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Charlton women news - (2025-26 fixtures are on page 106)

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  • DyerConsequences
    DyerConsequences Posts: 2,663
    edited November 24
    Full draw for those interested:

    1 Sutton United v Chatham Town
    2 Southampton v Royston Town
    3 Dartford v London Bees
    4 Bristol City v Portsmouth
    5 AFC Bournemouth v Fulham
    6 AFC Portchester or Worthing v Ipswich Town
    7 Oxford United v Plymouth Argyle
    8 Charlton Athletic v Watford or Saltdean United
    9 Leafield Athletic v Swindon Town
    10 Lewes v Crystal Palace

    1 Middlesbrough v AFC Fylde
    2 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
    3 Durham v Sheffield United
    4 Burnley v Peterborough United or Wallsend BC
    5 Newcastle United v Liverpool Feds
    6 Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion
    7 Birmingham City v Sporting Khalsa
    8 Mancunian Unity v Hull City
    9 Derby County v Sunderland
    10 Altrincham v York City

    2 all WSL2 ties. Bristol City Vs Portsmouth and Durham Vs Sheffield United. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,467
    Whatever happened to London Bees? Them and Doncaster Belles were always names you saw in Women's football
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 1,763
    edited November 24
    sam3110 said:
    Whatever happened to London Bees? Them and Doncaster Belles were always names you saw in Women's football
    Both are in the National League.

    Also London Bees are playing Dartford (at Dartford)

     


    You did see the post right?
    DyerConsequences said:
    Full draw for those interested:

    1 Sutton United v Chatham Town
    2 Southampton v Royston Town
    3 Dartford v London Bees
    4 Bristol City v Portsmouth
    5 AFC Bournemouth v Fulham
    6 AFC Portchester or Worthing v Ipswich Town
    7 Oxford United v Plymouth Argyle
    8 Charlton Athletic v Watford or Saltdean United
    9 Leafield Athletic v Swindon Town
    10 Lewes v Crystal Palace

    1 Middlesbrough v AFC Fylde
    2 Wolverhampton Wanderers v Nottingham Forest
    3 Durham v Sheffield United
    4 Burnley v Peterborough United or Wallsend BC
    5 Newcastle United v Liverpool Feds
    6 Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion
    7 Birmingham City v Sporting Khalsa
    8 Mancunian Unity v Hull City
    9 Derby County v Sunderland
    10 Altrincham v York City

    2 all WSL2 ties. Bristol City Vs Portsmouth and Durham Vs Sheffield United. 






  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,467
    Of course I saw the post, that's why I was asking what happened to them, as the Belles in particular used to be in the women's premier league, and I'm sure when the Bees were actually Barnet they were higher up the pyramid than now
  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 1,763
    sam3110 said:
    Of course I saw the post, that's why I was asking what happened to them, as the Belles in particular used to be in the women's premier league, and I'm sure when the Bees were actually Barnet they were higher up the pyramid than now

    London Bees : 3rd in Division One South East*
    Doncaster Rovers Belles: 9th in Division One North*

    *Standings correct up to 24/11/25

  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 1,763
    edited November 24
    sam3110 said:
    Of course I saw the post, that's why I was asking what happened to them, as the Belles in particular used to be in the women's premier league, and I'm sure when the Bees were actually Barnet they were higher up the pyramid than now

    In March 2010 Barnet F.C. Ladies were announced as an unsuccessful bidder for the  FA Women's Super League. In 2013, they were successful in their bid to join the WSL under their new name of London Bees for the 2014 season.

    In the 2016 FA WSL summer season, London Bees became the first WSL 2 club to reach the semi-finals of the FA WSL Cup, after notable wins against Chelsea Ladies on penalties and Sheffield Ladies in their quarter-final fixture. They were later defeated in the semi-final by Birmingham City Ladies.

    In the 2020–21 season, London Bees finished bottom of the Championship and were relegated to the third tier of English women's football.

    In the 2024–2025 season, London Bees finished fourth in the FA Women's National League Division One South East, the fourth tier of English women's football.



  • JustFloydRoad
    JustFloydRoad Posts: 1,763
    sam3110 said:
    Of course I saw the post, that's why I was asking what happened to them, as the Belles in particular used to be in the women's premier league, and I'm sure when the Bees were actually Barnet they were higher up the pyramid than now

    The club began in 1975 as District Line Ladies FC, then merged with Wembley FC in 1993 to become Wembley Ladies FC. In 1996 Wembley won the League Cup by defeating Doncaster Belles. In 1997 Wembley reached the FA Women's Cup final after defeating Arsenal in the semi-final. However they were unable to beat Millwall Lionesses and lost 1-0 at the Boleyn Ground. In 1997 the club moved to play at Hanwell Town FC but kept the Wembley Ladies name. In 1998, the club became affiliated with Barnet FC, amalgamating with the existing Barnet Ladies FC from the Greater London League to form Barnet FC Ladies.

  • Swindon_Addick
    Swindon_Addick Posts: 1,732
    Bees are in the fourth tier nowadays, quite a drop from where they used to be. I can't imagine it will have helped having Spurs sharing at The Hive for a few years so they weren't even the biggest women's team at their own ground.

    As far as I'm aware Bees having dropped down that far is just a case of budget cuts and it being very hard to get back up when each division only promotes one club. Doncaster have been regular victims of the FA stopping them playing at as higher level as they'd earned on the pitch, compounded by being right on the border between the midlands and the north in terms of how the tier 4 leagues are structured, so they've been moved about a bit. That really doesn't help when you're an amateur club and your players can just leave if they don't fancy the travelling after a change of divisions.

    The structure below our level is two premier divisions in the National League at tier 3, then 4 regional division 1s, south-east, south-west, midlands and north, at tier 4. Below that are 8 regional leagues which have either 2 or 3 lower divisions per leagues, and that's tiers 5 and 6. 

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