2025–26 Sunderland A.F.C. Women season

Sunderland Women
2025–26 season
Chairman	Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Head coach	Melanie Reay
Stadium	Eppleton Colliery Welfare Ground
WSL2	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Emily Scarr (6) ; Katie Kitching (6); All: ; Emily Scarr (7)
Highest home attendance	10,156 vs Newcastle United; (Women's Super League 2)
Lowest home attendance	210 vs Nottingham Forest
Average home league attendance	1,588
Biggest win	4-0 vs Sheffield United (Women's Super League 2)
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs Liverpool (Women's League Cup)
	← 2024–25 2026–27 →

The 2025–26 season was the 36th season in the history of Sunderland A.F.C. Women and their fifth consecutive season in the Women's Super League 2, and their first since the league reverted back to the WSL 2 name. The club participated in the Women's Super League 2, the Women's FA Cup, and the Women's League Cup.

In the first half of the season the team struggled with inconsistent form. Following a strong start where they picked up eight points from the first four games, the team only picked up another two points over the next seven fixtures. By the halfway point of the season, Sunderland sat in eighth place, in the lower half of the league, with negative goal difference and having suffered a bruising loss in the Tyne–Wear derby to Newcastle United.^[1]

In the second half of the season, the Lasses continued to struggle with inconsistent form. Despite going five home games unbeaten during the backend of the season, a failure to turn draws into wins resulted in an 8th-place finish.

On 7th April 2026, it was announced that multi-club ownership organisation Bay Collective had reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sunderland Women.^[2] Led by former Football Association director Kay Cossington, Bay Collective are the majority owners of NWSL club Bay FC.

Transfers

With the potential of upto three teams promoted to the Women's Super League as part of the expansion of the top tier, Eleanor Dale, Katie Kitching, Libbi McInnes, Katy Watson and Ellen Jones signed new contracts at the club ahead of the new season.^[3] Sunderland bolstered their squad with the signings of Hannah Greenwood and the international quintet of Rhiannon Roberts, Reanna Blades, Grace Moloney, Jamie Finn, and Izzy Atkinson. In the final days of the transfer window, three loanees were added to the squad.^[4]

In January, the three loanees of Keira Barry, Evie Rabjohn and Tara O'Hanlon returned to their parent clubs.^[5]

On 3 February 2026, Sunderland announced the loan signings of Mared Griffiths and Caragh Hamilton to bolster the squad.^[6]

In

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Ref.
1 July 2025	CB	Rhiannon Roberts	Real Betis	^[7]
2 July 2025	RW	Reanna Blades	Burnley	^[8]
11 July 2025	GK	Grace Moloney	London City Lionesses	^[9]
18 July 2025	CB	Hannah Greenwood	Newcastle United	^[10]
24 July 2025	CM	Jamie Finn	Birmingham City	^[11]
31 July 2025	LB	Izzy Atkinson	Crystal Palace	^[12]

Out

Date	Pos.	Player	To	Ref.
1 July 2025	CB	Amy Goddard	Southampton	^[13]
4 July 2025	LB	Grace Ede	Durham	^[14]
8 July 2025	GK	Megan Borthwick	Middlesbrough	^[15]
24 July 2025	RW	Mary McAteer	Charlton Athletic	^[16]
31 July 2025	CM	Jenna Dear	Ipswich Town	^[17]

Loaned in

Date	Pos.	Player	From	Date until	Ref.
3 September 2025	ST	Keira Barry	Manchester United	31 December 2025	^[18]
4 September 2025	CB	Evie Rabjohn	Manchester United	5 January 2026	^[19]
4 September 2025	LB	Tara O'Hanlon	Manchester City	31 December 2025	^[20]
3 February 2026	CM	Mared Griffiths	Manchester United	End of season	^[21]
3 February 2026	RB	Caragh Hamilton	Nottingham Forest	End of season	^[22]

Retired / Out of Contract

Date	Pos.	Player	Subsequent club	Ref.
1 July 2025	RB	Megan Beer	Retired	^[23]
1 July 2025	CB	Grace McCatty	Retired	^[24]

Pre-season and friendlies

On 16 July 2025, Sunderland announced their first slate of pre-season fixtures, against Middlesbrough, Celtic, Rangers, and Nottingham Forest.^[25] Games against Leicester City and Bristol City were later added to the schedule.

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

20 July 2025 Friendly	Middlesbrough	Postponed	Sunderland	Stockton-on-Tees
				Stadium: Bishopton Road West
Note: This game was postponed by Sunderland on 17 July 2025 due to "an illness in camp."^[26]

3 August 2025 Friendly	Sunderland	2–0	Celtic	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 BST	Dale 1' Watson 82'	Report		Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

6 August 2025 Friendly	Rangers	0–4	Sunderland	Cumbernauld
		Report	Watson 9', 12', 28' Kitching 20'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium

10 August 2025 Friendly	Sunderland	?–?	Nottingham Forest
				Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Note: While this fixture was announced on 16 July 2025, no details of the match were shared by either club. It is unclear whether this match went ahead. It is also unknown where this match was played.

20 August 2025 Friendly	Sunderland	1–1	Leicester City
	Jones 73'	Report	? 70'	Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
Note: It is unknown where this match was played.

24 August 2025 Friendly	Sunderland	1–1	Bristol City	Cleadon
	Atkinson 20'	Report	Hardy 25'	Stadium: Academy of Light Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
WSL2	5 September 2025	2 May 2026	Matchday 1	8th	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	027.27
FA Cup	14 December 2025	17 January 2026	Third round	Fourth round	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3	050.00
League Cup	24 September 2025	23 November 2025	Group stage	Group Stage	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	000.00
Total					27	7	7	13	34	44	−10	025.93

Last updated: 2 May 2026
Source: Competitions

Women's Super League 2

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Newcastle United	22	8	9	5	32	25	+7	33
7	Nottingham Forest	22	9	3	10	27	35	−8	30
8	Sunderland	22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	24
9	Ipswich Town	22	6	5	11	26	42	−16	23
10	Durham	22	5	7	10	27	35	−8	22

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2026. Source: WSL 2 League Table
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	6	6	10	28	35	−7	24	3	4	4	15	18	−3	3	2	6	13	17	−4

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	13	14	12¹	16³	17	15²	18	19	20	21	22
Result	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	L	D	W	D	L	L	L
Position	3	4	2	3	6	5	7	8	10	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8
Points	3	4	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	12	15	15	18	19	19	20	23	24	24	24	24

Source: WSL2
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Notes:

¹ Matchday 12 (vs Durham) was postponed due to adverse weather conditions. ^[27]
² Matchday 15 (vs Sheffield United) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. ^[28]
³ Matchday 16 (vs Nottingham Forest) was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch. ^[29]

Matches

5 September 2025 1	Sheffield United	0–4	Sunderland	Sheffield
18:00 BST		Report	Atkinson 40' Roberts 52' Kitching 80' Scarr 90', 90+6'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 885 Referee: Levi Gray

14 September 2025 2	Sunderland	1–1	Birmingham City	Sunderland
14:00 BST	Scarr 60' Finn 74' Corbyn 75'	Report	Sarri 63'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 753 Referee: Phoebe Cross

19 September 2025 3	Sunderland	2–1	Durham	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 BST	Fenton 46' Scarr 53' Kitching 85'	Report	Lambert 56' Hepple 88' Wilson 90+5'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 903 Referee: Sophie Dennington

28 September 2025 4	Southampton	1–1	Sunderland	Havant
12:00 BST	Peplow 45+4' Ferguson 56' Primus 76'	Report	Watson 19' Roberts 45+4' Sheva 75'	Stadium: Westleigh Park Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Ella Broad

5 October 2025 5	Sunderland	0–2	Charlton Athletic	Sunderland
14:00 BST		Report	Hutton 19', 68'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 1,745 Referee: Aimee Keir

12 October 2025 6	Crystal Palace	1–1	Sunderland	Sutton, London
12:00 BST	Howat 12' Nolan 12'	Report	Watson 9'	Stadium: Gander Green Lane Attendance: 605 Referee: Jade Wardle

2 November 2025 7	Sunderland	2–4	Bristol City	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 GMT	Kitching 43' Corbyn 45+1' Greenwood 87'	Report	Sáez 14' Lawley 18' Lloyd-Smith 24' Hardy 56' Syme 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 487 Referee: Jodie Hunter

9 November 2025 8	Sunderland	2–3	Portsmouth	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 GMT	Scarr 25', 79'	Report	Hornby 30', 90+8', 31' Barker 80' Gale 90+3'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 426 Referee: Ruby Sykes

16 November 2025 9	Newcastle United	3–1	Sunderland	Newcastle upon Tyne
14:00 GMT	Mannion 58' Cooper 63' Murphy 66', 78' Stokes 73'	Report	Fenton 31' Corbyn 48' Dale 53' Barry 68'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 18,972 Referee: Phoebe Cross

7 December 2025 10	Nottingham Forest	3–1	Sunderland	West Bridgford
14:00 GMT	Boye-Hlorkah 19', 87', 90+6' Claypole 31' Stapleton 38'	Report	Scarr 69'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Levi Gray

21 December 2025 11	Sunderland	2–1	Ipswich Town	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 GMT	Scarr 49' Brown 75' Atkinson 77'		Dean 19' Guyatt 76' Dear 68'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 403 Referee: Francesca Catchpole

25 January 2026 13	Sunderland	1-0	Southampton	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 GMT	Fenton 36' Dale 56', 80' Kitching 70'	Report	Collett 55'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 392 Referee: Lucy May

30 January 2026 14	Bristol City	3-0	Sunderland	Bristol
19:00 GMT	Brown 2' (o.g.) Gale 39' Dafeur 71' Lloyd-Smith 83'	Report	Roberts 20' Greenwood 20'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 1,797 Referee: Fabio Roque

20 February 2026 12	Durham	2-3	Sunderland	Durham
19:00 GMT	Lambert 42' Jones 70' McFarland 90+3'	Report	Kitching 64' M. Grifffiths 81' Scarr 90+1' Sheva 90+1'	Stadium: Maiden Castle Attendance: 1,219 Referee: Zac Kennard-Kettle
Note: Initial game scheduled for 11 January 2026 postponed due to adverse weather conditions.

11 March 2026 16	Sunderland	1-1	Nottingham Forest	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 GMT	Kitching 35' Sheva 69' M. Grifffiths 80' Dale 83' Lambourne 90+3'	Report	Omewa 64' Claypole 90+6', 90+6'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 210 Referee: Megan Wilson
Note: Initial game scheduled for 15 February 2026 postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

15 March 2026 17	Charlton Athletic	1-0	Sunderland	Charlton
14:00 GMT	Thestrup 36', 50' N'Dow 62' Fitzgerald 85'	Report	L. Griffiths 17' 76' Sheva 58' Watson 68'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 519 Referee: Julia Kings

18 March 2026 15	Sunderland	2-2	Sheffield United	Hetton-le-Hole
19:00 GMT	Kitching 57' Sheva 61' M. Griffiths 80' Dale 90+4'	Report	Andrews 4', 90+9' (pen.) Devlin 55' 61' Guyatt 85'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 212 Referee: Alice Parker
Note: Initial game scheduled for 6 February 2026 postponed due to a waterlogged pitch.

22 March 2026 18	Portsmouth	0-1	Sunderland	Portsmouth
14:00 GMT		Report	Dale 5'	Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 1,293 Referee: Laura van Lier

29 March 2026 19	Sunderland	1-1	Newcastle United	Sunderland
14:00 BST	Watson 17' Lambourne 73' Fenton 79' Sheva 84'	Report	Sevenius 81'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 10,156 Referee: Abigail Byrne

1 April 2026 20	Birmingham City	0-1	Sunderland	Bordesley
19:00 BST	Holloway 38' Crosthwaite 90+3' Herron 90+7'	Report	Westrup 90+2'	Stadium: St Andrew's Stadium Attendance: 975 Referee: Stacey Pearson

26 April 2026 21	Sunderland	1-2	Crystal Palace	Sunderland
14:00 BST	Westrup 5' Finn 45+4' Watson 48' Griffiths 85'	Report	Blanchard 20' Weerden 31'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 1,785 Referee: Aaron Ford

2 May 2026 22	Ipswich Town	1-2	Sunderland	Myland
15:00 BST	Baker 13' Weir 86'	Report	Roberts 57' Dale 68'	Stadium: Colchester Community Stadium Attendance: 1,008 Referee: Levi Gray

FA Cup

14 December 2024 Third round proper	Derby County	1-5	Sunderland	Mickleover
14:00 GMT	Muir 4' Melrose 35' 60'	Report	Barry 9', 56' Watson 13', 24' Jones 32' Brown 40' Greenwood 63'	Stadium: The Don Amott Arena Attendance: 338 Referee: Lee Hurst

17 January 2025 Fourth round proper	Sunderland	0-1	London City	Hetton-le-Hole
12:15 GMT	Fenton 73' Atkinson 79'	Report	Pattinson 46' Sangaré 50', 53' Pérez 64'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 389 Referee: Adewunmi Soneye

League Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Liverpool	3	3	0	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Sheffield United	3	1	1	0	1	3	5	−2	5
3	Durham	3	0	0	2	1	3	4	−1	2
4	Sunderland	3	0	1	0	2	1	7	−6	2

Source: Women's League Cup
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of wins; 5) Head-to-head record

24 September 2025 Group stage	Liverpool	5–0	Sunderland	St Helens
19:00 BST	Evans 7' Clark 21', 83' Shimizu 41' Haug 71', 89'	Report		Stadium: St Helens Stadium Attendance: 2,018 Referee: Abby Dearden

19 October 2025 Group stage	Sunderland	0–1	Sheffield United	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 BST	Fenton 24'	Report	Andrews 39' O'Rourke 60' Foy 90+6'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 400 Referee: Jula Kings

23 November 2025 Group stage	Sunderland	1-1 (4–3 p)	Durham	Hetton-le-Hole
14:00 GMT	Scarr 50' Barry 62'	Report	Ayre 18' Robson 41' Hepple 72'	Stadium: Eppleton CW Attendance: 453 Referee: William Davis
	Penalties
	Fenton Barry Scarr Westrup		Hepple Watson Foster Speckmaier Briggs

Statistics

Italics indicate a loaned in player.

Appearances

As of 2 May 2026

Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances after the + symbol where applicable.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		WSL2		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Demi Lambourne	12	0	8	0	1	0	3	0
2	DF	IRL	Izzy Atkinson	10	2	5+4	2	0+1	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Mary Corbyn	12	1	5+3	1	0+1	0	2+1	0
4	DF	ENG	Hannah Greenwood	21	1	13+4	0	2	1	1+1	0
5	DF	WAL	Rhiannon Roberts	19	1	17	1	2	0	0	0
6	DF	ENG	Louise Griffiths	18	0	14	0	2	0	1+1	0
7	FW	ENG	Katy Watson	27	6	21+1	4	1+1	2	0+3	0
8	FW	ENG	Emily Scarr	26	7	18+4	6	1	0	1+2	1
9	FW	ENG	Eleanor Dale	19	4	14+3	4	1	0	1	0
10	MF	NZL	Katie Kitching	27	6	18+4	6	2	0	1+2	0
11	DF	ENG	Jessica Brown	21	1	15+2	1	2	0	1+1	0
12	MF	ENG	Emily Cassap	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
14	MF	ENG	Natasha Fenton	26	0	21+1	0	1	0	3	0
16	GK	IRL	Grace Moloney	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	IRL	Jamie Finn	19	0	8+7	0	1	0	3	0
18	MF	ENG	Libbi McInnes	11	0	1+7	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
19	FW	ENG	Keira Barry	12	3	3+6	1	1	2	2	0
20	FW	WAL	Ellen Jones	15	0	0+11	0	1	0	3	0
21	MF	IRL	Marissa Sheva	23	1	18+1	1	2	0	1+1	0
22	DF	IRL	Tara O'Hanlon	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
24	DF	NIR	Caragh Hamilton	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	ENG	Evie Rabjohn	6	0	1+2	0	0	0	3	0
26	MF	WAL	Mared Griffiths	8	1	6+2	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF	SCO	Brianna Westrup	20	0	12+3	0	1+1	0	3	0
31	DF	ENG	Chloe Paxton	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	FW	ENG	Niyah Dunbar	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0
33	FW	ENG	Ella Parker	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
37	FW	JAM	Reanna Blades	6	0	0+5	0	0	0	1	0

Goalscorers

As of 2 May 2026

Rnk	No	Pos	Name	WSL2	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	8	FW	Emily Scarr	6	0	1	7
2	10	MF	Katie Kitching	6	0	0	6
2	7	FW	Katy Watson	4	2	0	6
4	9	FW	Eleanor Dale	4	0	0	4
5	19	FW	Keira Barry	1	2	0	3
6	2	DF	Izzy Atkinson	2	0	0	2
7	3	DF	Mary Corbyn	1	0	0	1
	4	DF	Hannah Greenwood	0	1	0	1
	5	DF	Rhiannon Roberts	1	0	0	1
	11	DF	Jessica Brown	1	0	0	1
	21	MF	Marissa Sheva	1	0	0	1
	26	MF	Mared Griffiths	1	0	0	1
Total				27	5	1	33

Disciplinary record

As of 2 May 2026

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	WSL2			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Demi Lambourne	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
2	DF		Izzy Atkinson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
3	DF		Mary Corbyn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
4	DF		Hannah Greenwood	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
5	DF		Rhiannon Roberts	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
6	DF		Louise Griffiths	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7	FW		Katy Watson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
8	FW		Emily Scarr	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
9	FW		Eleanor Dale	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
10	MF		Katie Kitching	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
11	DF		Jessica Brown	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Natasha Fenton	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
17	MF		Jamie Finn	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
19	FW		Keira Barry	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
20	FW		Ellen Jones	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
21	MF		Marissa Sheva	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
26	MF		Mared Griffiths	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
27	DF		Brianna Westrup	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Total				31	1	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	37	1	0

References

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^ Sanders, Emma (2026-04-07). "Bay Collective become majority owners of Sunderland Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
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^ Smith, Phil (2025-09-05). "Inside Sunderland Women's summer rebuild and why they're bullish for new season". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 2026-01-26.
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External links

Official website

[1] Patterson, Charlotte (2026-01-03). "A Season On The Brink: Thoughts On Sunderland AFC Women's 2025/2026 Campaign". Roker Report. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

[2] Sanders, Emma (2026-04-07). "Bay Collective become majority owners of Sunderland Women". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2026-04-08.

[3] Gregory, Ross (2025-06-20). "Sunderland Women release 7 players and sign up 5 as gear up for promotion tilt". Chronicle Live. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

[4] Smith, Phil (2025-09-05). "Inside Sunderland Women's summer rebuild and why they're bullish for new season". Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 2026-01-26.

[5] Patterson, Charlotte (2026-01-05). "SAFC Women: Three loan players return to parent clubs". Sunderland AFC. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

[6] "SAFC Women Strengthen Squad with Double Loan Swoop for Hamilton & Griffiths". Roker Report. 2026-02-05. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

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