Durham Women FC
Football
Durham WFC formed in 2014 as a merger between South Durham & Cestria Girls and Durham University, competing in their first ever Women’s Super League season during 2014.
Cestria founded during 2006 by Lee Sanders and the Northeast side became perennial achievers in the women’s game. The girls played teams as far-reaching as Portugal, Ghana, and America before winning the prestigious World Peace Cup in Oslo in 2010. A year later, they finished runners-up at the Gothia World Youth Cup.
Their first season as a senior football side finished in a Northern Women’s Combination League trophy before the merger came about with Sanders and Quentin Sloper, head of sport at Durham University, heading up the idea.
This led to the Wildcats competing in their first WSL2 campaign during 2014. The side took a while to find their feet but finished strongly and eventually finished sixth, a magnificent achievement for a side formed just months before the League began.
A successful second season followed with Durham finishing seventh despite an injury-ravaged campaign, giving the Wildcats plenty of confidence heading into 2016.
Address
Durham Women FC
New Ferens Park
Belmont
Durham
DH1 1GG
Session Types
Adult Sessions
Junior Sessions