AFC Fylde Women is an English women's football club affiliated with

AFC Fylde AFC Fylde is a professional football club based in Wesham in the Borough of Fylde, Lancashire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Mill Farm. Originally known as Kirkham & Wesham following a merger of Kirkham Town and Wesh ...

and currently playing in the .

History

The club was formed under the name Duke of York in 1971, as founder members of the North West Women's League. They were renamed Preston Rangers W.F.C. in 1977 and reached the semi finals of the

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in 1982–83 and 1989–90. In 1997, they became Preston North End W.F.C. and finished 1997–98 as champions, winning promotion to the

Northern Combination Women's Football League The Northern Combination Women's Football League, also known simply as the Northern Combination, was a women's football league in England from 1998 to 2014. Until the creation of the FA Women's Super League in 2011, they sat at the third level of ...

. In 1999, the club was officially affiliated with

Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

The club won the

in 2005–06 and were promoted into the

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for the first time. In June 2011, Luke Swindlehurst was appointed first team manager, following his previous role as assistant manager in the 2010–11 season. The club was rebranded Fylde Ladies F.C. in May 2016 after switching its affiliation from Preston North End to

. The name was changed to AFC Fylde Women from the start of the 2019–20 season. On 28 April 2020, because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the team was disbanded due to growing uncertainties within women's football, and the financial implications of the pandemic. One month later, on 26 May 2020, AFC Fylde reversed its decision, thus saving the club.

Grounds

The team played in Preston when the club was affiliated with Preston North End. In 2016, they moved to Kellamergh Park in the village of Warton,

Borough of Fylde The Borough of Fylde is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. It covers part of the Fylde plain, after which it is named. The council's headquarters are in St Annes. Some council departments, including Plann ...

. In August 2018, they briefly moved in with their male counterpart team at Mill Farm, training at ''The Fylde Sports and Education Centre''. The club returned to Kellamergh Park a few weeks later.

Players

Former players

Retired numbers

19 Zoe Tynan,

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(2016)

Coaching staff

External links

Fixtures and Results

Official website

References

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