# 2022–23 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Nottingham Forest Women's fifth consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.
The club won the FA Womens National League Northern Premier Division, but failed to gain promotion to the Women's Championship having lost in the Championship Play Off final to Watford.
Forest also won the FA Women's National League Cup, beating Watford 3-2 in the final.

## Squad information
### First team squad

    As of 7 October 2022
| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Since | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Emily Batty | (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 26) | 18 July 2021 | Sheffield United |
| 18 | Aja Aguirre | (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 33) | 1 July 2019 | Aston Villa |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Lyndsey Harkin | (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 33) | 1 February 2016 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 3 | Georgia Hewitt | (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30) | 1 August 2018 | Derby County |
| 4 | Lauren Purchase | (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 20) | 9 August 2022 | Aston Villa |
| 5 | Olivia Cook | (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23) | 1 July 2019 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 14 | Arryana Daniels | (2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 (age 23) | 1 September 2021 | Temple Owls |
| 15 | Laura-Jayne O'Neill | (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 29) | 1 July 2017 | Notts County |
| 21 | Hayley James | (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29) | 1 August 2020 | Leicester City |
| 32 | Emily Jacobs | (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) | - | Academy |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Charlotte Steggles | (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) | 1 August 2020 | Leicester City |
| 11 | Amy West | (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27) | 8 July 2021 | Aston Villa |
| 12 | Niamh Reynolds | (2001-10-31) 31 October 2001 (age 23) | 1 August 2020 | Reading |
| 17 | Rosetta Taylor | (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 24) | 7 October 2022 | Valencia |
| 19 | Becky Anderson | - | 2 July 2021 | Coventry United |
| 23 | MacKenzie Smith | (2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 19) | 27 July 2022 | Leicester City |
| 27 | Naomi Powell | (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25) | 28 July 2021 | NC State Wolfpack |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Sophie Domingo | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) | 1 July 2022 | Derby County |
| 8 | Mai Moncaster | (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 23) | 1 September 2019 | Leicester City |
| 9 | Yasmin Mosby | (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 26) | 8 August 2022 | Concord Mountain Lions |
| 10 | Iris Achterhof | (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27) | 30 July 2022 | Sunderland |
| 16 | Gianna Mitchell | - | 1 February 2022 | Florida State Seminoles |
| 22 | Charlotte Greengrass | - | 1 September 2020 | Aston Villa |

## Squad Changes
### Transfers In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 30 July 2022 | FW | Iris Achterhof | Sunderland | Free agent |
| 8 August 2022 | FW | Yasmin Mosby | Concord Mountain Lions | Free agent |
| 12 August 2022 | FW | Sophie Domingo | Derby County | Free agent |
| 7 October 2022 | MF | Rosetta Taylor | Valencia | Free agent |

### Transfers Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee | Ref. |

### Loans In

| Date from | Pos. | Player | From | Duration | Ref. |
| 27 July 2022 | MF | MacKenzie Smith | Leicester City | Season-long loan | |
| 9 August 2022 | DF | Lauren Purchase | Aston Villa | Season-long loan | |
* ↑ dual-registration loan
* ↑ dual-registration loan

### Loans Out

| Date from | Pos. | Player | To | Duration | Ref. |

### Released

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Date signed |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Rosie Axten | Stoke City | |
| 30 June 2022 | MF | Sophie Bramford | Stoke City | 8 July 2022 |
| 30 June 2022 | DF | Rachel Brown | Sheffield United | 5 July 2022 |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Lagan Makin | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2022 | FW | Katie Middleton | Loughborough Lightning | |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Player | Contract length | Ref. |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| WNL Northern Premier Division | 21 August 2022 | 20 May 2023 | Matchday 1 | Winners | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 18 | +63 | 077.27 |
| Women's FA Cup | 13 November 2022 | 8 January 2023 | First round | Third round | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 066.67 |
| WNL Cup | 25 September 2022 | 23 April 2023 | Determining round | Winners | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 31 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 114 | 28 | +86 | 080.65 |
Source: Soccerway

### FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nottingham Forest (C) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 18 | +63 | 54 | Championship play-off |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 61 | 17 | +44 | 54 | |
| 3 | Burnley | 22 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 66 | 28 | +38 | 52 | |
| 4 | Derby County | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 50 | 32 | +18 | 38 | |
| 5 | Brighouse Town | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 31 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Soccerway

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | H | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | A | A | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | D | W |
| Position | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 31 | 34 | 37 | 40 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 50 | 51 | 54 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Women's FA Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### FA Women's National League Cup
#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Statistics

    As of 25 July 2023

### Overall

| No. | Pos. | Player | League | League | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Emily Batty | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Georgia Hewitt | 12 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Lauren Purchase | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Olivia Cook | 19 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 (3) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Charlotte Steggles | 21 (1) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 (3) | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 19 (1) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 (4) | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Mai Moncaster | 15 (4) | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 (7) | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Yasmin Mosby | 9 (8) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 (8) | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Iris Achterhof | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Amy West | 17 (3) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (3) | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Niamh Reynolds | 9 (8) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 (15) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Arryana Daniels | 8 (10) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 (12) | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Laura-Jayne O'Neill | 7 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Gianna Mitchell | 2 (15) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 (18) | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Rosetta Taylor | 0 (12) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (18) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Aja Aguirre | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Becky Anderson | 22 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 28 (2) | 8 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Hayley James | 14 (2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 (4) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Charlotte Greengrass | 22 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 (3) | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MacKenzie Smith | 0 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Naomi Powell | 2 (18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (22) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | Emily Jacobs | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | FW | Charlotte Greengrass | 17 | 0 | 5 | 22 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Yasmin Mosby | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | 6 | MF | Charlotte Steggles | 10 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | 8 | FW | Mai Moncaster | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | Becky Anderson | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | Amy West | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | 14 | DF | Arryana Daniels | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | 16 | FW | Gianna Mitchell | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 9 | 17 | MF | Rosetta Taylor | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | 12 | MF | Niamh Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | Olivia Cook | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | Georgia Hewitt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 15 | DF | Laura-Jayne O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 21 | DF | Hayley James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 2 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | 10 | FW | Iris Achterhof | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 81 | 11 | 22 | 114 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 2 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | 21 | DF | Hayley James | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 16 | FW | Gianna Mitchell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | 22 | FW | Charlotte Greengrass | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | MF | Charlotte Steggles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | Yasmin Mosby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 19 | MF | Becky Anderson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 8 | FW | Mai Moncaster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | 12 | MF | Niamh Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | 23 | MF | MacKenzie Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | 14 | DF | Arryana Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 5 | DF | Olivia Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 3 | DF | Georgia Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 15 | DF | Laura-Jayne O'Neill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 17 | MF | Rosetta Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 31 | 1 | 10 | 42 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Emily Batty | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 18 | GK | Aja Aguirre | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 1 | 2 | 14 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Amy West | Wem Town (A) | 5 – 1 | 27 November 2022 | Women's FA Cup |
| Yasmin Mosby | AFC Fylde (A) | 12 – 1 | 15 January 2023 | WNL Northern Premier Division |
| Charlotte Greengrass | Boldmere St. Michaels (H) | 4 – 0 | 19 February 2023 | WNL Northern Premier Division |