In 2001 Exeter City FC were looking to form a women's team, and having heard of Elmore's success they contacted the Club and asked if they would be interested in becoming Exeter City Ladies FC. The girls jumped at the chance and so Exeter City Ladies Football Club was reformed.


The first season as Exeter City LFC was very successful, the manager, Jamie Vittles leading the the team to  promotion to the South West Combination Women's League, after finishing as Champions of the South West Women's Football League, Premier Division.


Table

Final Table 01-02	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Exeter City	14	12	0	2	58	10	36
Chalford	14	10	1	3	57	21	31
Marjons	14	9	3	2	42	20	30
Bath City	14	4	3	7	25	39	15
Oldland Abbotonians	14	4	3	7	24	38	14	(-1)
Penzance	14	4	2	8	26	40	14
Ross Town	14	3	3	8	24	34	12
Cardiff City Reserves	14	2	1	11	13	67	7

Pat Sowden Cup

Pat Sowden Cup
14/10/2001	1st Round	Bristol United	Home	14-1	Becky Batten 4, H Courtney 3, Jo Goldsworthy 2, Josie Copp, V.Courtney, Helen Pring 2, Jo Kingwell
02/12/2001	2nd Round	Cardiff City Reserves	Home	6-0	Becky Batten 3	Jo Goldswothy	Shanhnaz Mackie	Lynsey Newcombe
17/03/2001	Semi-Final	Bath City	Home	4-1	Becky Batten	Hannah Courtney	Jo Chumbley	Josie Copp
28/04/2001	Final	Chalford	Neutral	3-2	Hannah Courtney 2 (1p)	Vikki Courtney		At Bristol Manor Farm
Pat Sowden Cup Winner's

Devon County Cup

Devon County Cup
21/10/2001	1st Round	Okehampton	Away	16-0	Becky Batten 7	Jo Goldswothy 3	Josie Copp 2	Lynsey Newcombe 3	Jo Tretheway
20/01/2002	QF	Exeter Central	Home	6-0	Becky Batten	Lisa Clark	Shanhnaz Mackie 3
17/02/2002	SF	Torbay LFC	Away	2-3	Becky Batten	Jo Goldsworthy

The team reached the 4th Round of the Woman's FA Cup, an outstanding feat, with two games played at St James Park

2001/02 WFA Cup 

Woman's FA Cup
09/09/2001	QF1	Bristol United	Away	7-0	Becky Batten 2	Hannah Courtney 2	Becky Folds	Vikki Courtney	Jo Goldsworthy
30/09/2001	QF2	Marjons	Home	6-1	Becky Batten	Hannah Courtney 3	Shanhnaz Mackie
28/10/2001	R1	Keynsham	Home	3-0	Becky Batten	Hannah Courtney	Josie Copp
11/11/2001	R2	Cardiff City	Home	2-1	Becky Batten	Hannah Courtney			At SJP (AET)
09/12/2001	R3	Wimbledon	Away	3-1	Becky Batten	Hannah Courtney	Shanhnaz Mackie		At Kingstonian
06/01/2002	R4	Coventry City	Home	0-1	:			At SJP	Att 680

This meant City would get a bye to Round 1 in 2002/03. It was the second time that Exeter City had reached Round 4 of the WFA Cup.

Apperances and Goals

Name	League		WFA		Pat Sowden Cup		Devon C Cup		Total
	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Becky Batten	17	26	6	6	4	5	2	9	29	46
Jo Chumbley	16	1	6	0	4	1	3	0	29	2
Lisa  Clarke	11	1	3	0	3	1	2	1	19	2
Josie Copp	15	5	6	0	3	2	3	2	27	9
Maxine Coupe	17	0	5	0	4	0	3	0	29	0
Hannah Courtney	17	24	6	8	4	6	2	0	29	38
Vikki Courtney	17	3	5	1	4	2	2	0	28	6
Ann-Marie Dodds	16	0	5	0	3	0	3	0	27	0
Mandy Earle	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Becky Folds	7	2	3	1	2	0	2	0	14	3
Jo Goldsworthy	16	6	6	1	3	2	3	4	28	13
Anita James	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
Emily King	9	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	15	0
Jo  Kingwell	15	0	6	0	4	1	3	1	28	2
Erica Mason	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Shahnaz Mackie	7	4	5	3	3	0	1	3	16	10
Lyndsey Newcombe	15	2	6	0	4	0	3	3	28	5
Helen Pring	6	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	12	2
Jo Tretheway	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
Sara Walker	17	0	6	0	4	0	3	0	30	0
Own Goal		3		0		0				3
Totals

Apperances and goals 
all competitions 

		Apps	Goals
Becky Batten	2001/02	29	46
Jo Chumbley	2001/02	29	2
Lisa  Clarke	2001/02	19	2
Josie Copp	2001/02	27	9
Maxine Coupe	2001/02	29	0
Hannah Courtney	2001/02	29	38
Vikki Courtney	2001/02	28	6
Ann-Marie Dodds	2001/02	27	0
Mandy Earle	2001/02	1	1
Becky Folds	2001/02	14	3
Jo Goldsworthy	2001/02	28	13
Anita James	2001/02	3	0
Emily King	2001/02	15	0
Jo  Kingwell	2001/02	28	2
Erica Mason	2001/02	2	0
Shahnaz Mackie	2001/02	16	10
Lyndsey Newcombe	2001/02	28	5
Helen Pring	2001/02	12	2
Jo Tretheway	2001/02	6	1
Sara Walker	2001/02	30	0

The league apperances and goals includes the 2 games against Okeford, whose record was expunged. And the game against Barnstaple, who did not complete the season.