# 2018–19 Everton L.F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is Everton Ladies Football Club's second season competing in the FA Women's Super League since being promoted after winning the 2017 WSL2 Spring Series, and being one of the league's foundation clubs.
Ahead of the 2018–19 season, Everton announced that they would play the first half of the season at Merseyrail Community Stadium.

## Review

After going winless in the league for the first six matches reaching bottom of the table, Everton sacked longtime manager Andy Spence and appointed goalkeeper coach, Jennifer Herst, as interim manager. On 1 December Willie Kirk was announced as manager for the Ladies first team.

## First team

    As of 7 February 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Kirstie Levell |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Faye Bryson |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham |
| 5 | DF | NED | Siri Worm |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George |
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah |
| 8 | MF | NED | Inessa Kaagman |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | MF | WAL | Angharad James |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Abbey-Leigh Stringer |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Hannah Cain |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Olivia Chance |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan |
| 22 | MF | NED | Dominique Bruinenberg |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Emma Brownlie |
| 25 | GK | SCO | Becky Flaherty |
| 28 | MF | WAL | Elise Hughes |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Willie Kirk |
| Assistant Coach | Chris Roberts |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jennifer Herst |

## Transfers
### In

| Entry date | Pos | No. | Player | From club | Fee |
| 22 May 2018 | MF | 8 | Inessa Kaagman | AFC jax | N/A |
| 3 July 2018 | MF | 22 | Dominique Bruinenberg | Sunderland | N/A |
| 25 July 2018 | FW | 16 | Hannah Cain | Sheffield | N/A |
| 2 August 2018 | MF | 13 | Abbey-Leigh Stringer | Birmingham City | N/A |
| 2 August 2018 | GK | 25 | Becky Flaherty | Liverpool | N/A |
| 24 January 2019 | DF | 24 | Emma Brownlie | Hibernian L.F.C. | N/A |

### Out

| Exit date | Pos | No. | Player | To club | Fee |
| 22 June 2018 | MF | 14 | Marthe Munsterman | AFC Ajax | N/A |
| 8 June 2018 | GK | 13 | Lizzie Durack | Chelsea | N/A |
| 13 July 2018 | MF | 21 | Mollie Green | Manchester United | N/A |
| 14 July 2018 | FW | 18 | Courtney Sweetman-Kirk | Liverpool L.F.C. | N/A |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | 8 | Jodie Brett | Brighton & Hove Albion | Undisclosed fee |

### Loan Out

| Exit date | Pos | No. | Player | To club | Fee | Ref. |
| 24 January 2019 | FW | 9 | Claudia Walker | Birmingham City | N/A | |

## Competitions
### Women's Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | West Ham United | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 23 | |
| 8 | Liverpool | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 22 | |
| 9 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 16 | |
| 10 | Everton | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 12 | |
| 11 | Yeovil Town (R) | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 60 | −49 | −3 | Relegation to the Championship |
* ↑ Yeovil Town deducted 10 points for entering administration.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 15 May 2019. Source: ELFC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | L | L | D | D | L | L | L | L | W | L | L | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |

#### Matches
### FA WSL Cup

Everton was drawn into Group Two North for the 2018–19 FA WSL Cup. Despite opening the tournament with a win over Reading, Everton was officially eliminated from qualifying to the Quarter Finals after a home loss to Manchester United.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | WPEN | LPEN | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MNU | REA | EVE | DUR | LIV |
| 1 | Manchester United | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | — |
| 2 | Reading | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 7 | Advance to knock-out stage | — | — | — | 4–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Everton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | | 0–3 | 3–2 | — | — | — |
| 4 | Durham | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | — | — | 1–0 | — | 3–3 |
| 5 | Liverpool | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 | | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | — | — |

### FA Cup
## Statistics

    As of 1 May 2019
    Players without any appearance are not included.
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | FA WSL | FA WSL | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Kirstie Levell | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | SCO | Becky Flaherty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders: ||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Faye Bryson | 12 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Danielle Turner | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ENG | Georgia Brougham | 21 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | NED | Siri Worm | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Gabrielle George | 21 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Taylor Hinds | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | SCO | Emma Brownlie | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | NED | Inessa Kaagman | 21 | 5 | 15+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | WAL | Angharad James | 22 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | ENG | Abbey-Leigh Stringer | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Olivia Chance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Megan Finnigan | 21 | 0 | 16+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | NED | Dominique Bruinenberg | 18 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | WAL | Elise Hughes | 12 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards: ||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ENG | Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah | 20 | 3 | 7+8 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ENG | Claudia Walker | 13 | 3 | 4+5 | 1 | 3+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NIR | Simone Magill | 20 | 3 | 14+1 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ENG | Chloe Kelly | 14 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ENG | Hannah Cain | 11 | 2 | 5+6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* Source: