Liverpool Feds W.F.C.

Liverpool Feds W.F.C.
Full nameLiverpool Feds Women's Football Club
NicknameFeds
Founded1991
GroundWalton Hall Park
Capacity2,200 (500 Seats)
ChairmanBill Stewart
ManagerLeanne Duffy
LeagueFA Women's National League North
2024–25FA Women's National League North, 6th of 12
Websitehttps://liverpoolfeds.com/

Liverpool Feds Women's Football Club is an English women's association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. The first team currently plays in the FA Women's National League North and during the 2019–20 season the reserve team play in North West Women's Regional Football League Division One South. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, they play their home games at Walton Hall Park (stadium).[1]

History

The club were formed in 1991 and originated from the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education (now known as Liverpool Hope University) where they entered the North West Women's Regional Football League (NWWRFL). The name Feds originates from the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education College origins where the sports teams played as a Federation of the St Katherine's and Christ Notre Dame Colleges.[2] In 1993 a reserve team was added, who during the 2019–20 season are playing in the NWWRFL, and in 1994 a girls youth section was created. They play their football in the Liverpool County FA Girls Leagues. A Development Squad and an under-18s team followed shortly afterwards.[3]

The first team won promotion from the NWWRFL into the now-defunct Northern Combination Women's Football League in 2009 when they won the 2008–09 Premier Division title without losing a single game. They ended the campaign with a record of nineteen wins and three draws from twenty-two games played.[4] They remained in the Northern Combination until 2014 when a major restructuring of the women's football pyramid saw the Combination leagues scrapped and the teams playing at that level moved into the new FA Women's Premier League (now known as the FA Women's National League) Division One, which was divided into four regional sections.[5]

In the summer of 2015 Liverpool Feds linked up with the men's club Marshalls F.C. and changed their name to Liverpool Marshall Feds. This alliance lasted for three years, but in 2018 the women's club opted to break away and the word Marshall was dropped from the name of the club, reverting to their original name.[2]

Colours

The club's colours are blue and navy.[6]

Ground

From 2018 to 2025, Liverpool Feds played their home games at the Jericho Lane Football Hub in Aigburth, having moved there from their previous home at the I M Marsh Campus of Liverpool John Moores University.[7] The Jericho Lane site, which they shared with South Liverpool F.C., was jointly developed by Liverpool City Council, the Liverpool County Football Association and The Football Association.[8] The ground has a capacity for one thousand people.[9]

On 26th August 2025, Feds announced they would be moving to Walton Hall Park, the former home of the Everton F.C. women's squad, who relocated to Goodison Park beginning with the 2025-26 season.[10]

53°22′04.12″N 2°56′19.71″W / 53.3678111°N 2.9388083°W / 53.3678111; -2.9388083

Current squad

As of 22 November 2024[11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  NIR Rachel Norney
2 DF  ENG Chelsey Jukes
3 DF  ENG Rosie Kinvig-Wardale
4 MF  ENG Meg Boydell
5 MF  ENG Chantelle Thompson (captain)
6 DF  WAL Mayzee Davies
7 DF  ENG Ellie Fletcher
8 MF  USA Megan Cardenas
9 FW  ENG Bethany Donoghue
10 MF  ENG Mia Parry
11 DF  ENG Evie Smith
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 MF  ENG Rachel Lawrence
14 FW  ENG Aleesha Collins
15 MF  ENG Holly Deering
16 DF  WAL Seren Carrington
17 MF  ENG Katie Anderson
18 DF  ENG Emma Johnson
19 MF  ENG Courtney Willis
20 FW  WAL Emily Cole
22 FW  WAL Olivia Francis
27 GK  WAL Cadi Doran

References

  1. ^ "Walton Hall Park becomes new home for Liverpool Feds in Everton collaboration". Everton F.C. Everton F.C. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b Slegg, Chris; Garry, Tom (2019). Women's Football Yearbook 2019/20. Legends Publishing. pp. 277–279. ISBN 978-1906796327.
  3. ^ "About Us". Liverpool Feds WFC. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. ^ "North West Womens Regional League 2008-2009". Full Time. The Football Association. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  5. ^ "AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FA WOMEN'S PREMIER LEAGUE". The Football Association. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Liverpool Feds Women's Football Club 2024-25 Home Ki". Football Kit Archive. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  7. ^ Slegg, Chris; Garry, Tom (2018). Women's Football Yearbook 2018/19. Legends Publishing. pp. 277–279. ISBN 978-1906796310.
  8. ^ "The Jericho Lane Sports Hub". South Liverpool Football Club. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Jericho Lane Sports Hub". Football Ground Map. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  10. ^ "Walton Hall Park becomes new home for Liverpool Feds in Everton collaboration". Everton F.C. Everton F.C. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  11. ^ "First Team". Liverpool Feds. Retrieved 22 November 2024.