2017 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading FC Women
2017 season
ManagerKelly Chambers
StadiumAdams Park, High Wycombe
FA WSL 16th
FA CupFifth round vs Manchester City
Top goalscorerLeague: Melissa Fletcher (3)
All: Melissa Fletcher (3)
Highest home attendance797 vs Chelsea
(3 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance536 vs Birmingham City
(28 May 2017)
Average home league attendance637 (28 May 2017)
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The 2017 season was Reading FC Women's second season in the FA WSL 1, after winning promotion from the FA WSL 2 in 2015.

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe. For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.

Season events

On 14 November 2016, Reading signed Mandy van den Berg from Liverpool.

On 9 January, Mary Earps signed an 18-month contract extension with Reading, keeping her at the club until June 2018.

On 12 January 2017, Reading signed Rachel Furness from Sunderland, with Brooke Chaplen making the same move at the end of January.

Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading on 19 January, until the summer of 2018.

On 23 January, Melissa Fletcher signed her first professional contract with the club, until June 2018, with Charlie Estcourt signing a similar deal on 25 January, and Becky Jane signed a new contract with Reading until June 2019 on 26 January.

On 24 January, New Zealand international defender Anna Green from Swedish club Mallbackens IF.

On 6 February, Reading signed a new contract with Kirsty McGee, until June 2018, with Harriet Scott also signing a new 18-month contract with Reading on 9 February.

On 8 February, Emma Follis was sold to Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.

On 8 April, Anissa Lahmari joined Reading on a two-month loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain.

On 1 May, Reading signed Jo Potter, Jade Moore and Kirsty Linnett from recently folded Notts County.

Squad

As of match played 3 June 2017
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (Age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Mary Earps GK (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24) Bristol Academy 2016 2018
21 Grace Moloney GK (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 24) Academy 2009 110 0
Defenders
2 Becky Jane DF (1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 20) Chelsea 2011 2019
3 Harriet Scott DF (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 24) Academy 2009 2018
5 Molly Bartrip DF (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 21) Academy 2014
6 Kirsty McGee DF (1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 30) Portsmouth 2014 2018
14 Mandy van den Berg DF (1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 26) Liverpool 2017 5 1
15 Anna Green DF (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 26) Mallbackens 2017 7 0
22 Jo Potter DF (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 32) Notts County Ladies 2017 4 0
Midfielders
4 Kayleigh Hines MF (1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 26) Oxford United 2016
7 Rachel Furness MF (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 28) Sunderland 2017 8 1
8 Remi Allen MF (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 26) Birmingham City 2016 18 0
10 Anissa Lahmari MF (1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20) loan from Paris Saint-Germain 2017 2017 6 0
17 Charlie Estcourt MF (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 19) Chelsea 2015
18 Jade Moore MF (1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 26) Notts County Ladies 2017 6 1
23 Rachel Rowe MF (1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 24) Swansea City 2015 46 2
25 Tamsin de Bunsen MF (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 17) Academy 2017 0 0
34 Sophie O'Rourke MF (1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18) Academy 2017 0 0
Forwards
9 Lauren Bruton FW (1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 24) Arsenal 2013 2018
16 Kirsty Linnett FW (1993-09-24)24 September 1993 (aged 23) Notts County 2017 6 0
19 Brooke Chaplen FW (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 28) Sunderland 2017 4 1
20 Melissa Fletcher FW (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 25) Academy 2008 2018
Out on loan
Left during the season
  1. ^ Age as of the end of the season

Transfers

In

Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
14 November 2016 DF Mandy van den Berg Liverpool Undisclosed
12 January 2017 MF Rachel Furness Sunderland Undisclosed
24 January 2017 DF Anna Green Mallbackens Undisclosed
31 January 2017 FW Brooke Chaplen Sunderland Undisclosed
1 May 2017 DF Jo Potter Notts County Undisclosed
1 May 2017 MF Jade Moore Notts County Undisclosed
1 May 2017 FW Kirsty Linnett Notts County Undisclosed

Loans in

Start date Position Nationality Name From End date Ref.
8 April 2017 MF Anissa Lahmari Paris Saint-Germain End of season

Out

Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
8 February 2017 MF Emma Follis Birmingham City Undisclosed

Released

Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref.
30 June 2017 MF Kayleigh Hines Oxford United 1 August 2017

Pre-season

29 March 2017 Real Betis 2–2 Reading Seville, Spain
GMT (UTC)
Report Bruton
Furness 		Stadium: Felipe del Valle Municipal Stadium

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: FA WSL Spring Series § WSL 1

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
8 2 2 4 10 15  −5 8 0 1 2 3 8  −5 2 1 2 7 7  0

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Matchday12345678
GroundAAHHAHAA
ResultWLLLWDLD
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

22 April 2017 1 Bristol City 1–3 Reading Bristol
18:00 BST (UTC+1) Hemp 73' Report Furness 49'
Rowe 59'
Fletcher 61'		 Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 1,127
Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis
28 April 2017 2 Liverpool 4–2 Reading Widnes
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Harding 2', 25'
Weir 34'
Coombs 50'		 Report Chaplen 4'
Fletcher 8'
Furness  38'		 Stadium: Halton Stadium
Attendance: 466
Referee: Matt Donohue
3 May 2017 3 Reading 0–4 Chelsea High Wycombe
19:35 BST (UTC+1) Allen  19'
Scott  24'
Moore  90+2'
Furness  90+3'		 Report Carney 33'
Spence 65'
Ji 69'
Blundell 81'
Chapman  90+1'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 797
Referee: Christopher O’Donnell
7 May 2017 4 Reading 2–3 Manchester City High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1) Moore 59'  90+2'
Allen  68'
Bruton 74' (pen.)
Pearce  82'		 Report Parris 6', 76'
Scott 78'
Walsh  80'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 579
Referee: Paul Forrester
17 May 2017 5 Yeovil United 0–1 Reading Taunton
19:00 BST (UTC+1) Jones  9'
Heatherson  33'
Curson  37'
James  86'		 Report van den Berg 8'
Linnett  53'
Furness  54'
Allen  62'
Lahmari  84'		 Stadium: Cygnet Health Care
Attendance: 356
Referee: Martin Underhay
28 May 2017 6 Reading 1–1 Birmingham City High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1) van den Berg  48'
Potter  49'
Bruton 64' (pen.)
Scott  87'		 Report Wellings 1'
Carter  48'
Mannion  50'
P.Williams  88'		 Stadium: Adams Park
Attendance: 536
Referee: Stephen Bates
31 May 2017 7 Arsenal 1–0 Reading Canons Park
19:30 BST (UTC+1) Carter 40' Report Pearce  37'
Scott  60'		 Stadium: The Hive Stadium
Attendance: 870
Referee: Alan Dale
3 June 2017 8 Sunderland 1–1 Reading Hetton-le-Hole
15:30 BST (UTC+1) Staniforth  45'
B.Leon 56'
A.Holmes  64'		 Report Fletcher 29'
Allen  45'		 Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
Attendance: 464
Referee: Paul Brown

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Chelsea 8 6 1 1 32 3 +29 19
2 Manchester City 8 6 1 1 17 6 +11 19
3 Arsenal 8 5 3 0 22 9 +13 18
4 Liverpool 8 4 2 2 20 18 +2 14
5 Sunderland 8 2 3 3 4 14 −10 9
6 Reading 8 2 2 4 10 15 −5 8
7 Birmingham City 8 1 4 3 6 10 −4 7
8 Bristol City 8 1 1 6 5 21 −16 4
9 Yeovil Town 8 0 1 7 6 26 −20 1
Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

Main article: 2016–17 FA Women's Cup
18 March 2017 Fifth round Manchester City 1–0 Reading Manchester
14:00 GMT (UTC) Bronze 83' Report Stadium: Academy Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played 3 June 2017

Appearances

No. Pos Nat Player Total WSL FA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  ENG Mary Earps 9 0 8 0 1 0
2 DF  ENG Becky Jane 8 0 7 0 1 0
3 DF  IRL Harriet Scott 9 0 6+2 0 1 0
4 MF  ENG Kayleigh Hines 3 0 0+3 0 0 0
5 DF  ENG Molly Bartrip 3 0 2 0 0+1 0
6 DF  ENG Kirsty McGee 9 0 8 0 1 0
7 MF  NIR Rachel Furness 8 1 7 1 1 0
8 MF  ENG Remi Allen 9 0 7+1 0 0+1 0
9 FW  ENG Lauren Bruton 8 2 7 2 0+1 0
10 MF  FRA Anissa Lahmari 6 0 1+5 0 0 0
14 DF  NED Mandy van den Berg 5 1 3+1 1 1 0
15 DF  NZL Anna Green 7 0 6 0 1 0
16 FW  ENG Kirsty Linnett 6 0 4+2 0 0 0
17 MF  WAL Charlie Estcourt 5 0 3+1 0 1 0
18 MF  ENG Jade Moore 6 1 4+2 1 0 0
19 FW  ENG Brooke Chaplen 4 1 3 1 1 0
20 FW  WAL Melissa Fletcher 8 3 5+2 3 1 0
22 DF  ENG Jo Potter 4 0 3+1 0 0 0
23 MF  WAL Rachel Rowe 5 1 4 1 1 0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place Position Nation Number Name WSL FA Cup Total
1 FW 20 Melissa Fletcher 3 0 3
2 FW 9 Lauren Bruton 2 0 2
3 MF 7 Rachel Furness 1 0 1
MF 23 Rachel Rowe 1 0 1
FW 19 Brooke Chaplen 1 0 1
MF 18 Jade Moore 1 0 1
DF 14 Mandy van den Berg 1 0 1
Total 10 0 10

Clean sheets

Place Position Nation Number Name WSL FA Cup Total
1 GK 1 Mary Earps 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name WSL FA Cup Total
3 DF Harriet Scott 3 0 0 0 3 0
6 DF Kirsty McGee 2 0 0 0 2 0
7 MF Rachel Furness 3 0 0 0 3 0
8 MF Remi Allen 3 0 0 0 3 0
10 MF Anissa Lahmari 1 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Mandy van den Berg 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 FW Kirsty Linnett 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 MF Jade Moore 1 0 0 0 1 0
22 DF Jo Potter 0 1 0 0 0 1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total 15 1 0 0 15 1

Honours

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