2024–25 Colchester United W.F.C. season

Colchester United W.F.C.
2024–25 season
Chairman	Robbie Cowling
Head Coach	Vacant
Stadium	Colchester Garrison B Ground
	← 2023–24 2025–26 →

The 2024–25 season is the 2nd season in the history of Colchester United Women's Football Club and their first season in the Essex County Women's Football League Premier Division. In addition to the domestic league, the club would also participate in the Essex County Women's Football League Cup and the BBC Essex Women's Cup.

Season Summary

On 26 February the club announced through its Instagram page that Simon King had stepped down as head coach due to personal reasons after one year in charge. King had lead the team to promotion and a League Cup victory in their first-ever season ^[1].

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Fee
26 July 2024	CB	Learna Daniels	-	-
27 July 2024	-	Lucy Yewman	-	-
28 July 2024	AM	Louise Kaine	-	-
28 July 2024	-	Billie-Jo Williams	-	-

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Fee
25 July 2024	MF	Hayleigh Jenkins	Released	N/A
25 July 2024	MF	Kira Wealls	Stanway Pegasus Women FC	N/A
25 July 2024	GK	Jess Clark	Released	N/A
30 July 2024	DF	Rosie Mowatt	Released	N/A
30 July 2024	DF	Jodie Morgan	Released	N/A
31 July 2024	MF	Caitlin White	Released	N/A
28 September 2024	DF	Deben Howlett	Stanway Pegasus Women FC	N/A
13 October 2024	GK	Rosa Devall	Transfer	N/A

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 July, Colchester announced their pre-season friendlies, against Stevenage, Hutton Football Club and Southend. On the 29 July the club announced a further fixture to take place against Capel Plough Football Club.

On the 29 August the club announced via it’s Instagram page that the final pre-season fixture would take place on the 1 September against A.F.C. Sudbury.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

28 July 2024 Friendly	Colchester United	3–2	Stevenage	Colchester
12:00 BST				Stadium: Shrub End Community Sports Centre

31 July 2024 Friendly	Colchester United W.F.C.	3–1	Capel Plough	Colchester
19:15 BST				Stadium: Shrub End Community Sports Centre

11 August 2024 Friendly	Southend United	4–3	Colchester United	Southend
14:30 BST				Stadium: Garon Park

1 September 2024 Friendly	AFC Sudbury Reserves	3-1	Colchester United	Sudbury
14:00 BST				Stadium: Kings Marsh Stadium

Competitions

Essex County Women's Football League - Premier Division

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Hashtag United FC Women Reserves	15	11	2	2	66	13	+53	35	Promotion to FA WNL Division One South East
2	Colchester United	14	10	2	2	47	20	+27	32
3	She Can Play Panthers	14	10	1	3	57	14	+43	31
4	Brentwood Town FC Ladies	14	8	3	3	38	22	+16	27
5	Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC	13	4	0	9	18	27	−9	12
6	Hutton FC Women Reserves	14	3	0	11	12	64	−52	9
7	Chigwell Women FC	10	2	0	8	6	43	−37	6
8	Southminster United Ladies FC	14	2	0	12	10	49	−39	6	Relegation to Division One

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) 12-point sending off offences^[3]

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
14	10	2	2	47	20	+27	32	6	1	1	27	7	+20	4	1	1	20	13	+7

Last updated: 25 February 2025.
Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W
Position	3	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2
Points	1	4	7	10	13	14	17	20	23	23	23	26	29	32

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

Matches

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Win Draw Loss Fixtures

08 September 2024 1	Colchester United	1-1	Brentwood Town FC Ladies	Colchester
14:00 BST	Cox		Bruton	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Alexander Warburton

15 September 2024 2	Colchester United	4-1	Hashtag United FC Women Reserves	Colchester
14:00 BST	Vinton 4' Cox 51' C. Craddock-Ball 66' Greenleaf 70'		Glensman	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Andrew Denikiewicz

22 September 2024 3	Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC	1-2	Colchester United	Brightlingsea
14:00 BST	Wilding 30' Boyling 61'		Cox	Stadium: Brightlingsea Regent Football Club

29 September 2024 4	Colchester United	5-1	Southminster United Ladies FC	Colchester
14:00 BST	Kaine Morgan		Yeldham	Stadium: Colchester Garrison

6 October 2024 5	Chigwell Women FC	0-6	Colchester United	Chigwell
14:00 BST			Cox J Craddock-Ball Morgan	Stadium: Powerleague (Fairlop Oaks) Referee: Jason McFarlane

13 October 2024 6	She Can Play Panthers	3-3	Colchester United	Romford
14:00 BST	Maxwell-Jones Halford		Cox J Craddock-Ball	Stadium: Noak Hill Sports Complex

27 October 2024 7	Brentwood Town FC Ladies	0-2	Colchester United	Brentwood
14:00 BST			C Craddock-Ball L Morgan	Stadium: The Arena Referee: Justin Wiseman

10 November 2024 8	Colchester United	2-1	Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC	Colchester
14:00 BST	C. Craddock-Ball Greenleaf		Jiggins Reeves 62'	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Gavin Lovett

24 November 2024 9	Colchester United	10-0	Chigwell Women FC	Colchester
14:00 BST	C. Craddock-Ball J. Craddock-Ball Greenleaf Cahill Williams			Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Thomas Vickers

12 January 2025 10	Hashtag United FC Women Reserves	6-1	Colchester United	Basildon
14:00 BST			Greenleaf	Stadium: Woodland School Referee: Stephen Hull

26 January 2025 11	Colchester United	0-2	She Can Play Panthers	Colchester
14:00 BST			Dodd Halford	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Andrew Denikiewicz

9 February 2025 12	Colchester United	3-1	Hutton FC Women Reserves	Colchester
14:00 BST	Cahill Morgan		Nyiro	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Graham Pavitt

16 February 2025 13	Hutton FC Women Reserves	3-6	Colchester United	Billericay
14:00 BST	Crichton		C. Craddock-Ball J. Craddock-Ball Morgan Yewman	Stadium: Hannakins Farm Community Centre Referee: Andrew Wood

23 February 2025 14	Colchester United	2-0	She Can Play Panthers	Colchester
14:00 BST	Ager Vinton			Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Graham Pavitt

2 March 2025 15	Southminster United Ladies FC	v	Colchester United	Southminster
14:00 BST				Stadium: King George V Playing Field

9 March 2025 16	Colchester United	v	Hutton Development	Colchester
14:00 BST				Stadium: Colchester Garrison

23 March 2025 17	Brightlingsea Regent Ladies	v	Colchester United	Brightlingsea
14:00 BST				Stadium: Brightlingsea Regent Football Club

23 March 2025 18	Brightlingsea Regent Ladies FC	v	Colchester United	Brightlingsea
14:00 BST				Stadium: Brightlingsea Regent Football Club

6 April 2025 19	Colchester United	v	Hutton FC Women Reserves	Colchester
14:00 BST				Stadium: Colchester Garrison

13 April 2025 20	Southminster United Ladies	v	Colchester United	Southminster
14:00 BST				Stadium: King George V Playing Field

20 April 2025 21	Brentwood Town Ladies	v	Colchester United	Brentwood
14:00 BST				Stadium: The Arena

27 April 2025 22	Hashtag United Women Reserves	v	Colchester United	Basildon
14:00 BST				Stadium: Woodlands School

BBC Essex Women's Cup

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 October 2024 First Round	Alresford Colne Rangers Ladies First	0-6	Colchester United	New Alresford
13:30 BST			Greenleaf Kaine Pope Williams	Stadium: Alrebury Park Referee: Mariusz Burchan

17 November 2024 Second Round	Southend United Ladies First	2-3	Colchester United	Southend
14:00 BST	Castle Cooper		Ager C. Craddock-Ball Greenleaf	Stadium: Southend Leisure and Tennis Centre Referee: Dan Boulden

15 December 2024 Third Round	Colchester United	1-2	She Can Play Panthers	Colchester
13:30 BST	Williams		Hudson Walters	Stadium: Colchester Garrison Referee: Lacey Armstrong

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 23 February 2025

List includes all first team players and any other matchday squad players

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier Division		BBC Essex Women's Cup		Essex County Women's Football League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Jamie-Louise Newstead	11	0	9+0	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
2	DF	ENG	Jacqueline Craddock-Ball	17	7	14+0	7	3+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF	ENG	Sophie Farrow	8	0	5+2	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
4	MF	ENG	Cassie Craddock-Ball	17	6	14+0	5	3+0	1	0+0	0
5	MF	ENG	Niamh Gamble	14	0	11+1	0	2+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF	ENG	Tahlia Roome	4	0	3+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
7	MF	ENG	Ruby Vinton	8	2	6+1	2	1+0	0	0+0	0
8	MF	ENG	Thalia Adams	14	0	12+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
9	FW	ENG	Ruby Greenleaf	14	9	7+4	6	3+0	3	0+0	0
10	MF	ENG	Lindsey Morgan	15	8	12+0	8	3+0	0	0+0	0
-	FW	ENG	Camilla Morgan	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
11	MF	ENG	Emily Ager	17	2	6+8	1	2+1	1	0+0	0
12	FW	ENG	Louise Kaine	8	4	6+1	2	1+0	2	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Owen Hoskin	7	0	5+1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
-	MF	ENG	Sophie Vale	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
14	DF	ENG	Karys Paton	12	0	4+7	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
15	MF	ENG	Learna Daniels	17	0	14+0	0	3+0	0	0+0	0
16	MF	ENG	Jasmine Cox	7	10	6+1	10	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	DF	ENG	Leah Pope	16	1	9+4	0	3+0	1	0+0	0
18	FW	ENG	Ella Cahill	15	2	4+9	2	1+1	0	0+0	0
20	FW	ENG	Billie-Jo Williams	11	4	3+5	2	3+0	2	0+0	0
21	MF	ENG	Lucy Yewman	9	1	4+3	1	2+0	0	0+0	0
Players who featured but departed the club permanently during the season:
6	DF	ENG	Deben Howlett	2	0	1+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	GK	ENG	Rosa Devall	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

References

^ "Colchester United head coach Simon King steps down". www.gazette-news.co.uk. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
^ "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
^ "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
^ "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[1] "Colchester United head coach Simon King steps down". www.gazette-news.co.uk. 26 February 2025. Retrieved 26 February 2025.

[2] "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

[EFL_Regulationsb-3] "EFL Regulations Section 3 – The League; subsection 9 – Method of Determining League Positions". EFL. Retrieved 2 September 2023.

[4] "Essex County Women's Football League". www.fulltime.thefa.com. 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

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