# 2017–18 Reading F.C. Women season
## Season events

On 16 August, Reading signed Fara Williams from Arsenal Women to a two-year contract.
On 3 January, Reading signed Natasha Harding from Liverpool to a long-term contract.

## Squad

    As of match played 20 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Mary Earps | GK | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 25) | Bristol Academy | 2016 | 2018 | | |
| 21 | Grace Moloney | GK | (1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 25) | Academy | 2009 | | 120 | 0 |
| | Rose Kite | GK | (2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Becky Jane | DF | (1996-08-06)6 August 1996 (aged 21) | Chelsea | 2011 | 2019 | | |
| 3 | Harriet Scott | DF | (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 (aged 25) | Academy | 2009 | 2018 | | |
| 5 | Molly Bartrip | DF | (1996-06-01)1 June 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | | | |
| 6 | Kirsty Pearce (captain) | DF | (1987-04-19)19 April 1987 (aged 31) | Portsmouth | 2014 | 2018 | | |
| 15 | Anna Green | DF | (1990-08-20)20 August 1990 (aged 27) | Mallbackens | 2017 | | | |
| 22 | Jo Potter | DF | (1984-11-13)13 November 1984 (aged 33) | Notts County Ladies | 2017 | | | |
| 37 | Evie Gane | DF | (1999-12-10)10 December 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Fara Williams | MF | (1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 35) | Arsenal | 2017 | 2019 | | |
| 7 | Rachel Furness | MF | (1988-06-19)19 June 1988 (aged 29) | Sunderland | 2017 | | | |
| 8 | Remi Allen | MF | (1990-10-15)15 October 1990 (aged 27) | Birmingham City | 2016 | | | |
| 18 | Jade Moore | MF | (1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 27) | Notts County Ladies | 2017 | | | |
| 20 | Natasha Harding | MF | (1989-03-02)2 March 1989 (aged 30) | Liverpool | 2018 | | 13 | 0 |
| 23 | Rachel Rowe | MF | (1992-09-13)13 September 1992 (aged 25) | Swansea City | 2015 | | 71 | 7 |
| 25 | Tamsin de Bunsen | MF | (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| 34 | Sophie O'Rourke | MF | (1999-06-03)3 June 1999 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| 36 | Emma Harries | MF | (2002-03-29)29 March 2002 (aged 16) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| | Niamh Reynolds | MF | (2001-10-31)31 October 2001 (aged 16) | Academy | 2017 | | | |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Kirsty Linnett | FW | (1993-09-24)24 September 1993 (aged 24) | Notts County | 2017 | | | |
| 10 | Lauren Bruton | FW | (1992-11-22)22 November 1992 (aged 25) | Arsenal | 2013 | 2018 | | |
| 19 | Brooke Chaplen | FW | (1989-04-16)16 April 1989 (aged 29) | Sunderland | 2017 | | | |
| 20 | Melissa Fletcher | FW | (1992-01-28)28 January 1992 (aged 26) | Academy | 2008 | 2018 | | |
| Out on loan ||||||||||
| 17 | Charlie Estcourt | MF | (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 19) | Chelsea | 2015 | | | |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 14 | Mandy van den Berg | DF | (1990-08-26)26 August 1990 (aged 27) | Liverpool | 2017 | | | |
* ↑ Age as of the end of the season

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 16 August 2017 | MF | | Fara Williams | Arsenal | Undisclosed | |
| 3 January 2018 | MF | | Natasha Harding | Liverpool | Undisclosed | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 8 January 2018 | DF | | Mandy van den Berg | Valencia | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Harriet Scott | Birmingham City | 15 August 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | DF | Anna Green | Capital Football | |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Sophie O'Rourke | Grindavík | |
| 30 June 2018 | FW | Kirsty Linnett | Liverpool | 11 August 2018 |

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | W | D | W | D | L | D | L | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | D |

#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chelsea (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 44 | 13 | +31 | 44 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 2 | Manchester City (Q) | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 51 | 17 | +34 | 38 | Qualification for the Champions League |
| 3 | Arsenal | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | +20 | 37 | |
| 4 | Reading | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 18 | +22 | 32 | |
| 5 | Birmingham City | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 30 | |
| 6 | Liverpool | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 28 | |
| 7 | Sunderland (R) | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 16 | Did not apply for a licence, Relegated to the FA Women's National League |
| 8 | Bristol City | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 47 | −34 | 16 | |
| 9 | Everton | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 30 | −11 | 14 | |
| 10 | Yeovil Town | 18 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 54 | −52 | 2 | |

### FA WSL Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Reading | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 12 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 2 | Arsenal | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 | Advance to Knock-out stage |
| 3 | Watford | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 4 | |
| 4 | Millwall Lionesses | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | London Bees | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 2 | |

#### Knockout stage
## Squad statistics

    As of match played 20 May 2018

### Appearances

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA WSL Cup | FA WSL Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Mary Earps | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Becky Jane | 11 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IRL | Harriet Scott | 12 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Fara Williams | 24 | 10 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Molly Bartrip | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Kirsty Pearce | 23 | 4 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | NIR | Rachel Furness | 23 | 6 | 13+4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Remi Allen | 24 | 9 | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Kirsty Linnett | 19 | 3 | 3+10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Lauren Bruton | 24 | 5 | 16+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 11 | FW | WAL | Melissa Fletcher | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NZL | Anna Green | 10 | 1 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Jade Moore | 14 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Brooke Chaplen | 24 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 4 |
| 20 | MF | WAL | Natasha Harding | 13 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | IRL | Grace Moloney | 10 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ENG | Jo Potter | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | WAL | Rachel Rowe | 24 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4+2 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | ENG | Tamsin de Bunsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | WAL | Evie Gane | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away from the club on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season: ||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | NED | Mandy van den Berg | 6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | WSL | FA Cup | FA WSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | | 19 | Brooke Chaplen | 8 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | | 4 | Fara Williams | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | MF | | 8 | Remi Allen | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | | 7 | Rachel Furness | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | MF | | 23 | Rachel Rowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | | 10 | Lauren Bruton | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | DF | | 6 | Kirsty Pearce | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | FW | | 9 | Kirsty Linnett | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | | 18 | Jade Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 5 | Molly Bartrip | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | | 15 | Anna Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 0 | 18 | 58 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | WSL | FA Cup | FA WSL Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Mary Earps | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | | 21 | Grace Moloney | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
Earps & Moloney both played in Reading's 2-0 victory over Sunderland on 29 April 2018

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Nation | Position | Name | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA WSL Cup | FA WSL Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | | GK | Mary Earps | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | | MF | Fara Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | | DF | Molly Bartrip | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | | DF | Kirsty Pearce | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | | MF | Rachel Furness | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | | MF | Remi Allen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | | FW | Lauren Bruton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | | MF | Jade Moore | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | | FW | Brooke Chaplen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | | MF | Natasha Harding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | | GK | Grace Moloney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | | DF | Jo Potter | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | | MF | Rachel Rowe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Reading during the season: ||||||||||||
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 34 | 2 |