History

Cambridge City Girls FC enter their ninth season with a new structure for the Ladies. Cambridge Women’s FC was formed in the summer of 2009, amalgamating both Cambridge City Ladies and Cambridge United Ladies into one club and utilising the girls coming through from Cambridge City Girls FC and the Cambridge United Centre of Excellence. The links between the Cambridge Women and Cambridge City girls will still be strong, but will be considered as two separate entities with separate constitutions.

Prior to 2002 the Girls were playing under the name of Cherry Hinton Crusaders with two teams managed by Eddie Tucker and David Hewson with Kevin Jacklin as the Club Chairman. They were approached by Cambridge City to play their football under the name of Cambridge City. Over the years the Club has expanded and now has teams playing in the Cambridgeshire S-Tech League at U10, U11, U13, U15, U16 and Over16. The Girls were very successful last season with three teams completing League and Cup doubles and the U16’s, representing Cambridgeshire, being runners-up in the English National Final of the Tesco Cup.

The Club has been awarded the FA Charter Standard having achieved the recommended requirements in respect of management, structure, funding and professionalism set down by The Football Association.

All Managers and coaches have received the basic training required by the F A (Coaching Certificate level 1) and some have enhanced this minimum qualification. There are currently 3 coaches who have successfully passed the FA Level 2 Certificate. Some of the older youth players are encouraged to take the Level 1 Coaching Certificate. Others have taken referees courses so that the Club can function fully each weekend when there are so many games to put on.