Sheffield United Women Football Club is an

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club based in

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. The club currently play in the .

History

In his role as

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history ...

's Community Officer, Tony Currie founded a female team called Sheffield Hallam United in 1993. When this team folded after five seasons, one of Currie's coaches Andy Keenan began hosting sessions for

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girls in

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. Despite only five players attending the first training session, they entered a local youth league in 1998–99 as Sheffield United Community Girls. In 2002, an adult East Midlands Regional Women's Football League club called Sheffield Inter (formerly Inter Owls) were close to folding and Sheffield United Community Girls and Ladies successfully bid to take their place in 2002–03. Under new manager Derek Baxby the club finished 5th in its first season, 3rd in its second season and then finished as runners-up to

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in 2004–05. Inspired by 75-goal striker

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, the club secured

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to the

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in 2005–06. In July 2022 it was announced that all league and cup matches in the 2022–23 season would be played at

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. In December 2024, it was announced that COH Sports had completed the purchase of Blades Leisure Ltd., the company that owned the team. It was reported that COH Sports had been created by a group of American investors.

Players

Current squad

Former players

References

External links

Official site
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