Liverpool FC Women

Liverpool FC Women are a founding member of the Women’s Super League and one of the division’s most successful sides. The club has origins dating back to 1989 and has also been associated with the men’s Liverpool team since 1994. While the 2022/23 campaign also marked the club’s return to the top-flight.

Club name

Liverpool FC Women took on their current name in July 2018 following a third rebranding of the club first established in 1989. The Reds’ Ladies had adopted the name Liverpool FC Ladies back in 1994 as a sign of the club first linking with the men’s Reds team. Liz Deighan originally founded the club back in 1989.

Founded as: Newton Ladies FC (1989-1991)

Name changed: Knowsley United WFC (1991-1994)

Name changed: Liverpool Ladies FC (1994-2018)

Current name: Liverpool FC Women (2018-present)

Nickname: The Reds’ Ladies, LFC Women

Liverpool FC Women founding year

Former England international Deighan established the club now known as Liverpool FC Women back in 1989 as Newton Ladies FC. The team later took on the name of Knowsley United WFC in 1991 as they became a founding member of the Women’s Football Association’s (WFA) National Premier Division.

Home stadium

Liverpool FC Women confirmed in May 2024 that the Reds’ female squad had reached a 10-year lease agreement to play their home games at St Helens Stadium starting in the 2024/25 season. The Merseyside outfit’s women’s side also play a select few games a term at Anfield.

As part of the agreement, St Helens Stadium also installed a brand-new, high-performance Premier League-standard pitch. LFC Women also have access to exclusive player facilities at the ground owned and still used by St. Helens RFC, who play their rugby games on the pitch.

The move to St Helens Stadium also gave LFC Women their own bespoke changing rooms for the first time. LFC Women had previously played their home games at Prenton Park since 2018 after replacing Liverpool’s academy squad in co-sharing Tranmere Rovers’ stadium.

LFC Women had also previously played their home games at DCBL Stadium. The Reds’ female team used the ground, once known as Lowerhouse Lane and the Halton Stadium, between 2013 and 2018 after leaving the West Lancashire College Stadium.

Current stadium: St Helens Stadium (2024-2034 expected)

Previous stadium: Prenton Park (2018-2024)

Other stadiums: Anfield (2019-present)

St Helens Stadium capacity: 18,000

Training ground

Liverpool FC Women opened the AXA Melwood Training Centre as the team’s new training ground in September 2023. It is also the base for the Reds’ female Pro Game Academy to provide the club’s next generation of stars with first-class facilities from the outdoor pitches to a state-of-the-art gym.

The Merseyside outfit bought Melwood back in June 2023 having initially sold the site in 2019 before the club’s men’s team moved out in 2020. Liverpool have since sought to upgrade the facilities across the AXA Melwood Training Centre so their women’s team have floodlit pitches.

Location: Deysbrook Lane, Melwood Drive, Liverpool, L12 8SY

Liverpool FC Women current league

Liverpool FC Women returned to the Women’s Super League from the 2022/23 campaign. The Reds’ Ladies secured their promotion back to the top-flight of the women’s game as the champions of the FA Women’s Championship. They had endured relegation from the top-flight during the 2019/20 season.

Only Chelsea FC Women and Arsenal WFC have yet won the Women’s Super League title more often than Liverpool FC Women. The Reds’ Ladies were one of the division’s founding eight members in 2011. They would also go on to win the top-flight title in back-to-back campaigns over the 2013 and 2014 seasons.

Current league: Women’s Super League (2022-present)

Previous league: FA Women’s Championship (2020-2022)

Liverpool FC Women current manager

Matt Beard is the current manager of Liverpool FC Women after returning to the team in May 2021. He had previously coached the Reds’ Ladies to their successive Women’s Super League titles before leaving the club in 2015. The team would win the FA Women’s Championship in his first season back in charge.

His first spell also saw Liverpool FC Women feature in the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the first time. While his time away from the Reds’ Ladies saw Beard take charge of the now-dissolved US team Boston Breakers before enjoying spells in charge of West Ham United Women and Bristol City Women.

Current manager: Matt Beard (2021-present)

Liverpool FC Women contact details

Website: www.liverpoolfc.com/news?categoryId=196

Contact numbers: Full list here

Email: [email protected]

Address: Prenton Park (Tranmere Rovers FC), Prenton Road, Wirral, Birkenhead, CH42 9PY

Liverpool FC Women tickets

Fans wishing to attend Liverpool FC Women games can purchase tickets online on the Reds’ Ladies’ designated website. The Merseyside outfit also sell away coach travel through their site. Tickets for Liverpool FC Women’s matches at Prenton Park must be bought in advance with none on the gate.

Liverpool make tickets available for their women’s side around three weeks in advance of any game. While seating is allocated when booking, with tickets available in the Bebington Paddock and Town Paddock stands. The Reds’ Ladies also sell cup tickets as and when they advance in any relevant competition.  

Parking at Liverpool FC Women’s home matches at Prenton Park is free on matchdays. But fans may have to pay a toll charge depending on their route to the ground as the Mersey Gateway Bridge uses a free-flow, camera-operated tolling system and the Mersey Tunnel also uses cash-operated tolling booths.

Website: www.liverpoolfc.com/women-tickets