2018–19 Everton L.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Everton Ladies Football Club's second season competing in the FA Women's Super League since being promoted after winning the 2017 WSL2 Spring Series, and being one of the league's foundation clubs.^[1]

Everton Ladies FC

2018–19 season
Manager	Willie Kirk
Stadium	Merseyrail Community Stadium, Southport
FA Women's Super League	10th place
WSL Cup	Group Stage (3rd)
FA Women's Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Inessa Kaagman (4) All: Inessa Kaagman (5)
Highest home attendance	370 (Nov. 18 vs. Arsenal)
Lowest home attendance	103 (Apr. 17 vs. Birmingham)
Average home league attendance	192
Home colours Away colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Everton announced that they would play the first half of the season at Merseyrail Community Stadium.^[2][3]

Review

After going winless in the league for the first six matches reaching bottom of the table, Everton sacked longtime manager Andy Spence and appointed goalkeeper coach, Jennifer Herst, as interim manager.^[4] On 1 December Willie Kirk was announced as manager for the Ladies first team.^[5]

First team

As of 7 February 2019^[6][7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Kirstie Levell 2 DF  ENG Faye Bryson 3 DF  ENG Danielle Turner 4 DF  ENG Georgia Brougham 5 DF  NED Siri Worm 6 DF  ENG Gabrielle George 7 FW  ENG Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah 8 MF  NED Inessa Kaagman 9 FW  ENG Claudia Walker 10 FW  NIR Simone Magill 11 FW  ENG Chloe Kelly

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 MF  WAL Angharad James 13 MF  ENG Abbey-Leigh Stringer 14 DF  ENG Taylor Hinds 16 FW  ENG Hannah Cain 17 MF  NZL Olivia Chance 20 MF  ENG Megan Finnigan 22 MF  NED Dominique Bruinenberg 24 DF  SCO Emma Brownlie 25 GK  SCO Becky Flaherty 28 MF  WAL Elise Hughes

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Willie Kirk
Assistant Coach	Chris Roberts
Goalkeeping Coach	Jennifer Herst

Transfers

In

Entry date	Pos	No.	Player	From club	Contract end	Fee	Ref.
22 May 2018	MF	8	Inessa Kaagman	AFC jax		N/A	[8]
3 July 2018	MF	22	Dominique Bruinenberg	Sunderland		N/A	[9]
25 July 2018	FW	16	Hannah Cain	Sheffield		N/A	[10]
2 August 2018	MF	13	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	Birmingham City		N/A	[11]
2 August 2018	GK	25	Becky Flaherty	Liverpool		N/A	[12]
24 January 2019	DF	24	Emma Brownlie	Hibernian L.F.C.		N/A	[13]

Out

Exit date	Pos	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
22 June 2018	MF	14	Marthe Munsterman	AFC Ajax	N/A	[14]
8 June 2018	GK	13	Lizzie Durack	Chelsea	N/A	[15]
13 July 2018	MF	21	Mollie Green	Manchester United	N/A	[16]
14 July 2018	FW	18	Courtney Sweetman-Kirk	Liverpool L.F.C.	N/A	[17]
26 July 2018	MF	8	Jodie Brett	Brighton & Hove Albion	Undisclosed fee	[18]

Loan Out

Exit date	Pos	No.	Player	To club	Fee	Ref.
24 January 2019	FW	9	Claudia Walker	Birmingham City	N/A	[19]

Competitions

Preseason friendlies

Everton v Aston Villa

14 July 2018 Preseason	Everton	v	Aston Villa
Note: Closed door scrimmage

Everton v Liverpool

22 July 2018 Preseason	Everton	0–0	Liverpool	Crosby
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Marine Travel Arena

Everton v Arsenal

29 July 2018 Preseason	Everton	v	Arsenal
Note: Closed door scrimmage

Everton v LA Salsa SC

6 August 2018 Friendship Tournament	Everton	6–0	LA Salsa SC	Gibraltar
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Walker 11' Kaagman 13', 40' Brougham 59', 81' Cain 89'			Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Atlético Madrid v Everton

8 August 2018 Friendship Tournament	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Everton	Gibraltar
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	González 77'			Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Real Betis v Everton

10 August 2018 Friendship Tournament Semi-Final	Real Betis	1–0	Everton	Gibraltar
17:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	García 39'	Report		Stadium: Victoria Stadium

Women's Super League

Main article: 2018–19 FA WSL

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	25	37	−12	23
8	Liverpool	20	7	1	12	21	38	−17	22
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	4	4	12	16	38	−22	16
10	Everton	20	3	3	14	15	38	−23	12
11	Yeovil Town (R)	20	2	1	17	11	60	−49	−3[a]	Relegation to the Championship

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

1. Yeovil Town deducted 10 points for entering administration.^[20]

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
20	3	3	14	15	38	−23	12	2	2	6	10	22	−12	1	1	8	5	16	−11

Last updated: 15 May 2019.
Source: ELFC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L
Position	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2019. Source: ELFC
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Birmingham City v Everton

9 September 2018 1	Birmingham City	1–0	Everton	Solihull
12:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Wellings 1'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 603 Referee: James Bell

Everton v Manchester City

20 September 2018 2	Everton	0–4	Manchester City	Southport
19:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report Box Score	Stanway 14' Parris 65', 68' Emslie 90+2'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 296 Referee: Lucy Oliver

Everton v Chelsea

23 September 2018 3	Everton	0–0	Chelsea	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report Box Score	Ericsson  64' Mjelde  74'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 213 Referee: Helen Conley

Everton v Brighton & Hove Albion

14 October 2018 4	Everton	3–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kaagman 27' George 45+1' Kelly 70'	Report Box Score	Buet 2' Brazil 75', 78'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 177 Referee: Steven Copeland

Everton v West Ham United

28 October 2018 5	Everton	1–2	West Ham United	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Walker 5'	Report Box Score	Ross 27' Lehmann 45' Longhurst  86' Kiernan  90'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 143 Referee: Aaron Jackson

Yeovil Town v Everton

4 November 2018 6	Yeovil Town	1–0	Everton	Dorchester
15:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Short 21'	Report Box Score	Kelly  89'	Stadium: The Avenue Stadium Attendance: 732

Everton v Arsenal

18 November 2018 7	Everton	0–4	Arsenal	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kelly  63'	Report Box Score	van de Donk 44' Nobbs 49' Miedema 50', 65'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 370 Referee: Lucy Oliver

Reading v Everton

25 November 2019 8	Reading	2–1	Everton	Buckinghamshire
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Chaplen 20', 77'	Report Box Score	Cain 13'  46' Magill  53'	Stadium: High Wycombe Attendance: 285 Referee: Amy Fearn

Everton v Liverpool

2 December 2018 9	Everton	2–1	Liverpool	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kaagman 6' Magill 40'	Box Score	Clarke 12' Linnett  90'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium

Everton v Bristol City

9 December 2018 10	Everton	0–2	Bristol City	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Finnigan  24'	Report Box Score	Rutherford 65' Rood 90+1'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 211

Chelsea v Everton

6 January 2019 11	Chelsea	3–0	Everton	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	England 6' Spence 60' Blundell 69'	Report Box Score		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 3,221 Referee: Lee Brennan

Brighton & Hove Albion v Everton

13 January 2019 12	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	Everton	Crawley
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Williams  66'	Report Box Score	James  89'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 454 Referee: Sunny Gil

Everton v Birmingham City

10 February 2019 PP	Everton	v	Birmingham City	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium

Manchester City v Everton

21 February 2019 13	Manchester City	3–1	Everton	Manchester
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Walsh 47' Beckie 55' Parris 90'	Report Box Score	Boye-Hlorkah 12'	Stadium: Academy Stadium

West Ham United v Everton

14 March 2019 14	West Ham United	0–1	Everton	Romford
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report Box Score	Cain 88' Levell  90+7'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 607

Bristol City v Everton

24 March 2019 15	Bristol City	1–0	Everton	Filton
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Graham 33'	Report Box Score	Stringer  61' Cain  90+4'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 495 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Everton v Yeovil Town

31 March 2019 16	Everton	0–1	Yeovil Town	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report Box Score	Alexander 78'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Jill Short

Everton v Birmingham City

17 April 2019 17	Everton	1–3	Birmingham City	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kaagman 8'	Report Box Score	Ladd 9' White 34', 67'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 103

Arsenal v Everton

21 April 2019 18	Arsenal	2–1	Everton	Borehamwood
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Quinn 4' Miedema 28' ven de Donk  56'	Report Box Score	Boye-Hlorkah 61' Stringer  56' Finnigan  64'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 2,003 Referee: Stacey Pearson

Everton v Reading

28 April 2019 19	Everton	3–2	Reading	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Kaagman 40' Boye-Hlorkah 52' Magill 65' Worm  86' Stinger  89'	Report Box Score	Allen 8' Pearce  53' Williams 77'	Stadium: Merseyrail Community Stadium Attendance: 174 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Liverpool v Everton

12 May 2019 20	Liverpool	3–1	Everton	Birkenhead
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Sweetman-Kirk 26' Charles 31' Robe  67' Rodgers 88'	Report Box Score	Finnigan  24' Stringer 39'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 1,842 Referee: Andrew Sykes

FA WSL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Women's League Cup

Everton was drawn into Group Two North for the 2018–19 FA WSL Cup. Despite opening the tournament with a win over Reading, Everton was officially eliminated from qualifying to the Quarter Finals after a home loss to Manchester United.^[21]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	WPEN	LPEN	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MNU	REA	EVE	DUR	LIV
1	Manchester United	4	3	0	0	1	5	2	+3	9	Advance to knock-out stage		—	0–2	—	1–0	—
2	Reading	4	2	0	1	1	9	5	+4	7			—	—	—	4–1	1–1
3	Everton	4	2	0	0	2	6	7	−1	6			0–3	3–2	—	—	—
4	Durham	4	1	0	1	2	5	8	−3	4			—	—	1–0	—	3–3
5	Liverpool	4	0	2	0	2	5	8	−3	4			0–1	—	1–3	—	—

Source: thefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Women's FA Cup

Everton v Chelsea

3 February 2019 Fourth Round Proper	Everton	0–2	Chelsea	Cheshire
14:00 BST (UTC+01:00)		Report Box Score	Spence 66' Blundell 90'	Stadium: The Select Security Stadium

Statistics

As of 1 May 2019

Players without any appearance are not included.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		FA WSL		WSL Cup		FA Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers:
1	GK	ENG	Kirstie Levell	22	0	18	0	3	0	1	0
25	GK	SCO	Becky Flaherty	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders:
2	DF	ENG	Faye Bryson	12	0	5+3	0	3+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Danielle Turner	16	0	11+1	0	2+1	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Georgia Brougham	21	0	15+1	0	4	0	1	0
5	DF	NED	Siri Worm	13	0	9+2	0	1	0	0+1	0
6	DF	ENG	Gabrielle George	21	1	16	1	4	0	1	0
14	DF	ENG	Taylor Hinds	13	0	10+1	0	2	0	0	0
24	DF	SCO	Emma Brownlie	6	0	5	0	0	0	1	0
Midfielders:
8	MF	NED	Inessa Kaagman	21	5	15+2	4	3	1	1	0
12	MF	WAL	Angharad James	22	0	16+1	0	4	0	1	0
13	MF	ENG	Abbey-Leigh Stringer	16	0	11+2	0	1+1	0	1	0
17	MF	NZL	Olivia Chance	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Megan Finnigan	21	0	16+1	0	3	0	1	0
22	MF	NED	Dominique Bruinenberg	18	0	7+6	0	2+2	0	0+1	0
28	MF	WAL	Elise Hughes	12	1	3+7	0	1	1	1	0
Forwards:
7	FW	ENG	Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah	20	3	7+8	2	1+3	1	0+1	0
9	FW	ENG	Claudia Walker	13	3	4+5	1	3+1	2	0	0
10	FW	NIR	Simone Magill	20	3	14+1	2	3+1	1	1	0
11	FW	ENG	Chloe Kelly	14	1	10+1	1	3	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Hannah Cain	11	2	5+6	2	0	0	0	0

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