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THECLUB THEPROGRAMME THE PEOPLE Club Chair: Sally Thackray Club Treasurer: Allyson Matthews Coach Liaison: Jess Pearson Player Liaison Officer: Jess Pearson Football Development Officer: Charlotte Stuart Club Secretary: Sally Thackray Media Officer: Amee Ruszkai Photographer: George Wood Senior Coaches: Charlotte Stuart, Lee Harrison, Declan Smith, Chris Birks Junior Coaches: Charlotte Stuart, Shauna Legge, Adam Fox, Andy Uttley, Joe Bray, Paul Scott, Georgia Clipson, Danny Barker, Samir Butt, Amee Ruszkai, Antonia Butcher THE HONOURS Yorkshire and Humberside League Champions: 1988/89 1995/96 Yorkshire Plate Runners-up: 1989 Yorkshire Cup Winners: 1996 Northern Division Champions: 1996/97 FA Cup Quarter Finals: 1998 Premier League Cup Semi Finalists: 1998 North East Premier League Champions: 2006/07 County Cup Champions: 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016 THE DETAILS First Team Home Venue: Eccleshill United, Kingsway, <strong>Bradford</strong>. BD2 1PN Training Venue/Reserves Home Venue: Rawdon Meadows, BD10 0NN Email: info@bcwfc.co.uk Website: www.bcwfc..co.uk Twitter: @bcwfc Facebook: /bcwfc Instagram: @bcwfc 5 Chair Chatter: Chairwoman Sally Thackray gives her thoughts ahead of this afternoon’s game 6 Match Preview: All you need to know about today’s fixture 8-9 Laura Elford: The <strong>City</strong> striker talks scoring goals and bouncing back 11 The A Team: Our Development Team started their League Cup title defence with a win last weekend 14 Today’s Opposition — <strong>Middlesbrough</strong>: Just who are this afternoon’s visitors? 15-17 The FA Women’s Premier League: Catch up on the opening week’s results, look ahead to today’s fixtures, and view the early season standings 19 Our Home of Football — Eccleshill United: Catch up with our ground-sharers 20-21 Last time out: Read up on the Bantams’ last outing, as they faced Derby County 22 Stuart McCall’s Bantams: The men’s team have started the season in fine form 23 Fixtures and Results: The club’s full schedule for the new season THE FACTS Last week’s defeat to Derby continued <strong>City</strong>’s unwanted tradition of never having won any of their season openers in the FAWPL.. However, they have bounced back with wins in their second fixtures in the last two seasons. This is the first meeting between these two teams, at first team level, since the FAWPL was formed. THE ISSUE Editor: Ameé Ruszkai Photos: George Wood Print: Staples (<strong>Bradford</strong>) 3