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| Full name | Derby County Football Club Women | |||
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| Nicknames | Ewe Rams, Ewes | |||
| Founded | 1989 | |||
| Ground | Don Amott ArenaMickleoverDerby | |||
| Capacity | 4,000 (400 seated) | |||
| Owner | Derby County Football Club Ltd | |||
| Manager | Sam Griffiths[1] | |||
| League | FA Women's National League North | |||
| 2024–25 | FA Women's National League North, 9th of 12 | |||
| Website | https://www.dcfcw.co.uk/ | |||
Derby County Women are an Englishwomen's football club affiliated withDerby County F.C. The first-team currently play in theFA Women's National League North Division.
In 2008–09 the club won promotion to the league from theMidland Combination Women's Football League, after beating Crewe 4–2 at Pride Park. In addition to the first-team, the club runs a reserve team who compete within the national reserve team pyramid, and nine academy teams that compete in theDerbyshire Girls League and the CentralWarwickshire Girls League. The club enjoys a strong working relationship with the Derby County Girls Regional Talent Centre, allowing a dedicated player pathway from youth football into the Derby County Women senior squads.
The club started out as the idea of Sheila Rollinson and Jess Reid, who at the time were both playing for the Coventry-based women's side Holbrooks Athletic. Rollinson had recently moved to the Derby area and Reid lived in Burton, so they came up with the idea of forming a new more locally based team.
Adverts for players were placed in both theBurton Mail and theDerby Evening Telegraph and at that time more of the replies came from the Burton area, soBurton Wanderers was born. The club's first season was 1978–9 in theMidland League (which later became theWest Midlands League) and saw the club playing at Shobnall Fields in Burton, with Phil Rollinson as manager and Bob Reid acting as club secretary. Training sessions were held in Bitham School sports hall.
After one season in the Midland league the club decided to move to the Nottingham League (later the East Midlands League) due to the standard of football being of a higher level. At this time a national women's league was not in place and as such the club regularly played against teams such asDoncaster Belles, which at the time contained most of the England team. Junior leagues were not in place and with girls not being allowed to play in boys’ teams, the side often had 11–13-year-olds playing alongside adults.
With the demise of another local side, Derby Rangers, a number of experienced players joined the club and in 1985 the club secured its first sponsorship deal with the Beacon Hotel. The deal saw the club's name change to Beacon Wanderers. During this period Dave Elks enjoyed a lengthy spell as the club's manager before handing over to Malcolm Aldridge. Gradually the balance of players swung more towards the Derby area and as the club name no longer included Burton, it seemed sensible to move both matches and training sessions to Derby. For a while, Leesbrook school was the venue for both before eventuallyDerby City Council'sParkers Piece ground became the club's home.
In 1990,John Jarman started the Community Department at Derby County Football Club and in the same year, he held discussion with the management of Beacon Wanderers which eventually led to the formation of Derby County Ladies FC. At that time the club consisted of a single open-age team, however, the association with Derby County quickly saw it extended to a reserve and third team. The first manager of the newly formed DCLFC was Neil Crofts.
The playing colours of Derby County FC Women are identical to those of parent clubDerby County F.C. – The club crest is a mirror of the main club's.
The Don Amott Arena, home ofMickleover Sports FC and based at Station Road, Mickleover, Derby, DE3 9FE which has a capacity of 4,000 people.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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