Barnsley Women's Football Club is an
English Women's Football Women's football most often refers to:
* Women's association football
Women's football may also refer to:
* Women's gridiron football
* Women's Australian rules football
* Ladies' Gaelic football
* Women's rugby league
* Women's rugby union
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Club based in
Barnsley
Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ...
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South Yorkshire, England. The club currently plays in the , the fourth tier of the
English women's football league system.
History
The club was formed in 1982, under the name 'Barnsley Ladies Football Club’. The club used this name for 34 years until the end of the 2016/17 Season, when it changed its name to 'Barnsley FC Ladies’ for the following two seasons until the end of 2018/19. On 16 March 2018, Barnsley Women's Football Club Limited took over the club and changed its name to 'Barnsley Women’s Football Club’.
In 2019/20 Barnsley Women had their best ever FA Cup run when they reached the fourth round of the Women's FA Cup, losing 5-0 away to professional side Tottenham Hotspur Women in an exciting match on Sunday 26 January 2020.
On Sunday 27 November 2022, Barnsley Women played against Newcastle Women at St. James' Park in the 2nd Round of the Women's FA Cup in front of a crowd of 28,585. This was the largest attendance for a Women's FA Cup match, other than for Finals played at Wembley.
The club's reserve team currently plays in the
FA Women's National League
The FA Women's National League is a group of six football divisions which sit at the third and fourth tiers of women's football in England.
Founded in 1991 as the WFA National League, the league was run by the Women's Football Association, before ...
Reserve Northern Division. The club's junior teams play in the
Sheffield & Hallamshire Women & Girls Leagues.
Season-by-season record
References
External links
Official site
{{Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA
Women's football clubs in England
Football clubs in South Yorkshire
Sheffield & Hallamshire County FA members