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GLANCE
AT THE
PAST
Eric Franklin looks back
Thrapston Town Ladies Football Club, of whom I am proud to be President, was formed at the beginning of the 2013/2014 season, the first manager being Mike Burrows who was replaced during the season by Ian Copeland and Andy Pendred.
also won the Northamptonshire County F.A. Ladies Plate, beating Hampton Ladies 2 – 1.
Just a few years later in the 2016/2017 season (above) they were league and cup double winners being unbeaten all season and earning
The first squad, some of whom are
shown in the first team photo (top),
was: Daniella Ashworth, Amelia
Boddington, Nancy Burrows, Hariana Cardoso, Victoria Carson, Kerryn
Copeland, Natalie Halliday, Evie
Harrison, Nicole Ingram, Chloe Jeffs,
Jenna Kiely, Bethan Nunley, Staci
Nunley, Cheryl Peachey, Hannah
Pendred, Becky Rayner, Caitlin Reed,
Emma Robinson, Alice Smyth, Erica Turner, Lauren Webster, Chelsea Wilkie and Emma Woodcraft. In their first season playing in the Northamptonshire Ladies and Girls League Division 2 they took first place, winning 12, drawing 1 and losing 1 game finishing with an impressive 37 out of a possible 42 points. They
several lean years and curtailed seasons due to Government restrictions, the 2021/2022 season looked much more promising under the new management of Danny Warren.
With many experienced ladies, some of whom were named in the first squad list, complementing our younger players we have
in the 2016/2017 season they were league and cup double winners
promotion from the County League into the National League system being admitted to the East Midlands Regional League Division 1 South, the sixth level of women’s football nationally, under the new management of Sam Anderson and Gary Halliday, where we remain. The squad under the management of Rob Hunter is shown (top right) in a team photo taken at Coalville Town just before lockdowns began. After
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