2017–18 Liverpool L.F.C. season

The 2017–18 season is Liverpool Ladies Football Club's 29th season of competitive football and its eighth season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, being one of the league's foundation clubs.[1]

Liverpool Ladies FC

2017–18 season
Manager	Scott Rogers
Stadium	Select Security Stadium
FA WSL 1	6th
FA Cup	Quarter-final
FA WSL Cup	Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Bethany England and Natasha Harding (4) All: Bethany England (5)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017–18 season was the first after the FA WSL shifted its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.[2]

First team

Last updated on 19 February 2018[3]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Siobhan Chamberlain		(1983-08-15) 15 August 1983
12	Emily Ramsey		(2000-11-16) 16 November 2000
23	Becky Flaherty		(1998-03-06) 6 March 1998
Defenders
2	Amy Turner		(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991
3	Martha Harris		(1994-08-19) 19 August 1994
5	Gemma Bonner (captain)		(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991
21	Naomi Hartley		(2001-01-12) 12 January 2001
22	Alex Greenwood		(1993-09-07) 7 September 1993
26	Ellie Fletcher		(1999-06-16) 16 June 1999
40	Lucy Roberts		(2001-05-11) 11 May 2001
44	Satara Murray		(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993
Midfielders
6	Sophie Ingle		(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991
7	Kate Longhurst		(1989-05-02) 2 May 1989
8	Laura Coombs		(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991
10	Caroline Weir		(1995-06-20) 20 June 1995
11	Bethany England		(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994
18	Ali Johnson		(1998-12-24) 24 December 1998
19	Amy Rodgers		(2000-05-04) 4 May 2000
36	Ashley Hodson		(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995
Forwards
9	Jess Clarke		(1989-05-05) 5 May 1989
15	Cassia Pike		(2000-12-27) 27 December 2000
17	Niamh Charles		(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999
20	Rinsola Babajide		(1998-06-17) 17 June 1998

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Date	Source
17	FW	Niamh Charles	29 June 2017	[4]
6	MF	Sophie Ingle	21 September 2017	[5]
18	MF	Ali Johnson	23 November 2017	[6]
23	GK	Becky Flaherty	23 November 2017	[6]
26	DF	Ellie Fletcher	23 November 2017	[6]
36	MF	Ashley Hodson	23 November 2017	[6]

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
25 January 2018	FW	20	Rinsola Babajide	Watford	Undisclosed	[7]

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
11 July 2017	GK	12	Danielle Gibbons	Sheffield	Released	[8][9]
12 August 2017	MF	20	Katie Zelem	Juventus	Undisclosed	[10]
29 August 2017	FW	11	Shanice van de Sanden	Lyon	Undisclosed	[11]
30 December 2017	FW	40	Natasha Harding	Reading	Free	[12][13]
19 February 2018	DF	4	Casey Stoney		Retired	[14]

Loans in

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Fee	Ref.
14 September 2017	30 June 2018	MF	11	Bethany England	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[15]

Loans out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
9 January 2017	31 May 2018	MF	30	Hannah Dale	Sheffield	Undisclosed	[16]

Pre-season

Fylde v Liverpool

13 August 2017	Fylde	0 – 8	Liverpool	Warton, Fylde
14:00		Report	Hodson  12' Clarke  18', 26' Weir  35', 45+1' Jhamat  67' (pen.) Pike  77' (pen.) Everett  82'	Stadium: Kellamergh Park

Liverpool v Watford

20 August 2017	Liverpool	6 – 0	Watford	Kirkby
15:00	Harding Hodson Rodgers Blanchard	Report		Stadium: The Academy

Aston Villa v Liverpool

3 September 2017	Aston Villa	Cancelled	Liverpool	Tamworth, Staffordshire
TBD		Report		Stadium: The Lamb Ground

Bristol City v Liverpool

9 September 2017	Bristol City	2 – 0	Liverpool	Filton
17:00		Report		Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium

Toulouse International Ladies Cup

Liverpool v Lyon

25 August 2017	Liverpool	0 – 6	Lyon	Toulouse, France
17:30		Report	Hegerberg  9', 23' Le Sommer  49', 60' Malard  73' Marozsán  87'	Stadium: Stade Ernest-Wallon

Liverpool v Montpellier

27 August 2017	Liverpool	0 – 3	Montpellier	Toulouse, France
11:00		Report	Léger  3', 73' Haupais  35'	Stadium: Stade Ernest-Wallon

Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL § WSL 1

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	8	1	6	27	21	+6	25	4	1	2	15	8	+7	4	0	4	12	13	−1

Last updated: 29 April 2018.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L	L
Position	1	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2018. Source: FA WSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Everton v Liverpool

22 September 2017 1	Everton	0 – 2	Liverpool	Widnes
19:45	Finnigan  28'	Report	Harding  69' Weir  90' Charles  90+3'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 1,439 Referee: Sarah Garrett

Liverpool v Reading

29 September 2017 2	Liverpool	0 – 3	Reading	Widnes
19:00		Report	Williams  19' Allen  33' Chaplen  74'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 481 Referee: Joe Hull

Chelsea v Liverpool

7 October 2017 3	Chelsea	1 – 0	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
12:30	Mjelde  14' Davison  44'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 2,116 Referee: Amy Fearn

Sunderland v Liverpool

28 October 2017 4	Sunderland	1 – 4	Liverpool	South Shields
18:00	Staniforth  11' Williams  81'	Report	Harding  12', 60', 85' Greenwood  57'  64'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 429 Referee: John Matthews

Liverpool v Birmingham City

11 November 2017 5	Liverpool	1 – 0	Birmingham City	Widnes
17:30	Charles  30' Longhurst  78'	Report	Ayisi  81'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 843 Referee: David McNamara

Arsenal v Liverpool

10 December 2017	Arsenal	Postponed	Liverpool
		Report

Liverpool v Yeovil Town

6 January 2018 6	Liverpool	8 – 0	Yeovil Town	Widnes
17:30	Heatherson  17' (o.g.) England  30', 39', 55', 60' Weir  51' Clarke  59' Coombs  75'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 453 Referee: Helen Byrne

Liverpool v Bristol City

27 January 2018 7	Liverpool	2 – 0	Bristol City	Widnes
17:30	England  46', 65'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: Amy Fearn

Liverpool v Arsenal

7 February 2018 8	Liverpool	0 – 3	Arsenal	Widnes
19:00		Report	Miedema  29' (pen.) Janssen  45' Evans  62'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 461 Referee: R. Welch

Manchester City v Liverpool

11 February 2018 9	Manchester City	4 – 0	Liverpool	Manchester
12:30	Parris  2', 60' Christiansen  56' (pen.) McManus  73'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 2,356 Referee: Scott Simpson

Liverpool v Sunderland

21 February 2018 10	Liverpool	3 – 1	Sunderland	Widnes
19:00	Clarke  18', 50' England  55' Harris  58'	Report	Bruinenberg  32'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 497 Referee: Sarah Garratt

Birmingham City v Liverpool

25 March 2018 11	Birmingham City	4 – 0	Liverpool	Solihull
		Report		Stadium: Damson Park

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Women's Cup

Liverpool v Watford

4 February 2018 Fourth round	Liverpool	5 – 0	Watford	Walton, Liverpool
13:00	Johnson  7' Weir  19' England  22', 63' Harris  29'	Report		Stadium: Walton Hall Park

Chichester City v Liverpool

18 February 2018 Fifth round	Chichester City	0 – 3	Liverpool	Chichester
14:00		Report	Babajide  34' Hodson  39' England  47'	Stadium: Oaklands Park

Liverpool v Chelsea

18 March 2018 Quarter-final	Liverpool	0 – 3	Chelsea	Widnes
14:00		Report	Andersson  21' Chapman  45' Mjelde  58' (pen)	Stadium: Select Security Stadium

FA WSL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL Cup

Group stage

Liverpool v Sheffield

11 October 2017 Group 1 North	Liverpool	6 – 0	Sheffield	Widnes
19:00	Weir  10', 29' Gilliatt  52' (o.g.) Ingle  65' Johnson  83' England  90'	Report		Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 352 Referee: Simon Mather

Durham v Liverpool

5 November 2017 Group 1 North	Durham	0 – 0 (4 – 5 p)	Liverpool	Durham
12:00	Johnson  54' Lee  60' Christon  73'	Report		Stadium: New Ferens Park Attendance: 351 Referee: Helen Byrne
	Penalties
	Hill Wilson Hepple Worthington Johnson Atkinson Christon Gears		Greenwood Coombs Bonner England Harding Stoney Charles Weir

Liverpool v Aston Villa

15 November 2017 Group 1 North	Liverpool	5 – 1	Aston Villa	Widnes
19:00	Hodson  17' Clarke  38' Greenwood  49' (pen.) Weir  85' Johnson  87'	Report	Jones  67'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 282 Referee: Natalie Aspinall

Sunderland v Liverpool

5 December 2017 Group 1 North	Sunderland	1 – 0	Liverpool	South Shields
18:00	Galloway  13'	Report	Greenwood  80'	Stadium: Mariners Park Attendance: 128 Referee: Matthew Dicicco

Knock-out rounds

Chelsea v Liverpool

17 December 2017 Quarter-final	Chelsea	5 – 1	Liverpool	Kingston upon Thames
14:00	Bachmann  23' Kirby  4', 24', 62' Cuthbert  77'	Report	Stoney  51'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,161 Referee: Alex Burke

Appearances and goals

As of 22 February 2018

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		FA Cup		FA WSL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK		Siobhan Chamberlain	11	0	7	0	0	0	4	0
12	GK		Emily Ramsey	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	GK		Becky Flaherty	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders:
2	DF		Amy Turner	5	0	2+2	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF		Martha Harris	12	1	6+2	0	1	1	1+2	0
5	DF		Gemma Bonner	12	0	7	0	0	0	5	0
21	DF		Naomi Hartley	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	DF		Alex Greenwood	16	2	10	1	1	0	5	1
26	DF		Ellie Fletcher	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
40	DF		Lucy Roberts	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
44	DF		Satara Murray	9	0	5+1	0	1	0	2	0
Midfielders:
6	MF		Sophie Ingle	17	1	10	0	2	0	5	1
7	MF		Kate Longhurst	11	0	4+2	0	2	0	2+1	0
8	MF		Laura Coombs	14	1	9	1	0	0	5	0
10	MF		Caroline Weir	16	5	8+1	1	2	1	5	3
11	MF		Bethany England	14	9	9	5	2	3	2+1	1
18	MF		Ali Johnson	11	3	3+3	0	2	1	0+3	2
19	MF		Amy Rodgers	2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
36	MF		Ashley Hodson	14	2	1+6	0	2	1	5	1
Forwards:
9	FW		Jess Clarke	16	4	8+1	3	0+2	0	3+2	1
15	FW		Cassia Pike	4	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0+1	0
17	FW		Niamh Charles	8	2	4+1	2	0	0	3	0
20	FW		Rinsola Babajide	4	1	0+3	0	1	1	0	0
Players who left the club during the season:
4	DF		Casey Stoney	12	1	9	0	0	0	3	1
40	FW		Natasha Harding	8	4	5	4	0	0	1+2	0

• Source:

Honours

• FA WSL 1 Player of the Month: Bethany England, January 2018.[17]

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