Swindon Town W.F.C.

Swindon Town Women Football Club are a women's association football club affiliated to Swindon Town F.C.. They are members of the FA Women's National League Division One South West and play their home games at Fairford FC Cinder Lane.[1]

Swindon Town Women
Founded1993 (1993)
GroundCinder Lane, Fairford FC
ChairmanMartin Wheeler
ManagerJamie Lloyd-Davies
LeagueFA Women's National League Division One South West
2018–19FA Women's National League Division One South West, 9th of 11
WebsiteClub website

History

They were founded in 1993, after several players broke away from the established Swindon Spitfires WFC[2] (formed in 1967) and began playing in Division Four of the South West Regional Women's Football League the same year. They won the league, and promotion, in their first season, and went on to win two more league titles in the next two seasons. After a couple of seasons playing in Division One, they joined the newly formed South West Combination in 1998.[3]

With the structure of women's football in England being re-organised due to the introduction of FA WSL 2 in 2014, Swindon Town were moved into the new South West Division One of the FA Women's Premier League for the 2014–15 season. They almost won the division at their first attempt, but a three-point deduction for fielding an ineligible player cost them the title, leaving them in third place at the end of the season, just one point off the top of the table.[4][5]

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References
  1. "The FA Women's Premier League Handbook" (PDF). The Football Association. p. 76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  2. "Club History". Swindon Spitfires Ladies Football Club. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. "Club History". Swindon Town Ladies Football Club. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. "Swindon dealt triple blow over 'ineligible player'". Sent Her Forward. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  5. "South West Division One 2014–15". Full Time. The Football Association. Archived from the original on 19 August 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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