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Nottingham Forest L.F.C.
Nottingham Forest Women is an English women's association football club affiliated with Nottingham Forest Football Club. Nottingham Forest Women are members of the , which stands at level two of the women's football league pyramid. History The first known existence of a female Nottingham Forest team competed in the Notts and Derby League in the early 1970s. Nottingham Forest Ladies Nottingham Forest Women was officially founded in 1990 by the NFFC Community arm and then developed by the players. The small group of young women advertised in the men's official programme against Everton for players to join them. Nottingham Forest Women picked up their first FA Women's Premier League title in the 2007–08 season, winning the Northern Division following a 5–1 victory in their last game of the season against Sheffield Wednesday. Nottingham Forest Women submitted an unsuccessful application to join the Women's Super League for the inaugural 2011 FA WSL season. As a resul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Ground
The City Ground is a association football, football stadium in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest F.C., Nottingham Forest since 1898 and has a capacity of 30,455. The stadium was a venue when England hosted UEFA Euro 1996, and is only away from Meadow Lane, home of Forest's neighbouring club Notts County F.C., Notts County; the two grounds are the closest professional football stadiums in England and the second-closest in the United Kingdom, after Tannadice Park and Dens Park. They are located on opposite sides of the River Trent. History Background Nottingham Forest are the second oldest league football club in the world, and were founded in 1865, but did not move to the City Ground, their seventh home, until 33 years later in 1898. For their first fourteen years the club played most of their matches at the Forest Recreation Ground, from which they took their name. This was common land so the club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Bees
London Bees is an England, English women's football (soccer), women's football club affiliated with Barnet F.C. They play in the FA Women's National League Division One South East, the fourth tier of the Women's football in England#Pyramid, English women's football pyramid. The club has been in existence under several names since 1975, originally being called District Line Ladies F.C. The team were re-branded as London Bees after joining the new WSL 2 for the 2014 season. The club have a first team and a youth academy; both train and play at the Hive Stadium. History The club began in 1975 as District Line Ladies FC, then merged with Wembley F.C., Wembley FC in 1993 to become Wembley Ladies FC. In 1996 Wembley won the FA Women's National League Cup, League Cup by defeating Doncaster Belles. In 1997 Wembley reached the FA Women's Cup final after defeating Arsenal W.F.C., Arsenal in the semi-final. However they were unable to beat Millwall Lionesses and 1997 FA Women's Cup final, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 FA Women's National League
The 2020–21 FA Women's National League was the 30th season of the competition, and the third since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football by The Football Association. Starting in 1992, it was previously known as the FA Women's Premier League. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the Women's football in England#Pyramid, women's football pyramid, below the FA Women's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues. The league featured six regional divisions: the FA Women's National League North, Northern and FA Women's National League South, Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Division One North, Division One Midlands, Division One South East, and Division One South West. The league consisted of 71 teams, divided into six divisions of twelve teams apart from Division One South West which contains 11 teams. At the end of the season the winners of the Northern and Southern Premier divisions would have both q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 FA Women's National League
The 2019–20 FA Women's National League was the 28th season of the competition, and the second since a restructure and rebranding of the top four tiers of English football by The Football Association. Began in 1992, it was previously known as the FA Women's Premier League. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the FA Women's Championship and above the eight regional football leagues. The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Division One North, Division One Midlands, Division One South East, and Division One South West. The league normally consists of 72 teams, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions will both qualify for a Championship play-off match against each other which will decide the overall National League Champion. The divisional alignments for the forthcomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still operates within the university. Nottingham Trent University is composed of nine academic schools: School of Animal, Rural & Environmental Sciences, School of Architecture, Design & the Built Environment, Nottingham Trent University, School of Art and Design, School of Art & Design, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Law School, School of Science & Technology, School of Social Sciences, and Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies, Confetti. The university is the list of universities in the United Kingdom by enrolment, seventh-largest university in the UK with over 38,000 students across six different campuses mainly concentrated in Nottingham (including the city centre, Southwell, and Clifton). The univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford United W
Oxford () is a cathedral city and non-metropolitan district in Oxfordshire, England, of which it is the county town. 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, science, and information technologies. Founded in the 8th century, it was granted city status in 1542. The city is located at the confluence of the rivers Thames (locally known as the Isis) and Cherwell. It had a population of in . It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. History The history of Oxford in England dates back to its original settlement in the Saxon period. The name “Oxford” comes from the Old English ''Oxenaforda'', meaning “ford of the oxen,” referring to a shallow crossing in the river where oxen could pass. The town was of strategic significanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Durham W
Durham most commonly refers to: *Durham, England, a cathedral city in north east England **County Durham, a ceremonial county which includes Durham *Durham, North Carolina, a city in North Carolina, United States Durham may also refer to: Places Australia * Durham, Queensland, an outback locality in the Bulloo Shire, Queensland ** Durham Downs Station, a pastoral station in Durham, Queensland * Durham Downs, Queensland, a rural locality in the Maranoa Region *Durham Lead, Victoria, a locality in the City of Ballarat * Durham Ox, Victoria, a locality in the Shire of Loddin Canada * Durham, Nova Scotia *Durham, Ontario, a small town in Grey County, Ontario *Durham County, Ontario, a historic county *Regional Municipality of Durham, a regional government in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario **Durham (electoral district), a federal electoral district in Durham Region **Durham (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Durham Region *Durham Bridge, New Brunsw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No More Page 3
No More Page 3 was a campaign that ran in the United Kingdom from 2012 to 2015, aimed at convincing the owners and editors of ''The Sun'' to cease publishing images of topless glamour models on Page 3, which it had done since 1970. Started by Lucy-Anne Holmes in August 2012, the campaign represented Page 3 as an outdated, sexist tradition that demeaned girls and women. The campaign collected over 240,000 signatures on an online petition and gained support from over 140 MPs, a number of trade unions, over 30 universities, and many charities and advocacy groups. ''The Sun'' ceased publishing topless Page 3 images in its Republic of Ireland edition in 2013, in its UK editions in 2015, and on its Page3.com website in 2017. ''The Daily Star'' also ceased publishing images of topless glamour models in 2019. History Since November 1970, ''The Sun'' tabloid newspaper had published images of topless glamour models on its third page. Although many feminists had criticized the feature, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tottenham Hotspur F
Tottenham (, , , ) is a district in north London, England, within the London Borough of Haringey. It is located in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Greater London. Tottenham is centred north-northeast of Charing Cross, bordering Edmonton, London, Edmonton to the north, Walthamstow, across the River Lea, to the east, and Stamford Hill to the south, with Wood Green and Harringay to the west. The area rapidly expanded in the late 19th century, becoming a Working class, working-class suburb of London following the advent of the railway and mass development of housing for the Lower middle class, lower-middle and working classes. It has been home to the Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur since 1882. The parish of Municipal Borough of Tottenham, Tottenham was granted Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland), urban district status in 1894 and municipal borough status in 1934. Following the World War II, Second World War, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup
The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Cup is the 25th running of the competition, which began in 1991. It is the major League Cup competition run by the FA Women's Premier League, and for the second season it is being run alongside their secondary League Cup competition, the 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League Plate, Premier League Plate. All 72 Premier League clubs entered at the Determining round, with the winners continuing in the competition and the losers going into the Premier League Plate tournament. Going into the tournament, Charlton Athletic L.F.C., Charlton Athletic were the reigning champions, having defeated Sheffield F.C. Ladies, Sheffield on Penalty shoot-out (association football), penalties the 2014–15 FA Women's Premier League Cup, previous season. They failed to defend their title this year however, thanks to a defeat to Cardiff City Ladies F.C., Cardiff City in the first round. Results All results listed are published by The Football Association. Games are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 FA Women's Premier League
The 2015–16 FA Women's Premier League is the 25th season of the competition, which began in 1992. Formerly the top flight of women's football in England, this season it sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues. The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 72 teams were members of the league at the beginning of the 2015–16 season, divided equally into six divisions of twelve teams. At the end of the season the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions will both qualify for a playoff match against each other which will decide the overall league champion, who subject to meeting league requirements will be promoted to FA WSL 2. Premier Division Northern Division Changes f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017–18 FA Women's Premier League
The 2017–18 season of the FA Women's Premier League is the 26th season of the competition, which began in 1992. It sits at the third and fourth levels of the women's football pyramid, below the two divisions of the FA Women's Super League and above the eight regional football leagues. The league features six regional divisions: the Northern and Southern divisions at level three of the pyramid, and below those Northern Division 1, Midlands Division 1, South East Division 1, and South West Division 1. 71 teams were members of the league before the start of the 2017–18 season, divided equally into five divisions of twelve teams, and one division of eleven teams. At the end of the season Blackburn Rovers and Charlton Athletic, respectively the champions of the Northern and Southern divisions, qualified for a Championship Play Off match against each other which Charlton Athletic won 2-1 thus becoming the overall National League Champion, and winning them promotion to the re-br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
