Ladies' Team
Stocklake Ladies and Girls F.C. was formed in 1996 when Jason Davies and Samantha Davies started training a handful of girls, every Saturday without fail, but it was hard to find another team to play against. In fact, by the end of the season they had played only once, in a friendly game against Thame (which they won). During the next summer Jason managed to find a small league in Milton Keynes and entered two Under 14 teams and for the first time the girls were playing competitive football. They then joined a bigger league in Oxford and had by now had enough players to put out an under 14s and an under 16s team playing in a 7-a-side outdoor league and a 5-a-side indoor league, with a league cup at the end of the season. Major success came at the end of last season when the Ladies won the Women's Southern Region (Northern).
In 2002, Belgrave Youth and Stocklake Ladies and Girls were also amalgamated under the umbrella of Haywood United, and the club became one of the largest single-identity football clubs in Buckinghamshire with over 230 registered players.
In 2003–04 Haywood Ladies won the Chairman’s Cup, beating Slough 2–0 in the final at Thatcham Town.
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