Ipswich Town Women have announced their retained list following the 2024/25 season in which they won the FAWNL Southern Premier League title and promotion to the second tier, now known as the WSL2, for the first time with six senior players released.

New contract offers have been made to skipper Maria Boswell, all-time top scorer and appearance-maker Natasha Thomas, Charlotte Fleming, Shauna Guyatt, Laura Hartley, Summer Hughes, Leah Mitchell, Natalia Negri, Lucy O’Brien, Sophie Peskett, Kyra Robertson and Ruby Seaby, while talks are ongoing with Kaci-Jai Bonwick and Nina Meollo.

Angela Addison, Maisy Barker, Issy Bryant, Grace Garrad, Ella Rutherford and Evie Williams have all been released and loanees Elkie Bowyer, Ruby Doe, Lucy Watson have returned to their parent clubs.

Photo: Dan Thomas

Freddies_Ears added 17:52 - Jun 13 Gutted for (shocked about) Evie Williams, hope she (and the others) find good clubs to progress their careers with...
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pinewood added 18:12 - Jun 13 Seems harsh on girls who help get the team promoted . Tbh I don't know how much they did contribute , I hope they do well in the future.
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trevski_s added 18:21 - Jun 13 Sad to hear about all those leaving and some shocking names included that played a important part last season (likes of Rutherford and Barker are 2 that quickly spring to mind). I hope they all go on to find new clubs soon and do really well. On a positive side, great to see Seaby is being offered a contract as I felt like she had a great loan/dual registration with us (hopefully Doe follows soon too) and young Bonwick is being offered a contract too after the amazing debut she had in the final game of the season. Be interesting to see who else they add in this summer after the amazing transfer window they had last season

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blues1 added 18:37 - Jun 13 Very surprised about Rutherford and barker being released. Both very good players who i think would do well next season. Gonna need to be some very good signings made to stand any chance of staying up thats for sure. It's a big jump in quality in the championship
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BurgessBlue added 18:41 - Jun 13 Can’t believe Maisie Barker being released. Perhaps we can get the Hashtag left back to replace her. Any news on our home ground for next season as I hear Felixstowe is not up to standard for this league
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Edmundo added 20:18 - Jun 13 There needs to be an over all increase in squad standard. Unfortunately some of the stalwarts of the past few seasons have to move aside. I trust the Club, with Joe at the helm of the women's team, to be able to select replacement players capable of integrating and helping the side move that big step up.
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Basuco added 21:27 - Jun 13 I am shocked at Maisy Barker, she did a great job against Chloe Kelly at the Joie stadium in the FA Cup.
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Hugoagogo_Reborn added 22:11 - Jun 13 Best wishes to all those released. Thank you for all you did in our promotion season!
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atty added 09:20 - Jun 14 Ashton has stated that there will be a big upgrade in the funding of the Women’s team. Likewise the academy. So an upgrade in replacements too hopefully.
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