This is our club & we keep building! Running Adults, U18, U16, U15, U14, 2xU13, U12, U11, 2xU10, U9 & U8 teams for the 24/25 season. We only do positive!
Can you help? We have sponsorship gaps for Ladies away kit, plus home shirts for the brand new U8 Eagles, our U16 Phoenix who move to Hampton Road this year, U12 Dangerous Dragons, U11 Super Swifts and the brilliant U10 Bees! Support women's sport and watch us fly!
Confirmation of brilliant news for our Ladies team; after a rejig of teams & by virtue of our 2nd placed finish in the league, we have been promoted to the West Mids Prem! Congrats to everyone involved, fully deserved recognition for a superb season. 🥳🥳🥳
It’s all over!!
Knowle 3:0 Walsall
A comfortable 2nd half performance with quality and some quite brilliant goals put Knowle in the League Cup Final!
Congratulations ladies! 🎉
🏆⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️🏆⚽️
Big congrats to defender Sam Smith, who in Feb made her 400th competitive appearance for Knowle LFC! Chairman Dave R presented her with an award after Sunday's game to mark this achievement. Sam is sponsored by
@ArdenBookSol
; thank you to them for their support. Well done Sam!
⚠️🥇Record breaker! 🥇⚠️
Congrats to Demi Rolph who hit 27 goals for the season Sunday; a new single season record for a KLFC player!
Previous record was held by Jenna Clayton who scored 24 in the 09/10 season.
Well done Demi - plenty of games left to see what total you'll set!
Result:
Kidderminster 1-2 Knowle
⚽️⚽️ Rolph
🏆Gibson/Phelps
Big three points secured on the road! Weathered the storm (literally), took our chances & stood strong late on to see the game out. Huge performances from everyone to deliver the game plan perfectly.
#UTR
🔴⚫️
Results aren't our main focus, but it's kind of special to have an unbeaten day across our girls teams. 9 games played, 7 wins, 2 draws...well done everyone! 🥳👏
This debut deserves a special post; Jess Jenkinson made her first competitive appearance for the adult team yesterday! The 16 year old stepped up from our U17 Wasps team & delivered a confident, classy performance. Worked hard all summer for this - super impressive Jess, bravo!
RESULT
@kingfisher_fc
0-4 Knowle LFC
⚽️⚽️⚽️Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
⚽️Smith (
@ArdenBookSol
)
🏆Betteridge (EMC Services)
Congrats all round - Demi's 🎩, Morg's potm show, debuts for 2 x Abis & all 15 squad members contributing well! Action packed & spirited game from both sides
Big congratulations to Carly Donnelly who made her senior competitive debut on Sunday; she's worked hard for months to make the step up & thoroughly deserved her opportunity. The first of many more to come, no doubt! A big positive for the club to have a thriving girls section.
Knowle 2-2
@shifnalladies
(4-2 on pens)
⚽️ Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
⚽️ Byrne (
@SurgeryGroupUK
)
🏆Smirthwaite/Fleming (
@multiplayerdev
)
Well that was eventful to say the least! Game of two halves, then Knowle hold their nerve in the shootout, well done to all who stepped up!
Changing room refurb is complete and looking 🔥🔥🔥 ! Looking forward to being back in there come August.
Big thanks to
@Seeley789
& his team for doing a top job.
Lots of changes going on at the club this summer!
Ladies Team (sponsored by
@Wadsworthslaw
) Nov POTM - ⚠️Demi!
13 goals in 4 games might be enough said, but Demi's finishing technique is just getting better each week. She is a great teammate, positive influence & has shown her commitment all season. Top coach also!👏
RESULT
Knowle 8-1 LILFC
⚽️⚽️🏆White (sponsored by
@EHSmithKB
)
⚽️⚽️⚽️Gibson (
@multiplayerdev
)
⚽️⚽️Rolph (EHMT)
⚽️Barlow
Numbers & fitness told in the end. Once we got our shooting boots on we were lethal. 🚀 Alana was unplayable!
This is MASSIVE for grassroots clubs. 👏👏👏
Last year we earned £1665...and paid out about half of that for officials fees & travel for the game over at
@YaxleyPhoenixFC
The same run this year could net over £10k. That would fund the entire team for OVER TWO SEASONS!
RESULT
Knowle 3-2
@CCFCLadies
⚽️Shaw
⚽️⚽️Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
🏆Clarke (Arden Metals)
A game that was a wonderful advert the
@VitalityWFACup
! Both sides gave it everything in front of a bumper crowd. Superb goals, great play, top atmosphere. Credit to all involved 👏
Lichfield 0-1 Knowle
⚽️ Dolphin
🏆 Holland (sponsored by EHMT)
A hard fought win where all 16 put a huge shift in. Vetty's fine finish from Maz's assist was the difference, but a real squad performance. Clean sheet, three points, bucket hat on.
RESULT
Droitwich 0-7 Knowle
⚽️⚽️ Smith (sponsored by
@ArdenBookSol
)
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️🏆Rolph (EHMT)
⚽️ Abbotts (Teem Services)
Thanks to the above for sponsorsing today's goalscorers! Good day all round - we love it when a plan comes together! Team knew their jobs & executed them well.
Big thanks to everyone who got involved in the charity game last night, it was a top evening. Still time to donate!
@UHBNeurosurgery
ran out 3-1 winners, well done to them. Seems like a rematch is on the cards next year!
Absolute banger from Nads for our goal though 🤌
It's not just Maz we're celebrating on
#IWD2023
!
Let's also hear it for the 172 female players registered at KGFC, playing across our 11 teams (plus 5 of them in our boys section!). They're the real heroes & future of women's football; smart, strong, bold & committed every one.
Knowle 5:0 Westfields
Knowle take the 3 points home 🙌
✅ 5 goals
✅ 5 different scorers
✅ 5 league clean sheets
5 🌟 performance
Well done ladies 🙌
🔵⚪️⚽️👍
****NEW SIGNING - NATALIE GIBSON****
Natalie is our first summer signing and previous clubs include
@AVWFCOfficial
,
@Boldmere_WFC
(formerly BWM) and
Coleshill Town Ladies. The ultimate professional & a great mentor & inspiration to young players in the team. Welcome Natalie!
What a day for KGFC - 9 games; 8 wins, 1 draw! Brand new teams absolutely getting the bug, new players fitting in perfectly, middle teams moving format and still smashing it, older teams leading the way & showcasing all they have learnt. We love this game & all it gives us! ❤🖤
They only went and did it! U14 Phoenix - league champions! The team needed a point today, but a hattrick from player of the match JJ, two from Lucy and one each for Bella, Romina & Ruby saw them win it in style. Well done girls, so proud of you!
RESULT
@RugbyTownGLFC
0-3 Knowle FC
⚽️ Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
⚽️ Barlow (4 Positive Improvements)
⚽️🏆 Gibson
Improved throughout the game & then took a hold of it and got the win. Hard earned clean sheet is always pleasing too!
GK appreciation post this morning for U15 keeper, Nyah! She’s really benefitting from sessions with the ladies GK. So much so, that she pulled out one of the BEST saves you’ll see at girls grassroots level on Saturday, that was applauded by everyone on and off the pitch! 🧤🧤
Crusaders 0-1 Knowle
⚽️Bacciochi (sponsored by
@JohnAirserveSmc
)
🏆Smith (
@ArdenBookSol
)
Had to dig really deep to claim 3 big points. Nads' early goal put us ahead, Cru threw the kitchen sink at us late on but we held firm, defended well & saw it out. Clean sheet for JJ too!
2nd debut Sunday was new signing Alana White! The pocket rocket 🚀 joins on a dual sign basis from
@FcAlvechurch
🤝(thank you to them for agreeing!) She had a barnstorming hour yesterday, created chances & unlucky to have a goal chalked off! Looking forward to seeing her develop!
RESULT
@LeamingtonLFC
1-4 Knowle
⚽️Byrne (Sponsored by
@SurgeryGroupUK
)
⚽️White (
@EHSmithKB
)
⚽️Shaw
⚽️Rolph (EHMT)
🏆Smith (
@ArdenBookSol
)
On top & looking good in an exciting first half, then the second half was a bit of a non event! Three points the goal though ✅️
Knowle 5:2 Crusaders
It’s all over - after the early scare… Knowle we’re pretty dominant, especially in the 2nd half, with goals to show for their hard work.
✅ The first 3️⃣ Premier points for Knowle!
#UTR
!
🔴⚫️⚽️👍
We're pleased to announce that Natalie Gibson, Dan Wakelam & Marcus Bignot will form the Ladies management team next season. They'll be ably supported by our off pitch volunteers & senior players. The team are looking forward to a positive & successful 22/23 season!
Sure you didn't miss it yesterday, given she banged in a goal on debut, but a warm welcome to new signing Marsha Malik! The forward joins us on a dual sign basis from Solihull Moors. Great start Marsha, looking forward to seeing what you can do for the rest of the season!
Too often, the referee only gets mentioned in a negative light. So can we just say, for our last two Ladies games in particular, the standard of refereeing was absolutely top quality. Fair decisions, measured approach, constant communication. Well done to both officials.
Knowle 7-0 Droitwich
⚽️Bacciochi
⚽️⚽️ Rolph (EHMT)
⚽️⚽️ Gibson ( Sponsored by
@multiplayerdev
)
⚽️Fleming (
@multiplayerdev
)
⚽️Barlow (4 Positive Improvements)
🏆Clarke (Arden Metals)
Quite the roll call, quite the performance! Confident play to create space & then exploit it.
Extremely serious prep work going on last weekend for our first pre-season challenge; tactics, game plan, selection all outlined in great detail... 🔴 v 👨⚕️ 👀👀👀
Lye Town 3-0 Knowle
🏆 Phelps (available to sponsor!)
An organised & hard working performance; three felt harsh in the end. Hard graft from every player against a side with a lot of quality. Big step up from last week & a milestone reached too! 👀
Managers player of the season - Maz!! What a legend 😍
She is probably still hoovering her house after the after party ended up in her lounge last night!
Our home pitch gets some stick. Got to love the Knowle bobble, right?! But it gets games on. Big thanks to everyone who works on it all year. We've now played all our 23/24 home games; no mean feat when every year many grassroots clubs are scrabbling to finish seasons due to pp's
RESULT
Coventry Sphinx 3-1 Knowle
⚽️ Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
🏆Fleming (sponsored by
@multiplayerdev
)
It wasn't our day. But proud of the effort and attitude every single one of us showed today. The support was so good too; thank you all so much for coming. ❤🖤❤🖤
RESULT
Knowle 0-5
@WolvesWomen
🏆Maz; myth, legend once again (sponsored by
@SurgeryGroupUK
)
A proper shift. Gave a good account of ourselves again; undone by a couple of basics but cannot fault the attitude & effort of all 13! Shout out to Claudia for stepping in as keeper!
Yesterday
@knowlegirlsfc
&
@CrusadersLFC
players & supporters completed a football card & donated spare change towards this fundraiser. We collected £55 which has been paid in this morning; thank you. Thanks also to our Vets side, many of whom also chipped in!
@shifnalladies
#DJ3
We had very sad news from a member of our football family Danielle Jones who was diagnosed with breast cancer which has now spread to her liver.
We are trying to raise money so she can take her son to Disneyland
Any donations would be appreciated
RESULT
Knowle 6-0
@kingfisher_fc
⚽️⚽️⚽️🏆 Holland
⚽️⚽️⚽️ Rolph
Both sponsored by EHMT who use football as a way of supporting people through mental health challenges ❤️
We were on it today & produced a fine team performance; incisive football, strong mindset, plenty of fun!
Coventry Sphinx 1-1 Knowle
⚽️Malik
🏆Bacciochi (sponsored by
@JohnAirserveSmc
)
Another huge effort from the whole squad wins us a point. Very much a rearguard action after Marsha's goal put us ahead, 93rd min equaliser was disappointing, but draw a fairer result in all honesty.
Other big news from today - massive well done to Jess & Carly from our U17 Wasps for stepping up to make their 1st team debut today! Both superb; Carly with a goal saving tackle, Jess in command of her area. They've worked hard for this & we're so proud of them; future is bright!
#morethanacup
- it's also the perfect day to play football cliché bingo, when we face
@WolvesWomen
in the
@BirminghamFA
County Cup. All support welcome!
Dobbers at the ready, eyes down for a full house...we'll start with you off with "anything can happen in cup football!"
So sad for our
@Lionesses
today. But look at what they've done; are doing & will continue to do. Getting young, female players so engaged that they spend hours thinking about football, playing it, making posters to bring to THEIR club for final day. That's the win.
#FIFAWWC
#HGT
Looking forward to Sunday already! Big game ahead; we play
@WalsallFCWomen
in the league cup semi-final. 2pm kick off, at home - all support welcome!
@wmrwfl
@Wadsworthslaw
Another whole club award winner - congrats to Paul who was named junior manager of the year for his work with the boys U12 Pumas and the girls U14 Phoenix! His positive coaching & encyclopeadic game knowledge has helped both sides really progress!
The new look
@BirminghamFA
Women's Cup starts this weekend & we have drawn
@BCFCWomen
in the first round! Although we are the away side, the fixture has been reversed to our home ground. See you at Hampton Road for a 2pm kick off, no charge on the gate, all support welcome!
A hard fought away victory in tough conditions today against Droitwich! Two good finishes in the first half from Nat Gibson and Alice Belcher making the difference for Knowle. Gibbo POTM too!
Knowle 6-1 Bewdley
⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Rolph (sponsored by EHMT)
⚽️ Smith (
@ArdenBookSol
)
⚽️ Byrne (
@SurgeryGroupUK
)
🏆Shaw/Fleming (
@multiplayerdev
)
Plenty of zip about Knowle today, fast in attack & used the ball well. All 15 put hard work in & it paid dividends against a smart side
RESULT
Knowle 0-4
@WolvesWomen
🏆Smirthwaite
Heads held high here. We know we defend strongly. We knew we'd have to today. And we did. Legs started to go & we lost out eventually, but proud of the performance. Valuable lesson in shape & working together v tough oppo too.
Another signing on show Sunday was Lily Phelps! Lily dual signed here at the tail end of last season; appearances were limited by injury but she's now a fully fledged Robin in 23/24! Lily adds dynamism & quick feet to our midfield & we're thrilled to have her join the squad.
Thank you to the U10 Dragons who were the Ladies Team matchday mascots on Sunday! Both teams enjoyed meeting each other properly and sharing the day. The Dragons also made plenty of noise on the sidelines!
Shrewsbury 3-2 Knowle
⚽️ Rolph (sponsored by
@multiplayerdev
)
⚽️🏆McDonald (also
@multiplayerdev
!)
Disappointment in the end, we just couldn't hold on. But a good account of ourselves, plenty of threat going forward & hard work off the ball. Off to sit in a fridge for 2 days.
New member of the 100 club! Rach Keen goes up on the board after making her 100th appearance against Lye Town last month! Her 99th was in Apr22, so we've been waiting a while for this. Debuted in 2017 & the tenacious full back has been a great teammate ever since.
It’s MATCHDAY!
The first home game of the season!
🆚
@crusadersWFC
🕑 2pm KO
🏟️ Hampton Road, B93 0NX
🎟 Free!
Come down and support the ladies if you can….
Otherwise you can follow updates here on twitter!
🎙️ Join Stu from 1pm
#UTR
🔴⚫️⚽️👍
Encouraging Healthy Minds Together aren't daft; they sponsor both todays goalscorers & potm. Using football to support men to get talking through struggles, EHMT are an amazing group we're proud to be associated with.
ICYMI then:
Knowle 3-0
@WalsallFCWomen
⚽️⚽️🏆Holland
⚽️Rolph
Fab experience last Sunday for our U10s & U11s who were ball girls at
@BCFCwomen
v
@SpursWomen
!
They had to brave awful weather🥶🌧️ but enjoyed the day & met some of their heroes!
Thanks especially to
@louise_quinn4
&
@emilyjramsey
for making time to say hello after the match👏
It's not just the U18 Raptors that
@multiplayerdev
are supporting this year, they are also player sponsors for Nat Gibson & Kate Fleming! Both players coach in our girls section so MPG wanted to support them this season as a thank you for giving back. Thank you MPG!
RESULT
@SGUFCWomen
2-4 Knowle
⚽️⚽️🏆Rolph (sponsored by MK Murray)
⚽️Barlow (SW Events)
⚽️Belcher (
@CoachStu_UK
)
Another fab game between these two sides, but Knowle's energy & desire in the last 10mins got the win. Big effort & performance from all! Support was superb too!🙌
Knowle 1-2 Coundon Court
⚽️🏆 Adams
Never got up to our ability today and paid the price. Hit with a sucker punch when looking most lively, and couldn't claw it back. Three impressive debuts heading up the positives column however.
Fun stuff on Friday evenings for us this Spring as KLFC are playing in the over 30s women's league at
@goalsfootballuk
, organised by
@BCFAWG
! Ex-players out of retirement, along with those trusty
@Wadsworthslaw
shirts! Really enjoying it, thanks all!
After another cancellation, we were grateful to
@WalsallFCWomen
for stepping in to play our friendly this afternoon! A good game ended in a 5-3 Knowle win, with Demi Rolph hitting 4 & Sam Smith poking one in. A good test for the squad of 13.
Knowle 3-3 Lichfield City
⚽️ Bacciochi (sponsored by
@JohnAirserveSmc
)
⚽️ Malik
⚽️ Rolph (
@multiplayerdev
)
🏆 Barlow
Rough one to take with a last gasp equaliser, but created plenty and played some nice stuff. Great individual performances to be proud of. Back at it in 2024!
You saw it Sunday, but let's talk signings/debuts!
Sarai McDonald is the latest U18 to step up to adult football...and promptly delivered a goal & potm! The young forward is a hugely exciting prospect & will continue developing in the adult squad. Well done Sarai, proud of you!
One last shout out to the amazing local business who sponsored a Knowle GFC kit last season; in tough times we appreciate your support more than ever. We couldn't provide football to over 150 female players without you! Thank you so, so much!
We must say a MASSIVE THANK YOU to
@SheldonFire
tonight for helping our GK
@rachel2303g
and potential new manager (🙈😂) after being locked in the training facility!!! We had a giggle but in all seriousness, you were fab 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
After examining the VAR footage, there is a correction to the goalscorers from yesterday - turns out it was skipper Maz Byrne with a brace! 👏👏👏Superb pinpoint delivery from Emma Shaw for both goals! 🤝
RESULT
Knowle 3-2
@WCFCWomen
⚽️ Holland (sponsored by EHMT)
⚽️ Byrne (
@SurgeryGroupUK
)
⚽️ 🏆Betteridge (EMC Services)
Another thrilling cup tie down at Hampton Rd & we're through to the next round. Created plenty but it took Morgs' stunner to settle it! Good fun today.
RESULT:
@CCFCLadies
0-2 Knowle LFC
⚽️Belcher
⚽️Rolph
🏆Barlow
A fantastic team performance full of hard work, tidy football & great attitude. Onto the next round of the
@VitalityWFACup
we go. We even got a celebratory rainbow at the end of the game! 🌈🥳
🏆 BIG…. actually MASSIVE Cup Semi Final Day! 🏆
Knowle Ladies 🆚 Walsall Ladies
🕑 2:00pm k/o
🏟 Hampton Rd, B93 0NX
Come and support! If you can’t …..
🎙 join Stu for match updates and expert(’ish) analysis right here!
🚨 Turn those Twitter alerts on!
Still buzzing from yesterday! But can we take a moment before the draw excitement to say thanks to our awesome mascots?! U8 Swifts (plus an U10 Griffin, an U1 Angel & a keen little bro!😉) were an absolute joy & cheered us on all game. This is what its all about!
@VitalityWFACup