Nottingham Forest Women F.C.

Association football club in England

Football club

Nottingham Forest Women

Full name| Nottingham Forest
Women
Nickname(s)| Forest
The Reds
Tricky Trees
The Garibaldi
Founded| 1990
Ground| City Ground
Capacity| 30,332
Head of Women
& Girls Football| Amber Wildgust
Manager| Carly Davies
League| FA Women's National League North
2023–24| FA Women's National League North, 3rd of 12
Website| https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/forest-women/

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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Current season
Active departments of Nottingham Forest F.C.

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Football
(Men's)|  Football B
(Men's)|  Football U-18
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(Women's)|  Netball|

Nottingham Forest Women is an English women's association football club affiliated with  Nottingham Forest Football Club. Nottingham Forest Women are members of the FA Women's National League North, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.[1]

## History

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The first known existence of a female Nottingham Forest team competed in the Notts and Derby League in the early 1970s.

### Nottingham Forest Ladies

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Nottingham Forest Women was officially founded in 1990 by the NFFC Community arm and then developed by the players. The small group of young women advertised in the men's official programme against Everton for players to join them.[2]

Nottingham Forest Women picked up their first  FA Women's Premier League title in the  2007–08 season, winning the  Northern Division following a 5–1 victory in their last game of the season against  Sheffield Wednesday.[3]

Nottingham Forest Women submitted an unsuccessful application to join the Women's Super League for the inaugural  2011 Women's Super League season. As a result, the club missed out on £70,000 of  Football Association funding to develop the club's footballing infrastructure and the television coverage of the league's deal with ESPN.[4][5][6]

Nottingham Forest Ladies recorded their highest placing in the FA Women's Premier League (then the top division of English women's football) in the  2010–2011 season by finishing 2nd behind Sunderland. In the same season, Forest also reached the  FA Women's Premier League Cup 2010–2011 final where they were defeated by  Barnet on penalties.[7][8][9]

Nottingham Forest Ladies submitted another unsuccessful application to join the Women's Super League in 2012 as part of the league's restructuring into two tiers with eight teams in the  Women's Super League 1 and 10 teams in the newly created  Women's Super League 2. The club missed out again on Football Association funding of either £70,000 (awarded to clubs in Women's Super League 1) or £25,000 (awarded to clubs in Women's Super League 2) which led to concerns that the club may fold with a financial shortfall of £20,000.[10][11][12]

The club's financial concerns continued ahead of the FA Women's Premier League 2013–2014 season during which the club announced that following five years of funding (including a £10,000 donation from former owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi in August 2012),  Nottingham Forest would no longer financially support Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club for the 2013–2014 season and beyond, or provide them with any club playing kit that had been ordered in November 2012. The club's short-term future was secured by electronic cigarette company E-Lites who agreed a short-term sponsorship deal to enable Nottingham Forest Ladies to complete the season in which they eventually finished 4th in the Northern Division.[13][14][15][16]

Nottingham Forest Ladies continued as a self-funded football club until the FA Women's Premier League  2017–2018 season. The team, however, were unable to better that 4th-place finish with a highest place finish of 6th in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division  2015–2016 season and the semi finals of the FA Women's Premier League Cup in the  2015–2016 competition (in which they were defeated 1-0 by eventual winners  Tottenham Hotspur). The club were sustained financially throughout this period by sponsorship partnerships with the No More Page 3 campaign, Ryley Wealth Management, and Inc. London.[17][18][19][20][21]

In April 2016, Nottingham Forest Ladies were awarded a tier three license to launch a Regional Talent Centre in which to deliver enhanced coaching and support to improve the development of elite female players through the Football Association's girls’ England talent pathway. The Regional Talent Centre age groups covered under 12s, 14s and 16s, in which the under 12s competed in Charter Standard youth leagues (designed to enable players to further develop both technically and physically) and the older age groups competed in Football Association organised fixture programmes against other Regional Talent Centres.[22][23]

### Nottingham Forest Women

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Under Nottingham Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, Nottingham Forest Ladies have been integrated into the whole football club.

In April 2018, Nottingham Forest and Nottingham Forest Ladies announced an agreement to create a close working relationship between the two organisations and work towards becoming one football club. The agreement involved a financial commitment to Nottingham Forest Ladies for on and off the pitch development, players being integrated into club initiatives and marketing campaigns, and a club website presence with player profiles, fixtures, and results.[24][25]

In May 2019, Forest announced that Nottingham Forest Ladies would cease to operate as an independent club and operate fully under Nottingham Forest's control at the City Ground. Forest appointed Lee Billiard as General Manager and former Durham Women and Oxford United Manager Andy Cook as the team's first full-time Head Coach.[26][27][28]

Following this change, Forest announced in June 2019 that Nottingham Forest Ladies were being renamed to Nottingham Forest Women. As part of the change, Nottingham Forest Women adopted the Nottingham Forest badge and removed the word 'Ladies' from the logo.[29]

Nottingham Forest Women entered into a partnership with Nottingham Trent University in August 2019 in which Nottingham Trent University helped construct a women's football programme across the two organisations (in which female footballers could apply to study at Nottingham Trent University and represent Nottingham Forest Women at the first-team level) and introduced a sports scholarship to players who wish to feature in the women's first-team squad. The partnership also enabled Nottingham Forest Women to Nottingham Trent University's health and well-being resources including strength and conditioning facilities, pitch-side physiotherapy and sports science support.[30]

The partnership between Nottingham Forest Women and Nottingham Trent University has since provided a pathway for players to progress to the first-team including Aja Aguirre, Katie Middleton, Mai Moncaster, Niamh Reynolds, Charlotte Steggles, and Sophie Tudor.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]

The FA Women's National League  2019–2020 and  2020–2021 seasons were abandoned as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Promotion and relegation were not implemented in 2019–2020 and  Watford were awarded promotion from the  FA Women's National League 2020–2021 season to the Women's Championship as a result of the FA Women's Football Board's upward movement application process.[43][44][45]

Following the resumption of FA Women's National League competition for the  2021–2022 season, the club achieved its highest league position since the FA Women's Premier League  2015–2016 season by finishing 5th. The club also won the FA Women's National League Plate for the first time by beating  AFC Wimbledon 2-1 in the  2021–22 final.[46][47]

Forest's success continued into the FA Women's National League  2022–23 season when the club completed a league and cup double by finishing 1st in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division (their first league title since winning the FA Women's Premier League in  2007–2008) and winning the FA Women's National League Cup for the first time by beating Watford 3-2 in  2022–2023 final. Forest were, however, denied promotion to Women's Championship after they were defeated 1-0 by Southern Premier Division champions Watford in the promotion play-off final.[48][49]

#### Professional hybrid era

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In July 2023, Nottingham Forest confirmed that beginning in the FA Women's National League  2023–2024 season, the Nottingham Forest Women's team will be fully integrated within the club's football department and operate a professional hybrid model as part of Forest's plans to create a fully-professional women's first team. Under the professional hybrid model, Forest's female players are under contract for the first time in the club's history and relocated their training facilities to the Nigel Doughty Academy, where the players will receive an increased amount of training sessions.[50]

The change to a professional hybrid model coincided with numerous changes in the Nottingham Forest Women's footballing operations. Head Coach Andy Cook left the club to join Newcastle United after leading Forest to a league and cup double in the 2022–2023 FA Women's National League season and the club's reserve team was disbanded. The transition also saw numerous players leaving the football club including first-team players Georgia Hewitt, Gianna Mitchell, Yasmin Mosby, Naomi Powell, Charlotte Steggles, Rosetta Taylor, and Amy West. The club, however, were able to retain the services of 2022–2023 leading goal scorer Charlotte Greengrass, club captain Lyndsey Harkin, Aja Aguirre, Becky Anderson, Emily Batty, Olivia Cook, Sophie Domingo, Hayley James, Mai Moncaster, Laura-Jayne O’Neill, and Niamh Reynolds.[51][52][53][54][55][56]

Former Aston Villa and Watford General Manager and London City Lionesses Director of Football Amber Wildgust was appointed as the club's Head of Women and Girls Football with the responsibility of leading the progression of Nottingham Forest Women on and off the pitch. The club also appointed former Aston Villa first-team coach and West Bromwich Albion assistant manager Carly Davies as Head Coach.[57][58][59][60][61][62]

##### 2023-2024 Season

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Forest added to their first-team squad ahead of the start of their FA Women’s National League Northern Premier League title defence season by completing the signings of full-back Nat Johnson and midfielders Mollie Green, Holly Manders, and Freya Thomas.[63][64][65][66]

Forest started the season strongly with successive league victories over Stourbridge (home, 7-0), West Bromwich Albion (away, 1-4), and AFC Fylde (home, 3-1) and a 5-0 away win against Solihull Moors to progress to the FA Women’s National League Cup first round and defend their 2022-2023 crown. The promising start to the season was enhanced with the arrivals of defender Abi Cowie and forward Louanne Worsey on season-long deals from the Women’s Championship team  Birmingham City.[67] [68]

September and October proved to be challenging for Carly Davies’ side, however, with an FA Women’s National League Cup second-round home 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers and home 5-0 league win over Liverpool Feds sitting between league defeats over promotion rivals Burnley (away, 4-2), local rivals Derby County at (home, 1-2), and a Women’s National League Cup third-round away 3-0 defeat against eventual beaten finalists Newcastle United. Forest responded by winning 10 of their next 11 matches including four Women's FA Cup wins against Sheffield FC (home, 7-0), Sporting Khalsa (home, 3-2), Boldmere St Michaels (home, 3-1) and Plymouth Argyle (away, 1-6) to set up a fifth-round proper tie against Women’s Super League outfit Everton. This run (of which the only loss was a 0-1 home defeat against league leaders Newcastle United) left the side in 2nd place (four points behind Newcastle) and saw Northern Ireland U19 international full-back Ella Haughey and midfielder Alice Keitley join the club from  Lisburn Rangers and a dual-registration loan from Women’s Super League team Aston Villa respectively. [69][70]

Carly Davies’ side was unable to take their momentum from eight consecutive wins into the Women’s FA Cup fifth-round tie against Everton with the Women’s Super League side running out comfortable 1-7 winners at Grange Park with Forest generating £123,000 in revenue from their furthest run in the competition since the 2012-2013 season. Forest was unable to rebuild the momentum they created between November 2023 and February 2024 for their final nine FA Women’s National League Northern Premier League fixtures and took only 17 points from a possible 27 and finished their title defence in 3rd place on 47 points (1 point behind 2nd placed Burnley and 12 points behind champions Newcastle United), missing out on promotion to the Women’s Championship for another season.[71][72]

#### Professional era

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On 9 July 2024, Nottingham Forest confirmed that from the 2025-26 season the club would become a full-time professional outfit. From the 2024-25 season, Forest Women's first team will play all eleven of their home games at The City Ground and consist of 18 full-time professional players and a small number of part-time players before the transition. Moving to a full time professional model, the women would see an overall contact with the squad, which would allow for an enhanced learning and training education in addition to being able to access the elite nutritional, medical, support and recovery services the club offers.

At Academy level, all paid subscriptions to the Girls’ Academy will be scrapped resulting in parity with the Boys’ Academy. With the Women’s first team and Girl’s academy together, the move will help meet FIFA’s “recommendations for optimal talent development”.

Finally as part of its ‘Vision for Sport’ initiative, the club will launch a major expansion program for grassroots girls football venues within the city itself. There will be a focus on under-served inner-city locations within Nottingham where girls opportunities have been vastly scarce. The aim is to improve accessibility, diversify the homegrown talent pool and provide greater access to health and fitness. The club stated :

> ”The aim of the initiative is to allow every girl with ambitions of a career playing for Nottingham Forest to have the same opportunities as boys have enjoyed for many years”.

The announcement came weeks after the launch of Nottingham Forest Netball, who will play in the Netball Super League, England's top-tier, in a bid to celebrate women’s sport and the Forest’s vision for gender parity and equal opportunity at all levels.[73]

## Stadia

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### Current stadia

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#### City Ground

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Main article: City Ground

From the 2024-25 season, the club will play all eleven home fixtures at The City Ground. They have played several competitive fixtures at since 2021 in various competitions before then. The first game was hosting Derby County. Nottingham Forest lost the game 2-0 in front of an  FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division record attendance of 4,443.[74][75]

##### List of Nottingham Forest women's matches at the City Ground

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As of 19 November 2023
Date  | Opposition  | Competition  | Result  | Attendance

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3 October 2021 | Derby County | FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division | 0-2 | 4,443
29 January 2022 | Manchester City | Women's FA Cup | 0-8 | 3,994
16 October 2022 | Derby County | FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division | 3-1 | 5,082
8 October 2023 | Derby County | FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division | 1-2 | 6,037
19 November 2023 | Newcastle United | FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division | 0-1 | 4,995

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### Previous stadia

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#### Grange Park

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Up until the 2024-25 season Nottingham Forest Women played their home games at Long Eaton United's Grange Park. Grange Park has a capacity of 1,500 (with 500 under standing cover and 150 seats).[79][80]

Before then, the team played their home matches at Eastwood C.F.C.'s Coronation Park between February 2019 and July 2023. Prior to playing at Eastwood, they played at Carlton Town F.C.'s Bill Stokeld Stadium and Basford United F.C.'s Greenwich Avenue.[81][82]

## Seasons

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Season  | League[83] | FA Cup[84] | League Cup[83]

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League  | Tier  | P  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | Pts  | Pos  | Cup  | Round
1999–2000  | East Midlands League | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | East Midlands League Cup | W
2000–2001  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2001–2002  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | W
2002–2003  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1st |  | F
2003–2004 | Midland Combination | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2nd | QF |  |
2004–2005 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1st |  |  |
2005–2006 | FA WPL North | 2 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 | 30 | 30 | 5th |  | FA WPL Cup | R1
2006–2007 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 36 | 36 | 3rd |  | R2
2007–2008 | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 26 | 58 | 1st |  | R1
2008–2009 | FA WPL National | 1 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 59 | 17 | 10th |  | R3
2009–2010 | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 51 | 13 | 11th | QF | R2
2010–2011 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 2nd | R4 | F
2011–2012 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 15 | 10th | R3 | R1
2012–2013 | FA WPL North | 3 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 32 | 2nd | R5 | R4
2013–2014 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 24 | 33 | 4th | R3 | QF
2014–2015 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 34 | 52 | 23 | 9th | R2 | QF
2015–2016 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 37 | 27 | 37 | 6th | R4 | SF
2016–2017 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 49 | 18 | 10th | R4 | R1
2017–2018 | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 57 | 19 | 9th | R2 | QF
2018–2019 | FA WNL Northern Premier Division | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 29 | 57 | 25 | 9th | R3 | FA WNL Cup | R3
2019–2020 *  | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 19 | 28 | - | R3 | FA WNL Plate | QF
2020–2021 *  | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | - | R2 | \-
2021–2022 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 17 | 44 | 5th | R4 | W
2022–2023 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 18 | 54 | 1st | R3 | FA WNL Cup | W
2023–2024 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 59 | 21 | 47 | 3rd | R5 | R2
2024–2025 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | R2 | QF

* The 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 seasons were abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[43][44]

Key:
This key provides a key to the abbreviations used in the Seasons table.

Definition  | Abbreviation

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Played  | P
Games won  | W
Games drawn  | D
Games lost  | L
Goals for  | GF
Goals against  | GA
Points  | Pts
Final position  | Pos
Women's Premier League  | WPL
Women's National League  | WNL
Round 1  | R1
Round 2  | R2
Round 3  | R3
Quarter Final  | QF
Semi Final  | SF
Final  | F
Winner  | W
Champions | Relegated

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## Players

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### First-team squad

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As of 8 October 2024[85]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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1  | GK |  ENG | Emily Batty
2  | DF |  ENG | Lyndsey Harkin (captain)
3  | DF |  NIR | Nat Johnson
4  | MF |  ENG | Kate Longhurst
5  | DF |  ENG | Naomi Bedeau
6  | DF |  IRL | Jessica Hennessy
7  | FW |  ENG | Sophie Domingo
8  | MF |  ENG | Amy Sims
9  | FW |  JAM | Melissa Johnson
10  | MF |  ENG | Holly Manders
11  | FW |  ENG | Bridget Galloway
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14  | FW |  ENG | Charlie Wellings
15  | MF |  ENG | Hollie Olding
16  | DF |  ENG | Mollie Green
17  | MF |  ENG | Freya Thomas
18  | DF |  NIR | Caragh Hamilton
20  | MF |  ENG | Millie Chandarana
22  | FW |  NIR | Casey Howe
25  | MF |  ENG | Alice Keitley
26  | FW |  ENG | Katie Dungate (on loan from Birmingham City)
29  | GK |  ENG | Georgie Ferguson
38  | GK |  ENG | Holly Mears

### Former players

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For details of current and former players, see Category:Nottingham Forest Women F.C. players.

## Staff

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### Current staff

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As of 16 November 2024[86]
Role  | Name

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Head of Women & Girls' Football | Amber Wildgust
Head Coach | Carly Davies
Assistant Coach | Jay Denny
Assistant Coach | Marcus Webber
Goalkeeping Coach | Jake Wood
Physical Performance Coach | James Cottrell
Performance Analyst | James Flower
Sports Therapist | Megan Wright
Sports Therapist | Ellie Lewis
Doctor | Megan Burton

### Managerial history

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This section currently includes managers appointed since Nottingham Forest Ladies were integrated into Nottingham Forest and were renamed to Nottingham Forest Women.

Information correct as of matches played up to and including 10 November 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.

Number  | Manager  | From  | To  | Played  | W  | L  | D  | W %  | L %  | D %

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1 | Andy Cook | July 2019 | July 2023 | 93 | 62 | 11 | 20 | 67% | 12% | 21%
2 | Carly Davies | August 2023 | Present | 44 | 33 | 7 | 4 | 75% | 16% | 9%

## Honours

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### Club honours

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#### Nottingham Forest Ladies

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Competition  | Number of Titles  | Seasons

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Unison East Midlands League Cup | 2  | 1999–2000, 2001–2002
Unison East Midlands League | 1  | 2002–2003
Nottinghamshire FA Women's County Cup | 13  | 2003–2004, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2008–2009, 2009–2010, 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2012–2013, 2013–2014, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019
Midland Combination League | 1  | 2004–2005
FA Women's Premier League Northern Division | 1  | 2007–2008

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#### Nottingham Forest Women

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Competition  | Number of Titles  | Seasons

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Nottinghamshire FA Women's County Cup | 1  | 2021–2022
FA Women's National League Plate | 1  | 2021–2022
FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division | 1  | 2022–2023
FA Women's National League Cup | 1  | 2022–2023

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### Individual honours

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This section currently includes honours awarded since Nottingham Forest Ladies were integrated into Nottingham Forest and were renamed to Nottingham Forest Women.

#### Season-End Awards

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Year  | Players' Player  | Manager's Player  | Young Player  | Fans' Player  | Fan's Goal of the Season  | Leading Goalscorer

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2019–2020 | Lyndsey Harkin | Georgia Hewitt | Bex Rayner
Olivia Cook |  |  | Precious Hamilton (24)
2020–2021 | Lyndsey Harkin | Aja Aguirre | Katie Middleton |  |  | Rosie Axten (6)
2021–2022 | Lyndsey Harkin
Emily Batty | Lyndsey Harkin |  | Mai Moncaster |  | Rachel Brown (11)
2022–2023 | Emily Batty | Charlotte Greengrass |  |  |  | Charlotte Greengrass (22)
2023–2024 | Freya Thomas | Freya Thomas |  | Freya Thomas | Nat Johnson (vs. AFC Fylde) |

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Social media reliability note:
Some of the information in the "Individual honours" table is from Nottingham Forest Women's social media profiles. Social media profiles are often controlled by the organization or individual that they represent, and they may not be subject to the same standards of editorial oversight as traditional media sources. The information has been verified by checking the football club's website and other reliable sources.

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## External links

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* Official site
* First team squad
* Twitter
* Interview with Beth Bailey, Captain of Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Team at the Nottingham FIFA World Cup Bid Submission event at Wembley(Video)

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Nottingham Forest Football Club

The Club|

* The Club
* History
* Statistics
* Seasons
* Women's team
* Academy
* Players
* Internationals
* Hillsborough disaster

Stadia|

* Forest Recreation Ground
* Castle Ground
* Trent Bridge
* Parkside Ground
* Gregory Ground
* Town Ground
* City Ground

Rivalries|

* Nottingham derby
* Derby County rivalry (Brian Clough Trophy)
* Leicester City rivalry

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Nottingham Forest Women F.C. seasons

* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10
* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

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FA Women's National League

Seasons|

| Top level|

* 1991–92
* 1992–93
* 1993–94
* 1994–95
* 1995–96
* 1996–97
* 1997–98
* 1998–99
* 1999–2000
* 2000–01
* 2001–02
* 2002–03
* 2003–04
* 2004–05
* 2005–06
* 2006–07
* 2007–08
* 2008–09
* 2009–10

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Below WSL|

* 2010–11
* 2011–12
* 2012–13
* 2013–14
* 2014–15
* 2015–16
* 2016–17
* 2017–18
* 2018–19
* 2019–20
* 2020–21
* 2021–22
* 2022–23
* 2023–24
* 2024–25

Clubs
2024–25|

| Northern Division|

* Burnley
* Derby County
* Halifax
* Hull City
* Liverpool Feds
* Nottingham Forest
* Rugby Borough
* Sporting Khalsa
* Stoke City
* Stourbridge
* West Bromwich Albion
* Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Southern Division|

* AFC Wimbledon
* Billericay Town
* Cheltenham Town
* Exeter City
* Gwalia United
* Hashtag United
* Ipswich Town
* Lewes
* Milton Keynes Dons
* Oxford United
* Plymouth Argyle
* Watford

Div. One North|

* AFC Fylde
* Barnsley F.C.
* Cheadle Town Stingers
* Chorley
* Doncaster Rovers Belles
* Durham Cestria
* Huddersfield Town
* Leeds United
* Middlesbrough
* Norton & Stockton Ancients
* Stockport County
* York City

Div. One Midlands|

* Barnsley Women's
* Boldmere St. Michaels
* Leafield Athletic
* Lincoln City
* Lincoln United
* Loughborough Lightning
* Northampton Town
* Notts County
* Peterborough United
* Solihull Moors
* Sutton Coldfield Town
* Worcester City

Div. One South East|

* Actonians
* AFC Sudbury
* Ashford Town
* Cambridge United
* Chatham Town
* Chesham United
* Dulwich Hamlet
* London Bees
* London Seaward
* Norwich City
* Queens Park Rangers
* Real Bedford

Div. One South West|

* Abingdon United
* AFC Bournemouth
* Bournemouth Sports
* Bridgwater United
* Bristol Rovers
* Keynsham Town
* Maidenhead United
* Moneyfields
* Portishead Town
* Southampton Women's
* Swindon Town
* Worthing

Associated
competitions|

* FA Women's National League Cup
* FA Women's National League Plate
* FA Women's Premier League National Division (defunct)
* Combination Women's Football Leagues (defunct)

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