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A copy of the 2006/07 website archives, containing
results, match reports and league tables are now available on a CD, for a nominal contribution of £3. If you would like a
copy please e-mail the club at the following address - email@dclfc.co.uk
Click here to view the 2006/07 website archives.
2005/6 saw Derby County Ladies participation
as a founder member of the inaugural FA Midland Centre of Excellence programme, with teams competing at U16 and U14 age group.
Our participation in the programme reaped immediate reward in the form of England recognition for U16 captain Cara Newton.
The first team enjoyed a season of consolidation, finishing a creditable 4th in their first season in the Midland Combination
League. Notable results included a seven goal mauling of TNS (who were league leaders at the time) in January, and a single
goal victory over league champions Crewe in the last game of the season. The Reserves also competed admirably in their
first seaon in the Midland Combination Reserves League. 2005-06 saw the introduction of two teams at U14 and U12 level for
the first time. The U14 Development squad finished a creditable mid table in their first season and enjoyed two big wins against
Pegasus (16-0) and Rainworth (15-0) during the campaign. It was the junior sides which provided the biggest success for the
the club in this season. The U12 7-a-side team finished runners up in the Notts Girls League, whilst the U12 11-a-side
girls brought home the league and cup double, including an unbeaten league programme with ten clean sheets. The U10 girls
narrowly missed out on league success following an exciting campaign involving three teams at the top which went down to the
wire. The disappointment of the U10 missing out on the league title was made up for by winning the cup.
2004/5 was probably the most successful ever
in the club's history. The First team completed a league and cup double in the Unison East Midlands Premier Division and thus
gained promotion to the next level of the Women's Football Pyramid, the Midland Combination League. The Reserves finished
a creditable third in the newly formed Reserve division, and will also move up to play in the Combination League. The U16s
gained the first ever trophies for the club from the Central Warks League by finishing runners-up, while the U14s had to settle
for third place - and considering the number of the squad who were tasting 11-a-side football for the first time this was
a great achievement. Two U12 sides had to compete in the same division of the Notts Girls League, and the Black team came
runners-up with the Whites not far behind. The U10s were unstoppable, amassing an amazing 100% record for the season and collecting
the cup as well.
2003/4 saw DCLFC strengthened by the addition
of two U10 teams and a senior reserve side. The First team had a great season, leading the table at times but eventually
had to settle for second place and also lost by a single goal in the Cup final to eventual champions Leicester City. The Reserves
battled their way to a creditable mid-table position in their first ever season. The U10s were outstanding, coming both
winners and runners-up in the league and cup and the U12s were also unstoppable in the Notts girls league and completed a
double to which they added the Skegness tournament trophy. In their first season in the Central Warks, the U14s finished in
an impressive 3rd place and were champions in their Bank-holiday tournament at Bognor. The U16s led the league for much of
the season but had a poor run-in with a fixture list that stretched for weeks at a time without a game, but the battle in
the highly competitive Central Warks league was as tough as ever.
2002/3 was a good season, with
the first team consolidating their position in the Unison East Midlands League, which won by local rivals Nottingham Forest.
They also lost narrowly to the same team in the cup semi-final. Forest also triumphed at U12 level, where Derby had to be
content with runners-up slot in both the League and the Cup competitions. The u14s maintained their magnificent record in
the Notts Girls League to make it three League Championships in consecutive seasons and brought the trophy home from the Skegness
tournament over the May Day holiday. The U16s surprised many more established sides in the Central Warwickshire League and
only lost out to Wolves in the Cup Final on penalties.
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