2014 Manchester City W.F.C. season
# 2014 Manchester City W.F.C. season

The 2014 season is Manchester City Women's Football Club's 26th season of competitive football and its first season in the FA Women's Super League and at the top level of English women's football, having been promoted from the FA Women's Premier League.

In September, the team made club history by reaching their first ever cup final, beating Chelsea to reach the final of the FA WSL Cup. Drawn against Arsenal, they won 1–0 to lift the first major honour in their history.

## Non-competitive

### Pre-season

N.B. Games against Celtic played as 60-minute matches only. Line-ups rotated between games.

## Competitions

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | Birmingham City | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 25 |
| 4 | Arsenal | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 21 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 19 |
| 6 | Notts County | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 |
| 7 | Bristol Academy | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 16 |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 12 October 2014. Source: WSL

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | W | L | L | W |
| Position | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 |

### WSL Cup

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Manchester City | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 12 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Liverpool | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 10 | |
| 3 | Everton | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | |
| 4 | Doncaster Rovers Belles | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 6 | |
| 5 | Sunderland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Durham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 | |

## Squad information

### Playing statistics

    As of the end of the season

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | WSL | WSL | WSL | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | FA Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | WSL Cup | Total | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | | Apps | | | |
| 1 | | Karen Bardsley | GK | 11 | | | | | | | | 7 | | 1 | | 18 | | 1 | |
| 2 | | Danni Lea | DF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | | Steph Marsh | DF | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | |
| 4 | | Jess Holbrook | MF | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 8 | | 1 | |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 13 | | 2 | | 2 | | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | | 22 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | | Krystle Johnston | FW | 14 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | | | | 7 | 1 | | | 22 | 2 | 1 | |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 14 | 4 | | | 2 | | 1 | | 7 | 1 | | | 23 | 5 | 1 | |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 13 | 4 | 1 | | 2 | 3 | | | 6 | 4 | 1 | | 21 | 11 | 2 | |
| 10 | | Kim Turner | MF | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 14 | | | | 2 | | | | 7 | 2 | | | 23 | 2 | | |
| 12 | | Betsy Hassett | MF | 13 | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | | 21 | | | |
| 13 | | Alexandra Brooks | GK | 1 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | |
| 14 | | Nikki Harding | DF | 5 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | | 4 | | | | 10 | | 2 | |
| 15 | | Chelsea Nightingale | DF | 10 | | 1 | | 1 | | | | 3 | | | | 14 | | 1 | |
| 16 | | Emma Lipman | DF | 12 | | | | 2 | | | | 7 | | | | 21 | | | |
| 17 | | Lynda Shepherd | MF | 2 | | | | 1 | | | | 2 | | | | 5 | | | |
| 18 | | Dannii Young | FW | 6 | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | 9 | | | |
| 19 | | Natasha Flint | MF | 13 | 2 | | | 2 | | | | 7 | 1 | 1 | | 22 | 3 | 1 | |
| 20 | | Georgia Brougham | MF | 4 | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | 6 | | | |
| 21 | | Andrea Worrall | GK | 2 | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | 4 | | | |
| 22 | | Emma Kete | FW | 4 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 5 | | | |
| 23 | | Abbie McManus | DF | 12 | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 6 | 1 | | | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | | Keira Walsh | MF | 7 | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | 8 | | | |
| 33 | | Kathleen Radtke | DF | 5 | | 2 | | | | | | 3 | | | | 8 | | 2 | |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | | 2 | | | | 0 | | | | 0 | | | | 2 | | |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 13 | 10 | 1 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | | 11 | 3 | 0 | | 27 | 16 | 1 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

    Correct as of the end of the season

| No. | Nat. | Player | Pos. | WSL | FA Cup | WSL Cup | TOTAL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 9 | | Toni Duggan | FW | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | | Jill Scott | MF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | | Natasha Flint | MF | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | | Isobel Christiansen | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | | Krystle Johnston | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | | Steph Houghton | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | | Abbie McManus | DF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | Own Goals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 13 | 3 | 11 | 27 |

## Awards

### Football Association England Women's Player of the Year award

Awarded annually to the player chosen by a public vote on the Football Association website

| Year | Player |
| - | - |
| 2014 | Toni Duggan |
