Club History

The club was founded in 1994/1995 season and was originally called Shirley Town Ladies. Before becoming known as Solihull Ladies FC the core of the team had been part of Shirley Town, Woodbourne Ladies, Billesley Ladies and Solihull Glades.

After ten succesful years as a Club, the 2004 / 2005 season saw the club expand. With a growing number of players from Solihull Borough, a second team was created and entered into the Birmingham County Womens League Division 2. The development of the club resulted in a ground move and a name change, with both teams called Solihull Ladies FC.

In 2005 / 2006 Solihull Ladies 1st team progressed through the preliminary qualifying rounds of The FA Cup and for the first time in the clubs history competed in the1st round proper.

The newly formed 2nd Team finished the season unbeaten and became Champions of Division 2. This completed the treble for the team following their victories in the Open League Cup and the League Shield finals. The season was completed by winning the Solihull Sports Council Team Of The Year Award.

2006 / 2007 saw the 1st team playing their most consistent football. This resulted in their highest ever League position, finishing 4th in the Premier Division. A tough away draw at Birmingham City early in the County Cup bought a halt to any cup aspirations.

Following their promotion to Division 1, the Reserve team finished 5th in the League. They also reached the quarter finals in both the League Shield and Open Cups.

In 2007 / 8 Solihull Ladies 1st team had a steady season finishing 5th in the Premier Division. For the second successive year they drew Birmingham City in the first round of the County Cup, and unfortunately that was, once again, where their County Cup journey ended.

In only their 3rd season, the reserve team continued their improvement by finishing 3rd in the league and reaching semi-finals in both the league shield and open cups. A season of so near but yet so far!

2008 / 9 saw the first team end the season with their highest ever placing in the league. They finished 2nd, narrowly missing out on promotion to Stoke City.

The reserve team finished 4th in a closely contested league where just 5 points seperated the 2nd to 5th positions. They also made it through to the league shield final eventually losing out to the league champions Coventry City.

Established 1994

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