2017 Reading F.C. Women season

On 14 November 2016, Reading signed Mandy van den Berg from Liverpool.{{cite web |title=Oranje-captain Mandy van den Berg van Liverpool naar Reading |url=https://www.nu.nl/voetbal/4350660/oranje-captain-mandy-van-berg-van-liverpool-reading.html |website=nu.nl |publisher=Nu |accessdate=20 November 2020 |language=Dutch |date=14 November 2016}}

On 9 January, Mary Earps signed an 18-month contract extension with Reading, keeping her at the club until June 2018.{{cite web |title=Mary Earps: Reading Women goalkeeper signs 18-month contract extension |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38560248 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=9 January 2017}}

On 12 January 2017, Reading signed Rachel Furness from Sunderland,{{cite web |title=Rachel Furness: Reading sign Northern Ireland midfielder from Sunderland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38610772 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=13 January 2017}} with Brooke Chaplen making the same move at the end of January.{{cite web |title=BROOKE CHAPLEN MAKES READING WOMEN MOVE |url=https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/news/transfer-news/27162/brooke-chaplen-makes-reading-women-move/ |website=footballinbracknell.co.uk |publisher=Football in Bracknell |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=31 January 2017}}

Lauren Bruton extended her contract with Reading on 19 January, until the summer of 2018.{{cite web |title=Reading Women: Lauren Bruton agrees extended contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38676223 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=19 January 2017}}

On 23 January, Melissa Fletcher signed her first professional contract with the club, until June 2018,{{cite web |title=Reading Women: Melissa Fletcher signs professional deal until June 2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38717635 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=23 January 2017}} with Charlie Estcourt signing a similar deal on 25 January,{{cite web |title=Charlie Estcourt: Reading and Wales midfielder signs professional contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38746497 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=25 January 2017}} and Becky Jane signed a new contract with Reading until June 2019 on 26 January.{{cite web |title=Becky Jane: Reading Women defender signs new deal until June 2019 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38758655 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=26 January 2017}}

On 24 January, New Zealand international defender Anna Green from Swedish club Mallbackens IF.{{cite web |title=Football Fern Anna Green signed by Reading in Women's Super League |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/world-game/88758880/football-fern-anna-green-signed-by-reading-in-womens-super-league |website=stuff.co.nz/ |publisher=Stuff |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=24 January 2017}}

On 6 February, Reading signed a new contract with Kirsty McGee, until June 2018,{{cite web |title=READING WOMEN FC CAPTAIN KIRSTY MCGEE EXTENDS CONTRACT |url=https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/news/womens-football/27360/reading-women-fc-captain-kirsty-mcgee-extends-contract/ |website=footballinbracknell.co.uk/ |publisher=Football in Bracknell |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=6 February 2017}} with Harriet Scott also signing a new 18-month contract with Reading on 9 February.{{cite web |title=Harriet Scott: Reading Women defender signs new full-time contract |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38921831 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=9 February 2017}}

On 8 February, Emma Follis was sold to Birmingham City for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |title=Birmingham City bring in midfielder Emma Follis from Reading |url=https://solihullobserver.co.uk/sport/birmingham-city-bring-in-midfielder-emma-follis-from-reading/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211082341/https://solihullobserver.co.uk/sport/birmingham-city-bring-in-midfielder-emma-follis-from-reading/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-02-11 |website=solihullobserver.co.uk |publisher=Solihull Observer |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=8 February 2017}}

On 8 April, Anissa Lahmari joined Reading on a two-month loan deal from Paris Saint-Germain.{{cite web |title=Anissa Lahmari quitte le PSG pour Reading |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Anissa-lahmari-quitte-le-psg-pour-reading/791698 |website=lequipe.fr |publisher=L'Équipe |accessdate=20 November 2020 |language=French |date=8 April 2017}}

On 1 May, Reading signed Jo Potter, Jade Moore and Kirsty Linnett from recently folded Notts County.{{cite web |title=Reading Women: Jade Moore, Jo Potter and Kirsty Linnett join for Spring Series |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39772458 |website=bbc.co.uk/sport |publisher=BBC Sport |accessdate=20 November 2020 |date=1 May 2017}}

{{updated|match played 3 June 2017}}

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|round =

|date = 29 March 2017

|time = GMT (UTC)

|team1 = Real Betis {{flagicon|ESP}}

|score = 2–2

|report = https://web.archive.org/web/20170708165921/https://www.readingfc.co.uk/news/2017/april/rfc-women-kick-off-spring-series-this-weekend/

|team2 = {{flagicon|ENG}} Reading

|goals1 = {{goal|}}
{{goal|}}

|goals2 = Bruton {{goal|}}
Furness {{goal|}}

|stadium = Felipe del Valle Municipal Stadium

|location = Seville, Spain

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = D

}}

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{{#invoke:sports rbr table|table|legendpos=b|header=Matchday

|label1= Ground

| res1=A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A

|label2= Result

| res2=W/L/L/L/W/D/L/D

|text_H=Home|text_A=Away

|color_W=green2|text_W=Win

|color_D=yellow2|text_D=Draw

|color_L=red2|text_L=Loss

|color_1=1st|color_2=2nd|color_3=3rd|color_18-=red1

|updated=3 June 2017

|source=See Results

|date=February 2017

}}

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|round = 1

|date = 22 April 2017

|time = 18:00 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Bristol City

|score = 1–3

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/4332d95a/Bristol-City-Reading-April-22-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Hemp {{goal|73}}

|goals2 = Furness {{goal|49}}
Rowe {{goal|59}}
Fletcher {{goal|61}}

|stadium = Ashton Gate

|location = Bristol

|attendance = 1,127

|referee = Robert Massey-Ellis

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2

|date = 28 April 2017

|time = 19:00 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Liverpool

|score = 4–2

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/b202a1ed/Liverpool-Reading-April-28-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Harding {{goal|2||25}}
Weir {{goal|34}}
Coombs {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Chaplen {{goal|4}}
Fletcher {{goal|8}}
Furness {{yel|38}}

|stadium = Halton Stadium

|location = Widnes

|attendance = 466

|referee = Matt Donohue

|result = L

}}

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|round = 3

|date = 3 May 2017

|time = 19:35 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Reading

|score = 0–4

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/a8d1352c/Reading-Chelsea-May-3-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Chelsea

|goals1 = Allen {{yel|19}}
Scott {{yel|24}}
Moore {{yel|90+2}}
Furness {{yel|90+3}}

|goals2 = Carney {{goal|33}}
Spence {{goal|65}}
Ji {{goal|69}}
Blundell {{goal|81}}
Chapman {{yel|90+1}}

|stadium = Adams Park

|location = High Wycombe

|attendance = 797

|referee = Christopher O’Donnell

|result = L

}}

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|round = 4

|date = 7 May 2017

|time = 14:00 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Reading

|score = 2–3

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/8a2f028e/Reading-Manchester-City-May-7-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Manchester City

|goals1 = Moore {{goal|59}} {{yel|90+2}}
Allen {{yel|68}}
Bruton {{goal|74|pen.}}
Pearce {{yel|82}}

|goals2 = Parris {{goal|6||76}}
Scott {{goal|78}}
Walsh {{yel|80}}

|stadium = Adams Park

|location = High Wycombe

|attendance = 579

|referee = Paul Forrester

|result = L

}}

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|round = 5

|date = 17 May 2017

|time = 19:00 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Yeovil United

|score = 0–1

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/63039378/Yeovil-Town-Reading-May-17-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Jones {{yel|9}}
Heatherson {{yel|33}}
Curson {{yel|37}}
James {{yel|86}}

|goals2 = van den Berg {{goal|8}}
Linnett {{yel|53}}
Furness {{yel|54}}
Allen {{yel|62}}
Lahmari {{yel|84}}

|stadium = Cygnet Health Care

|location = Taunton

|attendance = 356

|referee = Martin Underhay

|result = W

}}

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|round = 6

|date = 28 May 2017

|time = 14:00 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Reading

|score = 1–1

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/018c68b2/Reading-Birmingham-City-May-28-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Birmingham City

|goals1 = van den Berg {{yel|48}}
Potter {{sentoff|0|49}}
Bruton {{goal|64|pen.}}
Scott {{yel|87}}

|goals2 = Wellings {{goal|1}}
Carter {{yel|48}}
Mannion {{yel|50}}
P.Williams {{yel|88}}

|stadium = Adams Park

|location = High Wycombe

|attendance = 536

|referee = Stephen Bates

|result = D

}}

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|round = 7

|date = 31 May 2017

|time = 19:30 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Arsenal

|score = 1–0

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/2ab65185/Arsenal-Reading-May-31-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Carter {{Goal|40}}

|goals2 = Pearce {{yel|37}}
Scott {{yel|60}}

|stadium = The Hive Stadium

|location = Canons Park

|attendance = 870

|referee = Alan Dale

|result = L

}}

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|round = 8

|date = 3 June 2017

|time = 15:30 BST (UTC+1)

|team1 = Sunderland

|score = 1–1

|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/567138bc/Sunderland-Reading-June-3-2017-Womens-Super-League-1

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Staniforth {{yel|45}}
B.Leon {{goal|56}}
A.Holmes {{yel|64}}

|goals2 = Fletcher {{goal|29}}
Allen {{yel|45}}

|stadium = Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground

|location = Hetton-le-Hole

|attendance = 464

|referee = Paul Brown

|result = D

}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=1

|update=complete

|source=[http://www.fawsl.com/stats.html FA WSL]

|team1=CHE|team2=MCI|team3=ARS|team4=LIV|team5=SUN|team6=REA|team7=BIR|team8=BRI|team9=YEO

|win_ARS=5|draw_ARS=3|loss_ARS=0|gf_ARS=22|ga_ARS=9

|win_BIR=1|draw_BIR=4|loss_BIR=3|gf_BIR=6 |ga_BIR=10

|win_BRI=1|draw_BRI=1|loss_BRI=6|gf_BRI=5 |ga_BRI=21

|win_CHE=6|draw_CHE=1|loss_CHE=1|gf_CHE=32|ga_CHE=3

|win_LIV=4|draw_LIV=2|loss_LIV=2|gf_LIV=20|ga_LIV=18

|win_MCI=6|draw_MCI=1|loss_MCI=1|gf_MCI=17|ga_MCI=6

|win_REA=2|draw_REA=2|loss_REA=4|gf_REA=10 |ga_REA=15

|win_SUN=2|draw_SUN=3|loss_SUN=3|gf_SUN=4 |ga_SUN=14

|win_YEO=0|draw_YEO=1|loss_YEO=7|gf_YEO=6 |ga_YEO=26

|name_ARS=Arsenal

|name_BIR=Birmingham City

|name_BRI=Bristol City

|name_CHE=Chelsea

|name_LIV=Liverpool

|name_MCI=Manchester City

|name_REA=Reading

|name_SUN=Sunderland

|name_YEO=Yeovil Town

|class_rules = 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

}}

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|round = Fifth round

|date = 18 March 2017

|time = 14:00 GMT (UTC)

|team1 = Manchester City

|score = 1–0

|report = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39316523

|team2 = Reading

|goals1 = Bronze {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Academy Stadium

|location = Manchester

|attendance =

|referee =

|result = L

}}

{{updated|match played 3 June 2017}}

{{Efs start|WSL|FA Cup}}

{{Efs player|no=1 |name=Mary Earps|pos=GK|nat=ENG |8|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=2 |name=Becky Jane|pos=DF|nat=ENG |7|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=3 |name=Harriet Scott|pos=DF|nat=IRL |6+2|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=4 |name=Kayleigh Hines|pos=MF|nat=ENG |0+3|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=5 |name=Molly Bartrip|pos=DF|nat=ENG |2|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=6 |name=Kirsty McGee|pos=DF|nat=ENG |8|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=7 |name=Rachel Furness|pos=MF|nat=NIR |7|1|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=8 |name=Remi Allen|pos=MF|nat=ENG |7+1|0|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=9 |name=Lauren Bruton|pos=FW|nat=ENG |7|2|0+1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=10|name=Anissa Lahmari|pos=MF|nat=FRA |1+5|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=14|name=Mandy van den Berg|pos=DF|nat=NLD |3+1|1|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=15|name=Anna Green|pos=DF|nat=NZL |6|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=16|name=Kirsty Linnett|pos=FW|nat=ENG |4+2|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=17|name=Charlie Estcourt|pos=MF|nat=WAL |3+1|0|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=18|name=Jade Moore|pos=MF|nat=ENG |4+2|1|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=19|name=Brooke Chaplen|pos=FW|nat=ENG |3|1|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=20|name=Melissa Fletcher|pos=FW|nat=WAL |5+2|3|1|0}}

{{Efs player|no=22|name=Jo Potter|pos=DF|nat=ENG |3+1|0|0|0}}

{{Efs player|no=23|name=Rachel Rowe|pos=MF|nat=WAL |4|1|1|0}}

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|colspan="14"|Players away from the club on loan:

|-

|colspan="14"|Players who appeared for Reading but left during the season:

|}

• 2016–17 PFA Team of the Year: {{flagicon|ENG}} Mary Earps{{cite news|title=The PFA FA WSL Team of the Year|url=https://www.thepfa.com/news/2017/4/20/pfa-wsl-team-of-the-year|accessdate=26 April 2017|publisher=ThePFA.com|date=20 April 2017}}

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