Football club
Tranmere Rovers Ladies Football Club
are an English team founded in 1990, based in the
Wirral
, and affiliated with
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Between 1996 and 2004 they competed in the
FA Premier League National Division
, then the top tier of the
English women's football
pyramid. They are currently members of the
North West Women's Regional Football League
Premier and play their home games at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village.
History
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Tranmere Rovers Ladies were formed in 1990 named by Jayne Lewis indeed Jayne Lewis got the original team together and entered of the North West Regional League with Steve Williams as manager.
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They played their first competitive game against Bury Girls in September of that year.
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They won Division Four at their first attempt,
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and followed this success by winning Division Three in the next year.
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In the 1992?93 season, they came third in Division Two, winning promotion to the top division of the league.
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Tranmere finished mid-table in their first season in Division One,
[5]
but won the division in the following season.
[6]
Tranmere won the next tier of the
English women's football
pyramid ? the
FA Premier League Northern Division
? at the first attempt, with only one defeat all season.
[1]
[7]
They were promoted to the
FA Premier League National Division
, at the time the top tier of the English league system. The four promotions required to reach this league had been achieved in only five seasons. 1995?96 also saw the team win the Cheshire Shield for the first time, beating Stockport 6?2 in the final.
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The team spent eight seasons in the top flight, the most successful period in the club's short history. After finishing 8th in their first season,
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they came 7th in 1997?98,
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5th in each of the following three seasons,
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6th twice,
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before relegation back to the Northern Division with a 10th-placed finish in 2003?04.
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The team were also successful in the cup competitions during this period; they reached the
FA Cup
semi-final in 1998?99, losing 2?1 to
Southampton Saints
.
[1]
They repeated this feat in 2001?02, but lost 3?1 to
Doncaster Belles
.
[13]
In 1999, Tranmere won the Reebok Women's Football Festival in Mansfield, then the traditional curtain-raiser to the season, beating local rivals
Everton
1?0 in the final. In 2000, the players featured in a television advert for
Daz
washing powder alongside
Julian Clary
.
[16]
In 2000?01, Tranmere reached the final of the
Premier League Cup
? their first major cup final ? against
Arsenal
at the
Deva Stadium
.
[12]
Though the game was level at half time, Arsenal dominated and eventually ran out 3?0 winners, to secure their fourth successive title.
[17]
In 2002, Steve Williams stepped down as manager to be replaced by player Louise Edwards.
[1]
Tranmere spent five seasons in the Premier League Northern Division, finishing 8th,
[18]
3rd,
[19]
6th,
[20]
and 8th,
[21]
respectively, before being relegated to the
Northern Combination
with an 11th-placed finish in 2008?09.
[22]
In 2006, Louise Edwards stepped down as manager, with assistant Shirley Waring taking over.
[1]
Waring resigned after relegation in 2009; Edwards returned in an interim role,
[23]
though was still in charge two years later.
[24]
Edwards and Waring were joint managers. />
In the 2010?11 season, Tranmere came 12th and last in the Northern Combination,
[25]
and were relegated to North West Regional League, Premier Division.
[26]
However, in the same season they won the Cheshire Cup for a record 11th time.
[27]
Colours
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Tranmere's
colours
follow those used by their affiliated
men's team
. In 1961,
Dave Russell
joined the club as manager.
[28]
Tranmere had worn a kit of blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks since 1904 ? the same colours as local rivals,
Division One
club
Everton
.
[29]
Russell introduced an all-white strip to set the teams apart;
[28]
these have been Tranmere's usual colours since.
[29]
Stadium
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During their first years, Tranmere played in several venues.
[1]
In 1997, they moved to Gayton Park, the home of
West Cheshire League
club Heswall F.C.
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In 2006, they moved to Victoria Park,
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the home of Poulton Victoria F.C.
[31]
In 2009, Poulton Victoria folded,
[32]
so Tranmere moved to Villa Park,
[33]
the home of Ashville F.C. in
Wallasey
,
Wirral
.
[34]
Upon its completion, the club are due to move their home games to Tranmere's training ground, Solar Campus.
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Players
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Current squad
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- As of 7 June 2024
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules
. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Former players
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A number of Tranmere players have represented their country. In 1992,
Sammy Howarth
made her
England
debut against
Denmark
, going on to win five
caps
.
[37]
Goalkeeper
Jo Fletcher
also played for England,
[38]
whilst
Katie Williams
has represented
Wales
twenty times.
[39]
Tranmere's most capped international player is
Sue Smith
. Smith first appeared for England in 1997,
[40]
and went on to win 93 caps, scoring 16 goals.
[41]
Whilst playing for Tranmere, Smith won a number of awards. In 1999, she was voted international player of the year, for her performances in the
England team
, and players' player of the year.
[42]
In 2001, she was again awarded the title of international player of the year.
[43]
The
Swedish
international player
Tina Nordlund
played for Tranmere in
1998?99
. She was in a relationship and living with
Jesper Blomqvist
who was contracted to
Manchester United
at the time.
[44]
Honours
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- Premier League Cup
- Cheshire Shield
- Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
- Runner-up: 2003, 2004
- FA Premier League Northern Division
- North West Regional League
- Winner Division 1: 1995
- Winner Division 3: 1992
- Winner Division 4: 1991
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