Nottingham Forest Women FC

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BlokeInASuit

A. Trialist
As it seems to have gone under the radar a little thought I would share a good news story

Nottingham Forest Ladies FC are currently top of the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division (One step below WSL)




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valspoodle

valspoodle

Ian Bowyer
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Typical classy Forest. We have a ladies team and others just have women.

Pathetic jokes aside, well done to the ladies. I hope the funding is better these days as I remember a few pleas for help with finance a short time ago. As the photo is taken at the CG it looks as if the club help a bit more now.
 
Hermz

Hermz

Jack Burkitt
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

How does promotion work? Is it just top two get promoted?
 
donny

donny

Jack Armstrong
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Theres no promotion to WSL2...
 
Barry

Barry

Where's me hammer?
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

So what's the point?
 
Huxley

Huxley

John Robertson
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

One day we can hope the FA turn them into Milton Keynes Dons WFC and grant them a franchise to the top tier. Which is pretty much how they'd like to run the mens game too.


Although in all seriousness.. Well done ladies! Keep up the good work.
 
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BlokeInASuit

A. Trialist
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Yes promotion is allowed into WSL2 the top 2 teams from Northern and Southern are entered into a play-off with the winners (subject to meeting criteria) promoted to WSL2 (Last season saw Sheffield FC Ladies promoted who will enter the WSL when the new season begins (Long wait as its a transfer from a winter league to a summer one for the club promoted)
 
Barry

Barry

Where's me hammer?
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Francis Benali (on loan) said:
If we can't go up, what is the point?



Spoken like a true Red.
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Mate you more than most on here should know what its like to aspire to move up paying to watch non league... When i used to go to watch eastwood there were a group of fans who went every week wherever they played.... I personally watched them play league games in scotland and wales so we aint talking games down the road and you try and tell them it wasn't "cool" to want to progress. For years every year, 2nd qualifying round of the fa cup and out. The dream? To reach the fa cup 1st.... Same with the league. 20-30 odd years in the same league, the dream? Conference football? Lower league football? Did they ever achieve it? No. But they owed it to them fans to try, so again if theres a ceiling and you can't achieve, what's the point?

Very short sighted of the womens game.
 
GreeksBearingGifts

GreeksBearingGifts

Stuart Pearce
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Randall's letter also mentions women's football. If I understand correctly, Nottingham Forest Ladies is not part of Nottingham Forest FC, right? And if I understand correctly there is also a Notts County women's team which just went bankrupt.

In my view, the Ladies team should be immediately taken over by the club and particular attention should be paid to the academy. Not only for purposes of building on the community feeling and that sort of thing, but also for practical reasons. Women's football is on the rise (in the US it is practically more popular than men's football), and Uefa has a long-term development plan and aims to force big club to have a women's team as well. In fact there was a rumour a couple of years ago that CL or EL clubs would be required to have a women's side in order to participate in European tournaments. The rumour did not materialize, but Uefa's intentions are quite clear.

(And if I may add a "don't tell the EFL" note, I have a feeling that a women's team may be useful for FFP purposes...)
 
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Geoff Thomas
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

GreeksBearingGifts said:
Randall's letter also mentions women's football. If I understand correctly, Nottingham Forest Ladies is not part of Nottingham Forest FC, right? And if I understand correctly there is also a Notts County women's team which just went bankrupt.

In my view, the Ladies team should be immediately taken over by the club and particular attention should be paid to the academy. Not only for purposes of building on the community feeling and that sort of thing, but also for practical reasons. Women's football is on the rise (in the US it is practically more popular than men's football), and Uefa has a long-term development plan and aims to force big club to have a women's team as well. In fact there was a rumour a couple of years ago that CL or EL clubs would be required to have a women's side in order to participate in European tournaments. The rumour did not materialize, but Uefa's intentions are quite clear.

(And if I may add a "don't tell the EFL" note, I have a feeling that a women's team may be useful for FFP purposes...)
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Would like the club to get behind the women's side as it seems a purely financial decision that our previous owners haven't wanted to spend the money on a women's side, similarly to the sadpies now.

With all the talk of the club being part of the community it would be nice as long as it isn't detrimental to the men's side in terms of taking finances away.

I do wonder how it could benefit us in terms of ffp though although not saying it isn't a possibility?

Now that there is a franchise spot going begging it would be a good time to establish the women's side in the WSL and give them the backing of the club!

It is pretty sad how the women's side has had to fend for themselves and fair play to all those involved in keeping it going!
 
Fawazzock

Fawazzock

Jack Burkitt
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

I've heard.. ahem... that the women's team is run contentiously, and that many participants would like the club to take it over, but that the current organisers need shot of.
 
MaxiRobriguez

MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

The holy grail of women's football will be in monetising it without affecting the men's game.
 
Dawg

Dawg

Viv Anderson
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

I work with one of the players. She mentions how they get nothing from the club, even when they got into the F.A Cup semi. Shame really.
 
valspoodle

valspoodle

Ian Bowyer
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

I agree Dawg. The girls struggle through to put on a show and we pay broken down old has-beens thousands a week more than the ladies need to run for a year.
 
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Flangey
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Does funding the women's team, if it comes from NFFC affect ffp?
 
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Viv Anderson
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

That would be totally counter intuitive by the rule makers to penalise investment in womens football by including it as part of FFP.

So yeah, probably!
 
Viktor

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LTLF Minion
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Wonder if it would be possible to bring them under the umbrella of NFFC, let them play at the City Ground and give ST holders free entry to home games.


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Dawg

Dawg

Viv Anderson
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

valspoodle said:
I agree Dawg. The girls struggle through to put on a show and we pay broken down old has-beens thousands a week more than the ladies need to run for a year.
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They only went and beat Derby on the way as well.
 
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Flangey
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Samuel said:
Wonder if it would be possible to bring them under the umbrella of NFFC, let them play at the City Ground and give ST holders free entry to home games.


#Samuel4Mod #StrongAndStableModeration
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TBH I wouldn't attend if it was free. I like the idea of the club helping but I just don't want to watch it.
 
MaxiRobriguez

MaxiRobriguez

Bob McKinlay
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

Then it makes sense to bring the ladies under the NFFC umbrella and proportion some of the overall costs to them.

I do think there's a market for ladies football but perhaps not when its absolutely replicating the mens game. Think you'd find better attendance at one off tournament type events, or changes in the rules. Perhaps shorter games to force more attacking football. Kinda feels like rather than being about loyalty and passion as per the men's game is sold, it should be about inclusiveness and fun for a different breed of fan - more where mums take their kids rather than the dad's.

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GreeksBearingGifts

GreeksBearingGifts

Stuart Pearce
Re: Nottingham Forest Ladies FC

MaxiRobriguez said:
Then it makes sense to bring the ladies under the NFFC umbrella and proportion some of the overall costs to them.
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What a discreet phrasing to what I was alluding to when I said that taking over the ladies' team will prove useful for FFP! Thanks.
 
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