2024–25 Colchester United W.F.C. season

Colchester United W.F.C.
2024–25 season
ChairmanRobbie Cowling
Head CoachSimon King
StadiumColchester Garrison B Ground
2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 2nd season in the history of Colchester United Women's Football Club and their first season in the Essex County Women's Football League Premier Division. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the Essex County Women's Football League Cup and the BBC Essex Women's Cup.

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
26 July 2024 CB England Learna Daniels - -
27 July 2024 - England Lucy Yewman - -
28 July 2024 AM England Louise Kaine - -
28 July 2024 - England Billie-Jo Williams - -

Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
25 July 2024 MF England Hayleigh Jenkins Released N/A
25 July 2024 MF England Kira Wealls Stanway Pegasus Women FC N/A
25 July 2024 GK England Jess Clark Released N/A
30 July 2024 DF England Rosie Mowatt Released N/A
30 July 2024 DF England Jodie Morgan Released N/A
31 July 2024 MF England Caitlin White Released N/A
28 September 2024 DF England Deben Howlett Stanway Pegasus Women FC N/A
13 October 2024 GK England Rosa Devall Transfer N/A

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 July, Colchester announced their pre-season friendlies, against Stevenage, Hutton Football Club and Southend. On the 29 July the club announced a further fixture to take place against Capel Plough Football Club.

On the 29 August the club announced via it’s Instagram page that the final pre-season fixture would take place on the 1 September against A.F.C. Sudbury.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

28 July 2024 Friendly Colchester United 3–2 Stevenage Colchester
12:00 BST Stadium: Shrub End Community Sports Centre
31 July 2024 Friendly Colchester United W.F.C. 3–1 Capel Plough Colchester
19:15 BST Stadium: Shrub End Community Sports Centre
11 August 2024 Friendly Southend United 4–3 Colchester United Southend
14:30 BST Stadium: Garon Park
1 September 2024 Friendly AFC Sudbury Reserves 3-1 Colchester United Sudbury
14:00 BST Stadium: Kings Marsh Stadium

Competitions

Essex County Women's Football League - Premier Division

League table

[1]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Colchester United 9 7 2 0 35 8 +27 23 Promotion to FA WNL Division One South East
2 Brentwood Town FC Ladies 11 7 1 3 30 18 +12 22
3 Hashtag United FC Women Reserves 8 7 0 1 43 6 +37 21
4 She Can Play Panthers 8 5 1 2 33 9 +24 16
5 Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC 8 3 0 5 12 14 −2 9
6 Chigwell Women FC 7 1 0 6 2 31 −29 3
7 Southminster United Ladies FC 9 1 0 8 4 35 −31 3
8 Hutton FC Women Reserves 8 1 0 7 3 41 −38 3 Relegation to Division One
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences[2]


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
9 7 2 0 35 8  +27 23 4 1 0 22 4  +18 3 1 0 13 4  +9

Last updated: 26 November 2024.
Source: [citation needed]

Results by round

Round123456789
GroundHHAHAAAHH
ResultDWWWWDWWW
Position312112111
Points147101314172023
Source: [citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Matches

[3]

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

08 September 2024 1 Colchester United 1-1 Brentwood Town FC Ladies Colchester
14:00 BST
  • Cox
  • Bruton
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
Referee: Alexander Warburton
15 September 2024 2 Colchester United 4-1 Hashtag United FC Women Reserves Colchester
14:00 BST
  • Vinton 4'
  • Cox 51'
  • C. Craddock-Ball 66'
  • Greenleaf 70'
  • Glensman
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
Referee: Andrew Denikiewicz
22 September 2024 3 Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC 1-2 Colchester United Brightlingsea
14:00 BST
  • Wilding Yellow card 30'
  • Boyling 61'
  • Cox
Stadium: Brightlingsea Regent Football Club
29 September 2024 4 Colchester United 5-1 Southminster United Ladies FC Colchester
14:00 BST
  • Kaine
  • Morgan
  • Yeldham
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
6 October 2024 5 Chigwell Women FC 0-6 Colchester United Chigwell
14:00 BST
  • Cox
  • J Craddock-Ball
  • Morgan
Stadium: Powerleague (Fairlop Oaks)
Referee: Jason McFarlane
13 October 2024 6 She Can Play Panthers 3-3 Colchester United Romford
14:00 BST
  • Maxwell-Jones
  • Halford
  • Cox
  • J Craddock-Ball
Stadium: Noak Hill Sports Complex
27 October 2024 7 Brentwood Town FC Ladies 0-2 Colchester United Brentwood
14:00 BST
  • C Craddock-Ball
  • L Morgan
Stadium: The Arena
Referee: Justin Wiseman
10 November 2024 8 Colchester United 2-1 Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC Colchester
14:00 BST
  • C. Craddock-Ball
  • Greenleaf
  • Jiggins
  • Reeves Yellow card 62'
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
Referee: Gavin Lovett
24 November 2024 9 Colchester United 10-0 Chigwell Women FC Colchester
14:00 BST
  • C. Craddock-Ball
  • J. Craddock-Ball
  • Greenleaf
  • Cahill
  • Williams
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
Referee: Thomas Vickers
5 January 2025 10 Southminster United Ladies FC v Colchester United Southminster
14:00 BST Stadium: King George V Playing Field
12 January 2025 11 Hashtag United FC Women Reserves v Colchester United Aveley
14:00 BST Stadium: Woodland School
19 January 2025 12 Colchester United v Hutton FC Women Reserves Colchester
14:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Garrison
26 January 2025 13 Colchester United v She Can Play Panthers Colchester
14:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Garrison
2 February 2025 14 Brentwood Town FC Ladies v Colchester United Brentwood
14:00 BST Stadium: The Arena
9 February 2025 15 Colchester United v Hutton FC Women Reserves Colchester
14:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Garrison
16 February 2025 16 Colchester United v Chigwell Women FC Colchester
14:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Garrison
23 February 2025 17 Colchester United v She Can Play Panthers Colchester
14:00 BST Stadium: Colchester Garrison
2 March 2025 18 Southminster United Ladies FC v Colchester United Southminster
14:00 BST Stadium: King George V Playing Field
9 March 2025 19 Hashtag United FC Women Reserves v Colchester United Aveley
14:00 BST Stadium: Woodlands School
23 March 2025 20 Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC v Colchester United Brightlingsea
14:00 BST Stadium: Brightlingsea Regent Football Club
30 March 2025 21 Hutton FC Women Reserves v Colchester United Billericay
14:00 BST Stadium: Hannakins Farm Community Centre

Essex County Women's Football League Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

20 October 2024 First Round Alresford Colne Rangers Ladies First 0-6 Colchester United New Alresford
13:30 BST
  • Greenleaf
  • Kaine
  • Pope
  • Williams
Stadium: Alrebury Park
Referee: Mariusz Burchan
17 November 2024 Second Round Southend United Ladies First 2-3 Colchester United Southend
14:00 BST
  • Castle
  • Cooper
  • Ager
  • C. Craddock-Ball
  • Greenleaf
Stadium: Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre
Referee: Dan Boulden
15 December 2024 Third Round Colchester United 1-2 She Can Play Panthers Colchester
13:30 BST
  • Williams
  • Hudson
  • Walters
Stadium: Colchester Garrison
Referee: Lacey Armstrong

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 15 November 2024

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier Division Essex County Women's Football League Cup BBC Essex Women's Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England ENG Jamie Newstead 10 0 8+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF England ENG Jacqueline Craddock-Ball 12 4 9+0 4 3+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF England ENG Sophie Farrow 8 0 5+2 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 MF England ENG Cassie Craddock-Ball 12 5 9+0 4 3+0 1 0+0 0
5 MF England ENG Niamh Gamble 9 0 7+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England ENG Ruby Vinton 5 1 4+0 1 1+0 0 0+0 0
8 MF England ENG Thalia Adams 10 0 8+1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
9 FW England ENG Ruby Greenleaf 10 8 4+3 5 3+0 3 0+0 0
10 MF England ENG Lindsey Morgan 10 5 7+0 5 3+0 0 0+0 0
- FW England ENG Camilla Morgan 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
11 MF England ENG Emily Ager 12 1 4+5 0 2+1 1 0+0 0
12 FW England ENG Louise Kaine 6 4 5+0 2 1+0 2 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Owen Hoskin 2 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
- MF England ENG Sophie Vale 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF England ENG Karys Paton 8 0 1+6 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF England ENG Learna Daniels 12 0 9+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
16 MF England ENG Jasmine Cox 7 10 6+1 10 0+0 0 0+0 0
17 DF England ENG Leah Pope 12 1 7+2 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
18 FW England ENG Ella Cahill 10 1 2+6 1 1+1 0 0+0 0
20 FW England ENG Billie-Jo Williams 6 4 1+2 2 3+0 2 0+0 0
21 MF England ENG Lucy Yewman 4 0 0+2 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
  England ENG Tahlia Roome 1 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
6 DF England ENG Deben Howlett 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
13 GK England ENG Rosa Devall 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

  1. ^ "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  2. ^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.