2025–26 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
2025–26 season
ChairmanNicholas Randall KC
Head CoachCarly Davies
StadiumCity Ground, West Bridgford
Grange Park, Long Eaton
Women's Super League 2-
Women's FA Cup-
Women's League Cup-

The 2025–26 season was Nottingham Forest Women's first season in the Women's Super League 2, which stands at level two of the women's football league pyramid.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 19 August 2025[1]
No. Name Nat. Date of birth (Age) Since Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Emily Batty England (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 18 July 2021 England Sheffield United
29 Georgie Ferguson England (2002-10-29) 29 October 2002 11 August 2024 England Birmingham City
Sophia Poor England (2006-06-25) 25 June 2006 8 August 2025 England London City Lionesses
Defenders
3 Nat Johnson Northern Ireland (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 10 August 2023 England Lewes
16 Mollie Green England (1997-08-04) 4 August 1997 5 August 2023 England Birmingham City
18 Caragh Hamilton Northern Ireland (1996-10-18) 18 October 1996 9 August 2024 England Lewes
Georgia Brougham England (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 23 July 2025 England London City Lionesses
Chloe Mustaki Republic of Ireland (1995-07-29) 29 July 1995 10 July 2025 England Bristol City
Kirsty Smith Scotland (1994-01-06) 6 January 1994 14 July 2025 England West Ham United
Jessie Stapleton Republic of Ireland (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 28 July 2025 England West Ham United
Midfielders
15 Hollie Olding England (1999-01-03) 3 January 1999 23 August 2024 England Lewes
17 Freya Thomas England (2001-10-28) 28 October 2001 7 August 2023 England Coventry United
Amy Rodgers Scotland (2000-05-04) 4 May 2000 2 July 2025 England Bristol City
Rachel Rowe Wales (1992-09-13) 13 September 1992 19 August 2025 England Southampton
Forwards
9 Melissa Johnson Jamaica (1991-08-11) 11 August 1991 15 July 2024 England Charlton Athletic
14 Charlie Wellings England (1998-05-18) 18 May 1998 19 July 2024 England Reading
22 Casey Howe Northern Ireland (2002-09-02) 2 September 2002 30 August 2024 Republic of Ireland Athlone Town
Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah Ghana (1995-09-08) 8 September 1995 12 August 2025 England London City Lionesses
Aimee Claypole England (2005-11-08) 8 November 2005 11 August 2025 England Chelsea
Deanne Rose Canada (1999-03-03) 3 March 1999 19 August 2025 England Leicester City

Squad Changes

Transfers In

Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
2 July 2025 MF Amy Rodgers Bristol City Free agent [2]
10 July 2025 DF Chloe Mustaki Bristol City Free agent [3]
14 July 2025 DF Kirsty Smith West Ham United Free agent [4]
23 July 2025 DF Georgia Brougham London City Lionesses Free agent [5]
1 August 2025 FW Aimee Claypole Chelsea Free agent [6]
12 August 2025 FW Chantelle Boye-Hlorkah London City Lionesses Free agent [7]
19 August 2025 MF Rachel Rowe Southampton Free agent [8]
19 August 2025 FW Deanne Rose Leicester City Free agent [9]

Transfers Out

Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loans In

Date from Pos. Player From Duration Ref.
28 July 2025 DF Jessie Stapleton West Ham United Season-long loan [10]
8 August 2025 GK Sophia Poor London City Lionesses Season-long loan [11]

Loans Out

Date from Pos. Player To Duration Ref.

Released

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Date signed Ref.
30 June 2025 DF Naomi Bedeau Oxford United 2 July 2025 [12] [13]
30 June 2025 MF Megan Bell Linfield 26 July 2025 [12] [14]
30 June 2025 MF Millie Chandarana Burnley 28 July 2025 [12] [15]
30 June 2025 FW Sophie Domingo [12]
30 June 2025 FW Bridget Galloway Aberdeen 6 August 2025 [12] [16]
30 June 2025 DF Jessica Hennessy Bournemouth 23 July 2025 [12] [17]
30 June 2025 MF Alice Keitley [12]
30 June 2025 MF Kate Longhurst Retired [12] [18]
30 June 2025 MF Holly Manders Oxford United 4 July 2025 [12] [19]
30 June 2025 GK Holly Mears Norwich City 12 July 2025 [12] [20]
30 June 2025 MF Amy Sims Wolverhampton Wanderers 27 June 2025 [12] [21]
30 June 2025 FW Holly Turner Oxford United 1 July 2025 [12] [22]
25 July 2025 DF Lyndsey Harkin Wolverhampton Wanderers 26 July 2025 [23] [24]

New contracts

Date Pos. Player Contract length Ref.
29 July 2025 GK Emily Batty One year [25]
29 July 2025 GK Georgie Ferguson One year [25]
4 August 2025 DF Mollie Green One year [26]
14 August 2025 FW Charlie Wellings One year [27]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Competitions

Overall record

Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Women's Super League 2 6 September 2025 3 May 2026 Matchday 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Women's FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Women's League Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Soccerway

Women's Super League 2

Main article: 2025–26 Women's Super League 2

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 Ipswich Town 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Newcastle United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Nottingham Forest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Portsmouth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sheffield United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2025. Source: Women's Championship League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Ground
Result
Position
Points
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Statistics

As of 1 May 2025

Overall

No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 GK Emily Batty 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF Nat Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Melissa Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 FW Charlie Wellings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 MF Hollie Olding 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 DF Mollie Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF Freya Thomas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 DF Caragh Hamilton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 FW Casey Howe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Georgie Ferguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Georgia Brougham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Chloe Mustaki 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Kirsty Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Jessie Stapleton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MF Amy Rodgers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

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