Keynsham Town L.F.C. Explained

Clubname:Keynsham Town Ladies
Fullname:Keynsham Town Ladies Football Club
Nickname:K's
Founded:1993 (as Super Strikers Girls)
Ground:Crown Field, Keynsham
Capacity:3,001
Manager:Barrie Newton
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Keynsham Town L.F.C. are an English women's football club affiliated with Keynsham Town F.C. and currently playing in the .

History

The club was formed under the name Super Strikers Girls in 1993, as an U-11 six-a-side team, by pupils of Chandag Junior School. Over the next four years they were renamed Protel Super Strikers and adopted a green and white kit modelled on that of Celtic F.C.

In 1998 the club linked up with Keynsham Town F.C., became Keynsham Town Ladies, and entered a senior team in the South West Women's Football League Division Two.

The team progressed through the league, winning promotion to Division One (South) in 1998–99, to the Premier Division in 2001–02, to the South West Combination Women's league in 2003–04 having won the Premier Division title, and eventually to the FA Women's Premier League Southern Division in 2005–06, having won the South West Combination Women's league.[1]

Due to the club's proximity to universities in Bath and Bristol, Keynsham Town Ladies were able to attract a number of international players to an increasingly cosmopolitan squad.[1] When the club reached the quarter-finals of the Premier League Cup for the first time in 2009–10, the squad named for the 4–0 defeat to Arsenal contained nine different nationalities.[2]

After the club's most successful league finish of third in 2009–10, manager Barrie Newton signed a number of prominent players, including Corinne Yorston (on loan from Bristol Academy), Suzanne Grant and Jade Radburn.

Current squad

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Coaching Staff

NameRole
Mark RanahanChairman
Pamela NewtonClub Secretary
Barrie NewtonManager
Avril Cooke Head Coach
Sven Kierk Development Manager/Coach
Mark Graham Player Development Coach
Liam Jacques GK Coach
Eliott Puzey GK Coach
Callum Barnfield Physio

External links

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brown. N.. South west samba. FA Women's Premier League. The Football Association. 17 August 2006. 13 October 2007 .
  2. Web site: Fleeting return sinks Keynsham. Women's Soccer Scene. 2 November 2009. 4 December 2010 .
  3. Web site: FIRST TEAM . Keynsham Town Ladies F.C.. 26 July 2024.