2023–24 Reading F.C. Women season

Reading
2023–24 season
Manager	Liam Gilbert
Stadium	Select Car Leasing Stadium
Women's Championship	6th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Six Players (1); All: Six Players (1)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2023–24 Reading F.C. Women season is the club's 17th season and their first season back in the Women's Championship, the second tier of the football pyramid, since 2013 following relegation the previous season.

Season events

On 28 July, Reading announced the return of Charlie Estcourt to the club from Birmingham City.[1]

On 31 July, Reading announced the signing of Ava Kuyken from Hibernian.[2]

On 3 August, Reading announced the singing of two goalkeepers, Emily Orman on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea, and of free-agent Rose Kite following a successful trial.[3]

On 18 August, Reading announced Liam Gilbert as their new First Team Manager.[4]

On 25 August, Reading announced the signing of Rachel Dugdale from Coventry United.[5] Later the same day, Reading announced the signing of Georgia Wilson from Plymouth Argyle.[6]

On 1 September, Reading announced the signing of Josie Longhurst from Lewes.[7]

On 7 September, Reading announced the season-long loan signing of Halle Houssein from West Ham United.[8]

On 14 September, Reading announced the season-long loan signings of Lulu Jarvis from Brighton & Hove Albion and Freya Gregory from Aston Villa, whilst Caitlin Smith joined on a permanent transfer from Clemson Tigers.[9][10][11]

On 21 September, Reading announced that Jacqueline Burns had signed a new contract with the club.[12]

Squad

As of match played 22 October 2023[13]

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Emily Orman	GK	(2002-11-05) 5 November 2002	on loan from Chelsea	2023[3]	2024[3]	8	0
25	Jacqueline Burns	GK	(1997-03-06) 6 March 1997	Unattached	2022[14]		12	0
27	Rose Kite	GK	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001	Unattached	2023[3]		0	0
41	Eve Annets	GK		Academy	2023		1	0
Defenders
2	Rachel Dugdale	DF	(1996-11-19) 19 November 1996	Coventry United	2023[5]		8	0
5	Deanna Cooper	DF	(1993-06-20) 20 June 1993	Chelsea	2020	2024[15]	68	2
6	Caitlin Smith	DF	(2003-05-20) 20 May 2003	Clemson Tigers	2023[11]		2	0
15	Brooke Hendrix	DF	(1993-05-06) 6 May 1993	Melbourne Victory	2022[16]	2024[16]	18	0
16	Easther Mayi Kith	DF	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	Kristianstad	2023[17]	2024[17]	19	0
28	Lily Woodham	DF	(2000-09-03) 3 September 2000	Bristol City	2018	2024[15]	77	0
31	Bethan Roberts	DF	(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003	Academy	2019[18]		18	0
33	Bella Cox	DF			2023		0	0
Midfielders
4	Halle Houssein	MF	(2004-12-11) 11 December 2004	on loan from West Ham United	2023[8]	2024[8]	7	0
8	Tia Primmer	MF	(2004-05-02) 2 May 2004	Academy	2021	2024[15]	42	5
10	Ava Kuyken	MF	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001	Hibernian	2023[2]		0	0
17	Charlie Estcourt	MF	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998	Birmingham City	2023[1]		37	2
18	Freya Meadows-Tuson	MF		Academy	2021		2	0
19	Freya Gregory	MF	(2003-01-12) 12 January 2003	on loan from Aston Villa	2023[10]	2024[10]	5	2
20	Georgia Wilson	MF	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	Plymouth Argyle	2023[6]		1	0
22	Amelia Elwood	MF	(2005-11-03) 3 November 2005	Academy	2023		7	1
23	Lulu Jarvis	MF	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004	on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion	2023[9]	2024[9]	5	0
24	Josie Longhurst	MF	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002	Lewes	2023[7]		8	0
32	Stevie Kennedy	MF		Academy	2023		0	0
34	Imogen Poile	MF		Academy	2023		0	0
36	Tash Rasmussen	MF		Academy	2023		0	0
51	Sanne Troelsgaard	MF	(1988-08-15) 15 August 1988	Rosengård	2021[19]		46	8
Forwards
7	Charlie Wellings	FW	(1998-05-18) 18 May 1998	Celtic	2022[14]		27	5
9	Madison Perry	FW		Academy	2022		5	0
11	Lauren Wade	FW	(1993-11-22) 22 November 1993	Glentoran	2022[14]		30	2
U21
	Anne Thomann	MF		Academy	2021		0	0
Out on loan
Left during the season

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 July 2023	MF	Charlie Estcourt	Birmingham City	Undisclosed	[1]
31 July 2023	MF	Ava Kuyken	Hibernian	Undisclosed	[2]
3 August 2023	GK	Rose Kite	Unattached	Free	[3]
25 August 2023	DF	Rachel Dugdale	Coventry United	Undisclosed	[5]
25 August 2023	MF	Georgia Wilson	Plymouth Argyle	Undisclosed	[6]
1 September 2023	MF	Josie Longhurst	Lewes	Undisclosed	[7]
14 September 2023	DF	Caitlin Smith	Clemson Tigers	Undisclosed	[11]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date	Ref.
3 August 2023	GK	Emily Orman	Chelsea	End of season	[3]
7 September 2023	MF	Halle Houssein	West Ham United	End of season	[8]
14 September 2023	MF	Lulu Jarvis	Brighton & Hove Albion	End of season	[9]
14 September 2023	MF	Freya Gregory	Aston Villa	End of season	[10]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
8 August 2023	DF		Diane Caldwell	Zürich	Undisclosed	[20]

Friendlies

6 August 2023	Portsmouth	2–2	Reading	Havant
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Lumsden 10', 63'	Report	Hendrix 2' Perry 32'	Stadium: Westleigh Park
Note: Game composed of three 30 minute periods.

13 August 2023	Lewes	v	Reading	Lewes
14:00 BST (UTC+1)				Stadium: The Dripping Pan

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Championship	27 August 2023		Matchday 1	8	2	3	3	8	12	−4	025.00
FA Cup			Third round	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
EFL Cup	11 October 2023		Group Stage	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	000.00
Total				9	2	3	4	8	18	−10	022.22

Last updated: 22 October 2023
Source: Competitions

BWC

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
8	2	3	3	8	12	−4	9	1	1	2	3	7	−4	1	2	1	5	5	0

Last updated: 22 October 2023.
Source: The FA

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	D	D	D	L	W	W	L	L
Position	6	8	8	10	7	6	6	9

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Results

27 August 2023 1	Crystal Palace	1–1	Reading	Sutton
14:30 BST (UTC+1)	Blanchard 59' Everett 70' Arthur 84' Guyatt 87' Hughes 90+12'	Report	Estcourt 32' Wade 44' Cooper 88'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Referee: Lauren Impey

2 September 2023 2	Reading	0–0	Charlton Athletic	Reading
17:15 BST (UTC+1)	Woodham 45+2' Primmer 45+3' Troelsgaard 49'	Report	Ross 80' Green 90+5'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Melissa Burgin

10 September 2023 3	London City Lionesses	1–1	Reading	Dartford
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Boye-Hlorkah 45' 81' Moloney 85' Brougham 87'	Report	Wade 64' 90+6' Woodham 90+8'	Stadium: Princes Park Referee: Stacey Fullicks

17 September 2023 4	Reading	1–4	Southampton	Reading
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Elwood 84' Estcourt 90+3'	Report	Pike 10' Wilkinson 28' (pen.) Primus 73' Purfield 82'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

1 October 2023 5	Durham	0–2	Reading	Durham
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Clarke 25' Bradley 72'	Report	Gregory 61' Primmer 69' Cooper 81' Elwood 90+2'	Stadium: Maiden Castle Referee: Levi Gray

8 October 2023 6	Reading	1–0	Lewes	Reading
13:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dugdale 21' Primmer 77'	Report	Whitehouse 21' Hazard 57' Cleverly 68'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Magdalena Golba

15 October 2023 7	Sunderland	3–1	Reading	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 BST (UTC+1)	Jones 44' Ejupi 51' Kitching 62'	Report	Gregory 74'	Stadium: Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground Referee: Jon Ashworth-Sears

22 October 2023 8	Reading	1–3	Sheffield United	Reading
12:00 BST (UTC+1)	Primmer 79' 90+5' Woodham 90+8'	Report	Brown 22' Hodson 33' Goodwin 48' Newsham 72'	Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium Referee: Grace Lowe

5 November 2023 9	Birmingham City	v	Reading	Birmingham
14:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: St Andrew's

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Durham	8	3	2	3	9	16	−7	11
8	Sheffield United	7	3	1	3	9	10	−1	10
9	Reading	8	2	3	3	8	12	−4	9
10	London City Lionesses	8	2	2	4	7	15	−8	8
11	Watford	8	1	1	6	10	18	−8	4	Relegation to the National League

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: FA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

FA Cup

		v
BST (UTC+1)

League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Advanced to knock-out stage
2	Southampton	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	Possible knock-out stage based on ranking
3	Bristol City	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
4	Arsenal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Reading	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 October 2023. Source: FA Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

11 October 2023 1	Tottenham Hotspur	6–0	Reading	Leyton
19:30 BST (UTC+1)	Zhang Linyan 12' Graham 21' Ale 47' Percival 56' Naz 62' Thomas 71' Ayane 85'	Report		Stadium: Brisbane Road Attendance: 531 Referee: Amy Fearns

23 November 2023 2	Southampton	v	Reading	Eastleigh
19:45 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Ten Acres

24 January 2024 3	Reading	v	Bristol City	Reading
19:00 GMT (UTC)				Stadium: Select Car Leasing Stadium

Squad statistics

As of match played 22 October 2023

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Emily Orman	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	NIR	Rachel Dugdale	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
4	MF	ENG	Halle Houssein	7	0	6	0	0	0	0+1	0
5	DF	ENG	Deanna Cooper	8	1	6+1	1	0	0	1	0
6	DF	ENG	Caitlin Smith	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW	ENG	Charlie Wellings	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	ENG	Tia Primmer	7	2	6	2	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	NIR	Lauren Wade	9	1	8	1	0	0	1	0
15	DF	USA	Brooke Hendrix	9	0	8	0	0	0	0+1	0
16	DF	CMR	Easther Mayi Kith	9	0	8	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	WAL	Charlie Estcourt	8	1	6+1	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Freya Meadows-Tuson	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	ENG	Freya Gregory	5	2	4+1	2	0	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Georgia Wilson	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	ENG	Amelia Elwood	7	1	0+6	1	0	0	1	0
23	MF	ENG	Lulu Jarvis	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF	WAL	Josie Longhurst	8	0	4+3	0	0	0	1	0
28	DF	WAL	Lily Woodham	9	0	8	0	0	0	0+1	0
31	DF	WAL	Bethan Roberts	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
41	GK	ENG	Eve Annets	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
51	MF	DEN	Sanne Troelsgaard	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	1	0
Players away from the club on loan:
Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Championship	Total
1	MF	19	Freya Gregory	2	2
1	MF	8	Tia Primmer	2	2
3	DF	5	Deanna Cooper	1	1
	FW	11	Lauren Wade	1	1
	MF	17	Charlie Estcourt	1	1
	MF	22	Amelia Elwood	1	1
Total				8	8

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK		1	Emily Orman	3	0	0	3
Total					3	0	0	3

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Championship		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
2		DF	Rachel Dugdale	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Deanna Cooper	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Tia Primmer	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
11		FW	Lauren Wade	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17		MF	Charlie Estcourt	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Amelia Elwood	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
28		DF	Lily Woodham	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
51		MF	Sanne Troelsgaard	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Reading during the season:
Total				12	1	0	0	0	0	12	1

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