2020–21 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading
2020–21 season
Manager	Kelly Chambers
Stadium	Madejski Stadium
	← 2019–20

The 2020–21 Reading F.C. Women season is the club's 14th season and their fifth in the FA Women's Super League, the highest level of the football pyramid. Along with competing in the WSL, the club will also contest two domestic cup competitions: the FA Cup and the League Cup.

Season events

On 15 July, Reading announced the signing of Danielle Carter and Emma Mitchell from Arsenal.^[1]^[2]

On 17 July, Reading announced the signing of Deanna Cooper, who last played for Chelsea.^[3] On the same day, Reading announced new contracts for Natasha Harding, Kiera Skeels and Lily Woodham.^[4]

On 14 August, Reading announced the signing of Erin Nayler from Girondins de Bordeaux.^[5]

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
15 July 2020	DF	Emma Mitchell	Arsenal	Free	^[2]
15 July 2020	FW	Danielle Carter	Arsenal	Free	^[1]
17 July 2020	DF	Deanna Cooper	Chelsea	Free	^[3]
14 August 2020	GK	Erin Nayler	Girondins de Bordeaux	Free	^[5]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
24 June 2020	FW		Lisa-Marie Karlseng Utland	Rosenborg	Undisclosed	^[6]

Squad

As of 17 July 2020^[7]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Grace Moloney	GK	(1993-03-01) 1 March 1993 (age 31)	Academy	2009
72	Rhiannon Stewart	GK		Academy	2019	0	0
	Erin Nayler	GK	(1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 32)	Girondins de Bordeaux	2020^[5]	0	0
Defenders
2	Kristine Bjørdal Leine	DF	(1996-08-06) 6 August 1996 (age 28)	Røa	2019	18	2
5	Molly Bartrip	DF	(1996-06-01) 1 June 1996 (age 28)	Academy	2014
28	Lily Woodham	DF	(2000-09-03) 3 September 2000 (age 24)	Bristol City	2018	6	0
29	Kiera Skeels	DF	(2001-01-20) 20 January 2001 (age 23)	Academy	2019	2	0
31	Bethan Roberts	DF	(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 21)	Academy	2019	0	0
	Deanna Cooper	DF	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31)	Chelsea	2020	0	0
	Emma Mitchell	DF	(1992-09-19) 19 September 1992 (age 32)	Arsenal	2020	0	0
Midfielders
4	Fara Williams	MF	(1984-01-25) 25 January 1984 (age 40)	Arsenal	2017	69	32
6	Angharad James	MF	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)	Everton	2019	22	1
11	Natasha Harding (captain)	MF	(1989-03-02) 2 March 1989 (age 35)	Liverpool	2017	47	1
23	Rachel Rowe	MF	(1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 (age 32)	Swansea City	2015
35	Sophie Quirk	MF		Academy	2019	0	0
Forwards
9	Amalie Eikeland	FW	(1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 29)	Sandviken	2019	21	2
10	Lauren Bruton	FW	(1992-11-22) 22 November 1992 (age 31)	Arsenal	2013
19	Brooke Chaplen	FW	(1989-04-16) 16 April 1989 (age 35)	Sunderland	2017	68	27
	Danielle Carter	FW	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 31)	Arsenal	2020	0	0
Out on loan
Left during the season

Competitions

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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 12 February 2020.
Source: FA WSL

Results by matchday

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

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

Results

5/6 September 2020 1	Arsenal	v	Reading	Borehamwood
BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: Meadow Park

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Everton	22	9	5	8	39	30	+9	32
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	22	8	3	11	21	41	−20	27
7	Reading	22	5	9	8	25	41	−16	24
8	Tottenham Hotspur	22	5	5	12	18	41	−23	20
9	West Ham United	22	3	6	13	21	39	−18	15

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

FA Cup

v

League Cup

v

Squad statistics

References

^ ^a ^b "Arsenal Women strike star Carter signs for Kelly Chambers' side". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Mitchell makes move from Gunners to Reading Women' side". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Deanna Cooper leaves WSL champions to sign for Reading FC Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ "Academy captain Skeels signs first pro contract with Reading Women as Harding and Woodham also seal new deals". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Goalkeeper Erin Nayler joins the Royals". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
^ "Nok en A-landslagsspiller til Rosenborg!". rbk-kvinner.no/ (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK Kvinner. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ "Reading FC | Women's First Team". www.readingfc.co.uk.

[Danielle_Carter-1] "Arsenal Women strike star Carter signs for Kelly Chambers' side". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[Emma_Mitchell-2] "Mitchell makes move from Gunners to Reading Women' side". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[Deanna_Cooper-3] "Deanna Cooper leaves WSL champions to sign for Reading FC Women". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[3_New_Contracts-4] "Academy captain Skeels signs first pro contract with Reading Women as Harding and Woodham also seal new deals". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

[Erin_Nayler-5] "Goalkeeper Erin Nayler joins the Royals". readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

[6] "Nok en A-landslagsspiller til Rosenborg!". rbk-kvinner.no/ (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK Kvinner. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[7] "Reading FC | Women's First Team". www.readingfc.co.uk.

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