Leeds United L.F.C.
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| Full name | Leeds Ladies Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | The Phoenix |
| Founded | 1989 |
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Garforth Town AFC Cedar Ridge Garforth Leeds West Yorkshire LS25 2PF |
| Capacity | 3,000 |
| Chairperson | Gary Cooper |
| Coach | Lewis 'Muggy' Atkinson |
| League | FA Women's Premier League Northern Division One |
| 2015-16 | 5th, FA Women's Premier League Northern Division One |
| Website | Club home page |
Leeds Ladies Football Club are an English women's football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. They have competed in the FA Women's Premier League National Division between 2009 and 2014, and from 2014 to present in the FA Women's Premier League Northern Division 1
The club play their home matches at Wheatley Park, home of Garforth Town A.F.C., in Garforth, West Yorkshire.
Leeds Ladies have two senior teams: the first team competing in the WPL North Division 1 and second team in the respective reserves league. LLFC also have two junior sides: U16 and U15.
The club's most notable player was Sue Smith, who has played for over 10 years at international level for England, including at the 2007 Women's World Cup.
The team was originally the Leeds United Ladies team. The team announced they were changing their name to Leeds Carnegie Ladies F.C. in July 2008. This came to ensure all of the professional sports teams Leeds Met University were investing in carried the name of the university's sport department, Carnegie College (including Leeds Carnegie and Yorkshire Carnegie) On 8 July 2010 it was announced by Leeds United F.C. that to stop Leeds Carnegie Ladies from going out of existence the club would step in to provide funding again, bringing the club full circle back to Leeds United Ladies once more, a day under two years since the club was renamed Leeds Carnegie L.F.C.
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