2022–23 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2022–23 season
ChairpersonDavid Shelton
Head CoachAndrew Cook
StadiumHalbrooke Stadium, Eastwood
City Ground, West Bridgford
FA WNL Northern Premier Division1st
Women's FA Cup3rd Round
FA WNL CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Charlotte Greengrass (17)
All: Charlotte Greengrass (22)
Highest home attendance5082 v Derby County
16 October 2022
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Lowest home attendance164 v Loughborough Lightning
13 October 2022
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Average home league attendance931
Biggest win12 – 1 v AFC Fylde
(Away)
15 January 2023
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Biggest defeat0 – 3 v Sheffield United
(Away)
8 January 2023
(Women's FA Cup)

The 2022–23 season was Nottingham Forest Women's fifth consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.

The club won the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division,[1] but failed to gain promotion to the Women's Championship having lost in the Championship Play Off final to Watford.[2][3]

Forest also won the FA Women's National League Cup, beating Watford 3-2 in the final.[4][5]

Squad information

First team squad

As of 7 October 2022[6]
No. Name Nat. Date of birth (Age) 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
4 Lauren Purchase (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 9 August 2022 Aston Villa
5 Olivia Cook (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 1 July 2019 Doncaster Rovers Belles
14 Arryana Daniels (2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 1 September 2021 Temple Owls
15 Laura-Jayne O'Neill (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 1 July 2017 Notts County
21 Hayley James (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 1 August 2020 Leicester City
32 Emily Jacobs (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 - Academy
Midfielders
6 Charlotte Steggles (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 1 August 2020 Leicester City
11 Amy West (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 8 July 2021 Aston Villa
12 Niamh Reynolds (2001-10-31) 31 October 2001 1 August 2020 Reading
17 Rosetta Taylor (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 7 October 2022 Valencia
19 Becky Anderson - 2 July 2021 Coventry United
23 MacKenzie Smith (2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 27 July 2022 Leicester City
27 Naomi Powell (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 28 July 2021 NC State Wolfpack
Forwards
7 Sophie Domingo (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 1 July 2022 Derby County
8 Mai Moncaster (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 1 September 2019 Leicester City
9 Yasmin Mosby (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 8 August 2022 Concord Mountain Lions
10 Iris Achterhof (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 30 July 2022 Sunderland
16 Gianna Mitchell - 1 February 2022 Florida State Seminoles
22 Charlotte Greengrass - 1 September 2020 Aston Villa

Squad Changes

Transfers In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
30 July 2022 FW Iris Achterhof Sunderland Free agent [7]
8 August 2022 FW Yasmin Mosby Concord Mountain Lions Free agent [8]
12 August 2022 FW Sophie Domingo Derby County Free agent [9]
7 October 2022 MF Rosetta Taylor Valencia Free agent [10]

Transfers Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loans In

Date from Pos. Player From Duration Ref.
27 July 2022 MF MacKenzie Smith Leicester City Season-long loan[a] [11]
9 August 2022 DF Lauren Purchase Aston Villa Season-long loan[b] [12]
  1. ^ dual-registration loan
  2. ^ dual-registration loan

Loans Out

Date from Pos. Player To Duration Ref.

Released

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Date signed Ref.
30 June 2022 FW Rosie Axten Stoke City
30 June 2022 MF Sophie Bramford Stoke City 8 July 2022 [13]
30 June 2022 DF Rachel Brown Sheffield United 5 July 2022 [14]
30 June 2022 FW Lagan Makin Retired
30 June 2022 FW Katie Middleton Loughborough Lightning

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 21 August 2022 20 May 2023 Matchday 1 Winners 22 17 3 2 81 18 +63 077.27
Women's FA Cup 13 November 2022 8 January 2023 First round Third round 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 066.67
WNL Cup 25 September 2022 23 April 2023 Determining round Winners 6 6 0 0 22 6 +16 100.00
Total 31 25 3 3 114 28 +86 080.65

Source: Soccerway

FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Nottingham Forest (C) 22 17 3 2 81 18 +63 54 Qualification for the Championship play-off
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 17 3 2 61 17 +44 54
3 Burnley 22 16 4 2 66 28 +38 52
4 Derby County 22 11 5 6 50 32 +18 38
5 Brighouse Town 22 8 7 7 28 27 +1 31
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

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
22 17 3 2 81 18  +63 54 10 0 1 34 7  +27 7 3 1 47 11  +36

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHHHAHHHAAAAAHHAAAHHAH
ResultWWWLDWWWWWWWLWWWDWWWDW
Position2133633221111111111111
Points3699101316192225283131343740414447505154
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 August 2022 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 - 6 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
14:00 BST Report
  • Charlotte Steggles 41'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 52'
  • Gianna Mitchell 56'
  • Becky Anderson 69'
  • Mai Moncaster 76'
  • Yasmin Mosby 83'
Stadium: Excellance Arena
Attendance: 135
28 August 2022 2 Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 AFC Fylde Eastwood
14:00 BST
  • Sophie Domingo 40'
  • Olivia Cook 76'
  • Hayley James
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 205
4 September 2022 3 Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Liverpool Feds Eastwood
14:00 BST
  • Mai Moncaster 13'
  • Charlotte Steggles 45+3'
Report
  • Ellie Fletcher
  • Nicola James
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 264
18 September 2022 4 Nottingham Forest 2 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Eastwood
14:00 BST
Report
  • Amber Hughes
  • Marie Gauntlett 35'
  • Katie Johnson
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 418
9 October 2022 5 Burnley 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Leyland
14:00 BST
  • Millie Grace Ravening 78'
  • Evie Priestley
Report
  • Charlotte Greengrass 17'
  • Olivia Cook
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 158
13 October 2022 6 Nottingham Forest 4 - 1 Loughborough Lightning Eastwood
20:00 BST
  • Charlotte Greengrass 22', 52'
  • Georgia Hewit 67'
  • Sophie Domingo 73'
Report
  • Chloe Young 87'
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 164
16 October 2022 7 Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Derby County West Bridgford
14:00 BST
Report
  • Own Goal
  • Emelia Wilson
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 5082
23 October 2022 8 Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Brighouse Town Eastwood
14:00 BST
Report
  • Imogen Porteous-Williams
  • Annabelle Cass
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 329
6 November 2022 9 Stoke City 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT
  • Callan Barber
Report
  • Charlotte Steggles 37'
  • Sophie Domingo 40'
  • Yasmin Mosby 74', 78'
  • Olivia Cook 89'
Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Attendance: 91
15 January 2023 10 AFC Fylde 1 - 12 Nottingham Forest Warton
14:00 GMT
  • Emily Hollinshead
Report
  • Yasmin Mosby 14', 55', 59'
  • Sophie Domingo 16'
  • Amy West 28', 45'
  • Becky Anderson 32', 35'
  • Charlotte Steggles 64', 69'
  • Gianna Mitchell 90'
Stadium: Kellamergh Park
Attendance: 93
29 January 2023 11 Huddersfield Town 0 - 3 Nottingham Forest Kirkburton
14:00 GMT
  • Brittany Sanderson
  • Lauren Joyce
Report
  • Charlotte Steggles 9'
  • (o.g.), 26'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 47'
  • Mai Moncaster
Stadium: Stafflex Arena
Attendance: 93
5 February 2023 12 Liverpool Feds 2 - 4 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
14:00 GMT
  • Katie Thomas 58'
  • Bethany Donoghue 89'
Report
  • Charlotte Greengrass 25'
  • Sophie Domingo 34', 86'
  • Charlotte Steggles 55'
Stadium: Jericho Lane Football Hub
Attendance: 85
12 February 2023 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest Telford
14:00 GMT
  • Destiney Toussaint 10'
  • Jade Cross 45+5', 63'
  • Beth Merrick
  • Laura Cooper
Report
  • Charlotte Greengrass 8'
  • Sophie Domingo
  • Lyndsey Harkin
  • MacKenzie Smith
Stadium: New Bucks Head
Attendance: 551
19 February 2023 14 Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Boldmere St Michaels Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Charlotte Greengrass 2', 45', 86'
  • Sophie Domingo 28'
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 421
26 February 2023 15 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Huddersfield Town Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Charlotte Steggles 20'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 62', 74'
  • Amy West
Report
  • Arabella Suttie
  • Serena Fletcher
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 488
12 March 2023 16 Boldmere St Michaels 1 - 10 Nottingham Forest Sutton Coldfield
14:00 GMT
Report
  • Charlotte Greengrass 5', 58'
  • Amy West 18'
  • Yasmin Mosby 25', 50'
  • Arryana Daniels 45'
  • Mai Moncaster 53'
  • Rosetta Taylor 62', 67'
  • (o.g.), 85'
Stadium: Boldmere Community Stadium
Attendance: 80
16 March 2023 17 Loughborough Lightning 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest Loughborough
19:45 GMT
  • Kayleigh Hines 7', 43'
Report
Stadium: Holywell Sports Complex
Attendance: 220
26 March 2023 18 Derby County 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest Derby
14:00 BST
  • Emily Joyce
  • Ella Hilliard
Report
  • Charlotte Steggles 29'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 60'
Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 5243
2 April 2023 19 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Burnley Eastwood
14:00 BST
  • Sophie Domingo 17', 52'
  • Mai Moncaster 84'
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 721
6 April 2023 20 Nottingham Forest 5 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Eastwood
20:00 BST
  • (o.g.), 11'
  • Amy West 32'
  • Sophie Domingo 53'
  • Mai Moncaster 56', 63'
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 418
16 April 2023 21 Brighouse Town 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Wrose
14:00 BST
  • Lucy Sowerby
  • Annabelle Cass
Report
Stadium: Plumpton Park
Attendance: 175
30 April 2023 22 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Stoke City Eastwood
14:00 BST
Report
  • Roisin Kivel
  • Sophie Thompson
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 1736
20 May 2023 Championship Play Off Final Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Watford Milton Keynes
13:00 BST Report
  • Poppy Wilson 17'
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 3007

Women's FA Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 November 2022 1 Oughtibridge War Memorial 0 - 6 Nottingham Forest Oughtibridge
13:00 GMT Report
  • Arryana Daniels 19', 58'
  • Yasmin Mosby 40', 51'
  • Georgia Hewitt 66'
  • Rosetta Taylor
Stadium: Oughtibridge War Memorial Recreation Ground
27 November 2022 2 Wem Town 1 - 5 Nottingham Forest Wem
14:00 GMT
  • Katie Doster
Report
  • Sophie Domingo 33'
  • Amy West 63', 65', 77'
  • Rosetta Taylor 66'
Stadium: Butler Sports Centre
Attendance: 161
8 January 2023 3 Sheffield United 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT
  • Courtney Sweetman-Kirk
  • Bex Rayner
  • Mia Enderby
Report Stadium: Glanford Park

FA Women's National League Cup

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 September 2022 Determining Leek Town 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest Leek
15:00 BST
  • Chantelle Gallagher
Report
  • Becky Anderson 26'
  • Iris Achterhof 35'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 67'
  • Gianna Mitchell 69'
  • Mai Moncaster 80'
Stadium: Harrison Park
Attendance: 50
30 October 2022 1 Norton & Stockton Ancients 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest Stockton-on-Tees
14:00 GMT
  • Bianca Owens
Report
  • Yasmin Mosby 15'
  • Charlotte Greengrass 42'
  • Arryana Daniels 45'
Stadium: Norton Sports Complex
Attendance: 75
4 December 2022 2 Stoke City 2 - 4 (a.e.t.) Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT
  • Roisin Kivel 24'
  • Sarah Woodbyrne 82'
  • Molly Holder
  • Meg Bowyer
  • Callan Barber
  • Carra Jones  
Report
Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Attendance: 71
22 January 2023 Quarter-final Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Burnley Eastwood
14:00 GMT
  • Charlotte Steggles 33'
  • Gianna Mitchell 80'
Report
  • Alyssa Mae Aherne 84'
  • Dominique Cooper
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 427
5 March 2023 Semi-final Nottingham Forest 5 - 0 Portsmouth Eastwood
14:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 429
23 April 2023 Final Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 (a.e.t.) Watford Burton-on-Trent
15:30 BST
  • Charlotte Greengrass 43'
  • Yasmin Mosby 52'
  • Gianna Mitchell 115'
  • Becky Anderson
  • Hayley James
  • Charlotte Steggles
Report
  • Gemma Davison 2'
  • Poppy Wilson 64'
  • Nicola Gibson
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Statistics

As of 25 July 2023[15]

Overall

No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Emily Batty 22 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 22 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 30 1 1 0
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 12 (5) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 17 (7) 2 0 0
4 DF Lauren Purchase 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0
5 DF Olivia Cook 19 (3) 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 28 (3) 2 1 0
6 MF Charlotte Steggles 21 (1) 10 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 25 (3) 11 1 0
7 FW Sophie Domingo 19 (1) 10 2 0 2 (1) 1 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0 24 (4) 11 2 0
8 FW Mai Moncaster 15 (4) 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 (3) 2 0 0 19 (7) 8 1 0
8 FW Yasmin Mosby 9 (8) 9 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 17 (8) 14 0 0
10 FW Iris Achterhof 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 (1) 1 0 0
11 MF Amy West 17 (3) 4 2 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 (3) 7 2 0
12 MF Niamh Reynolds 9 (8) 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 (6) 1 0 0 10 (15) 3 0 0
14 DF Arryana Daniels 8 (10) 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 (2) 1 0 0 13 (12) 6 0 0
15 DF Laura-Jayne O'Neill 7 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 8 (4) 1 0 0
16 FW Gianna Mitchell 2 (15) 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (2) 3 1 0 4 (18) 5 1 0
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 0 (12) 2 0 0 1 (2) 2 0 0 0 (4) 1 0 0 1 (18) 5 0 0
18 GK Aja Aguirre 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
19 MF Becky Anderson 22 5 3 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 5 (1) 3 2 0 28 (2) 8 6 0
21 DF Hayley James 14 (2) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 2 0 19 (4) 1 3 0
22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 22 17 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 5 (1) 5 1 0 28 (3) 22 2 0
23 MF MacKenzie Smith 0 (4) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 (4) 0 1 0
27 MF Naomi Powell 2 (18) 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 3 (3) 0 0 0 7 (22) 0 0 0
32 DF Emily Jacobs 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0

Goalscorers

Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 17 0 5 22
2 9 FW Yasmin Mosby 9 2 3 14
3 6 MF Charlotte Steggles 10 0 1 11
7 FW Sophie Domingo 10 1 0 11
5 8 FW Mai Moncaster 6 0 2 8
19 MF Becky Anderson 5 0 3 8
7 11 MF Amy West 4 3 0 7
8 14 DF Arryana Daniels 3 2 1 6
9 16 FW Gianna Mitchell 2 0 3 5
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 2 2 1 5
11 12 MF Niamh Reynolds 2 0 1 3
12 5 DF Olivia Cook 2 0 0 2
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 1 1 0 2
14 15 DF Laura-Jayne O'Neill 1 0 0 1
21 DF Hayley James 1 0 0 1
2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 0 0 1 1
10 FW Iris Achterhof 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 6 0 0 6
Totals 81 11 22 114

Assists

Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 5 0 0 5
21 DF Hayley James 3 0 2 5
3 16 FW Gianna Mitchell 4 0 0 4
7 FW Sophie Domingo 2 0 2 4
5 22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 3 0 0 3
6 MF Charlotte Steggles 3 0 0 3
9 FW Yasmin Mosby 2 0 1 3
19 MF Becky Anderson 1 0 2 3
8 FW Mai Moncaster 1 1 1 3
10 12 MF Niamh Reynolds 2 0 0 2
23 MF MacKenzie Smith 1 0 1 2
12 14 DF Arryana Daniels 1 0 0 1
5 DF Olivia Cook 1 0 0 1
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 1 0 0 1
15 DF Laura-Jayne O'Neill 1 0 0 1
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 0 0 1 1
Totals 31 1 10 42

Clean sheets

Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 1 GK Emily Batty 11 1 1 13
2 18 GK Aja Aguirre 0 0 1 1
Totals 11 1 2 14

Hat-tricks

Player Against Result Date Competition Ref.
Amy West Wem Town (A) 5 – 1 27 November 2022 Women's FA Cup [16]
Yasmin Mosby AFC Fylde (A) 12 – 1 15 January 2023 WNL Northern Premier Division [17]
Charlotte Greengrass Boldmere St. Michaels (H) 4 – 0 19 February 2023 WNL Northern Premier Division [18]

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