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Oxford United W.F.C.
Oxford United Women's Football Club is an English Women's association football, women's football club affiliated with Oxford United F.C., Oxford United, and founded in 2005. They had major success in their first season by winning the league. In 2012/13 they won the South-West Combination and were elected as inaugural members of the Women's Super League 2nd division (WSL 2). The success of Oxford United Women's F.C. is recognised and promoted by Oxford United. History The first team won the three major cup competitions in their league. The first Oxford United Ladies team were promoted to the Southern Region Division One, for season 2006/2007, where they continued their success and again won the League. Oxford United Ladies have won the Ladies Oxfordshire Senior Cup, beating Henley Town Ladies 2–1 at Bicester Town F.C. The scorers were Lauren Allison and Stacey Coles five minutes from time. "Credit must go to the girls for the win," said ladies boss Ben Thomas after the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford
Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world; it has buildings in every style of English architecture since late Anglo-Saxon. Oxford's industries include motor manufacturing, education, publishing, information technology and science. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. Originally of strategic significance due to its controlling location on the upper reaches of the River Thames at its junction with the River Cherwell, the town grew in national importance during the early Norman period, and in the late 12th century became home to the fledgling University of Oxford. The city was besieged during The Anarchy in 1142. The university rose to dom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Hayes
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia Brown (footballer)
Georgia Brown may refer to: People *Georgia Brown, married name of Tiny Broadwick (1893–1978), first woman to parachute from an airplane and inventor of the ripcord *Georgia Brown (English singer) (1933–1992), actress and singer *Georgia Brown (Brazilian singer) (born 1980), Guinness World Records holder for singing the highest recorded vocal note * Georgia-Rose Brown (born 1995), Australian artistic gymnast Fictional characters *Georgia Brown, a fictional character from Broadway play and film ''Cabin in the Sky'' *Georgia Brown, a recurring character of the Australian television series ''Neighbours'' See also *"Sweet Georgia Brown", a 1920s jazz song *"Sweet Georgia Brown", a song from the 2010 album ''Daughters A daughter is a female offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations between groups ...'' by Daughter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molly Peters (footballer)
Molly Peters (15 March 1939 – 30 May 2017), born Vivien Mollie Rudderham, was an English actress and model best known for her role as Bond girl Patricia Fearing in the James Bond film '' Thunderball''. Career Molly Peters started out as a model and was discovered by film director Terence Young. She appeared in several films during the 1960s. Her best-known appearance was the role of Bond girl, Patricia Fearing or Pat, a nurse who takes care of James Bond (Sean Connery) while he is on holiday at her health clinic in '' Thunderball'' (1965). Peters was the first Bond girl to be seen taking her clothes off on screen in the Bond series. Peters appeared in ''Playboy'', in the November 1965 issue. Her appearance was as part of a pictorial essay titled "James Bond's Girls", by Richard Maibaum. According to the special edition DVD of ''Thunderball'', Peters' short film career was the result of a disagreement between her and her agent. The specifics of the disagreement were not revea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lena Stroem
Lena or LENA may refer to: Places * Léna Department, a department of Houet Province in Burkina Faso * Lena, Manitoba, an unincorporated community located in Killarney-Turtle Mountain municipality in Manitoba, Canada * Lena, Norway, a village in Østre Toten municipality in Innlandet county, Norway * Lena, Asturias, a municipality in the Principality of Asturias, Spain Russia * Lena, Russia, a list of names of several rural localities in Russia * Lena (river), the easternmost of the three great rivers in Siberia * Lena Cheeks, a stretch of the river Lena with peculiar rock formations in Kirensky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia * Lena Pillars, a natural rock formation along the banks of the Lena River in far eastern Siberia * Lena Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia * Lena-Angara Plateau, a large plateau in Siberia United States * Lena, Illinois, a village in Stephenson County * Lena, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Parke County * Lena, Louisiana, an unincorporated communi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Lynch (footballer)
Robert Emmett "Bobby" Lynch (July 30, 1878May 1, 1959) was an American baseball player and manager, salesman, and Democratic politician from Green Bay, Wisconsin. He represented Green Bay for ten terms as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, serving from 1933 to 1937, and then from 1943 to 1959. Early life and baseball career Robert E. Lynch was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1878, to an Irish Catholic family. He attended the University of Notre Dame and, after graduation, was hired as the baseball coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. He went on to coach for Northwestern University, Northwestern Academy, and Clemson University. Between and after his years coaching, he had a 13-year career playing and managing for multiple minor league professional baseball clubs in the Wisconsin–Illinois League, the American Association, and the Western, Eastern, and Southern leagues. Political career He settled in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he had played two seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Roberts (footballer)
Amber is fossilized tree resin that has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects."Amber" (2004). In Maxine N. Lurie and Marc Mappen (eds.) ''Encyclopedia of New Jersey'', Rutgers University Press, . Amber is used in jewelry and has been used as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions. Amber occurring in coal seams is also called resinite, and the term ''ambrite'' is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams. Etymology The English word ''amber'' derives from Arabic (ultimately from Middle Persian ''ambar'') via Middle Latin ''ambar'' and Middle French ''ambre''. The word was adopted in Middle English in the 14th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rose Kite
A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Their flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe, North America, and northwestern Africa. Species, cultivars and hybrids are all widely grown for their beauty and often are fragrant. Roses have acquired cultural significance in many societies. Rose plants range in size from compact, miniature roses, to climbers that can reach seven meters in height. Different species hybridize easily, and this has been used in the development of the wide range of garden roses. Etymology The name ''rose'' comes from Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Mackenzie
Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a family name of Irish origin Places United States * Hannah, Georgia * Hanna City, Illinois * Hanna, Indiana * Hanna, Louisiana * Hannah, Michigan * Hanna, Missouri * Hannah, North Dakota * Hanna, Oklahoma * Hannah, South Carolina * Hanna, South Dakota * Hanna, Utah * Hanna, West Virginia * Hanna, Wyoming * Hannah Run, a stream in Ohio Elsewhere * Hanna, Alberta, Canada, a town * Hannah, a small village in Hannah cum Hagnaby, a civil parish in Lincolnshire, England * Hana, Iran, a city in Isfahan Province * Hanna, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland, a village * Haná (German spelling: Hanna), an ethnic region in Moravia, Czech Republic * Hannah Island (Greenland) * Hanna Lake, a lake near Quetta, Pakistan Ships * , a destroyer escort acquired by t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merrick Will
Merrick may refer to: Places * Merrick Mountains, Palmer Land, Antarctica * Merrick Glacier, Oates Land, Antarctica * Merrick Point, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica * Merrick (Galloway), a mountain in southern Scotland * Merrick, New York, a hamlet and census-designated place * Merrick, West Springfield, a neighborhood in western Massachusetts * Merrick County, Nebraska * Merrick State Park, Wisconsin * 65672 Merrick, an asteroid People * Merrick (surname) * Merrick (given name) * Chris Hughes (musician) (born 1954), also known as Merrick, British record producer and musician Arts and entertainment * Merrick Mayfair, a character in The Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice ** ''Merrick'' (novel), by Anne Rice * Merrick Baliton, one of the Wild Force Power Rangers in the Power Rangers universe * Merrick, Buffy's mentor in the 1992 film ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * Antoc Merrick, a Rebel pilot and general in the film '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'' * Bob Merrick, the male l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Grove
Jade is a mineral used as jewellery or for ornaments. It is typically green, although may be yellow or white. Jade can refer to either of two different silicate minerals: nephrite (a silicate of calcium and magnesium in the amphibole group of minerals), or jadeite (a silicate of sodium and aluminium in the pyroxene group of minerals). Jade is well known for its ornamental use in East Asian, South Asian, and Southeast Asian art. It is commonly used in Latin America, such as Mexico and Guatemala. The use of jade in Mesoamerica for symbolic and ideological ritual was influenced by its rarity and value among pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, such as the Olmecs, the Maya, and other ancient civilizations of the Valley of Mexico. Etymology The English word ''jade'' is derived (via French and Latin 'flanks, kidney area') from the Spanish term (first recorded in 1565) or 'loin stone', from its reputed efficacy in curing ailments of the loins and kidneys. ''Nephrite'' is derived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
