Middlesbrough F.C. Women
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Middlesbrough Football Club Women (/ˈmɪdəlzbrə/ ⓘ MID-əlz-brə) is an English women's football club. Founded in 1976, they currently play in the FA Women's National League Division One North, with home games played at Bishopton Road West, Stockton.
Full name | Middlesbrough Football Club Women | |||
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Nickname(s) | Boro | |||
Short name | MFCW | |||
Founded | 1976; 48 years ago (1976) | |||
Ground | Bishopton Road West Riverside Stadium | |||
Capacity | 1,800 (200 seated) Bishopton Road West | |||
Chairman | Steve Gibson | |||
Manager | Michael Mulhern | |||
League | FA Women's National League Division One North | |||
2023–24 | FA Women's National League Division One North, 2nd of 12 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Middlesbrough were founding members of the Northern Combination in 1998, and spent much of their early history in the third and fourth tiers of woman's football, aside from a brief spell in the second tier FA Women's Premier League Northern Division from 2002 to 2006. The club officially became affiliated with the men's team in 2023.
Middlesbrough also have a reserve side competing in the FA Women's National League Reserve Northern Division. Their home games are played at Middlesbrough College.[1]