2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season

The 2018–19 Reading F.C. Women season was the club's 12th season and their third in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid.

Reading

2018–19 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Adams Park
WSL	5th
FA Cup	Semifinal vs West Ham United
League Cup	Quarterfinal vs Chelsea
Top goalscorer	League: Fara Williams (11) All: Fara Williams (19)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Season events

On 2 July, Reading announced that Jade Moore, Jo Potter and Remi Allen had all extended their contracts with Reading for the 2018–19 season.^[1]

On 5 July, Reading announced the signing of Rachael Laws from Sunderland.^[2]

On 9 July, Reading announced the double signing of Gemma Davison and Sophie Howard.^[3]

On 22 July, Reading signed Millie Farrow from Bristol City.^[4]

On 23 July, Reading signed Maz Pacheco from Doncaster Rovers Belles.^[5]

On 28 January, Reading announced the signing of Rakel Hönnudóttir from Limhamn Bunkeflo.^[6]

On 4 April, Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading until the summer of 2021.^[7]

On 9 May, Fara Williams signed a new contract with Reading for the 2019–20 season.^[8]

Squad

As of match played 11 May 2019

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age[a])	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Grace Moloney		GK	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 26)	Academy	2009		147	0
27	Rachael Laws		GK	(1990-11-05)5 November 1990 (aged 28)	Sunderland	2018[2]		2	0
Defenders
2	Becky Jane		DF	(1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 22)	Chelsea	2011	2019[9]
3	Maz Pacheco		DF	(1998-08-25)25 August 1998 (aged 20)	Doncaster Rovers Belles	2018[5]		22	0
5	Molly Bartrip		DF	(1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 22)	Academy	2014
6	Kirsty Pearce		DF	(1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 32)	Portsmouth	2014
22	Jo Potter		DF	(1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 34)	Notts County Ladies	2017[10]	2019[1]
26	Sophie Howard		DF	(1993-09-17)17 September 1993 (aged 25)	1899 Hoffenheim	2018[3]		10	0
28	Lily Woodham		DF	(2000-09-03)3 September 2000 (aged 18)	Bristol City	2018		6	0
29	Kiera Skeels		DF	(2001-01-20)20 January 2001 (aged 18)	Academy	2019		0	0
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams		MF	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 35)	Arsenal	2017	2020[8]
7	Rachel Furness		MF	(1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 30)	Sunderland	2017[11]
8	Remi Allen		MF	(1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 28)	Birmingham City	2016	2019[1]
9	Gemma Davison		MF	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 32)	Chelsea	2018[3]		20	4
11	Natasha Harding (captain)		MF	(1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 30)	Liverpool	2018[12]		40	1
16	Jade Bailey		MF	(1987-04-17)17 April 1987 (aged 32)	loan from Chelsea	2019		8	0
17	Charlie Estcourt		MF	(1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 20)	Chelsea	2015
18	Jade Moore		MF	(1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 28)	Notts County Ladies	2017[10]	2019[1]
23	Rachel Rowe		MF	(1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 26)	Swansea City	2015		74	8
Forwards
10	Lauren Bruton		FW	(1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 26)	Arsenal	2013	2021[7]
14	Millie Farrow		FW	(1996-06-03)3 June 1996 (aged 22)	Bristol City	2018[4]		6	2
15	Rakel Hönnudóttir		FW	(1988-12-30)30 December 1988 (aged 30)	Limhamn Bunkeflo	2019[6]		8	3
19	Brooke Chaplen		FW	(1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 30)	Sunderland	2017[13]
Out on loan
Left during the season

1. Age as of the end of the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 July 2018	GK		Rachael Laws	Sunderland	Undisclosed	[2]
5 July 2018	DF		Sophie Howard	TSG 1899 Hoffenheim	Undisclosed	[3]
5 July 2018	MF		Gemma Davison	Chelsea	Undisclosed	[3]
22 July 2018	FW		Millie Farrow	Bristol City	Undisclosed	[4]
23 July 2018	DF		Maz Pacheco	Doncaster Rovers Belles	Free	[5]
28 January 2019	FW		Rakel Hönnudóttir	Limhamn Bunkeflo	Undisclosed	[6]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 January 2019	MF		Jade Bailey	Chelsea	End of season	[14]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 June 2019	DF		Becky Jane	Liverpool	Undisclosed	[15]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
7 July 2018	FW		Melissa Fletcher	Retired		[16]
30 June 2019	DF		Kirsty Pearce	Retired		[17]

Competitions

WSL

Main article: 2018–19 FA WSL

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	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27	4	1	5	18	16	+2	4	2	4	15	14	+1

Last updated: 11 May 2019.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	A	-	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	-	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	W	L	-	D	W	W	W	L	D	L	L	L	-	L	W	W	W	L	L
Position	2	4	5	4	4	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Reading v Yeovil Town

9 September 2018 1	Reading	4–0	Yeovil Town	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Davison 5' Williams 11' Bruton 59' (pen.) Allen 61'	Report	Evans  79'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 464 Referee: Helen Conley

West Ham United v Reading

19 September 2018 2	West Ham United	0–0	Reading	Romford
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Simic  19' Simon  64'	Report	Howard  81'	Stadium: Rush Green Stadium Attendance: 658 Referee: Abby Marriott

Reading v Birmingham City

23 September 2018 3	Reading	0–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Allen  51' Harding  63'	Report	Sargeant 7' P.Williams  90+6'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 693 Referee: Jacob Miles

Liverpool v Reading

30 September 2018 4	Liverpool	0–1	Reading	Birkenhead
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Roberts  37'  56'	Report	Chaplen 36' Bruton  84'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 382 Referee: David McNamara

Arsenal v Reading

21 October 2018 5	Arsenal	6–0	Reading	Borehamwood
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Miedema 3', 49', 85' Nobbs 7' Mead 45+2' van de Donk 76'	Report	Pearce  8' Furness  45+1'	Stadium: Meadow Park Attendance: 1,586 Referee: Abby Marriott

Manchester City v Reading

26 October 2018 7	Manchester City	1–1	Reading	Manchester
19:00 BST (UTC+1)	Stanway 33' Parris  90+1'	Report	Moore 50' Pearce  68' Allen  90+5'	Stadium: Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,015 Referee: David McNamara

Reading v Bristol City

4 November 2018 8	Reading	3–0	Bristol City	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 32', 50' Chaplen 65'	Report	Rutherford  63' Kerkdijk  90+1'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 482 Referee: Abigal Marnot

Brighton & Hove Albion v Reading

18 November 2018 9	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–4	Reading	Crawley
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Bowman  27' A.Whelan 61'	Report	Hourihan 20' (o.g.) Chaplen 58' Moloney  62' Williams 65' Davison 81'	Stadium: Broadfield Stadium Attendance: 330 Referee: Ryan Atkin

Reading v Everton

25 November 2018 10	Reading	2–1	Everton	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Chaplen 20', 77'	Report	Cain 13' Kelly  46' Magill  53'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 625 Referee: Amy Fearn

Chelsea v Reading

2 December 2018 11	Chelsea	1–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Ji 49'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Lucy Oliver

Reading v Liverpool

9 December 2018 12	Reading	2–2	Liverpool	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 62', 84'  69' Furness  63' Bartrip  79'	Report	Sweetman-Kirk 10', 68'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 582 Referee: Joshua Smith

Birmingham City v Reading

6 January 2019 13	Birmingham City	2–1	Reading	Solihull
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Harrop  32' 72' P.Williams  56' Sargeant 89'	Report	Moore  23' Furness  30' Harding  52' Allen  82' Hampton 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Damson Park Attendance: 606 Referee: Robert Ellis

Reading v Arsenal

27 January 2019 15	Reading	0–3	Arsenal	Reading
12:30 GMT (UTC)	Harding  60' Allen  76' Moore  80'	Report	Miedema 2' Mitchell  23' McCabe  37' 90+4' Mead  74' Little 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,269 Referee: Lucy Oliver

Reading v West Ham United

20 February 2019 17	Reading	1–2	West Ham United	Reading
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Williams 66' (pen.) Allen  82'	Report	Lehmann 20', 53'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 2,148 Referee: Rebecca Welch

Reading v Manchester City

13 March 2019 18	Reading	3–4	Manchester City	High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Chaplen 3' Williams 62' (pen.) Pearce 87'	Report	Parris 15', 36', 39'  90+2' Stokes 54' McManus  68'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 449 Referee: Tom Reeves

Bristol City v Reading

31 March 2019 19	Bristol City	0–1	Reading	Filton
15:00 BST (UTC+1)		Report	Allen  24' Williams 49' Chaplen 55'	Stadium: Stoke Gifford Stadium Attendance: 391 Referee: Samuel Allison

Yeovil Town v Reading

17 April 2019 16	Yeovil Town	0–5	Reading	Dorchester
19:45 BST (UTC+1)	Cousins  57'	Report	Williams 33' Davison  44' Bruton 54', 83' Farrow 80', 90'	Stadium: Clayson Stadium Attendance: 407 Referee: Scott Jackson

Reading v Brighton & Hove Albion

20 April 2019 20	Reading	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	Reading
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	Furness 49'	Report		Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 1,119 Referee: Amy Fearn

Everton v Reading

28 April 2019 21	Everton	3–2	Reading	Southport
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Kaagman 40' Boye-Hlorkah 52' Magill 59' Worm  86' Stringer  89'	Report	Allen 8' Pearce  53' Williams 77'	Stadium: Haig Avenue Attendance: 174 Referee: Andrew Kitchen

Reading v Chelsea

11 May 2019 22	Reading	2–3	Chelsea	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Harding 50' Williams 52' Allen  75'	Report	Ji 8' Carney 51' England 64'	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 612 Referee: Abigail Bryne

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	Chelsea	20	12	6	2	46	14	+32	42
4	Birmingham City	20	13	1	6	29	17	+12	40
5	Reading	20	8	3	9	33	30	+3	27
6	Bristol City	20	7	4	9	17	34	−17	25
7	West Ham United	20	7	2	11	25	37	−12	23

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

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Women's FA Cup

Reading v Keynsham Town

11 February 2019 Fourth Round	Reading	13–0	Keynsham Town	Woking
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Williams 21' (pen.), 24', 28' (pen.), 55' (pen.), 59' Bruton 37', 53' Chaplen 48', 49' Estcourt 68' Hönnudóttir 78', 80' Davison 84'	Report		Stadium: Kingfield Stadium

Reading v Birmingham City

17 February 2019 Fifth Round	Reading	2–1	Birmingham City	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Pacheco  45' Allen  52' Pearce 69' Hönnudóttir 84'  90+3'	Report	Mannion 77'	Stadium: Adams Park Referee: Alex Blake

Reading v Manchester United

17 March 2019 Quarterfinal	Reading	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Manchester United	High Wycombe
14:00 GMT (UTC)	Allen 101' Furness 108' Hönnudóttir 120+6'	Report	Greenwood 98' Harding 106' (o.g.)	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 951

Reading v West Ham United

14 April 2019 Semifinal	Reading	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 p)	West Ham United	High Wycombe
12:30 BST (UTC+1)	Furness 48' Potter Harding Moore Bruton	Report	Lehmann 56' Cho Simon	Stadium: Adams Park Attendance: 2,334
	Penalties
	Davison Hönnudóttir Bruton Furness Allen Moore		Ross Visalli Leon Longhurst Flaherty So-Hyun

League Cup

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

Group stage

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

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

Reading v Durham

19 August 2018 1	Reading	4–1	Durham	High Wycombe
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Pearce 6' Williams 13', 24', 81'	Report	R.Lee  16' B.Hepple 80' (pen.)	Stadium: Adams Park

Manchester United v Reading

25 August 2018 2	Manchester United	0–2	Reading	Leigh
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	James  59'	Report	Bartrip  41' Chaplen 56' Bruton  61' Davison 90+4'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village

Everton v Reading

16 September 2018 3	Everton	3–2	Reading	Southport
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Walker 14', 27' Kaagman 56' Bruinenberg  90'	Report	Finnigan 24' (o.g.) Chaplen 79'	Stadium: Haig Avenue

Reading v Liverpool

12 December 2018 4	Reading	1–1 (4 – 5 p)	Liverpool	High Wycombe
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Furness 64' Jane  85'	Report	Kitching  49' Sweetman-Kirk 66'	Stadium: Adams Park

Knockout stage

Chelsea v Reading

9 January 2019 Quarterfinal	Chelsea	4–0	Reading	Kingston upon Thames
19:30 GMT (UTC)	Kirby 3', 86' Asante 37' Riley 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Kingsmeadow Attendance: 973

Squad statistics

As of match played 11 May 2019

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IRL	Grace Moloney	27	0	20	0	4	0	3	0
2	DF	ENG	Becky Jane	14	0	3+5	0	1	0	2+3	0
3	DF	ENG	Maz Pacheco	22	0	14+2	0	4	0	2	0
4	MF	ENG	Fara Williams	29	19	20	11	4	5	5	3
5	DF	ENG	Molly Bartrip	22	0	7+7	0	4	0	4	0
6	DF	ENG	Kirsty Pearce	24	3	17+1	1	1+1	1	4	1
7	MF	NIR	Rachel Furness	25	3	16+3	1	3	1	3	1
8	MF	ENG	Remi Allen	26	2	19	2	3	0	2+2	0
9	MF	ENG	Gemma Davison	20	4	8+6	2	0+2	1	3+1	1
10	FW	ENG	Lauren Bruton	25	5	15+2	3	4	2	4	0
11	MF	WAL	Natasha Harding	27	1	19	1	3	0	4+1	0
14	FW	ENG	Millie Farrow	6	2	2+3	2	0	0	0+1	0
15	FW	ISL	Rakel Hönnudóttir	8	3	2+3	0	0+3	3	0	0
16	MF	ENG	Jade Bailey	8	0	3+3	0	2	0	0	0
17	MF	WAL	Charlie Estcourt	10	1	4+3	0	1	1	2	0
18	MF	ENG	Jade Moore	18	1	12+1	1	3+1	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Brooke Chaplen	24	11	16	7	3	2	5	2
22	DF	ENG	Jo Potter	25	0	16	0	4	0	4+1	0
23	MF	WAL	Rachel Rowe	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
26	DF	SCO	Sophie Howard	10	0	5+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
27	GK	ENG	Rachael Laws	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
28	DF	WAL	Lily Woodham	6	0	1+3	0	0	0	1+1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	MF		4	Fara Williams	11	5	3	19
2	MF		19	Brooke Chaplen	7	2	2	11
3	FW		10	Lauren Bruton	3	2	0	5
4	MF		9	Gemma Davison	2	1	1	4
	FW		15	Rakel Hönnudóttir	0	4	0	4
	MF		7	Rachel Furness	1	2	1	4
7	MF		8	Remi Allen	2	1	0	3
	DF		6	Kirsty Pearce	1	1	1	3
				Own goal	2	0	1	3
10	FW		14	Millie Farrow	2	0	0	2
11	MF		11	Natasha Harding	1	0	0	1
	18		18	Jade Moore	1	0	0	1
	MF		17	Charlie Estcourt	0	1	0	1
Total					33	19	9	61

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	WSL	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Grace Moloney	7	1	1	9
Total					7	1	1	9

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	WSL		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
1		GK	Grace Moloney	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2		DF	Becky Jane	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3		DF	Maz Pacheco	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Fara Williams	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Molly Bartrip	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
6		DF	Kirsty Pearce	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Rachel Furness	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Remi Allen	7	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
9		MF	Gemma Davison	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		FW	Lauren Bruton	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
11		MF	Natasha Harding	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
15		FW	Rakel Hönnudóttir	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		MF	Jade Moore	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
22		DF	Jo Potter	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		DF	Sophie Howard	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				24	0	7	0	3	0	34	0