FOOTBALL
VS WEST BROMWICH ALBION
FA NATIONAL LEAGUE
THU 20 APRIL 2023
KO 19:45
ESTABLISHED 1919 WHERE HISTORY BEGINS £2
ISSUE 16
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING
3 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST BROMWICH ALBION CONTENTS 4 WELCOME FROM KAYLEIGH HINES 5 TODAYS TEAMS 6 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC HOME FIXTURES 7 TODAYS OPPOSITION 8 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HOME FIXTURES 9 PLAYER PROFILE 10 THE TEAM 12 SQUAD LIST 14 A BRIEF HISTORY 16 FIXTURES AND RESULTS 18 UPCOMING FIXTURES
WELCOME FROM HEAD COACH CHARLIE BAXTER
Good evening and welcome back to Loughborough Stadium for our final league fixture of the season. I welcome Jenny Sugarman, her players, staff, officials and the supporters of our visitors.
I’ve always had great admiration for Jenny and the work she has done in the Women’s game.
She is a brave, adventurous coach with a clear idea of how she wants her team to play, but is also able to adapt to the needs of the game.
Despite the young age of her squad, I know Jenny’s side will come to Loughborough and look to attack us. Get at us. Play their game. We need to be ready. They have an excellent squad of players who have a lot to fight for. They will be a dangerous opponent for sure.
We need to be focused, controlled, patient but ultimately, we need to channel positive energy into to every action and every moment this evening.
I realise it has not been the season we would have hoped for here at Loughborough. While we will be playing in Tier 4 next season, I have reminded the players and staff that the season is not over yet and we still have much to play for from our standpoint.
The last mid-week game we played here under the lights was an incredible atmosphere against Nottingham. The way we started that game, full of energy and desire – the fans gave us that back and it spurred us on.
We can all embrace that feeling again tonight. Being together, knowing that we can achieve something by helping each other and focusing on what helps us collectively.
When this team and Loughborough are in the right mood I always love what we create. The same again would be fantastic.
Hopefully we can perform to make the supporters proud.
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5 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST BROMWICH ALBION KIYA WEBB 01 01 CHARLOTTE CLARKE LAUREN TAFT 02 02 ASH BROWN ABBEY HATELEY 03 03 HANNAH GEORGE LAURA STEELE 04 04 ABI LOYDON GRACE WALTERS 05 05 KERRY WALKLETT EMILY SHARPE 06 06 IZZY GREEN KATIE MIDDLETON 07 08 ROSIE EMBLEY KAYLEIGH HINES 08 09 DELPHI COLE NICKY RUSSELL 09 10 EVIE GALLOP CHLOE YOUNG 10 11 LIZZIE BENNETT-STEELE SOPHIA BONSER 11 12 MEESHA DUDLEY-JONES HOPE STRAUSS 12 13 DAISY JENKINS MONIQUE ROBINSON 13 15 HAYLEY CRACKLE MELISSA TURTON-BURRELL 14 16 SOPHIE TUDOR AMELIE JOHNSON 15 17 SHANNON STAMPS JESSICA RICHARSON 16 18 JESS DAVIES ELLA POWELL 17 19 MARIA TIMMS EMILY GUNN 18 20 PHOEBE WARNER GEORGIA STEVENS 19 21 JANELLE STRAKER JORJA PATTERSON 20 22 KATE EVANS DEMI EDWARDS 21 25 MARIAM MAHMOOD DORIS GREENWOOD 23 27 OLIVIA STUBBS ELLA SMITH 24 28 LUCY NEWELL MADDIE WALSH 25 29 ANNA MILLER MIKAYLA WILDGOOSE 26 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST
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BROM TODAY’S TEAM
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC 2022/2023 SEASON HOME FIXTURES
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS SUN 21/08/2022 KO 16:00 STOKE CITY 3- 0 LOSS SUN 18/09/2022 KO 14:00 BRIGHOUSE TOWN 3-0 LOSS SUN 25/09/2022 KO 14:00 SOLIHULL MOORS 2-0 WIN SUN 02/10/2022 KO 14:00 BOLDMERE ST MICHAELS 2-0 LOSS SUN 30/10/2022 KO 14:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN (CUP) 2-1 LOSS SUN 06/11/2022 KO 14:00 HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2-0 LOSS SUN 13/11/2022 KO 14:00 SHEFFIELD FC (CUP) 3-0 WIN SUN 15/01/2023 KO 14:00 DERBY 2-1 LOSS SUN 05/02/2023 KO 14:00 BURNLEY 2-1 LOSS SUN 12/02/2023 KO 14:00 BURNLEY 1-0 LOSS SUN 19/02/2023 KO 14:00 BEAUMONT PARK WILDCATSS WOMEN 8-0 LOSS SUN 26/02/2023 KO 14:00 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS 6-0 LOSS SUN 05/03/2023 KO 14:00 STOKE CITY 3-0 LOSS THU 16/03/2023 KO 19:45 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-2 DRAW SUN 26/03/2023 KO 14:00 AFC FLYDE 2-1 LOSS SUN 02/04/2023 KO 14:00 LIVERPOOL FEDS 3-0 LOSS THU 20/04/2023 KO 19:45 WEST BROM ALBION LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST BROMWICH ALBION 6
TODAYS OPPOSITION WEST BROMWICH ALBION
The club was formed in 1990, originating from Liverpool Hope University and played in the North West Women’s Regional Football League. The name Feds originates from the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education College, where the sports teams played as a Federation of the St Katherine’s and Christ Notre Dame Colleges. In 1993 a Reserves team was added, and in 1994 a girl’s youth section was created. Today our youth section boasts over 150 girls playing football every week.
Over the years, the club has steadily progressed up the ladder in women’s football, winning successive divisional titles before promotion to the next stage of the women’s pyramid, now the Women’s National League.
During the 2021-2022 season, the first team gained promotion into Tier 3 of the Women’s Football Pyramid, losing only one game all season, reaching a national cup semi-final and progressing to the third round of the Women’s FA Cup for the first time in the club’s history.
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST
ALBION
BROMWICH
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC DEVELOPMENT 2022/2023 SEASON HOME FIXTURES
DATE TIME OPPONENTS RESULTS SUN 23/10/2022 KO 14:00 DERBY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT 6-2 LOSS SUN 06/11/2022 KO 14:00 STOURBRIDGE RESERVES 2-1 WIN SUN 13/11/2022 KO 14:00 LINCOLN CITY DEVELOPMENT 4-1 LOSS SUN 27/11/2022 KO 14:00 NOTTINGHAM FOREST RESERVES 9-1 LOSS SUN 11/12/2022 KO 14:00 SPORTING KHALSA WOMEN DEVELOPMENT 1-1 WIN SUN 18/12/2022 KO 14:00 SPORTING KHALSA WOMEN DEVELOPMENT 7-2 WIN SUN 12/02/2023 KO 14:00 WEST BROMWICH ALBION DEVELOPMENT 7-1 LOSS SUN 19/03/2023 KO 14:00 STOURBRIDGE RESERVES 3-0 WIIN SUN 26/03/2023 KO 14:00 STOKE CITY RESERVES 2-1 LOSS SUN 23/04/2023 KO 14:00 WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS DEVELOPMENT SUN 07/05/2023 KO 14:00 LONG EATON DEVELOPMENT 8 8 LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST BROMWICH ALBION LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V WEST ALBION
PHOTO GALLERY
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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC THE TEAM
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ISSY MARTIN Coach
LAUREN HORNER Strength & Conditioning Coach
MARGARET FOLWELL Secretary
OPERATIONS
COACHING TEAM
SPORT SCIENCE & MEDICAL
CHARLIE BAXTER Head Coach
ABBIE TOWNEND Women’s Football Operations Coordinator
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KEV LOCK Assistant Coach
RYAN CARTLEDGE-TAYLOR Strength & Conditioning Coach
MATT PROCTOR Strength & Conditioning Coach
GRAEME RODGERS Goal Keeper Coach
MAT STOCK Program Manager
PERFORMANCE PYSCHOLOGIST
SPORT SCIENCE & MEDICAL
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
COMMUNICATIONS
ALICE
MASON
WILL ARMITAGE MEDIA, MARKETING AND
JACK BRIND
GEORGIA STOCK ROB HORSTEAD
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CIAN WARREN Sports Therapist HATTY BATES Nutritionist
LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC SQUAD LIST
GOALKEEPERS
DEFENDERS
KIYA WEBB
EMILY SHARPE GRACE WALTERS
HARRIET PETLEY
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LAUREN TAFT KATRENA MORRISON
MIKAYLA WILDGOOSE
ABBEY HATELEY HOPE STRAUSS
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MIA SMITH
MIDFIELDERS
FORWARDS
DORIS GREENWOOD
KAYLEIGH HINES JESSICA RICHARDSON
MELISSA TURTONBURRELL
MONIQUE ROBINSON LAUREN PURCHASE CHLOE YOUNG ELLA POWELL LAURA STEELE
NICKI RUSSELL EM GUNN
KATIE MIDDLETON ELLA SMITH
GEORGIA STEVENS
ANNA COLVILLE
MEGAN HARPER
AMELIE JOHNSON JORJA PATTERSON
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JADE ARBER
LIGHTNING FC A BRIEF HISTORY
LOUGHBOROUGH FOXES
Gail and Paul Fox founded Loughborough Foxes in 1999, known then as Shepshed Foxes until 2002.
For their first 15 years, Foxes played in local leagues, before being promoted to the FA Women’s Northern Premier Division (the 3rd ranked tier of women’s football) in 2015. After the first season they suffered relegation but managed a promotion in 2018 to return to this tier. Winning this Midlands Division One title was actually a club record for Foxes, winning 22 games and drawing just 1.
LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE TEAM
Loughborough Students
Women’s Football Club offers many competitive opportunities. The performance team compete in the British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS) Northern Premier League. When possible, players are also supported to play “external football” alongside the programme, most notably with our partner Loughborough Foxes (Tier 3), but also other Tier 3 and Championship clubs.
Each year Loughborough University invests a million pounds in performance sport, and a million pounds in facilities. Thanks to this investment, Director of Football Richard Allen is able to lead a professional programme of coaching and support.
As a first team performance squad member you will receive expert coaching, access
to our world class facilities, heavily discounted Powerbase gym membership, strength and conditioning training, nutrition, sports science and sports medicine support. Within the programme players also have access to Performance Lifestyle support and our top athletes can apply for scholarships.
LOUGHBOROUGH
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MERGING/ LIGHTNING LAUNCH
The University’s performance team and the Loughborough Foxes have officially combined to launch a new Lightning programme that will compete nationally against some of the biggest names in the sport.
The clubs have worked in close collaboration for a number of years now with Head Coach Issy Martin overseeing both programmes since her appointment at the University in September 2019.
Lightning will compete in the FA Northern Premier League where it will face teams including Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, and West Bromwich Albion.
2021/22 SEASON
The first season 2021/22 as Loughborough Lightning in the FA Women’s National League ended in a 10th place finish, narrowly avoiding relegation. It was a tough start up until Christmas where the team only picked up a total of 4 points ahead of the break. Following Christmas, the team found their form and produced some fantastic performances and results to ensure they retained their Tier 3 status for the 2022/23 season, finishing on a total of 23 points. Looking ahead to the upcoming season, the team have made some key signings over the summer to develop the squad as well as welcoming to the programme, Director of Football, Rebecca Sawiuk
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STARTING PLAYER GOALSCORER
2022/2023 FIXTURES & RESULTS
UNUSED SUBSTITUTE USED SUBSTITUTE
DATE TIME V OPPONENTS RESULTS SUN 21/08/2022 14:00 H STOKE CITY 0-3 LOSS SUN 28/08/2022 14:00 A WEST BROM ALBION 1-4 LOSS THU 01/09/2022 19:45 H DERBY 0-5 LOSS SUN 04/09/2022 14:00 A WOLVES 0-4 LOSS SUN 18/09/2022 14:00 H BRIGHOUSE TOWN 0-3 LOSS SUN 25/09/2022 14:00 H SOLIHULL MOORS 2-0 WIN SUN 02/10/2022 14:00 H BOLDMERE ST MICHAELS 2-0 LOSS THU 13/10/2022 14:00 A NOTTINGHAM FOREST 4-1 LOSS SUN 23/10/2022 14:00 A AFC FLYDE 2-2 DRAW SUN 30/10/2022 14:00 H HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2-1 LOSS SUN 06/11/2022 14:00 H HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 2-0 LOSS SUN 06/11/2022 14:00 H SHEFFIELD FC 3-0 WIN SUN 20/11/2022 14:00 A LIVERPOOL FEDS 2-0 LOSS SUN 04/12/2022 14:00 A BRIGHOUSE TOWN 0-0 DRAW SUN 15/01/2023 14:00 A DERBY 2-1 LOSS SUN 05/02/2023 14:00 H BURNLEY 2-1 LOSS SUN 12/02/2023 14:00 A BURNLEY 1-0 LOSS SUN 19/02/2023 14:00 A BEAUMONT PARK 8-0 WIN SUN 26/02/2023 14:00 A WOLVES 6-0 LOSS SUN 05/03/2023 14:00 H STOKE CITY 3-0 LOSS THU 16/03/2023 19:45 H NOTTINGHAM FOREST 2-2 DRAW SUN 26/03/2023 14:00 H AFC FLYDE 2-1 LOSS SUN 02/04/2023 14:00 H LIVERPOOL FEDS 3-0 LOSS THU 20/04/2023 19:45 H WEST BROM ALBION SUN 30/04/2023 14:00 A HUDDERSFIELD U
KIYA WEBB DORIS GREENWOOD LAUREN TAFT EMILY SHARPE HARRIET PETLEY GEORGIA STEVENS GRACE WALTERS ABBEY HATELEY MONIQUE ROBINSON
2022/2023 FIXTURES & RESULTS
RICHARDSON CHLOE YOUNG ELLA POWELL KAYLEIGH HINES MIKAYLA WILDGOOSE NICKI RUSSELL EM GUNN KATIE MIDDLETON ELLA SMITH HOPE STRAUSS MEGAN HARPER AMELIE JOHNSON JORJA PATTERSON JENNIE HABBITS DEMI EDWARDS MIA SMITH LAUREN PURCHASE JADE ARBER HOLLIE BAILEY ALEXANDRA KHAYAT
JESS
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KO 19:00 Loughborough Lightning Leicester City Under 18s Thursday 11 May Away KO 15:00 Saturday 20 April Away Loughborough Students 1st Deeping Rangers KO 15:00 Loughborough Lightning Huddersfield Town Sunday 30 April Away
UPCOMING FIXTURES
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