Whitehaven Ladies FC were formed for the start of the 2007 / 2008 season and have taken part in the Lancashire County League, the Cumbria County League and are now members of the North West Women's Regional League.
Initially about a dozen girls came to pre-season training and once the season was up and running numbers quickly grew, we now have a first team squad of 24 players signed on and if the growth continues, it is our intention to support the proposal to form a Cumbria County League for the 2008 / 2009 and field two teams, the first team will play in the Lancashire League and the reserves will play in the Cumbria League.
The team is drawn from a huge catchment area and we have girls travelling from as far as Carlisle in the north, Penrith to the east and Millom from the south, it is the policy of the football club to promote Ladies football as much as we can and it is the intention of the coaching staff to be successful and take the team as far as we can go.
The Ladies are coached by David Moore an experienced and successful FA LEVEL 2 coach with a proven track record and as the playing staff increases we also intend to increase the coaching staff.
The first season in the Lancashire league has been a success, it took us some time to get to grips with the demands of league football but once we adapted, everything fell into place and we finished the season unbeaten since December, recording some impressive high scoring victories against quality opposition, our 2nd season showed a big improvement as we challanged for promotion all season only falling short right at the death and just missing out. Our 3rd season saw us drop out of the Lancashire League and join the Cumbria League, which had gained pyramid status and would hopefully fast-track us to the North West Women's Regional league, which in fact proved to be the case as we completed the League and Cup double and gained promotion to the NWWRL 2 years ahead of schedule.
