Name: Lucy Staniforth
Nationality: England
Date of Birth: October 2, 1992
Position: Midfielder
Current club: Aston Villa
Women's Super League clubs played for: Notts County, Bristol City, Liverpool, Sunderland, Birmingham City, Manchester United, Aston Villa

Lucy Staniforth is a midfielder at Aston Villa who has not appeared in a high proportion of their Women's Super League games in 2025/2026, making six appearances overall and accumulating 176 minutes of playing time. She has been selected in the starting XI in two of these appearances across their 16 fixtures and been mainly used off the bench as a substitute on four occasions.

The last league match that Staniforth played came on February 15 for Aston Villa versus Tottenham Hotspur; a game that she played 45 minutes in during a 7-3 loss. She has been booked once.

Aston Villa play host to Manchester City on March 15 the next time they are in Women's Super League action.

Staniforth played 12 Women's Super League games last season for Aston Villa and created one assist.

Staniforth switched to Aston Villa in January 2023 from Manchester United, for whom she made 30 league appearances in total, scoring two goals and providing two assists.