Charlton Athletic W.F.C.

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Charlton Athletic Women's Football Club (CAWFC) is an English professional women's football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The club play in the Women's Super League (WSL), the highest tier of English women's football. Since 2024, CAWFC have played all of their home matches at The Valley. Founded in 1991 as Bromley Borough, the club was also formerly known as Croydon Women's F.C. (1994–2000) before being taken over by Charlton Athletic in 2000. During this period, it became one of the most successful women's teams in England, winning the FA Cup in 2005 and the League Cup in 2004 and 2006. In the early to mid-2000s, the team was considered part of the "top three" in English women's football, alongside Arsenal and Fulham. Following the parent club's relegation from the Premier League, the women's team was controversially disbanded in the summer of 2007, causing almost all of the senior squad to depart. A rescue sponsorship package was subsequently arranged, allowing the...

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