# 2024–25 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

The 2024–25 season was Nottingham Forest Women's seventh consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.
On 9 July 2024 it was announced that Nottingham Forest Women will become a full-time professional football club from the start of the 2025/26 season and that for the 2024/25 football season the first team will comprise 18 full-time professional players and a small number of part-time players. It was also announced that the 2024/25 season will be the first season where Nottingham Forest Women play all of their home matches at the City Ground.

## Squad information
### First team squad

    As of 3 February 2025
| 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 |
| 29 | Georgie Ferguson | (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 (age 22) | 11 August 2024 | Birmingham City |
| 38 | Holly Mears | (2006-01-16) 16 January 2006 (age 19) | 15 August 2024 | Leicester City |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Lyndsey Harkin | (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 33) | 1 February 2016 | Doncaster Rovers Belles |
| 3 | Nat Johnson | (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 (age 31) | 10 August 2023 | Lewes |
| 5 | Naomi Bedeau | - | 20 July 2024 | Newcastle United |
| 6 | Jessica Hennessy | (2001-10-01) 1 October 2001 (age 23) | 13 September 2024 | Shamrock Rovers |
| 16 | Mollie Green | (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 (age 27) | 5 August 2023 | Birmingham City |
| 18 | Caragh Hamilton | (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 (age 28) | 9 August 2024 | Lewes |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 4 | Kate Longhurst | (1989-05-02) 2 May 1989 (age 35) | 22 July 2024 | Charlton Athletic |
| 8 | Amy Sims | (1999-04-14) 14 April 1999 (age 25) | 25 June 2024 | Derby County |
| 10 | Holly Manders | (2001-04-28) 28 April 2001 (age 23) | 2 August 2023 | Sunderland |
| 15 | Hollie Olding | (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 (age 26) | 23 August 2024 | Lewes |
| 17 | Freya Thomas | (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 (age 23) | 7 August 2023 | Coventry United |
| 20 | Millie Chandarana | (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 28) | 17 July 2024 | Blackburn Rovers |
| 23 | Megan Bell | (2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 23) | 30 January 2025 | Rangers |
| 25 | Alice Keitley | (2003-07-04) 4 July 2003 (age 21) | 7 August 2024 | Aston Villa |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Sophie Domingo | (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 25) | 1 July 2022 | Derby County |
| 9 | Melissa Johnson | (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 (age 33) | 15 July 2024 | Charlton Athletic |
| 11 | Bridget Galloway | (1999-07-19) 19 July 1999 (age 25) | 6 August 2024 | Newcastle United |
| 12 | Holly Turner | (2000-09-08) 8 September 2000 (age 24) | 31 January 2025 | Hashtag United |
| 14 | Charlie Wellings | (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 (age 26) | 19 July 2024 | Reading |
| 19 | Sophie Haywood | (1996-01-10) 10 January 1996 (age 29) | 30 January 2025 | Newcastle United |
| 22 | Casey Howe | (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 (age 22) | 30 August 2024 | Athlone Town |
| 26 | Katie Dungate | (2004-08-26) 26 August 2004 (age 20) | 16 August 2024 | Birmingham City |

## Squad Changes
### Transfers In

| Date | Pos. | Player | From | Fee |
| 25 June 2024 | MF | Amy Sims | Derby County | Free agent |
| 15 July 2024 | FW | Melissa Johnson | Charlton Athletic | Free agent |
| 17 July 2024 | MF | Millie Chandarana | Blackburn Rovers | Free agent |
| 19 July 2024 | FW | Charlie Wellings | Reading | Free agent |
| 20 July 2024 | DF | Naomi Bedeau | Newcastle United | Free agent |
| 22 July 2024 | MF | Kate Longhurst | Charlton Athletic | Free agent |
| 6 August 2024 | FW | Bridget Galloway | Newcastle United | Free agent |
| 7 August 2024 | MF | Alice Keitley | Aston Villa | Free agent |
| 9 August 2024 | DF | Caragh Hamilton | Lewes | Free agent |
| 11 August 2024 | GK | Georgie Ferguson | Birmingham City | Free agent |
| 15 August 2024 | GK | Holly Mears | Leicester City | Free agent |
| 23 August 2024 | MF | Hollie Olding | Lewes | Free agent |
| 30 August 2024 | FW | Casey Howe | Athlone Town | Free agent |
| 13 September 2024 | DF | Jessica Hennessy | Shamrock Rovers | Free agent |
| 30 January 2025 | MF | Megan Bell | Rangers | Free agent |
| 31 January 2025 | FW | Holly Turner | Hashtag United | Free agent |

### Transfers Out

| Date | Pos. | Player | To | Fee |
| 1 August 2024 | FW | Charlotte Greengrass | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free agent |
| 24 August 2024 | MF | Becky Anderson | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free agent |
| 30 August 2024 | DF | Ella Haughey | West Bromwich Albion | Free agent |

### Loans In

| Date from | Pos. | Player | From | Duration | Ref. |
| 16 August 2024 | MF | Katie Dungate | Birmingham City | Season-long loan | |
| 30 January 2025 | FW | Sophie Haywood | Newcastle United | Six-month loan | |

### Loans Out

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

### Released

| Date | Pos. | Player | Subsequent club | Date signed |
| 30 June 2024 | GK | Aja Aguirre | | |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Olivia Cook | Stoke City | 2 August 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Chloe Dixon | | |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Lauren McMurchie | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2024 | FW | Mai Moncaster | Rugby Borough | 11 July 2024 |
| 30 June 2024 | DF | Laura-Jayne O'Neill | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2024 | MF | Niamh Reynolds | Peterborough United | 28 June 2024 |
| 8 October 2024 | DF | Hayley James | Peterborough United | 11 October 2024 |

### New contracts

| Date | Pos. | Player | Contract length |
| 20 June 2024 | DF | Nat Johnson | Two years |
| 21 June 2024 | MF | Freya Thomas | Two years |
| 28 June 2024 | GK | Emily Batty | One year |
| 28 June 2024 | MF | Mollie Green | One year |
| 11 July 2024 | FW | Sophie Domingo | One year |
| 11 July 2024 | MF | Holly Manders | One year |
| 13 August 2024 | DF | Hayley James | One year |
| 14 August 2024 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | One year |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## 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 | 18 August 2024 | | Matchday 1 | | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 5 | +55 | 083.33 |
| Women's FA Cup | 3 November 2024 | 13 January 2025 | First round | Fourth round | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 075.00 |
| WNL Cup | 29 August 2024 | 23 March 2025 | Determining round | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 100.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 99 | 8 | +91 | 085.19 |
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 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 5 | +55 | 48 | Promotion to Championship |
| 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 19 | +41 | 43 | |
| 3 | Stoke City | 19 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 43 | |
| 4 | Burnley | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 14 | +46 | 40 | |
| 5 | Rugby Borough | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 32 | |

#### 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 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | W | W | W | D | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Points | 3 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 45 | 48 |

#### 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 18 March 2025

### 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 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | 17 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Nat Johnson | 17 (1) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 (5) | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Kate Longhurst | 16 (2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 (4) | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Naomi Bedeau | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Jessica Hennessy | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 13 (4) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 (6) | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Amy Sims | 2 (13) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 (17) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Melissa Johnson | 15 (3) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 (6) | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Holly Manders | 2 (7) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 (11) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Bridget Galloway | 2 (6) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 (11) | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Holly Turner | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Charlie Wellings | 17 (1) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 24 (2) | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Hollie Olding | 13 (3) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 (3) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Mollie Green | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Freya Thomas | 15 (1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 (2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 (3) | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Caragh Hamilton | 11 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Sophie Haywood | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Millie Chandarana | 13 (4) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 (6) | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Hayley James | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Casey Howe | 4 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (4) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Megan Bell | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Alice Keitley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Katie Dungate | 1 (8) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (9) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Georgie Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | Holly Mears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 14 | FW | Charlie Wellings | 12 | 5 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Melissa Johnson | 13 | 2 | 3 | 18 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | Freya Thomas | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 4 | 11 | FW | Bridget Galloway | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Millie Chandarana | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 16 | DF | Mollie Green | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 3 | DF | Nat Johnson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | 15 | MF | Hollie Olding | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | 10 | MF | Holly Manders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | 4 | MF | Kate Longhurst | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | 26 | MF | Katie Dungate | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 22 | FW | Casey Howe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 8 | MF | Amy Sims | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 60 | 23 | 16 | 99 |

### Assists

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 7 | FW | Sophie Domingo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | 9 | FW | Melissa Johnson | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | 14 | FW | Charlie Wellings | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | 17 | MF | Freya Thomas | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | DF | Lyndsey Harkin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 22 | FW | Casey Howe | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 20 | MF | Millie Chandarana | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | 18 | DF | Caragh Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 8 | MF | Amy Sims | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | 26 | FW | Katie Dungate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | 10 | MF | Holly Manders | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | 19 | FW | Sophie Haywood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 11 | FW | Bridget Galloway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 21 | DF | Hayley James | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 33 | 3 | 13 | 49 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | Emily Batty | 13 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 2 | 29 | GK | Georgie Ferguson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 2 | 4 | 19 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Against | Result | Date | Competition |
| Melissa Johnson | Wolverhampton Wanderers (A) | 6 – 1 | 1 September 2024 | WNL Northern Premier Division |
| Sophie Domingo | Stourbridge (H) | 9 – 0 | 8 September 2024 | WNL Northern Premier Division |
| Bridget Galloway$^5$ | Long Itchington (A) | 19 – 0 | 1 December 2024 | Women's FA Cup |
| Freya Thomas$^5$ | Long Itchington (A) | 19 – 0 | 1 December 2024 | Women's FA Cup |
| Charlie Wellings | Long Itchington (A) | 19 – 0 | 1 December 2024 | Women's FA Cup |

## Awards
### e-on Player of the Month

Awarded by an online vote of supporters on the official Nottingham Forest F.C. website.
| Month | Player |
| August | Sophie Domingo |
| September | Melissa Johnson |
| October | Charlie Wellings |
| November | Millie Chandarana |
| January | Emily Batty |
| February | Melissa Johnson |