# Ipswich Town F.C. Women

Ipswich Town Football Club Women is a women's team affiliated with Ipswich Town Football Club. They currently compete in the FAWNL Southern Premier Division, the third tier of women's football in the country. They play their home games at Dellwood Avenue in Felixstowe, the home of Felixstowe & Walton United.
On 19 February 2024, it was announced that Ipswich Town Women would play their first ever game at Portman Road for the game on 23 March 2024 against Chatham Town, with all four stands being open for ticket sales. They went on to win the game 5-0 in front of an attendance of 10,173. On 19 November 2024, it was announced that Ipswich Town Women would return to Portman Road for the upcoming game on 23 March 2025 against Plymouth.
For the 2023 season, Ipswich Town F.C. Women continue to benefit from local partnerships, including an extended shorts sponsorship agreement with Mortgagemove for a fifth season. The Ipswich-based mortgage sourcing specialist's logo appears on first-team and replica shorts, a partnership that began in 2018.

## Records and statistics
### Player records

* Most appearances: Natasha Thomas, 233 (2015–present)
* Most overall goals: Natasha Thomas, 164 (2015–present)
* Most goals in a season: Natasha Thomas, 28 goals in the 2015–16 season

#### International

* First international appearance: Natasha Thomas for Jamaica against France on 25 October 2024
* Most international caps: Natasha Thomas, 1 (Jamaica)

### Club records
#### Matches

* Record league win: 13–0 against Milton Keynes Dons, Southern Premier Division, 27 October 2024
* Record FA Cup win: 12–0 against Milton Keynes Dons, first round, 3 November 2024
* Record league defeat: 9–0 against Millwall Lionessess, Southern Division, 22 March 2009
* Record FA Cup defeat: 10–0 against Manchester City, fifth round, 16 February 2020

#### Goals

* Most league goals scored in a season: 76 in 22 matches, Division One South East, 2017–18
* Fewest league goals scored in a season: 19 in 22 matches, Southern Division, 2008–09
* Most league goals conceded in a season: 84 in 22 matches, Southern Division, 2004–05
* Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 11 in 22 matches, Southern Premier Division, 2022–23

#### Points

* Most points in a season: 58 (in 26 games in 2021–22, Southern Premier Division)
* Fewest points in a season: 8 (in 22 games in 2004–05, Southern Division)

#### Attendances

Most attendance records before the 2016–17 season are missing
* Highest attendance at a home match:
** Dellwood Avenue: 2,000 (against West Ham), FA Cup quarter-finals, 20 March 2022 (before 16/17 season missing)
** Portman Road: 10,173 (against Chatham Town), Southern Premier Division, 23 March 2024
* Lowest attendance at a home match:
** Dellwood Avenue: 16 (against Actonians LFC), Division One South East, 8 January 2017
** Portman Road:

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 15 March 2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Natalia Negri |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Maria Boswell (captain) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Summer Hughes |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Charlotte Fleming |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Grace Garrad |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Leah Mitchell |
| 7 | FW | JAM | Natasha Thomas |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Kyra Robertson |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Lucy O'Brien |
| 14 | FW | ENG | Lucy Watson (on loan from Chelsea) |
| 15 | FW | ENG | Ruby Seaby (Dual Registration with Arsenal) |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Elkie Bowyer (Dual Registration with Tottenham Hotspur) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | ENG | Sophie Peskett |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Ruby Doe (Dual Registration with West Ham United) |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Ella Rutherford |
| 20 | DF | SCO | Megan Wearing |
| 21 | DF | ENG | Maisy Barker |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Evie Williams |
| 23 | MF | ENG | Shauna Guyatt |
| 24 | FW | ENG | Angela Addison |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Erin Williams |
| 31 | GK | ENG | Laura Hartley |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Issy Bryant (at Oxford United until 31 May 2025) |
| 13 | GK | PHI | Nina Meollo (at AFC Sudbury until 31 May 2025) |

### Former players
## Club officials
### Non-coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| General Manager | Rachel Harris |
| Media & Communications Manager | Kieren Standley |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Joe Sheehan |
| Assistant Manager | Lauren Phillips |
| Head of Goalkeeping | Paul Walker |
| Assistant Coach | Phoebe Webb |
| Head of Performance | Nicola Stolworthy |
| Sports Therapist(s) | David Smith/Sophie Wright |

## Women's Player of the Year

Women's Player of the Year :
| Year | Name |
| 2021–22 | Bonnie Horwood |
| 2022–23 | Megan Wearing |
| 2023–24 | Sophie Peskett |

## Honours
### Domestic

* FA Women's National League South
    Runners-up: 2022-23
* FA Women's National League South East Division
    Promotion: Ipswich were top of the league in both the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no teams were promoted or relegated. Ipswich won promotion to the National League South via application at the end of the 2020-21 season.