". bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  12. ^ "Natasha Harding: Reading Women sign Wales and ex-Liverpool forward". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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  14. ^ "Jade Bailey: Reading Women sign Chelsea midfielder on loan". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 3 January 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  15. ^ "LFC Women agree terms for Becky Jane signing". Liverpool FC. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
  16. ^ "Melissa Fletcher: Wales & Reading forward announces retirement". bbc.co.uk/. BBC Sport. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Kirsty Pearce: Reading Women's captain to retire". 10 May 2019. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
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