Nickname(s) The Alex Ground Capacity 600 League FA Women's Premier League | Ground Cumberland Arena Chairman Ray Walker Capacity 600 | |
Full name Crewe Alexandra Ladies Football Club 2015-16 North West Women's Regional Football League Premier Division, Champions 2015/16. Cheshire County Cup Winners, 2015/16 | ||
Crewe Alexandra Ladies Football Club are a ladies football club that play in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division One, and are associated with Crewe Alexandra FC. The club currently has three teams (First Team/Development Squad/Under 18's) all of which train at The Alexandra Soccer Centre and Reaseheath College. The First Team currently play home matches at the Cumberland Arena on Sunday afternoons.
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History
The original Crewe Ladies joined the North West Women’s Regional Football League in 1985 and folded on 14 February 1993 with their season incomplete. In season 1999-00 Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC where elected into the North West Women’s Regional Football League but they would disband on 28 August 2001, after just two seasons in Division two South. In 2000–01 a new club had begun life called Crewe Vagrants, who played their football in the West Midlands Regional Football League and they won their Premier Division in 2002–03 with 58 points. The club then moved into the Midlands Combination and success continued with a second Championship in 2005–06. This was the season the club became Crewe Alexandra and two seasons were spent in the National League North, with a highest placing of 4th in 2006–07, before being relegated back to the Midlands Combination. The best season in the FA Women's Cup was a Fourth Round appearance in 2007–08, while in the Cheshire County Cup; they have been finalists on three occasions and won the Trophy once in 2004–05. In 2012–13 the Alex won silverware in the shape of the NWWRFL Plate beating Kendal Ladies 7–1 in the final played at The Pavilions, Runcorn. In the same season the club also established a Development Squad, playing in the Cheshire Women's and Youth League to further enhance the first team set up. The most famous player ever to play for the club is Kerry Davis, a prolific striker who scored 44 goals in 82 appearances for England. This goal scoring record would only be beaten in February 2012, when Kelly Smith reached 45 goals versus Finland in the Cyprus Cup.
Staff
Chairman: Ray Walker
Treasurer / Club Captain: Katie Nuttall
Director of Football / First Team Head Coach: Nick Pearce
Operations Manager / Secretary / First Team Assistant Manager: Tony Heron
First Team Manager: Liam Salt
First Team Coaches: Sara Hilton and Mike Tierney
First Team Goalkeeper Coach: Chris Stokes
Development Squad Manager: Dave Whittingham
Development Squad Assistant Manager / Coach: Olly Hill
Development Squad Coach: Jack Johnson
Head of Youth Development / Under 18's Head Coach: Martyn Irvine
Under 18's Coach: Matthew Halliwell
Under 16's Head Coach: Martin Fitzsimmons
Under 16's Coach: Amy Richardson
Club Press & Media Officer: James Brown
Club Photographer: Bev Lambourne
Head of Sports Therapy: Lee Wilkinson
Sports Therapists: Lee Carter, Seb Richardson and Stacey Green
Players (First Team)
Goalkeepers
Kara Townsend
Lauren Bracewell
Defenders
Charlie Williams
Ellie Bohannan
Freya Sammons
Katie Nuttall (captain)
Kerry Green
Kirsty Stafford
Leanne Derry
Tori Howard
Midfielders
Beth Radcliffe
Beth Ragdale
Emma Lambourne
Georgina Stebbings
Jo Power
Josie Alderman
Laura Garner
Laura Goom
Megan Booth
Victoria Griffiths
Strikers
Amanda Fallon
Becky Garner
Beth Grice