2021–22 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2021–22 season
ChairpersonDavid Shelton
Head CoachAndrew Cook
StadiumHalbrooke Stadium, Eastwood
City Ground, West Bridgford
FA WNL Northern Premier Division5th
Women's FA Cup4th Round
FA WNL PlateWinners
Biggest win7 – 0 v Middlesbrough
(Away)
10 April 2022
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Biggest defeat0 – 8 v Manchester City
(Home)
29 January 2022
(Women's FA Cup)

The 2021–22 season season was Nottingham Forest Women's fourth consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.

Forest finished 5th in the league this season and won the FA Women's National League Plate beating Wimbledon 2-1 in the final played at Solihul.[1]

Squad Information

First team squad

No. Name Nat. Date of birth Since Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Emily Batty (1998-11-02)2 November 1998 18 July 2021 Sheffield United
18 Aja Aguirre (1991-11-18)18 November 1991 1 July 2019 Aston Villa
Defenders
2 Lyndsey Harkin (1991-08-30)30 August 1991 1 February 2016 Doncaster Rovers Belles
3 Georgia Hewitt (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 1 August 2018 Derby County
5 Olivia Cook (2001-01-10)10 January 2001 1 July 2019 Doncaster Rovers Belles
13 Grace Walters
16 Sophie Tudor Tottenham Hotspur
21 Hayley James (1995-07-17)17 July 1995 1 August 2020 Leicester City
Arryana Daniels 1 Sep 2021
Midfielders
4 Rachel Brown (2000-10-24)24 October 2000 Leicester City
6 Charlotte Steggles (1996-03-18)18 March 1996 1 August 2020 Leicester City
11 Amy West 8 July 2021 Aston Villa
12 Niamh Reynolds (2001-10-31)31 October 2001 1 August 2020 Reading
14 Sophie Bramford 27 July 2021 Aston Villa
15 Laura-Jayne O'Neill (1994-12-01)1 December 1994 1 July 2017 Notts County
17 Freya Thomas 22 July 2021 Leicester City
19 Becky Anderson - 2 July 2021 Coventry United
20 Poppy Scholefield
28 Naomi Powell (1999-01-10)10 January 1999 28 July 2021 NC State Wolfpack
Forwards
7 Katie Middleton
8 Mai Moncaster (2001-08-14)14 August 2001 1 September 2019 Leicester City
9 Jade Arber 2 July 2021 West Bromwich Albion
10 Rosie Axten Leicester City
22 Charlotte Greengrass - 1 September 2020 Aston Villa
24 Lagan Makin 14 October 2021

Squad Changes

Transfers In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
2 July 2021 FW Jade Arber West Bromwich Albion Free agent [2]
2 July 2021 MF Becky Anderson Coventry United Free agent [3]
8 July 2021 MF Amy West Aston Villa Free agent [4]
18 July 2021 GK Emily Batty Sheffield United Free agent [5]
22 July 2021 MF Sophie Bramford Aston Villa Free agent [6]
22 July 2021 MF Freya Thomas Leicester City Free agent [7]
28 July 2021 MF Naomi Powell NC State Wolfpack Free agent [8]
1 September 2021 DF Arryana Daniels Temple Owls Free agent [9]
14 October 2021 MF Lagan Makin Blackburn Rovers Free agent [10]
1 February 2022 FW Gianna Mitchell Florida State Seminoles Free agent [11]

Transfers Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.
2021 MF Freya Thomas Coventry United Free agent
28 March 2022 FW Jade Arber West Bromwich Albion Free agent [12]

Loans In

Date from Pos. Player From Duration Ref.
27 January 2022 FW Tamara Wilcock Sheffield United Six month loan [13]
27 January 2022 MF Charley Docherty Sheffield United Six month loan [14]

Loans Out

Date from Pos. Player To Duration Ref.

Released

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Date signed Ref.

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Contract length Ref.

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
WNL Northern Premier Division 15 August 2021 10 April 2022 Matchday 1 Fifth 24 13 5 6 40 17 +23 054.17
Women's FA Cup 14 November 2021 29 January 2022 First round Fourth round 4 3 0 1 10 9 +1 075.00
WNL Plate 12 September 2021 24 April 2022 Determining round Winners 6 5 0 1 12 3 +9 083.33
Total 34 21 5 8 62 29 +33 061.76

Source: Soccerway

FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division

Main article: 2021–22 FA Women's National League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Fylde 24 14 5 5 47 28 +19 47
4 Burnley 24 14 4 6 70 27 +43 46
5 Nottingham Forest 24 13 5 6 40 17 +23 44
6 Huddersfield Town 24 13 4 7 54 28 +26 43
7 Brighouse Town 24 11 7 6 51 31 +20 40
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

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
24 13 5 6 40 17  +23 44 7 3 2 16 9  +7 6 2 4 24 8  +16

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
GroundHAHAAHHAHHHAAAAHHHHAAAAH
ResultDWWWLWLDWWDLWWLWLWWLWWDD
Position843132445546545444444445
Points147101013131417202121242727303033363639424344
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

15 August 2021 1 Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Huddersfield Town Eastwood
14:00 BST Report
  • Bethany Ibbotson
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 181
22 August 2021 2 Burnley 1 - 4 Nottingham Forest Accrington
14:00 BST
  • Dominique Cooper
Report
  • Freya Thomas 20'
  • Jade Arber 39'
  • Mai Moncaster 89'
  • Rosie Axten 90'
 Stadium: Crown Ground
Attendance: 100
26 August 2021 3 Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Sheffield Eastwood
19:45 BST
  • Rosie Axten 23'
  • Georgia Hewitt 34'
  • Mai Moncaster 89'
 Report
  • Yasmin Mason
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 261
29 August 2021 4 Hull City 0 - 6 Nottingham Forest Kingston upon Hull
14:00 BST Report
  • Freya Thomas 48'
  • Jade Arber 54', 82'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 58'
  • Rachel Brown 69'
  • Rosie Axten 75'
 Stadium: Haworth Park
Attendance: 114
05 September 2021 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest Castlecroft
14:00 BST
  • Anna Morphet (60)
  • Kelly Darby
Report Stadium: Prestige Midlands Arena
Attendance: 392
26 September 2021 6 Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Fylde Eastwood
14:00 BST
  • Jade Arber (22)
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 164
03 October 2021 7 Nottingham Forest 0 - 2 Derby County West Bridgford
14:00 BST
  • Charlotte Greengrass
Report
  • Emily Joyce 42'
  • Ellie Gilliatt 45+1'
  • Precious Hamilton
  • Amy Sims
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 4443
05 October 2021 8 West Bromwich Albion 0 - 0 Nottingham Forest Sutton Coldfield
19:45 BST Report Stadium: Central Ground
Attendance: 115
24 October 2021 9 Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 Middlesbrough Eastwood
14:00 BST
  • Rachel Brown 22', 42', 70'
  • Hayley James
Report
  • Elysia Boddy
  • Felicity Jones
  • Emily Cassidy
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 142
18 November 2021 10 Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Loughborough Lightning Eastwood
20:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
19 December 2021 11 Nottingham Forest 1 - 1 Burnley Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Rachel Brown 14'
 Report
  • Courtney Willis
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 76
16 January 2022 12 Huddersfield Town 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest Kirkburton
14:00 GMT
  • Laura Elford 10'
  • Serena Fletcher 44'
  • Georgia Marshall
  • Brittany Sanderson
Report
Stadium: Stafflex Arena
Attendance: 137
23 January 2022 13 Stoke City 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT
  • Meg Bowyer
Report
  • Rachel Brown 53'
  • Georgia Hewitt
Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
27 January 2022 14 Sheffield 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest Dronfield
19:45 GMT Report
  • Grace Walters 34'
  • Sophia Bonser 85'
 Stadium: Home of Football Ground
13 February 2022 15 Fylde 2 - 1 Nottingham Forest Warton
14:00 GMT
  • Faye McCoy 66'
  • Amy Hughes 90+3'
 Report
  • Rachel Brown 46'
  • Tamara Wilcock
Stadium: Kellamergh Park
Attendance: 100
20 February 2022 16 Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Hull City Eastwood
14:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 92
27 February 2022 17 Nottingham Forest 0 - 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Eastwood
14:00 GMT Report
  • Laura Cooper 20'
  • Helen Dermody 27'
  • Anna Morphet 55'
 Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 145
03 March 2022 18 Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Eastwood
20:00 GMT
  • Gianna Mitchell 70'
  • Georgia Hewitt
  • Hayley James
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 84
13 March 2022 19 Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Stoke City Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Rosie Axten 9'
  • Gianna Mitchell 22'
 Report
  • Callan Barber
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 182
27 March 2022 20 Derby County 1 - 0 Nottingham Forest Derby
14:00 BST
  • Sherry McCue 17'
  • Nikki Miles
  • Megan Tinsley
Report
  • Gianna Mitchell
Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 3552
03 April 2022 21 Brighouse Town 0 - 1 Nottingham Forest Lightcliffe
14:00 BST
  • Annabelle Cass
Report
  • Rachel Brown 90+2'
  • Gianna Mitchell
Stadium: Heffernan Utilities Stadium
Attendance: 75
10 April 2022 22 Middlesbrough 0 - 7 Nottingham Forest Billingham
14:00 BST Report
  • Mai Moncaster 22', 51'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 37', 75', 79'
  • Naomi Powell 83'
  • Amy West 90+5'
  • Hayley James
Stadium: Bedford Terrace
Attendance: 173
13 April 2022 23 Loughborough Lightning 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Loughborough
19:45 BST Report
Stadium: Holywell Park
Attendance: 184
01 May2022 24 Nottingham Forest 0 - 0 Brighouse Town Eastwood
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 179

Women's FA Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Women's FA Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

14 November 2021 1 Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Lichfield City Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Naomi Powell 39'
  • Rosie Axten 46'
  • Mai Moncaster 51'
  • Rebecca Anderson 70'
 Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
5 December 2021 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 - 4 Nottingham Forest Castlecroft
13:00 GMT Report
  • Mai Moncaster 19'
  • Naomi Powell 51'
  • Niamh Reynolds 66'
  • Katie Middleton 90'
  • Rosie Axten
Stadium: Prestige Midlands Arena
Attendance: 260
12 December 2021 3 Stoke City 1 - 2 Nottingham Forest Stoke-On-Trent
13:00 GMT
  • Callan Barbe 26'
  • Meg Bowyer
  • Roisin Kivel
Report
Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & MinersWelfare Institute
29 January 2022 4 Nottingham Forest 0 - 8 Manchester City West Bridgford
13:00 GMT
  • Rachel Louise Brown
Report
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 3,994

FA Women's National League Cup

Main article: 2021–22 FA Women's National League Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 September 2021 Determining Liverpool Feds 1-0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
14:00 BST
  • Ellie Fletcher 32'
 Report
  • Charlotte Greengrass
Stadium: Jericho Lane

FA Women's National League Plate

Main article: 2021–22 FA Women's National League Plate

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 November 2021 1 Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-1 Nottingham Forest Doncaster
14:00 Report
  • Mai Moncaster 37'
 Stadium: Rossington Main FC
9 January 2022 2 Bedworth United 1-5 Nottingham Forest Bedworth
14:00
  • Milly Miller
Report
  • Niamh Reynolds 2'
  • Rachel Louise Brown 3'
  • Hayley James 4'
  • Amy West 12'
  • Sophia Bonser 24'
 Stadium: The Oval
6 February 2022 QF Alnwick Town 0-1 Nottingham Forest Alnwick
14:00 Report
  • Charlotte Steggles 67'
 Stadium: St James Park
Attendance: 102
6 March 2022 SF Cheltenham Town 0-3 Nottingham Forest Cirencester
14:00 Report
  • Gianna Mitchell 26'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 36' 58'
 Stadium: Corinium Stadium
21 April 2022 F AFC Wimbledon 1-2 Nottingham Forest Armco Arena, Solihull
11:00
  • Kelly Highman 25'
  • Megan Stow
 Report
  • Rachel Louise Brown 13'
  • Rebecca Anderson 33'

Statistics

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 4 MF Rachel Brown 7 1 2 10
2 22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 5 0 2 7
8 FW Mai Moncaster 4 2 1 7
4 10 FW Rosie Axten 5 1 0 6
19 MF Becky Anderson 3 2 1 6
6 9 FW Jade Arber 4 0 0 4
7 16 FW Gianna Mitchell 2 0 1 3
11 MF Amy West 2 0 1 3
28 MF Naomi Powell 1 2 0 3
10 17 MF Freya Thomas 2 0 0 2
23 DF Sophia Bonser 1 0 1 2
12 MF Niamh Reynolds 0 1 1 2
13 3 DF Georgia Hewitt 1 0 0 1
16 DF Sophie Tudor 1 0 0 1
13 DF Grace Walters 1 0 0 1
7 FW Katie Middleton 0 1 0 1
21 DF Hayley James 0 0 1 1
6 MF Charlotte Steggles 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 1 0 0 1
Totals 40 10 12 62

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 1 GK Emily Batty 11 2 3 16
2 18 GK Aja Aguirre 1 0 0 1
Totals 12 2 3 17

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref.
Rachel Brown Middlesbrough(H) 3 - 2 24 October 2021 WNL Northern Premier Division [15]
Charlotte Greengrass Middlesbrough (A) 7 - 0 10 April 2022 WNL Northern Premier Division

References

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