Steel City Wanderers Ladies Football Club is an
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women's football club based in
Sheffield
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,
South Yorkshire
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. The club's senior team folded in July 2019 although it still runs several junior teams in the
Sheffield & Hallamshire Women & Girls League.
History
The club was formed in 1993 as Loxley Girls, changing to Steel City Wanderers two years later. The club has just recently moved from
Hillsborough, Sheffield
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and is now based at SGP Thorncliffe,
High Green
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, Sheffield.
The club has played in the
Women's FA Cup
The Women's FA Challenge Cup Competition is the top annual cup tournament for women's clubs in English football. Founded in 1970, it has been named the WFA Cup, FA Women's Cup and now Women's FA Cup (Vitality Women's FA Cup for sponsorship rea ...
on several occasions.
References
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External links
Official site* http://www.shgcl.co.uk/leaguesquad.php?clubid=NTI=
Women's football clubs in England
Football clubs in South Yorkshire
1993 establishments in England
FA Women's National League teams
Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA members
Sports clubs and teams in Sheffield