History
Throughout the club's history, younger girls have joined, permitting the club to enter successful teams in the West Riding Girls Football League and the u16sA play in the Four Counties Regional Girls League (playing against Leeds United, Sheffield Wednesday and Sheffield United). The club have always generally played in white and blue.
Leeds City Vixens was started in 1993 by Martin Cockerill and his children. At first it was called Meanwood Vixens but it grew into what is now known as Leeds City Vixens. Immediately the team made a name for itself and grew as part of the Sheffield and District Girl's League, winning the u12's, u14's and u16's . Leeds City Vixens open age played in the Yorkshire & Humberside League. In the season 1999/00 they finished 2nd with 51 points. In 2000/01 they got 41 points and finished 5th. In 2001/02 they finished 10th with 16 points. In 2002/03 they finished 5th with 27 points and got promoted to the next tier. They started playing in the Northern Combination League for the 2003/2004 season. A bad finish left them 10th at the end of the season and they were relegated back down. At the end of the 2004/2005 season, they finished top of the Yorkshire & Humberside League which brought them back up to the Northern Combination, where they remain. In the 2005/06 season they finished 2nd. In the 2006/2007 season they finished 2nd and came close to promotion. Over the course of the season they won 15 games, drew 4 games, and lost 2 games. The 2007/08 season saw a change in venue for the team. They now play at the same ground as Yorkshire Amateur A.F.C. and finally won promotion in 2008/09, finishing as champions of the Northern Combination Women's Football League.
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