2024–25 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season explained

Club:	Nottingham Forest
Season:	2024–25
Chairman:	Tom Cartledge (until 1 October) Nicholas Randall KC (from 1 October)^[1]
Manager:	Carly Davies
Mgrtitle:	Head Coach
Stadium:	City Ground, West Bridgford Grange Park, Long Eaton
League:	FA WNL Northern Premier Division
Cup1:	Women's FA Cup
Cup2:	FA WNL Cup
Highest Attendance:	1,910 v Stoke City 17 November 2024 (FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Lowest Attendance:	223 v Peterborough United 20 October 2024 (FA WNL Cup)
Largest Win:	19 – 0 v Long Itchington (Away) 01 December 2024 (2024–25 Women's FA Cup)
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Prevseason:	2023–24
Nextseason:	2025–26

The 2024–25 season was Nottingham Forest Women's seventh consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.

On 9 July 2024 it was announced that Nottingham Forest Women will become a full-time professional football club from the start of the 2025/26 season and that for the 2024/25 football season the first team will comprise of 18 full-time professional players and a small number of part-time players. It was also announced that the 2024/25 season will be the first season where Nottingham Forest Women play all of their home matches at the City Ground.^[2]

Squad information

First team squad

^[3]

	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Emily Batty		2 November 1998	18 July 2021	Sheffield United
29	Georgie Ferguson		29 October 2002	11 August 2024	Birmingham City
38	Holly Mears		16 January 2006	15 August 2024	Leicester City
Defenders
2	Lyndsey Harkin		30 August 1991	1 February 2016	Doncaster Rovers Belles
3	Nat Johnson		12 November 1993	10 August 2023	Lewes
5	Naomi Bedeau		-	20 July 2024	Newcastle United
6	Jessica Hennessy		1 October 2001	13 September 2024	Shamrock Rovers
16	Mollie Green		4 August 1997	5 August 2023	Birmingham City
18	Caragh Hamilton		18 October 1996	9 August 2024	Lewes
Midfielders
4	Kate Longhurst		2 May 1989	22 July 2024	Charlton Athletic
8	Amy Sims		14 April 1999	25 June 2024	Derby County
10	Holly Manders		28 April 2001	2 August 2023	Sunderland
15	Hollie Olding		3 January 1999	23 August 2024	Lewes
17	Freya Thomas		28 October 2001	7 August 2023	Coventry United
20	Millie Chandarana		11 March 1997	17 July 2024	Blackburn Rovers
25	Alice Keitley		4 July 2003	7 August 2024	Aston Villa
Forwards
7	Sophie Domingo		7 January 2000	1 July 2022	Derby County
9	Melissa Johnson		11 August 1991	15 July 2024	Charlton Athletic
11	Bridget Galloway		19 July 1999	6 August 2024	Newcastle United
14	Charlie Wellings		18 May 1998	19 July 2024	Reading
22	Casey Howe		2 September 2002	30 August 2024	Athlone Town
26	Katie Dungate		26 August 2004	16 August 2024	Birmingham City

Squad Changes

Transfers In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
25 June 2024					^[4]
15 July 2024					^[5]
17 July 2024					^[6]
19 July 2024					^[7]
20 July 2024					^[8]
22 July 2024					^[9]
6 August 2024					^[10]
7 August 2024					^[11]
9 August 2024					^[12]
11 August 2024					^[13]
15 August 2024					^[14]
23 August 2024					^[15]
30 August 2024					^[16]
13 September 2024					^[17]

Transfers Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
1 August 2024					^[18]
24 August 2024					^[19]
30 August 2024					^[20]

Released

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Date signed	Ref.
30 June 2024					^[22]
30 June 2024				2 August 2024	^[23]
30 June 2024
30 June 2024			Retired
30 June 2024				11 July 2024	^[24]
30 June 2024			Retired
30 June 2024				28 June 2024	^[25]
08 October 2024				11 October 2024	^[26] ^[27]

New contracts

Date	Pos.	Player	Contract length	Ref.
20 June 2024			Two years	^[28]
21 June 2024			Two years	^[29]
28 June 2024			One year	^[30]
28 June 2024			One year	^[31]
11 July 2024			One year	^[32]
11 July 2024			One year	^[33]
13 August 2024			One year	^[34]
14 August 2024			One year	^[35]

Competitions

FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division

See main article: 2024–25 FA Women's National League.

Matches

Women's FA Cup

See main article: 2024–25 Women's FA Cup.

Matches

FA Women's National League Cup

See main article: 2024–25 FA Women's National League Cup.

Matches

Statistics

^[36]

Overall

No.	Pos.	Player	League				FA Cup				League Cup				Total
1				11	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	1	0
2				11	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	15 (1)	0	1	0
3				10 (1)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0 (3)	1	0	0	11 (4)	4	1	0
4				10 (1)	2	2	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12 (2)	2	3	0
5				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6				0 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (3)	0	0	0
7				8 (3)	7	2	0	2	2	0	0	1 (2)	2	0	0	11 (5)	11	2	0
8				2 (8)	0	1	0	1 (1)	1	0	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	5 (10)	1	1	0
9				10 (1)	9	0	0	1 (1)	2	0	0	1 (2)	3	0	0	12 (4)	14	0	0
10				0 (4)	2	0	0	1 (1)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2 (5)	3	0	0
11				1 (6)	2	1	0	1 (1)	5	0	0	2 (1)	3	0	0	4 (8)	10	1	0
14				10 (1)	8	0	0	2	4	0	0	2 (1)	2	0	0	13 (2)	14	0	0
15				7 (2)	3	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12 (2)	4	0	0
16				11	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	5	0	0
17				10 (1)	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	1 (2)	1	0	0	13 (3)	8	0	0
18				7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	0	0	0
20				8 (2)	2	1	0	1 (1)	0	0	0	2 (1)	1	1	0	11 (4)	3	2	0
21				0 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1 (2)	0	0	0
22				4 (3)	1	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6 (4)	1	0	0
25				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26				1 (7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4 (7)	0	0	0
29				0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
38				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	9			9	2	3	14
	14			8	4	2	14
3	7			7	2	2	11
4	11			2	5	3	10
5	17			2	5	1	8
6	16			4	1	0	5
7	3			3	0	1	4
	15			3	1	0	4
9	20			2	0	1	3
	10			2	1	0	3
11	4			2	0	0	2
12	22			1	0	0	1
	8			0	1	0	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	2
Totals				47	22	13	82

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	7			5	3	0	8
2	14			4	0	0	4
	17			3	0	1	4
4	2			2	0	1	3
	22			2	0	1	3
	9			2	0	1	3
	20			1	0	2	3
8	18			2	0	0	2
	8			2	0	0	2
	26			1	0	1	2
	10			0	0	2	2
12	11			0	0	1	1
	21			0	0	1	1
Totals				24	3	11	38

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	1			7	1	0	8
2	29			0	0	3	3
Totals				7	1	3	11

Hat-tricks

Player	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
	Wolverhampton Wanderers (A)	6 – 1	1 September 2024	WNL Northern Premier Division	^[37]
	Stourbridge (H)	9 – 0	8 September 2024	WNL Northern Premier Division	^[38]
^5	Long Itchington (A)	19 – 0	1 December 2024	Women's FA Cup	^[39]
^5	Long Itchington (A)	19 – 0	1 December 2024	Women's FA Cup	^[40]
	Long Itchington (A)	19 – 0	1 December 2024	Women's FA Cup	^[41]

Awards

e-on Player of the Month

Awarded by an online vote of supporters on the official Nottingham Forest F.C. website.

Month	Player	Ref.
August		^[42]
September		^[43]
October		^[44]

External links

• Official site

Notes and References

1. News: Nottingham Forest announces transition of chairmanship . Nottingham Forest F.C.. 1 October 2024. 1 October 2024.
2. News: Nottingham Forest Women to go full time professional . 9 July 2024. 7 August 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C..
3. Web site: Nottingham Forest Women First Team Squad. 13 September 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C..
4. News: Forest Women complete Amy Sims signing . 30 July 2024 . . 25 June 2024.
5. News: Forest Women complete Mel Johnson signing . 30 July 2024 . . 15 July 2024.
6. News: Forest Women complete Millie Chandarana signing . 30 July 2024 . . 17 July 2024.
7. News: Forest Women complete Charlie Wellings signing . 30 July 2024 . . 19 July 2024.
8. News: Forest Women complete signing of Naomi Bedeau . 30 July 2024 . . 20 July 2024.
9. News: Forest Women complete signing of Kate Longhurst . 30 July 2024 . . 22 July 2024.
10. News: Forest Women complete signing of Bridget Galloway. 6 August 2024 . . 6 August 2024.
11. News: Forest Women complete Alice Keitley signing . 7 August 2024 . . 7 August 2024.
12. News: Forest Women complete Caragh Hamilton signing . 9 August 2024 . . 9 August 2024.
13. News: Forest Women complete signing of Georgie Ferguson . 11 August 2024 . . 11 August 2024.
14. News: Forest Women complete signing of Holly Mears . 15 August 2024 . . 15 August 2024.
15. News: Forest Women complete Hollie Olding signing . 23 August 2024 . . 23 August 2024.
16. News: Forest Women complete Casey Howe signing . 30 August 2024 . . 30 August 2024.
17. News: Forest Women complete Jessica Hennessy signing . 13 September 2024 . . 13 September 2024.
18. News: Charlotte Greengrass departs . 1 August 2024 . . 1 August 2024.
19. News: Becky Anderson departs . 24 August 2024 . . 24 August 2024.
20. News: Ella Haughey departs . 30 August 2024 . . 30 August 2024.
21. News: Forest Women sign Katie Dungate on loan . 16 August 2024 . . 16 August 2024.
22. News: Six players to leave Forest Women this summer . 30 July 2024 . . 9 May 2024.
23. News: Cook completes Potters move . 24 September 2024 . . 2 August 2024.
24. RugbyBoroughWFC . 1811430264847188440 . We’re delighted to announce the signing of attacker, Mai Moncaster.
25. News: Reynolds Joins Posh Women From Nottingham Forest . 6 August 2024 . . 28 June 2024.
26. News: Hayley James to start new role within Forest academy . 8 October 2024 . . 8 October 2024.
27. News: Posh Women sign experienced full back from Forest . 21 October 2024 . . 11 October 2024.
28. News: Nat Johnson signs new two year deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 20 June 2024.
29. News: Freya Thomas signs new two year deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 21 June 2024.
30. News: Emily Batty signs new deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 28 June 2024.
31. News: Mollie Green signs new deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 28 June 2024.
32. News: Sophie Domingo signs new deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 11 July 2024.
33. News: Holly Manders signs new deal . 30 July 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 11 July 2024.
34. News: Hayley James signs new deal . 13 August 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 13 August 2024.
35. News: Lyndsey Harkin signs new deal . 14 August 2024. Nottingham Forest F.C.. 14 August 2024.
36. Web site: The FA Women's National League player stats. The Football Association Full-Time. 4 December 2024.
37. News: Forest Women hit Wolves for six . 18 September 2024 . . 1 September 2024.
38. News: Forest Women win by nine at the City Ground . 18 September 2024 . . 8 September 2024.
39. News: Dominant Reds cruise into FA Cup Third Round. 1 December 2024 . . 1 December 2024.
40. News: Dominant Reds cruise into FA Cup Third Round. 1 December 2024 . . 1 December 2024.
41. News: Dominant Reds cruise into FA Cup Third Round. 1 December 2024 . . 1 December 2024.
42. News: Sophie Domingo voted women's player of the month . Nottingham Forest F.C.. 10 September 2024 . 18 September 2024.
43. News: Mel Johnson voted women's player of the month . Nottingham Forest F.C.. 7 October 2024 . 7 October 2024.
44. News: Charlie Wellings voted women's player of the month . Nottingham Forest F.C.. 4 November 2024 . 4 November 2024.