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HISTORY

Billericay Town Ladies came into being in 1996 with the new club joining the Greater London Women's League.

The switch was made to the Essex County Women’s League and the Division One title was won in 2000-01.

Lisa Robins’ (left) ended the 2001-02 season with 46 goals in all competitions. This is still a record for the Women’s Team.

Club Chairman, Rod Moore, approached Kim Coster (right) to take over the running of the Ladies set-up for the 2002-03 season. Prior to this Kim had played for Spurs Ladies, Biggleswade, Harlow, Chelmsford and Tesco Country before retiring due to injury, aged 36. She also represented Brent County, scoring a penalty for them at Wembley. Kim would then go on to gain a UEFA B coaching badge.

Under Kim the Women and Girls set-up has grown and improved to include youth sides beginning at Under 10 through to the Development Side and the First Team. The club has seen three promotions under Kim’s leadership.

The 2003-04 season ended with the team winning the Essex County Women’s League Cup. The club would end as runners-up for the following two seasons.

Billericay finished as runners-up in the Essex County Women's League for the 2004-05 and 2005-06 season, winning the title for a second time the following year.

The Blues moved into the Eastern Region Women's League, finishing as runners-up in 2013, 2015 and 2016, finally winning the title in 2018.

During the 2018-19 season Kim lead the Ladies team to a second-place finish in the FA Women's National League Division 1 South East, the Ladies highest ever league finish at the time. The Blues also reached the third round of the Women's FA Cup for the first time, losing 4-3 at home to Loughborough Foxes.

The clubs record win of 31-0 came this season as Rayleigh Town were swept aside in the Essex Women’s Cup. Zoe Rushen and Sam Pittuck both scored 8 goals that afternoon. The Essex Women’s Cup was won for the first time as C&K Basildon were beaten 4-0 in the final.

Scott Chickelday was appointed as First Team Manager for the 2020-01 season. Only three league matches were played before the season was curtailed by Covid 19. The team reached the third round of the Women’s FA Cup again, this time losing 3-1 at Oxford United.

Another run in the FA Cup, including a 10-0 away win at Chesham United, took the club to the fourth round for the first time. A record crowd of 415 watched The Blues battle to a 1-1 draw with Coventry United of the Women’s Championship. Alex Baker made a number of fine saves to keep Town in the fixture but the visitors won the penalty shoot-out.

On Wednesday 6th April 2022 Teni Charles became the first Billericay Town Women's player to receive a full international cap when she made her debut for St. Vincent & The Grenadines in their 5-1 home win against British Virgin Islands. Teni won a second cap on Tuesday 12th in a 2-1 defeat in Honduras.

Billericay ended the 2021-22 season with a run of 10 league wins in a row to lift the FA Women’s National League Division 1 South-East title and seal promotion to the third tier of women’s football for the first time in the club’s history.

James Gibson was appointed as First Team Manager part way through the 2022-23 season and went on to lead the team to two cup finals. Hashtag United were beaten on penalties in the semi-final of the Essex Women’s Cup.