Ipswich Town F.C. Women

Ipswich Town Football Club Women

Full name	Ipswich Town Football Club Women
Nickname(s)	The Blues, The Tractor Girls
Ground	Dellwood Avenue, Felixstowe Portman Road, Ipswich
Capacity	2,000 (Dellwood Avenue) 30,017 (Portman Road)
Manager	Joe Sheehan
League	FA Women's National League South
2023–24	FA Women's National League South, 4th of 12
Website	https://www.itfc.co.uk/itfc-women/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Ipswich Town Football Club Women is a women's team affiliated with Ipswich Town Football Club. They currently compete in the FAWNL Southern Premier Division, the third tier of women's football in the country. They play their home games at Dellwood Avenue in Felixstowe, the home of Felixstowe & Walton United.^[1]

On 19 February 2024, it was announced that Ipswich Town Women would play their first ever game at Portman Road for the game on 23 March 2024 against Chatham Town, with all four stands being open for ticket sales.^[2] They went on to win the game 5-0 in front of an attendance of 10,173.^[3] On 19 November 2024, it was announced that Ipswich Town Women would return to Portman Road for the upcoming game on 23 March 2025 against Plymouth.^[4]

• Most appearances: Natasha Thomas, 227 (2015–present)
• Most overall goals: Natasha Thomas, 161 (2015–present)
• Most goals in a season: Natasha Thomas, 28 goals in the 2015–16 season

• First international appearance: Natasha Thomas for Jamaica against France on 25 October 2024
• Most international caps: Natasha Thomas, 1 (Jamaica)

• Record league win: 13–0 against Milton Keynes Dons, Southern Premier Division, 27 October 2024
• Record FA Cup win: 12–0 against Milton Keynes Dons, first round, 3 November 2024
• Record league defeat: 9–0 against Millwall Lionessess, Southern Division, 22 March 2009
• Record FA Cup defeat: 10–0 against Manchester City, fifth round, 16 February 2020

• Most league goals scored in a season: 76 in 22 matches, Division One South East, 2017–18
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 19 in 22 matches, Southern Division, 2008–09
• Most league goals conceded in a season: 84 in 22 matches, Southern Division, 2004–05
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 11 in 22 matches, Southern Premier Division, 2022–23

• Most points in a season: 58 (in 26 games in 2021–22, Southern Premier Division)
• Fewest points in a season: 8 (in 22 games in 2004–05, Southern Division)

Most attendance records before the 2016–17 season are missing^[5]

• Highest attendance at a home match:
  • Dellwood Avenue: 2,000 (against West Ham), FA Cup quarter-finals, 20 March 2022 (before 16/17 season missing)
  • Portman Road: 10,173 (against Chatham Town), Southern Premier Division, 23 March 2024
• Lowest attendance at a home match:
  • Dellwood Avenue: 16 (against Actonians LFC), Division One South East, 8 January 2017
  • Portman Road:

As of 10 January 2025^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG Natalia Negri 2 DF  ENG Maria Boswell (captain) 3 DF  ENG Summer Hughes 4 MF  ENG Charlotte Fleming 5 DF  ENG Grace Garrad 6 DF  ENG Leah Mitchell 7 FW  JAM Natasha Thomas 8 MF  ENG Kyra Robertson 9 FW  ENG Isabella Fisher (Dual Registration with Arsenal) 10 MF  ENG Eloise King 11 MF  ENG Lucy O'Brien 12 FW  ENG Issy Bryant

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  ENG Lucy Watson (on loan from Chelsea) 17 MF  ENG Sophie Peskett 19 FW  ENG Ella Rutherford 20 DF  SCO Megan Wearing 21 DF  ENG Maisy Barker 22 DF  ENG Evie Williams 23 MF  ENG Shauna Guyatt 24 FW  ENG Angela Addison 25 MF  ENG Erin Williams 31 GK  ENG Laura Hartley — MF  IRL Abbi Smith

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 13 GK  PHI Nina Meollo (at AFC Sudbury until 31 May 2025)

Position	Name
General Manager	Rachel Harris
Media & Communications Manager	Kieren Standley

Position	Name
Manager	Joe Sheehan
Assistant Manager	Lauren Phillips
Head of Goalkeeping	Paul Walker
Assistant Coach	Phoebe Webb
Head of Performance	Nicola Stolworthy
Sports Therapist(s)	David Smith/Sophie Wright

Women's Player of the Year
Year	Name	Ref
2021–22	Bonnie Horwood	[7]
2022–23	Megan Wearing	[8]
2023–24	Sophie Peskett	[9]

• FA Women's National League South

Runners-up: 2022-23

• FA Women's National League South East Division

Promotion: Ipswich were top of the league in both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no teams were promoted or relegated. Ipswich won promotion to the National League South via application at the end of the 2020-21 season.

• Official website

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