2017 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading FC Women
2017 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Adams Park, High Wycombe
FA WSL 1	6th
FA Cup	Fifth round vs Manchester City
Top goalscorer	League: Melissa Fletcher (3); All: Melissa Fletcher (3)
Highest home attendance	797 vs Chelsea ; (3 May 2017)
Lowest home attendance	536 vs Birmingham City ; (28 May 2017)
Average home league attendance	637 (28 May 2017)
	← 2016 2017–18 →

The 2017 season was Reading FC Women's second season in the FA WSL 1, after winning promotion from the FA WSL 2 in 2015.^[1]

Following a reorganisation of top-level women's football in England, the 2017 season will only cover half of a traditional season's length, while the FA WSL shifts its calendar to match the traditional autumn-to-spring axis of football in Europe.^[2] For the same reason, there is no Champions League qualification nor relegation to be competed for.

Season events

On 14 November 2016, Reading signed Mandy van den Berg from Liverpool.^[3]

On 9 January, Mary Earps signed an 18-month contract extension with Reading, keeping her at the club until June 2018.^[4]

On 12 January 2017, Reading signed Rachel Furness from Sunderland,^[5] with Brooke Chaplen making the same move at the end of January.^[6]

Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading on 19 January, until the summer of 2018.^[7]

On 23 January, Melissa Fletcher signed her first professional contract with the club, until June 2018,^[8] with Charlie Estcourt signing a similar deal on 25 January,^[9] and Becky Jane signed a new contract with Reading until June 2019 on 26 January.^[10]

On 24 January, New Zealand international defender Anna Green from Swedish club Mallbackens IF.^[11]

On 6 February, Reading signed a new contract with Kirsty McGee, until June 2018,^[12] with Harriet Scott also signing a new 18-month contract with Reading on 9 February.^[13]

On 8 February, Emma Follis was sold to Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.^[14]

On 8 April, Anissa Lahmari joined Reading on a two-month loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain.^[15]

On 1 May, Reading signed Jo Potter, Jade Moore and Kirsty Linnett from recently folded Notts County.^[16]

Squad

As of match played 3 June 2017

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age^[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mary Earps	GK	(1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 24)	Bristol Academy	2016	2018^[4]
21	Grace Moloney	GK	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 24)	Academy	2009		110	0
Defenders
2	Becky Jane	DF	(1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 20)	Chelsea	2011	2019^[10]
3	Harriet Scott	DF	(1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 24)	Academy	2009	2018^[13]
5	Molly Bartrip	DF	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2014
6	Kirsty McGee	DF	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 30)	Portsmouth	2014	2018^[12]
14	Mandy van den Berg	DF	(1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 26)	Liverpool	2017^[3]		5	1
15	Anna Green	DF	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 26)	Mallbackens	2017^[11]		7	0
22	Jo Potter	DF	(1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 32)	Notts County Ladies	2017^[16]		4	0
Midfielders
4	Kayleigh Hines	MF	(1991-02-27)27 February 1991 (aged 26)	Oxford United	2016
7	Rachel Furness	MF	(1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 28)	Sunderland	2017^[5]		8	1
8	Remi Allen	MF	(1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 26)	Birmingham City	2016		18	0
10	Anissa Lahmari	MF	(1997-02-17)17 February 1997 (aged 20)	loan from Paris Saint-Germain	2017^[15]	2017^[15]	6	0
17	Charlie Estcourt	MF	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 19)	Chelsea	2015	^[9]
18	Jade Moore	MF	(1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 26)	Notts County Ladies	2017^[16]		6	1
23	Rachel Rowe	MF	(1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 24)	Swansea City	2015		46	2
25	Tamsin de Bunsen	MF	(1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 17)	Academy	2017		0	0
34	Sophie O'Rourke	MF	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017		0	0
Forwards
9	Lauren Bruton	FW	(1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 24)	Arsenal	2013	2018^[7]
16	Kirsty Linnett	FW	(1993-09-24)24 September 1993 (aged 23)	Notts County	2017^[16]		6	0
19	Brooke Chaplen	FW	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 28)	Sunderland	2017^[6]		4	1
20	Melissa Fletcher	FW	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 25)	Academy	2008	2018^[8]
Out on loan
Left during the season

^ Age as of the end of the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
14 November 2016	DF	Mandy van den Berg	Liverpool	Undisclosed	^[3]
12 January 2017	MF	Rachel Furness	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 January 2017	DF	Anna Green	Mallbackens	Undisclosed	^[11]
31 January 2017	FW	Brooke Chaplen	Sunderland	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 May 2017	DF	Jo Potter	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[16]
1 May 2017	MF	Jade Moore	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[16]
1 May 2017	FW	Kirsty Linnett	Notts County	Undisclosed	^[16]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
8 April 2017	MF		Anissa Lahmari	Paris Saint-Germain	End of season	^[15]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 February 2017	MF		Emma Follis	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	^[14]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2017	MF		Kayleigh Hines	Oxford United	1 August 2017	^[17]

Pre-season

29 March 2017	Real Betis	2–2	Reading	Seville, Spain
GMT (UTC)		Report	Bruton Furness	Stadium: Felipe del Valle Municipal Stadium

Competitions

Women's Super League

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
8	2	2	4	10	15	−5	8	0	1	2	3	8	−5	2	1	2	7	7	0

Last updated: 3 June 2017.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	D

Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2017. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

22 April 2017 1	Bristol City	1–3	Reading	Bristol
18:00 BST (UTC+1)	Hemp 73'	Report	Furness 49' Rowe 59' Fletcher 61'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 1,127 Referee: Robert Massey-Ellis

28 April 2017 2	Liverpool	4–2	Reading	Widnes
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Harding 2', 25' Weir 34' Coombs 50'	Report	Chaplen 4' Fletcher 8' Furness 38'	Stadium: Halton Stadium Attendance: 466 Referee: Matt Donohue

3 May 2017 3	Reading	0–4	Chelsea	High Wycombe
19:35 BST (UTC+1)	Allen 19' Scott 24' Moore 90+2' Furness 90+3'	Report	Carney 33' Spence 65' Ji 69' Blundell 81' Chapman 90+1'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 797 Referee: Christopher O’Donnell

7 May 2017 4	Reading	2–3	Manchester City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Moore 59' 90+2' Allen 68' Bruton 74' (pen.) Pearce 82'	Report	Parris 6', 76' Scott 78' Walsh 80'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 579 Referee: Paul Forrester

17 May 2017 5	Yeovil United	0–1	Reading	Taunton
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jones 9' Heatherson 33' Curson 37' James 86'	Report	van den Berg 8' Linnett 53' Furness 54' Allen 62' Lahmari 84'	Stadium: Cygnet Health Care Attendance: 356 Referee: Martin Underhay

28 May 2017 6	Reading	1–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	van den Berg 48' Potter 49' Bruton 64' (pen.) Scott 87'	Report	Wellings 1' Carter 48' Mannion 50' P.Williams 88'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 536 Referee: Stephen Bates

31 May 2017 7	Arsenal	1–0	Reading	Canons Park
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Carter 40'	Report	Pearce 37' Scott 60'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium Attendance: 870 Referee: Alan Dale

3 June 2017 8	Sunderland	1–1	Reading	Hetton-le-Hole
15:30 BST (UTC+1)	Staniforth 45' B.Leon 56' A.Holmes 64'	Report	Fletcher 29' Allen 45'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Attendance: 464 Referee: Paul Brown

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	8	6	1	1	32	3	+29	19
2	Manchester City	8	6	1	1	17	6	+11	19
3	Arsenal	8	5	3	0	22	9	+13	18
4	Liverpool	8	4	2	2	20	18	+2	14
5	Sunderland	8	2	3	3	4	14	−10	9
6	Reading	8	2	2	4	10	15	−5	8
7	Birmingham City	8	1	4	3	6	10	−4	7
8	Bristol City	8	1	1	6	5	21	−16	4
9	Yeovil Town	8	0	1	7	6	26	−20	1

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

18 March 2017 Fifth round	Manchester City	1–0	Reading	Manchester
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Bronze 83'	Report		Stadium: Academy Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played 3 June 2017

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Mary Earps	9	0	8	0	1	0
2	DF	ENG	Becky Jane	8	0	7	0	1	0
3	DF	IRL	Harriet Scott	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
4	MF	ENG	Kayleigh Hines	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip	3	0	2	0	0+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Kirsty McGee	9	0	8	0	1	0
7	MF	NIR	Rachel Furness	8	1	7	1	1	0
8	MF	ENG	Remi Allen	9	0	7+1	0	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Lauren Bruton	8	2	7	2	0+1	0
10	MF	FRA	Anissa Lahmari	6	0	1+5	0	0	0
14	DF	NED	Mandy van den Berg	5	1	3+1	1	1	0
15	DF	NZL	Anna Green	7	0	6	0	1	0
16	FW	ENG	Kirsty Linnett	6	0	4+2	0	0	0
17	MF	WAL	Charlie Estcourt	5	0	3+1	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Jade Moore	6	1	4+2	1	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Brooke Chaplen	4	1	3	1	1	0
20	FW	WAL	Melissa Fletcher	8	3	5+2	3	1	0
22	DF	ENG	Jo Potter	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
23	MF	WAL	Rachel Rowe	5	1	4	1	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	WSL	Total
1	FW	20	Melissa Fletcher	3	3
2	FW	9	Lauren Bruton	2	2
3	MF	7	Rachel Furness	1	1
	MF	23	Rachel Rowe	1	1
	FW	19	Brooke Chaplen	1	1
	MF	18	Jade Moore	1	1
	DF	14	Mandy van den Berg	1	1
Total				10	10

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Mary Earps	1	0	1
Total					1	0	1

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	WSL		FA Cup		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
3		DF	Harriet Scott	3	0	0	0	3	0
6		DF	Kirsty McGee	2	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Rachel Furness	3	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Remi Allen	3	0	0	0	3	0
10		MF	Anissa Lahmari	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Mandy van den Berg	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Kirsty Linnett	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Jade Moore	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Jo Potter	0	1	0	0	0	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				15	1	0	0	15	1

Honours

2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: Mary Earps^[18]

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