Barnet Football Club Ladies is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 women's football

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

 club affiliated with Barnet F.C.

Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

. They play in the FA Women's Premier League National Division

FA Women's Premier League National Division

The FA Women's Premier League National Division is the second level of the English women's football league pyramid. From 1991 until the introduction of the summer competition FA Women's Super League the National Division functioned as the top league in England. Below it are simultaneously the...

, after winning the Southern Division

FA Women's Premier League Southern Division

The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the Third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division...

 in 2009–10.

The club runs a reserve team

Reserve team

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 and a youth academy in conjunction with Stanmore College

Stanmore College

Stanmore College is a college in Stanmore in the London Borough of Harrow and was established as a tertiary college in 1987. In 1993 all colleges in the post-16 sector ceased to be controlled by their local education authorities and Stanmore College became a Corporation funded by the Further...

.

History

The club began in 1975 as District Line Ladies FC then tied up with Wembley FC

Wembley F.C.

Wembley Football Club is an English semi-professional football club based in Wembley, in the London Borough of Brent, London, England. The club is affiliated to the Middlesex County FA...

 in 1993 to become Wembley Ladies FC. In 1997 the club moved to play at Hanwell Town FC

Hanwell Town F.C.

Hanwell Town F.C. are a semi-professional football club representing Hanwell, but currently playing in Perivale in the London Borough of Ealing, England. They were the London Spartan League Senior Division champions in 1983. They have twice reached the 3rd round of the FA Vase...

 but kept the Wembley Ladies name. Then in 1998 the club became affiliated to Barnet FC

Barnet F.C.

Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....

, amalgamating with the existing Barnet Ladies FC from the Greater London League to form Barnet FC Ladies.

In March 2010 Barnet FC Ladies were announced as an unsuccessful bidder for the FA Women's Super League.

Current squad

Notable former players

Players who received recognition at full international level
Kristy Moore

Kristy Moore

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 Kelly Smith

Kelly Smith

Kelly Jayne Smith, MBE is an English football forward currently playing for Boston Breakers of Women's Professional Soccer and is a member of the England women's national football team.-Youth and university:...

 Lesley Higgs

Lesley Higgs

Lesley Higgs is an English former international women's football goalkeeper. She appeared for England in the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals.-Club career:...

 Justine Lorton

Justine Lorton

Justine Joanna Lorton is an English footballer, and former England international player. A deep–lying forward player, Lorton enjoyed two spells at Arsenal Ladies as well as playing in Iceland and Sweden.-Club career:...

 Carol Harwood Kim Jerray-Silver

Kim Jerray-Silver

Kimberley "Kim" Jerray-Silver is a former English international footballer. She was a full–time professional player with Fulham, whom she joined from Arsenal.-Club:...

 Natasha Dowie

Natasha Dowie

Natasha Dowie is an English female football striker. She currently plays her club football for Everton. She has also represented England at youth and senior level.-Club career:...

 Ayala Liran

Ayala Liran

Ayala Liran is an Israeli international football striker. She has also represented Great Britain in the sport of gliding.-Club:...

 Eleri Earnshaw

Eleri Earnshaw

Eleri Earnshaw is a football player and coach who plays for the Welsh national team and coaches SoccerPlus Connecticut. Earnshaw plays as a defender or midfielder and has accumulated more than twenty caps for Wales.-Club career:...

 Naz Ball

Naz Ball

Naz Ball is a former Welsh football striker. She represented the Wales women's national football team and the English clubs Arsenal and Wembley.-Club career:...

 Sally Wade

Sally Wade

Sally Jane Wade is an English–born football player who plays for the Welsh national team and Barnet. Wade plays as a defender or midfielder and has accumulated almost twenty caps for Wales.-Club career:...

Honours

• FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
  FA Women's Premier League Southern Division
  The FA Women's Premier League Southern Division is a league in the Third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division. These two divisions are below the FA Women's Super League and National Division...
  
  :
  • Winners (2): 1992–93 (as District Line), 2009–10

• FA Women's Premier League Cup:
  • Winners (2): 1995–96 (as Wembley Ladies), 2010–11

External links

• Official site