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Club News

Preview: Durham (A).

08 Jun 2026BCW Media Team

City make the lengthy trip to the North East to face Durham in their final game of the 2024/25 season on Sunday, May 4th (2pm).

Steve Kirby is looking to end the campaign on a high and will be hoping for a positive reaction from his side and a performance similar to that which earned them a 5-0 win over Durham in December, who are two games without a win.

Lexi Lloyd-Smith comes into this one on the back of scoring a brace against Sunderland and picking up City’s Young Player of the Year award last week, and she’ll be keen to add to her goal tally which currently sees her third top scorer in the division after an impressive first season with The Robins.

OUR OPPONENTS: DURHAM

Founded: 2014

Stadium: Maiden Castle

Nickname: The Wildcats

Manager: Adam Furness

Finish Last Season: 9th

Durham have been a Barclays Women’s Championship side since the club was founded and awarded a licence in 2014.

They have been consistently in and around mid table since then, but the 2020/21 was an anomaly, as The Wildcats finished second, missing out on promotion to the Barclays Women’s Super League only to Champions Leicester City.

Last campaign was a tough one for Durham as they finished 9th, eight points clear of the relegation spot but significantly lower than they would have been hoping. Current Head Coach Adam Furness was initially brought in on an Interim basis, before being appointed permanently in the summer.

They’ve enjoyed a much more positive season this time around, finding themselves 4th having challenged at the top for most of the season before just falling away towards the end.