London City Lionesses

London City Lionesses is a fully professional women's association football club based in Dartford, England.[1] The team competes in FA Women's Championship during the 2019–20 season, the second tier of English women's football. The club was founded in May 2019, as an independent breakaway club from Millwall Lionesses.[2][3]

This article is about the association football club formed under this name in 2019. For its origins, see Millwall Lionesses L.F.C.

London City Lionesses
Full nameLondon City Lionesses Football Club
Founded13 May 2019 (13 May 2019)
GroundPrinces Park, Dartford
Capacity4,100
ChairDiane Culligan
Sporting DirectorEdward Gallagher
Head coachMelissa Phillips
LeagueFA Women's Championship
2021–22FA Women's Championship, 2nd of 12
WebsiteClub website

History

On 13 May 2019, a statement was released by Millwall F.C. announcing that the board of directors and senior management at the team's official women's affiliate, Millwall Lionesses, had declared their intentions to split from the club, becoming an independent entity and operating under a new name.[4][5] The breakaway was already agreed in principle by the FA.[6] The transfer of Millwall's Championship licence was officially approved by the FA on 29 June 2019.[7] After only six league games, manager Chris Phillips was sacked with the team sitting fourth in the Championship.[8]

Players

Current squad
As of 31 January 2022.[9]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF  ENG Grace Neville
3 DF  ENG Melis Mehmet (Dual Registration with Arsenal)
4 MF  ENG Charlotte Fleming
5 DF  ENG Hannah Short
6 DF  SCO Carly Girasoli
7 MF  IRL Alli Murphy
8 MF  ENG Amy Rodgers
9 FW  IRL Rianna Jarrett
10 MF  ENG Lily Agg
11 DF  SCO Jamie-Lee Napier
12 MF  ENG Mollie Rouse
14 DF  ENG Harley Bennett (co-captain)
15 MF  IRL Hayley Nolan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  ENG Karin Muya
17 MF  ENG Lucy Fitzgerald
18 GK  ENG Anna Pedersen
19 MF  POL Wiktoria Fronc (Dual Registration with West Ham United)
20 FW  JAM Atlanta Primus
21 MF  ENG Annie Rossiter
23 MF  ENG Lilly Pursey
24 MF  ENG Shanade Hopcroft
25 MF  BER Kenni Thompson
27 FW  ENG Katie Kitching
28 MF  ENG Brooke Nunn
30 GK  USA Shae Yanez (co-captain)

Managerial history

Information correct as of 1 May 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.

List of London City Lionesses managers
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%[nb 1] Notes
Chris Phillips  England 13 May 2019 15 October 2019 7 4 0 3 11 16 057.14 [10]
John Bayer (interim)  England 15 October 2019 27 May 2020 14 4 3 7 17 27 028.57 [10]
Lisa Fallon  Ireland 27 May 2020 9 October 2020 5 0 1 4 2 11 000.00 [11]
Melissa Phillips  United States 9 October 2020 present 45 22 8 15 61 48 048.89 [12]
  1. Win% is rounded to two decimal places

Seasons
Results of league and cup competitions by season
Season Division P W D L F A Pts Pos FA Cup League Cup Name Goals
League Top goalscorer[nb 1]
2019–20 Championship 158252524264th R4 GS Elizabeta Ejupi 4
2020–21 Championship 206681919246th R4 GS Atlanta Primus 4
2021–22 Championship 2213273522412nd R4 GS Karin Muya
Amy Rodgers		 7
  1. Goals in all competitions (Championship, FA Cup and League Cup are counted.)

References
  1. Wrack, Suzanne (18 August 2019). "'Equality has to be more than words': London City Lionesses go it alone". The Guardian.
  2. "London City Lionesses: Millwall Supporters Club "saddened" by women's team breakaway". BBC News. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  3. "London City Lionesses: Can a women's team thrive independently?". 19 September 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. "Club Statement: Millwall Lionesses". www.millwallfc.co.uk.
  5. McElwee, Molly (13 May 2019). "Millwall women's team to split from club and form new London City Lionesses outfit". The Telegraph.
  6. "London City Lionesses: FA Women's Football board approve Millwall switch". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. "London City Lionesses". womenscompetitions.thefa.com.
  8. "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019.
  9. "London City Lionesses first team". Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  10. "London City Lionesses sack manager Chris Phillips". 15 October 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
  11. "Lisa Fallon and Melissa Phillips announced as new London City Lionesses coaching team". London City Lionesses. 27 May 2020.
  12. "Phillips named London City head coach". BBC Sport.
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