Coventry United Ladies

Coventry United Ladies Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Coventry United F.C. They were founded in 2013 as Coventry City Ladies; on 4 July 2015 the club announced that they had merged with Coventry United, a local non-league side only two years old at the time. They currently play in the FA Women's Championship.

The club also comprises youth teams at u-11, u-13, u-15, u-16, u18 and a reserve team.

History

Founded in 1991, the club began in the West Midlands Regional League. In 1997, as Coventry City, they were promoted into the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, where they stayed until relegation in 2002.

In 2002–03 the club developed closer relations with Coventry City F.C. while revamping and expanding the youth centre of excellence. In 2004 the club were promoted back to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division, but lasted only a season at the higher level.

After three consecutive runners-up finishes, Coventry won the Midland Combination again in 2010 – scoring 66 goals in 22 league games.

The club played at Coventry University Sports and Conference Centre, Westwood Heath and at Coventry Sphinx FC, before moving to the Oval, Bedworth. In August 2014 the club announced a move to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry for the 2014–15 season. Midway through the 2014–15 season, Coventry Ladies were forced out of the Ricoh Arena after the arrival of Wasps RFC to the Ricoh. They found themselves playing at the Bedworth Oval once again.

In July 2015 they merged with Coventry United and moved into the Butts Park Arena, home of Coventry R.F.C. where Coventry United play. April 2019 saw the side win the National League South, the third tier in the women's game, seing them gain promotion to the FA Womens Championship. There followed two hard-fought seasons in 2019/20 and 2020/21 where the club have established themselves in the FA Women's Championship with a 9th and 10th place finish respectively.

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