Crewe Alexandra L.F.C.

Crewe Alexandra

Full name	Crewe Alexandra Ladies Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Alex
Ground	The Cumberland Arena
Ground Capacity	600
Chairman	Ray Walker
Manager	Nick Pearce
League	North West Women's Regional Football League Premier Division
2015-16	North West Women's Regional Football League Premier Division, 4th. NWWRFL Plate Winners

Crewe Alexandra Ladies Football Club are a ladies football side that play in the North West Women's Regional Football League Premier Division, and are associated with Crewe Alexandra FC. The ladies football club currently has 3 teams (First Team/Development/Youth) all teams train at "The Alexandra Soccer Centre and Reaseheath College" The first team currently play at the Cumberland Arena and are pushing for promotion to tier 3 in the women's football pyramid.

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 an U21 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

Director of Football / Secretary / Club Head Coach: Nick Pearce

First Team Manager: Liam Salt

First Team Assistant: Jack Albanese

Development Team Managers: Colin Ramatalla and Dave Whittingham

Youth Team Manager: Andy Kelly

Youth Team Coaches : Louise Wainwright and Rich Parry

Goalkeeping Coach: David Healey

Club Head Physio: Lee Wilkinson

Treasurer: Katie Nuttall

Players (First Team Squad)

Kara Townsend
Katie Nuttall (C)
Kirsty Stafford
Laura Goom
Nic Hamilton
Laura Garner
Megan Booth
Emma Lambourne
Amanda Fallon
Mia Walters
Kerry Green
Shelley James

14. Beth Ragdale

15. Lydia Hooley

16. Amy Smith

17. Rebbecca Garner

18. Abbey Whittingham

19. Josie Alderman

20. Chloe Brown

External links

Crewe Alexandra Ladies FC Official Website

Crewe Alexandra Football Club

The club	Players Managers Academy Seasons Records and statistics Women's team

Grounds	Alexandra Recreation Ground Gresty Road

Other	Dario Gradi Drive Blue Moon

Seasons	1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 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 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

FA Women's Premier League

Northern Division	Blackburn Rovers Bradford City Derby County Fylde Ladies Huddersfield Town Leicester City Womens Middlesbrough Newcastle United Nottingham Forest Nuneaton Town Stoke City West Bromwich Albion

Southern Division	C & K Basildon Cardiff City Charlton Athletic Coventry United Crystal Palace Forest Green Rovers Lewes Portsmouth Queens Park Rangers Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United

Northern Div. One	Blackpool Wren Rovers Brighouse Town Chester Le Street Chorley Crewe Alexandra Guiseley Vixens Hull City Leeds Liverpool Marshalls Feds Morecambe Mossley Hill Tranmere Rovers

Midlands Div. One	Birmingham & West Midlands Leicester City Ladies Long Eaton United Loughborough Foxes Loughborough Students Radcliffe Olympic Rotherham United Solihull Sporting Khalsa Steel City Wanderers The New Saints Wolverhampton Wanderers

South East Div. One	Actonians AFC Wimbledon Cambridge United Denham United Enfield Town Gillingham Ipswich Town Lowestoft Town Luton Town Milton Keynes Dons Norwich City Stevenage

South West Div. One	Basingstoke Brislington Cheltenham Town Chichester City Exeter City Keynsham Town Larkhall Athletic Maidenhead United Plymouth Argyle Shanklin Southampton Saints St Nicholas

Seasons	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 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Cup seasons	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 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Plate seasons	2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Women's football in England

The Football Association

National teams

League system

Levels 1–2	Women's Super League 1 Women's Super League 2

Levels 3–4	Women's Premier League

Levels 5–6	Eastern East Midlands London & South East (level 5 only) North East North West Southern South West West Midlands Greater London (levels 6–9) South East Counties (levels 6–8)

Levels 7–10	Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Birmingham Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Riding Essex Gloucestershire Greater Manchester Hampshire Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Midwest Counties Norfolk North Riding Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Sheffield & Hallamshire Somerset Staffs Suffolk Surrey (level 9) Sussex (level 8) Thames Valley Counties West Riding Wiltshire

Cup competitions

List of clubs

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