2022–23 Nottingham Forest W.F.C. season

The 2022–23 season was Nottingham Forest Women's fifth consecutive season in the FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division, which stands at level three of the women's football league pyramid.

Nottingham Forest
2022–23 season
ChairpersonDavid Shelton
Head CoachAndrew Cook
StadiumHalbrooke Stadium, Eastwood
City Ground, West Bridgford
FA WNL Northern Premier Division1st
Women's FA Cup3rd Round
FA WNL CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Charlotte Greengrass (17)
All: Charlotte Greengrass (22)
Highest home attendance5082 v Derby County
16 October 2022
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Lowest home attendance164 v Loughborough Lightning
13 October 2022
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Average home league attendance931
Biggest win12 – 1 v AFC Fylde
(Away)
15 January 2023
(FA WNL Northern Premier Division)
Biggest defeat0 – 3 v Sheffield United
(Away)
8 January 2023
(Women's FA Cup)

The club won the FA Womens National League Northern Premier Division,[1] but failed to gain promotion to the Women's Championship having lost in the Championship Play Off final to Watford.[2][3]

Forest also won the FA Women's National League Cup, beating Watford 3-2 in the final.[4][5]

Squad information

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First team squad

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As of 7 October 2022[6]
No. Name Nat. Date of birth (Age) Since Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Emily Batty   (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 26) 18 July 2021   Sheffield United
18 Aja Aguirre   (1991-11-18) 18 November 1991 (age 32) 1 July 2019   Aston Villa
Defenders
2 Lyndsey Harkin   (1991-08-30) 30 August 1991 (age 33) 1 February 2016   Doncaster Rovers Belles
3 Georgia Hewitt   (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30) 1 August 2018   Derby County
4 Lauren Purchase   (2004-06-29) 29 June 2004 (age 20) 9 August 2022   Aston Villa
5 Olivia Cook   (2001-01-10) 10 January 2001 (age 23) 1 July 2019   Doncaster Rovers Belles
14 Arryana Daniels   (2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 (age 23) 1 September 2021   Temple Owls
15 Laura-Jayne O’Neill   (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 29) 1 July 2017   Notts County
21 Hayley James   (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29) 1 August 2020   Leicester City
32 Emily Jacobs   (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 (age 21) - Academy
Midfielders
6 Charlotte Steggles   (1996-03-18) 18 March 1996 (age 28) 1 August 2020   Leicester City
11 Amy West   (1997-04-10) 10 April 1997 (age 27) 8 July 2021   Aston Villa
12 Niamh Reynolds   (2001-10-31) 31 October 2001 (age 23) 1 August 2020   Reading
17 Rosetta Taylor   (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000 (age 23) 7 October 2022   Valencia
19 Becky Anderson   - 2 July 2021   Coventry United
23 MacKenzie Smith   (2005-05-27) 27 May 2005 (age 19) 27 July 2022   Leicester City
27 Naomi Powell   (1999-01-10) 10 January 1999 (age 25) 28 July 2021   NC State Wolfpack
Forwards
7 Sophie Domingo   (2000-01-07) 7 January 2000 (age 24) 1 July 2022   Derby County
8 Mai Moncaster   (2001-08-14) 14 August 2001 (age 23) 1 September 2019   Leicester City
9 Yasmin Mosby   (1998-11-15) 15 November 1998 (age 25) 8 August 2022   Concord Mountain Lions
10 Iris Achterhof   (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 27) 30 July 2022   Sunderland
16 Gianna Mitchell   - 1 February 2022   Florida State Seminoles
22 Charlotte Greengrass   - 1 September 2020   Aston Villa

Squad Changes

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Transfers In

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Date Pos. Player From Fee Ref.
30 July 2022 FW Iris Achterhof Sunderland Free agent [7]
8 August 2022 FW Yasmin Mosby Concord Mountain Lions Free agent [8]
12 August 2022 FW Sophie Domingo Derby County Free agent [9]
7 October 2022 MF Rosetta Taylor Valencia Free agent [10]

Transfers Out

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Date Pos. Player To Fee Ref.

Loans In

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Date from Pos. Player From Duration Ref.
27 July 2022 MF MacKenzie Smith Leicester City Season-long loan[a] [11]
9 August 2022 DF Lauren Purchase Aston Villa Season-long loan[b] [12]
  1. ^ dual-registration loan
  2. ^ dual-registration loan

Loans Out

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Date from Pos. Player To Duration Ref.

Released

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Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Date signed Ref.
30 June 2022 FW Rosie Axten Stoke City
30 June 2022 MF Sophie Bramford Stoke City 8 July 2022 [13]
30 June 2022 DF Rachel Brown Sheffield United 5 July 2022 [14]
30 June 2022 FW Lagan Makin Retired
30 June 2022 FW Katie Middleton Loughborough Lightning

New contracts

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Date Pos. Player Contract length Ref.

Competitions

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Overall record

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
WNL Northern Premier Division 21 August 2022 20 May 2023 Matchday 1 Winners 22 17 3 2 81 18 +63 077.27
Women's FA Cup 13 November 2022 8 January 2023 First round Third round 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 066.67
WNL Cup 25 September 2022 23 April 2023 Determining round Winners 6 6 0 0 22 6 +16 100.00
Total 31 25 3 3 114 28 +86 080.65

Source: Soccerway

FA Women's National League Northern Premier Division

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Nottingham Forest (C) 22 17 3 2 81 18 +63 54 Championship play-off
2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 17 3 2 61 17 +44 54
3 Burnley 22 16 4 2 66 28 +38 52
4 Derby County 22 11 5 6 50 32 +18 38
5 Brighouse Town 22 8 7 7 28 27 +1 31
Source: The Football Association
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 17 3 2 81 18  +63 54 10 0 1 34 7  +27 7 3 1 47 11  +36

Source: Soccerway

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHHHAHHHAAAAAHHAAAHHAH
ResultWWWLDWWWWWWWLWWWDWWWDW
Position2133633221111111111111
Points3699101316192225283131343740414447505154
Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

21 August 2022 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 - 6 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
14:00 BST Report
Stadium: Excellance Arena
Attendance: 135
28 August 2022 2 Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 AFC Fylde Eastwood
14:00 BST Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 205
4 September 2022 3 Nottingham Forest 2 - 0 Liverpool Feds Eastwood
14:00 BST Report
  • Ellie Fletcher  
  • Nicola James  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 264
18 September 2022 4 Nottingham Forest 2 - 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Eastwood
14:00 BST Report
  • Amber Hughes   
  • Marie Gauntlett   35'
  • Katie Johnson  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 418
9 October 2022 5 Burnley 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Leyland
14:00 BST
  • Millie Grace Ravening   78'
  • Evie Priestley  
Report Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 158
13 October 2022 6 Nottingham Forest 4 - 1 Loughborough Lightning Eastwood
20:00 BST Report
  • Chloe Young   87'
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 164
16 October 2022 7 Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Derby County West Bridgford
14:00 BST Report
  • Own Goal  
  • Emelia Wilson  
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 5082
23 October 2022 8 Nottingham Forest 3 - 1 Brighouse Town Eastwood
14:00 BST Report
  • Imogen Porteous-Williams 
  • Annabelle Cass  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 329
6 November 2022 9 Stoke City 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT
  • Callan Barber  
Report
Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Attendance: 91
15 January 2023 10 AFC Fylde 1 - 12 Nottingham Forest Warton
14:00 GMT
  • Emily Hollinshead  
Report
Stadium: Kellamergh Park
Attendance: 93
29 January 2023 11 Huddersfield Town 0 - 3 Nottingham Forest Kirkburton
14:00 GMT
  • Brittany Sanderson  
  • Lauren Joyce  
Report Stadium: Stafflex Arena
Attendance: 93
5 February 2023 12 Liverpool Feds 2 - 4 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
14:00 GMT
  • Katie Thomas   58'
  • Bethany Donoghue   89'
Report Stadium: Jericho Lane Football Hub
Attendance: 85
12 February 2023 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 - 1 Nottingham Forest Telford
14:00 GMT
  • Destiney Toussaint   10'
  • Jade Cross   45+5', 63'
  • Beth Merrick  
  • Laura Cooper  
Report Stadium: New Bucks Head
Attendance: 551
19 February 2023 14 Nottingham Forest 4 - 0 Boldmere St Michaels Eastwood
14:00 GMT
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 421
26 February 2023 15 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Huddersfield Town Eastwood
14:00 GMT Report
  • Arabella Suttie  
  • Serena Fletcher  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 488
12 March 2023 16 Boldmere St Michaels 1 - 10 Nottingham Forest Sutton Coldfield
14:00 GMT
Report
Stadium: Boldmere Community Stadium
Attendance: 80
16 March 2023 17 Loughborough Lightning 2 - 2 Nottingham Forest Loughborough
19:45 GMT
  • Kayleigh Hines   7', 43'
Report Stadium: Holywell Sports Complex
Attendance: 220
26 March 2023 18 Derby County 0 - 2 Nottingham Forest Derby
14:00 BST
  • Emily Joyce  
  • Ella Hilliard  
Report Stadium: Pride Park
Attendance: 5243
2 April 2023 19 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Burnley Eastwood
14:00 BST
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 721
6 April 2023 20 Nottingham Forest 5 - 0 West Bromwich Albion Eastwood
20:00 BST
Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 418
16 April 2023 21 Brighouse Town 1 - 1 Nottingham Forest Wrose
14:00 BST
  • Lucy Sowerby  
  • Annabelle Cass  
Report
Stadium: Plumpton Park
Attendance: 175
30 April 2023 22 Nottingham Forest 3 - 0 Stoke City Eastwood
14:00 BST
Report
  • Roisin Kivel  
  • Sophie Thompson  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 1736
20 May 2023 Championship Play Off Final Nottingham Forest 0 - 1 Watford Milton Keynes
13:00 BST Report
  • Poppy Wilson   17'
Stadium: Stadium MK
Attendance: 3007

Women's FA Cup

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Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

13 November 2022 1 Oughtibridge War Memorial 0 - 6 Nottingham Forest Oughtibridge
13:00 GMT Report
Stadium: Oughtibridge War Memorial Recreation Ground
27 November 2022 2 Wem Town 1 - 5 Nottingham Forest Wem
14:00 GMT
  • Katie Doster  
Report
Stadium: Butler Sports Centre
Attendance: 161
8 January 2023 3 Sheffield United 3 - 0 Nottingham Forest Scunthorpe
13:00 GMT
  • Courtney Sweetman-Kirk  
  • Bex Rayner  
  • Mia Enderby  
Report Stadium: Glanford Park

FA Women's National League Cup

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Matches

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  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

25 September 2022 Determining Leek Town 0 - 5 Nottingham Forest Leek
15:00 BST
  • Chantelle Gallagher  
Report Stadium: Harrison Park
Attendance: 50
30 October 2022 1 Norton & Stockton Ancients 1 - 3 Nottingham Forest Stockton-on-Tees
14:00 GMT
  • Bianca Owens  
Report Stadium: Norton Sports Complex
Attendance: 75
4 December 2022 2 Stoke City 2 - 4 (a.e.t.) Nottingham Forest Stoke-on-Trent
14:00 GMT
  • Roisin Kivel   24'  
  • Sarah Woodbyrne   82'
  • Molly Holder  
  • Meg Bowyer  
  • Callan Barber  
  • Carra Jones    
Report Stadium: Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute
Attendance: 71
22 January 2023 Quarter-final Nottingham Forest 2 - 1 Burnley Eastwood
14:00 GMT Report
  • Alyssa Mae Aherne   84'
  • Dominique Cooper  
Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 427
5 March 2023 Semi-final Nottingham Forest 5 - 0 Portsmouth Eastwood
14:00 GMT Report Stadium: Halbrooke Stadium
Attendance: 429
23 April 2023 Final Nottingham Forest 3 - 2 (a.e.t.) Watford Burton-on-Trent
15:30 BST Report
  • Gemma Davison   2'
  • Poppy Wilson   64'
  • Nicola Gibson  
Stadium: Pirelli Stadium

Statistics

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As of 25 July 2023[15]

Overall

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No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
                               
1 GK Emily Batty 22 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 0 0 0
2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 22 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 30 1 1 0
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 12 (5) 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 (2) 0 0 0 17 (7) 2 0 0
4 DF Lauren Purchase 0 (2) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0
5 DF Olivia Cook 19 (3) 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 28 (3) 2 1 0
6 MF Charlotte Steggles 21 (1) 10 0 0 0 (2) 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 25 (3) 11 1 0
7 FW Sophie Domingo 19 (1) 10 2 0 2 (1) 1 0 0 3 (2) 0 0 0 24 (4) 11 2 0
8 FW Mai Moncaster 15 (4) 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 (3) 2 0 0 19 (7) 8 1 0
8 FW Yasmin Mosby 9 (8) 9 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 3 0 0 17 (8) 14 0 0
10 FW Iris Achterhof 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 (1) 1 0 0
11 MF Amy West 17 (3) 4 2 0 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 25 (3) 7 2 0
12 MF Niamh Reynolds 9 (8) 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 0 (6) 1 0 0 10 (15) 3 0 0
14 DF Arryana Daniels 8 (10) 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 (2) 1 0 0 13 (12) 6 0 0
15 DF Laura-Jayne O’Neill 7 (2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 8 (4) 1 0 0
16 FW Gianna Mitchell 2 (15) 2 0 0 1 (1) 0 0 0 1 (2) 3 1 0 4 (18) 5 1 0
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 0 (12) 2 0 0 1 (2) 2 0 0 0 (4) 1 0 0 1 (18) 5 0 0
18 GK Aja Aguirre 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 (1) 0 0 0
19 MF Becky Anderson 22 5 3 0 1 (1) 0 1 0 5 (1) 3 2 0 28 (2) 8 6 0
21 DF Hayley James 14 (2) 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 (2) 0 2 0 19 (4) 1 3 0
22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 22 17 1 0 1 (2) 0 0 0 5 (1) 5 1 0 28 (3) 22 2 0
23 MF MacKenzie Smith 0 (4) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 (4) 0 1 0
27 MF Naomi Powell 2 (18) 0 0 0 2 (1) 0 0 0 3 (3) 0 0 0 7 (22) 0 0 0
32 DF Emily Jacobs 0 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (1) 0 0 0

Goalscorers

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Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 17 0 5 22
2 9 FW Yasmin Mosby 9 2 3 14
3 6 MF Charlotte Steggles 10 0 1 11
7 FW Sophie Domingo 10 1 0 11
5 8 FW Mai Moncaster 6 0 2 8
19 MF Becky Anderson 5 0 3 8
7 11 MF Amy West 4 3 0 7
8 14 DF Arryana Daniels 3 2 1 6
9 16 FW Gianna Mitchell 2 0 3 5
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 2 2 1 5
11 12 MF Niamh Reynolds 2 0 1 3
12 5 DF Olivia Cook 2 0 0 2
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 1 1 0 2
14 15 DF Laura-Jayne O'Neill 1 0 0 1
21 DF Hayley James 1 0 0 1
2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 0 0 1 1
10 FW Iris Achterhof 0 0 1 1
Own Goals 6 0 0 6
Totals 81 11 22 114

Assists

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Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 2 DF Lyndsey Harkin 5 0 0 5
21 DF Hayley James 3 0 2 5
3 16 FW Gianna Mitchell 4 0 0 4
7 FW Sophie Domingo 2 0 2 4
5 22 FW Charlotte Greengrass 3 0 0 3
6 MF Charlotte Steggles 3 0 0 3
9 FW Yasmin Mosby 2 0 1 3
19 MF Becky Anderson 1 0 2 3
8 FW Mai Moncaster 1 1 1 3
10 12 MF Niamh Reynolds 2 0 0 2
23 MF MacKenzie Smith 1 0 1 2
12 14 DF Arryana Daniels 1 0 0 1
5 DF Olivia Cook 1 0 0 1
3 DF Georgia Hewitt 1 0 0 1
15 DF Laura-Jayne O'Neill 1 0 0 1
17 MF Rosetta Taylor 0 0 1 1
Totals 31 1 10 42

Clean sheets

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Rank No. Pos. Player League FA Cup League Cup Total
1 1 GK Emily Batty 11 1 1 13
2 18 GK Aja Aguirre 0 0 1 1
Totals 11 1 2 14

Hat-tricks

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Player Against Result Date Competition Ref.
Amy West Wem Town (A) 5 – 1 27 November 2022 Women's FA Cup [16]
Yasmin Mosby AFC Fylde (A) 12 – 1 15 January 2023 WNL Northern Premier Division [17]
Charlotte Greengrass Boldmere St. Michaels (H) 4 – 0 19 February 2023 WNL Northern Premier Division [18]

References

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  1. ^ "Nottingham Forest seal Northern Premier Division title". The Football Association. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest Watford". Watford F.C. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Watford return to the Championship with 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Nottingham Forest: Reds focused on title hopes after Women's National League Cup win". BBC Sport. 27 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Nottingham Forest seal FA WNL Cup victory". The Football Association. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Nottingham Forest Women First Team Squad". Nottingham Forest F.C. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Iris Achterhof joins Forest Women". Nottingham Forest F.C. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Forest Women add Mosby to squad". Nottingham Forest F.C. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Forest Women sign Sophie Domingo". Nottingham Forest F.C. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Forest Women sign Rosetta Taylor". Nottingham Forest F.C. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Forest Women signs McKenzie Smith". Nottingham Forest F.C. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Purchase signs for Forest Women". Nottingham Forest F.C. 9 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  13. ^ @scfc_women (8 July 2022). "Another Signing" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ "Rachel Brown signs". Sheffield United F.C. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  15. ^ "The FA Women's National League player stats". The Football Association Full-Time. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Forest Women progress in FA Cup". Nottingham Forest F.C. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Forest Women defeat Fylde in record win". Nottingham Forest F.C. 16 January 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Forest Women in on return to Halbrooke Stadium". Nottingham Forest F.C. 20 February 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
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