Loughborough Lightning - Femenino
Wikipedia - Loughborough Foxes W.F.C.
Loughborough Foxes Women & Girls Football Club is a football club based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the FA Women's National League North and play at the Loughborough University Stadium.
History
The club was founded in 1999 as Shepshed Foxes by Gail and Paul Fox, who wanted to give girls in the surrounding area an opportunity to play football, before becoming Loughborough Foxes in 2002.
After playing in local leagues for much of the first 15 years of their history, Loughborough were promoted to the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division (the 3rd tier of women's football) for the first time in 2015 from the Midlands Division One but would suffer relegation back to the 4th tier after just one season. The Foxes returned to the now renamed FA Women's National League in 2018 having secured promotion and the Midlands Division One title with a record of 21 wins and 1 draw from 22 games.
In January 2019, Loughborough Foxes player and junior team coach Molly Webb died aged 25, with Director of Football Steve Wilkinson describing her as "a joy to spend time with; she was vibrant, enthusiastic, a motivator and someone you want in your team whatever the situation.". The Foxes would end their first season back at the third tier of women's football in 7th place in the 2018–19 FA Women's National League Southern Division before being realigned to the Northern Division for the following season.
El club ha ganado la FA Women's Premier League Cup en dos ocasiones, en 2007 y 2008. También ganó la FA Women's Southern Premier League en 2009. En 2018, el club ascendió a la FA Women's Championship.
Los colores tradicionales del club son el azul y el blanco. El escudo del club es un león rampante sosteniendo un balón de fútbol.
El estadio del club es el Loughborough University Stadium. El estadio tiene una capacidad de 8.000 espectadores.
Loughborough Lightning Femenino tiene una rivalidad con el Leicester City Women's Football Club. Los dos equipos son conocidos como las "East Midlands Foxes".
Algunas de las jugadoras más notables que han jugado en Loughborough Lightning Femenino son:
* Eniola Aluko
* Isobel Christiansen
* Laura Bassett
* Jade Moore
* Toni Duggan
Loughborough Lightning Femenino es un club de fútbol femenino con una rica historia. El club ha ganado varios trofeos y ha jugado en el más alto nivel del fútbol femenino inglés. El club tiene una base de fans apasionada y es un contribuidor valioso al fútbol femenino inglés.