Football team
Crystal Palace Women
Club · United Kingdom · Women's Championship
«The Eagles»
Paige Bailey-Gayle left and came back to Sutton, and it was that second spell that mattered: her return in 2023 made her the first player from Crystal Palace Women to go to a World Cup. The club had been building toward that kind of milestone for three decades without much fuss, playing across a string of grounds that read like a lower-league itinerary — the Crystal Palace National Sports Stadium until 2014, then Church Road, then Bromley's Hayes Lane, before settling at the VBS Community Stadium in Sutton for the 2023/24 season.
That move landed in the same season the team won the FA Women's Championship, English football's second tier, and went up to the Women's Support League for the first time.
Rinsola Babajide is the other name worth keeping: she started out at Palace in the 2014–15 season, before Millwall, Liverpool and Roma, and before she was capped by Nigeria. The South London derby against Millwall, along with fixtures against Charlton Athletic, remains the closest thing the club has to a settled rivalry.
The Eagles wear red and blue vertical stripes with white shorts, matching the men's team, and their new home in Sutton holds 7,032.
Latest results
Fixtures and results| 4 Oct | FA WSL |
Aston Villa Women
A
|
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| 30 Sep | WSL Cup |
Charlton Athletic Women
H
|
3:0 | W |
| 27 Sep | FA WSL |
Birmingham City Women
A
|
3:3 | D |
| 23 Sep | WSL Cup |
Watford Women
H
|
1:0 | W |
| 20 Sep | FA WSL |
Tottenham Hotspur Women
H
|
0:7 | L |
| 13 Sep | FA WSL |
Arsenal Women
A
|
0:0 | D |
Standing
FA WSL| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 |
 Liverpool Women
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9:6 | 7 |
| 7 |
 Manchester United Women
|
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5:9 | 7 |
| 8 |
 Crystal Palace Women
|
5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5:11 | 6 |
| 9 |
 Brighton Women
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8:7 | 5 |
| 10 |
Arsenal Women
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4:6 | 5 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 169| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 169 | 87 | 82 |
| Scored | 270 | 166 | 104 |
| Conceded | 287 | 141 | 146 |
| Scored per game | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 |
| Conceded per game | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
| Difference | −17 | +25 | −42 |
Key players
by appearances over the last yearSquad of Crystal Palace Women
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 |  Shannon O’Brien |
Forward | 1 |
| 9 |  B. England |
Forward | 1 |
| 22 |  Teyah Doreen Bliss Goldie |
Defender | 1 |
| 3 |  Jamie-Lee Napier |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 32 |  M. Bartrip |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 29 |  A. Swaby |
Defender | 1 |
| 24 |  S. Hopcroft |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 7 |  Lexi Lloyd-Smith |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 6 |  A. Everett |
Defender | 1 |
| 4 |  S. Enge |
Midfielder | 1 |
| 56 |  C. Erhabor |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
| 15 |  H. Nolan |
Defender | 1 |
| 8 |  M. Sharpe |
Forward | 1 |
| 11 |  A. Weerden |
Forward | 1 |
| 12 |  C. Cosme |
Defender | 1 |
| 30 |  S. Yáñez |
Goalkeeper | 1 |
Fixtures of Crystal Palace Women
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4 Oct
Aston Villa Women
A
-
30 Sep
Charlton Athletic Women
H
3:0
W
-
27 Sep
Birmingham City Women
A
3:3
D
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23 Sep
Watford Women
H
1:0
W
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20 Sep
Tottenham Hotspur Women
H
0:7
L
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13 Sep
Arsenal Women
A
0:0
D
-
6 Sep
Everton Women
H
1:0
W
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2 May
Portsmouth Women
H
6:1
W
Honours of Crystal Palace Women
- Surrey FA County Cup 2011, 2016 2
- FA Women's Championship 2024 1
- FA Women's National League South East Division One 2016 1
- South East Combination Women's Football League 2004 1