Nottingham Forest L.F.C.

Nottingham Forest Ladies

Full name	Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)	Forest, The Reds
Founded	1990
Ground	Bill Stokeld Stadium (Capacity: 600 (164 seated))
Chairman	Robert Matusiewicz
Manager	Danny Johnson
League	FA Women's Premier League National Division
2009-10	11th, FA Women's Premier League National Division
Home colours Away colours

Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Nottingham Forest F.C.. They were promoted to the Women's Premier League in 2008 after winning the Northern Division and currently play their home matches at Carlton Town's Bill Stokeld Stadium.

The first known existence of a female Forest team was that which competed in the Notts and Derby League in the early 1970s but the club in its current form was officially founded in 1990 when a small group of young women advertised in the men's official programme against Everton for players to join them.

The current kit is sponsored by Nottingham Trent University, unlike their male counterparts who are Sponsored by Victor Chandler, but the Ladies club is an amateur organisation and not funded by the men's club, so independent sponsors have to be acquired. The team reached the FA Women's Premier League Cup final in March 2011, but were defeated by Barnet on penalties.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Clare Wallhead GK Mary Earps DF Lauren Cresswell DF Catherine Lawson DF Carla Tomkins DF Leanne Woodford DF Kerrie Manley MF Beth Bailey (captain) MF Chloe Foster MF Kelly Finley

No. Position Player MF Ellie Gilliatt MF Lauren Howard MF Megan Howard MF Jemma Connor-Iommi MF Catherine Stainthorpe MF Reanne Thomas FW Suzanne Davies FW Andi Bell FW Natalie Clarke FW Kerry Bartlett

External links

• Official site
• Page at Nottingham Forest
• Interview with Beth Bailey, Captain of Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Team at the Nottingham FIFA World Cup Bid Submission event at Wembley(Video)