2017–18 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading FC Women

2017–18 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Adams Park, High Wycombe
FA WSL 1	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round vs Birmingham City
FA WSL Cup	Semifinal vs Arsenal
Top goalscorer	League: Remi Allen (9) All: Brooke Chaplen (12)
Highest home attendance	1,379 vs Liverpool (12 May 2018)
Lowest home attendance	172 vs Bristol City (21 February 2018)
Average home league attendance	647 (12 May 2018)

Season events

On 16 August, Reading signed Fara Williams from Arsenal Women to a two-year contract.[1]

On 3 January, Reading signed Natasha Harding from Liverpool to a long-term contract.[2]

Squad

As of match played 20 May 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	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 25)	Bristol Academy	2016	2018[3]
21	Grace Moloney		GK	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 25)	Academy	2009		120	0
	Rose Kite		GK	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 17)	Academy	2017
Defenders
2	Becky Jane		DF	(1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 21)	Chelsea	2011	2019[4]
3	Harriet Scott		DF	(1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 25)	Academy	2009	2018[5]
5	Molly Bartrip		DF	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 21)	Academy	2014
6	Kirsty Pearce (captain)		DF	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 31)	Portsmouth	2014	2018[6]
15	Anna Green		DF	(1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 27)	Mallbackens	2017[7]
22	Jo Potter		DF	(1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 33)	Notts County Ladies	2017[8]
37	Evie Gane		DF	(1999-12-10)10 December 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams		MF	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 35)	Arsenal	2017[1]	2019[1]
7	Rachel Furness		MF	(1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 29)	Sunderland	2017[9]
8	Remi Allen		MF	(1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 27)	Birmingham City	2016
18	Jade Moore		MF	(1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 27)	Notts County Ladies	2017[8]
20	Natasha Harding		MF	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 30)	Liverpool	2018[2]		13	0
23	Rachel Rowe		MF	(1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 25)	Swansea City	2015		71	7
25	Tamsin de Bunsen		MF	(1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017
34	Sophie O'Rourke		MF	(1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18)	Academy	2017
36	Emma Harries		MF	(2002-03-29)29 March 2002 (aged 16)	Academy	2017
	Niamh Reynolds		MF	(2001-10-31)31 October 2001 (aged 16)	Academy	2017
Forwards
9	Kirsty Linnett		FW	(1993-09-24)24 September 1993 (aged 24)	Notts County	2017[8]
10	Lauren Bruton		FW	(1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 25)	Arsenal	2013	2018[10]
19	Brooke Chaplen		FW	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 29)	Sunderland	2017[11]
20	Melissa Fletcher		FW	(1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 26)	Academy	2008	2018[12]
Out on loan
17	Charlie Estcourt		MF	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 19)	Chelsea	2015	[13]
Left during the season
14	Mandy van den Berg		DF	(1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 27)	Liverpool	2017[14]

1. Age as of the end of the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
16 August 2017	MF		Fara Williams	Arsenal	Undisclosed	[1]
3 January 2018	MF		Natasha Harding	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[2]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 January 2018	DF		Mandy van den Berg	Valencia	Undisclosed	[15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
30 June 2018	DF		Harriet Scott	Birmingham City	15 August 2018	[16]
30 June 2018	DF		Anna Green	Capital Football
30 June 2018	MF		Sophie O'Rourke	Grindavík
30 June 2018	FW		Kirsty Linnett	Liverpool	11 August 2018	[17]

Pre-season

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Competitions

Women's Super League

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL

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
18	9	5	4	40	18	+22	32	4	3	2	19	10	+9	5	2	2	21	8	+13

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results by matchday

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

Updated to match(es) played on 20 May 2018. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Reading v Sunderland

24 September 2017 1	Reading	0–1	Sunderland	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Bartrip  44' Pearce  90'	Report	Koren 6' Williams  76'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 502 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Liverpool v Reading

29 September 2017 2	Liverpool	0–3	Reading	Widnes
19:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Williams 19' Allen 33' Chaplen 74'	Stadium: DCBL Stadium Attendance: 481 Referee: Joe Hull

Reading v Birmingham City

8 October 2017 3	Reading	2–2	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Chaplen 21' Moore 30' Bartrip  42' Allen  51'	Report	Mannion  36' 45+2' (pen.) Carter  90+1' Pearce 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 655 Referee: Joshua Smith

Bristol City v Reading

28 October 2017 4	Bristol City	0–5	Reading	Filton
17:30 GMT (UTC)	Matthews  36' Brown  43'	Report	Williams 3' Rowe 17', 70', 80' Allen 20' Chaplen 32' Moore  36'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 573 Referee: Scott Jackson

Reading v Chelsea

12 November 2017 5	Reading	2–2	Chelsea	High Wycombe
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Allen 35' Chaplen  44' Pearce  80' Eriksson 90+2' (o.g.)	Report	Thorisdottir  33' Carney 56' Aluko 75' Eriksson  90+2'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,012 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Reading v Manchester City

7 January 2018 6	Reading	2–5	Manchester City	High Wycombe
16:00 GMT (UTC)	Allen 34' Chaplen 41' Pearce  81'	Report	Nadim 6' Emslie 32' Christiansen 43' Scott 56', 58'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 951 Referee: Abby Marriott

Reading v Arsenal

28 January 2018 7	Reading	0–0	Arsenal	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Rowe  25' Furness  84'	Report	Miedema  62' Evans  73' Nobbs  74'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 690 Referee: Helen Byrne

Everton v Reading

11 February 2018 8	Everton	2–1	Reading	Widnes
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Sweetman-Kirk 6' Kelly 23' Green  90+2'	Report	Furness 38'  76' Pearce  45+2' Williams  68'	Stadium: DCBL Stadium Attendance: 274 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Reading v Bristol City

21 February 2018 9	Reading	4–0	Bristol City	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Pearce 30' Williams 52', 70' Chaplen 55'	Report	Arthur  45+2'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 172 Referee: Will Finnie

Chelsea v Reading

25 March 2018 10	Chelsea	2–2	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Chapman  17' Eriksson  17' Andersson 51' Kirby 77'	Report	Chaplen 25' (pen.) Harding  45' Williams 47' Moore  82'	Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,652 Referee: Helen Byrne

Reading v Yeovil Town

28 March 2018 11	Reading	3–0	Yeovil Town	High Wycombe
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Chaplen 35' Allen 41' Bruton 53' Linnett 78'	Report	Cousins  49'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 197 Referee: Dean Hulme

Manchester City v Reading

1 April 2018 12	Manchester City	0–2	Reading	Manchester
14:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Allen 35' Pearce 61' Moore  74' Potter  81'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,274 Referee: Helen Conley

Yeovil Town v Reading

13 April 2018 13	Yeovil Town	0–4	Reading	Yeovil
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	J.Jones  64' T-j.Gauvain  83' Evans  90+3'	Report	Allen 10', 13' Furness  53' 58' Harding  71' Rowe 85'	Stadium: Huish Park Attendance: 223 Referee: Phillip Eddie

Arsenal v Reading

18 April 2018 14	Arsenal	3–1	Reading	Borehamwood
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Little 9' Janssen 27' van de Donk 64' Williamson  83'	Report	Williams 50' Harding  53' Furness  74' Pearce  78'	Stadium: Meadow Park Referee: Chris O'Donnell

Reading v Everton

22 April 2018 15	Reading	3–0	Everton	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Moore  27' Allen 47' Bruton 73' Pearce 85'	Report	Turner  31' James  45+2' Munsterman  80'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 263 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Sunderland v Reading

29 April 2018 16	Sunderland	0–2	Reading	Hetton-le-Hole
12:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Williams 39'  90+6' Furness 41' Rowe  60' Earps  75' Bruton  86'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Referee: Adam Herczeg

Reading v Liverpool

12 May 2018 17	Reading	3–0	Liverpool	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Chaplen 5', 73'  83' Furness  67' Bruton 81'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 1,379 Referee: Lindsey Robinson

Birmingham City v Reading

20 May 2018 18	Birmingham City	1–1	Reading	Solihull
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	White 29' Ladd  45+1' Carter  81'	Report	Chaplen 4' Allen  71'	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 1,120 Referee: Declan Bourne

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chelsea (C, Q)	18	13	5	0	44	13	+31	44	Qualification for the Champions League
2	Manchester City (Q)	18	12	2	4	51	17	+34	38
3	Arsenal	18	11	4	3	38	18	+20	37
4	Reading	18	9	5	4	40	18	+22	32
5	Birmingham City	18	9	3	6	30	18	+12	30
6	Liverpool	18	9	1	8	30	27	+3	28
7	Sunderland (R)	18	5	1	12	15	40	−25	16	Did not apply for a licence, Relegated to the FA Women's National League
8	Bristol City	18	5	1	12	13	47	−34	16
9	Everton	18	4	2	12	19	30	−11	14
10	Yeovil Town	18	0	2	16	2	54	−52	2

Source: FA WSL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

FA Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA Women's Cup

Reading v Birmingham City

4 February 2018 Fourth Round	Reading	0–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)		Report	Ewers 34'	Stadium: Adams Park

FA WSL Cup

Main article: 2017–18 FA WSL Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Reading	4	4	0	0	0	15	1	+14	12	Advance to Knock-out stage
2	Arsenal	4	3	0	0	1	19	4	+15	9
3	Watford	4	1	0	1	2	2	11	−9	4
4	Millwall Lionesses	4	1	0	0	3	6	14	−8	3
5	London Bees	4	0	1	0	3	4	16	−12	2

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

Reading v Watford

1 November 2017 1	Reading	4–0	Watford	High Wycombe
19:45 GMT (UTC)	Williams 5' Bartrip 45' Linnett 69' Green 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Adams Park

Arsenal v Reading

5 November 2017 2	Arsenal	1–2	Reading	Borehamwood
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Quinn  49' Mead 62'	Report	Bruton  29' Allen  33' Williams 56', 63'	Stadium: Meadow Park

Reading v London Bees

15 November 2017 3	Reading	4–0	London Bees	Reading
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Furness  50' 90' Pearce 57' Chaplen 60' Rowe 75'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium

Millwall Lionesses v Reading

3 December 2017 4	Millwall Lionesses	0–5	Reading	Rotherhithe
14:00 GMT (UTC)		Report	Chaplen 38', 85' Furness 52', 65' Bruton 60'	Stadium: St Paul's Sports Ground

Knockout stage

Everton v Reading

16 December 2017 Quarterfinal	Everton	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	Reading	Widnes
18:00 GMT (UTC)	Kelly  97' 112'	Report	Bruton  26' Williams  56' Linnett 94'	Stadium: Select Security Stadium Attendance: 155 Referee: Benjamin Speedie

Reading v Arsenal

14 January 2018 Semifinal	Reading	2–3	Arsenal	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Chaplen 7' Bruton 70' Moloney  79'	Report	Mead 5' Rose  55' Miedema 80' Nobbs 83'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 749 Referee: Ryan Atkin

Squad statistics

As of match played 20 May 2018

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		FA WSL Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Mary Earps	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	ENG	Becky Jane	11	0	2+4	0	0	0	4+1	0
3	DF	IRL	Harriet Scott	12	0	5+4	0	0	0	3	0
4	MF	ENG	Fara Williams	24	10	18	7	0	0	6	3
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip	10	1	6	0	0	0	4	1
6	DF	ENG	Kirsty Pearce	23	4	18	3	0	0	5	1
7	MF	NIR	Rachel Furness	23	6	13+4	3	0	0	6	3
8	MF	ENG	Remi Allen	24	9	18	9	0	0	6	0
9	FW	ENG	Kirsty Linnett	19	3	3+10	1	0	0	2+4	2
10	FW	ENG	Lauren Bruton	24	5	16+2	3	0	0	5+1	2
11	FW	WAL	Melissa Fletcher	3	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
15	DF	NZL	Anna Green	10	1	3+2	0	0	0	2+3	1
18	MF	ENG	Jade Moore	14	1	13+1	1	0	0	0	0
19	FW	ENG	Brooke Chaplen	24	12	18	8	0	0	5+1	4
20	MF	WAL	Natasha Harding	13	0	11+2	0	0	0	0	0
21	GK	IRL	Grace Moloney	10	0	3+1	0	0	0	6	0
22	DF	ENG	Jo Potter	23	0	17	0	0	0	6	0
23	MF	WAL	Rachel Rowe	24	5	18	4	0	0	4+2	1
25	MF	ENG	Tamsin de Bunsen	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
37	DF	WAL	Evie Gane	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:
14	DF	NED	Mandy van den Berg	6	0	1+1	0	0	0	2+2	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	FA WSL Cup	Total
1	FW		19	Brooke Chaplen	8	0	4	12
2	MF		4	Fara Williams	7	0	3	10
3	MF		8	Remi Allen	9	0	0	9
4	MF		7	Rachel Furness	3	0	3	6
5	MF		23	Rachel Rowe	4	0	1	5
	FW		10	Lauren Bruton	3	0	2	5
7	DF		6	Kirsty Pearce	3	0	1	4
8	FW		9	Kirsty Linnett	1	0	2	3
9	MF		18	Jade Moore	1	0	0	1
	DF		5	Molly Bartrip	0	0	1	1
	DF		15	Anna Green	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
Total					40	0	18	58

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	FA WSL Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Mary Earps	8	0	0	8
2	GK		21	Grace Moloney	3	0	3	6
Total					10	0	3	13

Earps & Moloney both played in Reading's 2-0 victory over Sunderland on 29 April 2018

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	WSL		FA Cup		FA WSL Cup		Total
1		GK	Mary Earps	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
4		MF	Fara Williams	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
5		DF	Molly Bartrip	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6		DF	Kirsty Pearce	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
7		MF	Rachel Furness	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
8		MF	Remi Allen	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
10		FW	Lauren Bruton	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
18		MF	Jade Moore	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
19		FW	Brooke Chaplen	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		MF	Natasha Harding	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
21		GK	Grace Moloney	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
22		DF	Jo Potter	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
23		MF	Rachel Rowe	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				28	2	0	0	6	0	34	2

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