Bradford City WFC vs Huddersfield Town LFC Programme
Bradford City WFC's programme for their encounter with Huddersfield Town LFC in the FA Women's Premier League Plate competition, Sunday 6 November 2016.
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<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Women’s Football Club<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong><br />
<strong>vs</strong><br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
FA Women’s Premier League Plate<br />
Sunday 6 November<br />
Kick-off 2PM
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THE PEOPLE<br />
Club Chair: Sally Thackray<br />
Club Treasurer: Allyson Matthews<br />
Coach Liaison: Jess Pearson<br />
Player Liaison Officer: Jess Pearson<br />
Football Development Officer: Charlotte Stuart<br />
Club Secretary: Sally Thackray<br />
Media: Amee Ruszkai, Ami Nolan<br />
Photographer: George Wood<br />
Senior Coaches: Charlotte Stuart, Lee Harrison,<br />
Declan Smith, Chris Birks, Sarah Lowden<br />
Junior Coaches: Charlotte Stuart, Shauna Legge,<br />
Adam Fox, Andy Uttley, Joe Bray, Paul Scott,<br />
Georgia Clipson, Danny Barker, Samir Butt, Amee<br />
Ruszkai, Antonia Butcher, Qasim Akhtar<br />
THE HONOURS<br />
Yorkshire and Humberside League Champions:<br />
1988/89 1995/96<br />
Yorkshire Plate Runners-up: 1989<br />
Yorkshire Cup Winners: 1996<br />
Northern Division Champions: 1996/97<br />
FA Cup Quarter Finals: 1998<br />
Premier League Cup Semi Finalists: 1998<br />
North East Premier League Champions: 2006/07<br />
County Cup Champions: 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016<br />
THE DETAILS<br />
First Team Home Venue:<br />
Eccleshill United, Kingsway, <strong>Bradford</strong>. BD2 1PN<br />
Training Venue/Reserves Home Venue:<br />
Rawdon Meadows, BD10 0NN<br />
Email: info@bcwfc.co.uk<br />
Website: www.bcwfc..co.uk<br />
Twitter: @bcwfc<br />
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THEPROGRAMME<br />
5 Chair Chatter: Chairwoman Sally Thackray gives<br />
her thoughts ahead of this afternoon’s game<br />
6 Match Preview: Everything you need to know<br />
about today’s fixture<br />
8-9 Abi Lee: The <strong>City</strong> midfielder talks togetherness<br />
and high spirits as the Bantams bid to bounce back today<br />
11 Reserves: <strong>City</strong> are out to get revenge at<br />
Blackburn today, in more ways than one<br />
12-13 2016-17 Sponsorship: The first team player and<br />
management sponsors for the season<br />
14 Today’s Opposition — <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong>: Just<br />
who are this afternoon’s visitors?<br />
15-17 The FA Women’s Premier League: A quick look at<br />
what’s going on around the league this week, with the cup<br />
and plate competitions also going on<br />
20-21 Last time out: Read up on the Bantams’ last<br />
outing, as they visited Blackburn Rovers<br />
22 21 Questions: Player-manager Charlotte Stuart<br />
picks Ronaldo or Messi and talks teammates in this new<br />
feature’s debut<br />
23 Fixtures and Results: The club’s full schedule for<br />
the season<br />
THE STATS<br />
This is the third season in a row that <strong>Bradford</strong> and<br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> play each other for a third time—<br />
having met in the FA Women’s Cup for the past<br />
two seasons to add to their two league fixtures.<br />
<strong>City</strong> won both of those cup clashes, but this is the<br />
first meeting of these two in the plate, with this<br />
year seeing the Bantams debut in the competition.<br />
THE ISSUE<br />
Editor: Ameé Ruszkai<br />
Photos: George Wood<br />
Print: Staples (<strong>Bradford</strong>)<br />
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Charlotte Stuart celebrates her opener against Nottingham Forest with Laura Elford.<br />
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Chair Chatter: Sally Thackray ahead of today’s game<br />
Good afternoon to everyone for today’s FA Women's Premier League Plate competition fixture<br />
against <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Ladies FC.<br />
A warm welcome to all players, club officials and spectators who have made the short<br />
journey from <strong>Huddersfield</strong> to be here today.<br />
Almost unbelievably, today’s fixture is the third time we have met <strong>Huddersfield</strong> this season,<br />
and we still have the FA Women’s Cup to be drawn in which we could yet face each other<br />
again.<br />
I recall last year our FA Cup match against <strong>Huddersfield</strong> when the prize for the winner was an<br />
away trip to Yeovil!<br />
I don't think either team will be wanting a repeat of that, and hopefully the outcome for<br />
today’s victors won't be such a drastic journey.<br />
As ever, league form goes out of the window with Cup competitions, and the same is also true<br />
of our meetings with <strong>Huddersfield</strong> when the 'local derby' factors also have an impact.<br />
What I do know is that it will be a competitive game, with both sides looking to progress into<br />
the next round of the competition. So hang on to your hats!<br />
Elsewhere I’d like to wish good luck to our Reserve Team, who are in action today away at<br />
Blackburn Rovers.<br />
That will be a difficult game for our girls, as Blackburn are going strong across all teams this<br />
season.<br />
Hopefully they can put on a positive performance and get a result to match.<br />
Enjoy the game,<br />
Sally<br />
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Match Preview: <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong><br />
Hannah Campbell scored<br />
when these two last met;<br />
that game ending 2-1 to<br />
<strong>Town</strong>.<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> welcome <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> this<br />
afternoon in the last 16 of the FAWPL Plate.<br />
Current form<br />
Both teams come into this game off the back<br />
of defeats last Sunday.<br />
Sarah Dobby and Katie Nutter are likely to<br />
feature for the visitors.<br />
Previous meetings<br />
These two have already met twice this season,<br />
with both enjoying a win apiece.<br />
<strong>City</strong> were denied a fourth successive victory<br />
by leaders Blackburn Rovers, while <strong>Town</strong> were<br />
upended by second placed Middlesbrough.<br />
That snapped a winning run of their own,<br />
which had stretched to five games in all<br />
competitions.<br />
Team news<br />
<strong>City</strong> have no fresh injury concerns ahead of<br />
this game, with just Jess Graham remaining<br />
sidelined after an ankle injury earlier this<br />
season.<br />
The Bantams’ ‘keeper Charlotte Oates faces<br />
her former side again today, while ex-<strong>City</strong> duo<br />
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<strong>Bradford</strong> were victorious on home soil thanks<br />
to a terrific strike by Lucy Sowerby, whereas<br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> won on their own patch after<br />
turning around a 1-0 deficit at the beginning<br />
of October.<br />
It’s not the first time that a cup competition<br />
has required them to face each other three<br />
times either.<br />
The last two seasons have seen them clash in<br />
the FA Women’s Cup as well as twice in the<br />
league, the local rivals meeting with surprising<br />
regularity in the knockout competitions.<br />
<strong>City</strong> won both of those FA Cup games—3-0<br />
last season and 3-2 the year before.
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Abi Lee: “We can’t let the occasion get to us“<br />
Very rarely can a team come off the pitch<br />
having lost a game, but still be able to afford a<br />
smile.<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> endured a day where everything<br />
went against them in Blackburn last Sunday.<br />
Two dubious fouls led to two even more<br />
dubious goals for the hosts, before Laura<br />
Elford’s second yellow on the hour rubbed salt<br />
in the wounds.<br />
However, from start to finish, even when they<br />
were playing with 10, the Bantams<br />
dominated.<br />
<strong>City</strong>, and Abi Lee above, have certainly endured their fair share<br />
of frustrations this season, but are finding real form now.<br />
togetherness, especially after going down to<br />
10 men—we still didn’t give up.”<br />
The 4-2 loss denied <strong>City</strong> what would have<br />
been a fourth successive victory, but while<br />
they can’t carry winning form into this<br />
afternoon’s game, they have momentum in<br />
other departments.<br />
“The way each of us wanted to work for the<br />
other person is perfect going into the<br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> game,” Lee explained.<br />
“It’s a game where attitude and mentality is<br />
key to make sure we get the result.”<br />
They took the game to the league leaders in a<br />
fearless manner and put on one of their most<br />
impressive performances so far.<br />
“We showed something we haven’t shown in<br />
previous games in that we kept going and<br />
didn’t go up,” said midfielder Abi Lee.<br />
“The way we wanted to work for each other<br />
throughout the whole of the game showed<br />
This couldn’t be truer. <strong>Huddersfield</strong> also come<br />
into the cup clash off the back of defeat, but<br />
in otherwise good form.<br />
They were 1-0 up against Middlesbrough last<br />
Sunday and well on track for what would have<br />
been a sixth win in a row.<br />
However, two goals in the final two minutes<br />
by Boro’s Rebekah Bass thwarted them in<br />
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Abi Lee: “We can’t let the occasion get to us”<br />
the most dramatic style.<br />
Add to this the two close encounters between<br />
these <strong>City</strong> and <strong>Town</strong> we’ve already seen this<br />
season, and the psychological factors will<br />
certainly play a part today.<br />
For <strong>City</strong>, it’s about ensuring they are sharp,<br />
switched on and professional in their<br />
performance, as that’s what can earn them<br />
passage into the quarter-finals.<br />
“It’s always a competitive game and that’s<br />
something that’s guaranteed,” Lee said.<br />
“We just need more of the same of what we<br />
have been doing in recent weeks really, to get<br />
the win.<br />
“Key to that has been not giving up when we<br />
get the first goal—something at the beginning<br />
of the season we weren’t doing.”<br />
That was certainly the case when these two<br />
last met.<br />
Abi Lee in action against Derby County.<br />
<strong>City</strong> won the first clash 1-0 here at Eccleshill<br />
United courtesy of a Lucy Sowerby strike, so<br />
when they made the short journey down the<br />
M62 a few weeks later, they knew were more<br />
than capable of doing the double over their<br />
local rivals.<br />
The Bantams dominated proceedings on<br />
<strong>Town</strong>’s own patch too and they deservedly<br />
broke the deadlock just before the hour<br />
through Hannah Campbell.<br />
However, seven minutes later <strong>Huddersfield</strong><br />
equalised and eight minutes after that, they<br />
went 2-1 up.<br />
It was a really difficult result for <strong>City</strong> to take—<br />
that frustration added to by the troubling<br />
fortunes the team were having in terms of<br />
injuries at the time.<br />
This time round though, <strong>City</strong> have just one<br />
player sidelined—Jess Graham still out with an<br />
ankle problem—and they are on their<br />
favoured home patch.<br />
Their last three games here at Eccleshill<br />
United have ended in three wins, with 15<br />
goals scored and just two going in at the other<br />
end.<br />
It’s no surprise then that there’s an aura of<br />
confidence around <strong>City</strong> when they are here,<br />
and those high spirits will be important today<br />
as they attempt to down a <strong>Huddersfield</strong> side<br />
also enjoying their football.<br />
“If we play how we have been in the past few<br />
weeks, I’m confident as a team we can get the<br />
result,” Lee said.<br />
“We just all need to make sure that we have<br />
that confidence and that we go into the game<br />
playing football like we know we can.<br />
“It’s just about not letting the occasion affect<br />
us.”<br />
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Reserves: <strong>City</strong> out for revenge in Lancashire<br />
Away from Eccleshill United today, <strong>Bradford</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong>’s reserves make a similar trip to that<br />
which the firsts did last Sunday as they face<br />
Blackburn Rovers.<br />
<strong>City</strong> lost 4-2 seven days ago in Lancashire to<br />
the table-topping Rovers, despite an<br />
impressive and encouraging display.<br />
Laura Gadd, pulled off two minutes after being<br />
introduced having ruptured her ACL—meant<br />
the trophy would not return to West Yorkshire<br />
after a two year absence.<br />
<strong>City</strong> go into the game today in high spirits,<br />
having won their first league game on their<br />
third attempt last weekend.<br />
The reserves are out to get a bit of revenge for<br />
their clubmates today then, even if it’s over a<br />
different set of Rovers players.<br />
Many of the players have their own score to<br />
settle from last season though, when <strong>City</strong><br />
were beaten to the Reserve Cup by Blackburn.<br />
Only a few weeks after a very tight league<br />
affair in <strong>Bradford</strong> ended all square at 2-2, the<br />
final was set up nicely between two of the top<br />
three in the FAWPL Northern Reserve division.<br />
But a combination of Rovers’ quality and <strong>City</strong>’s<br />
poor luck on the day—the team’s only sub,<br />
Goals from Keavy Smith and Rebecca<br />
Sherrand gave the Bantams a more<br />
comfortable victory than the 2-1 scoreline<br />
suggests in a local derby with Guiseley Vixens.<br />
<strong>City</strong>’s schedule has been rather unkind this<br />
season, with it having been very stop-start so<br />
far—some teams in the division having played<br />
twice as many games as them already.<br />
They will be raring to go today then, and<br />
they’ll have to be up for it as they take on a<br />
Blackburn side who have only lost once in<br />
their six games.<br />
Blackburn celebrate after beating <strong>City</strong> to the title of<br />
cup winners last season. (Photo: Clive Jones)<br />
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Today’s opposition: <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> Ladies FC<br />
were formed in June<br />
1988 and joined the<br />
North-East Regional<br />
League Division Two<br />
where, in their first<br />
season, they won the<br />
League Cup and were promoted to Division<br />
One as champions.<br />
Over the next few seasons there were signs<br />
that an exciting team was beginning to<br />
emerge and the 1992-93 season saw them<br />
finish third in the league and as runners-up in<br />
the League Cup.<br />
At the end of that season, <strong>Huddersfield</strong> Ladies<br />
merged with <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Juniors,<br />
becoming <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Ladies FC.<br />
The 1993-94 season saw the first team carry<br />
all before them, losing only once all season as<br />
they did the treble—winning the league, the<br />
League Cup, the Yorkshire Cup.<br />
The following season saw the first team retain<br />
that league title, winning all of their 16 league<br />
matches, scoring 101 goals in the process.<br />
But after an incredibly successful start, they<br />
would endure tough times.<br />
Eventually <strong>Town</strong> were relegated twice over<br />
successive seasons to the Yorkshire and<br />
Humberside Premier League.<br />
However, in the same period a lot of time and<br />
effort was invested in producing a new crop of<br />
talented young players from within their own<br />
junior ranks.<br />
During the 2006-07<br />
season, the first team<br />
finished second in the<br />
first season of the<br />
North East Regional<br />
Women’s Premier<br />
Division.<br />
In the 2010-11 season the club won the<br />
NERWPL and the cup as they gained<br />
promotion to the Northern Women’s<br />
Combination League under the management<br />
of Mickey Booth.<br />
After 14 years in charge, Mickey decided to<br />
step down as first team manager at the end of<br />
the 2012-13 season.<br />
Three excellent coaches were appointed with<br />
Glen Preston as manager, and Ashley Vickers<br />
and Fraser Green as his assistants for the 2013<br />
-14 season.<br />
Their first season in charge couldn’t have gone<br />
much better. They won the Northern<br />
Women’s Combination League title by a<br />
margin of eight points, gaining promotion to<br />
the FAWPL Northern Division.<br />
In their two seasons since promotion,<br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> have finished fifth and eighth<br />
respectively.<br />
Vickers now manages the team, with Baz<br />
Arjomand and Tom Conway as his assistants.<br />
The trio are doing a terrific job so far this<br />
term, and today they are out to bounce back<br />
from defeat last Sunday that denied them<br />
what would have been a sixth successive win.<br />
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FAWPL Round-up: Sunday 30 October<br />
There were only four fixtures last weekend,<br />
but that didn’t stop the FAWPL North<br />
throwing up a few surprises.<br />
Shock result number one came on the West<br />
Coast, where second-placed Fylde were<br />
knocked into third after defeat to Stoke.<br />
The Potters hammered a struggling<br />
Nottingham Forest 5-1 in midweek to end a<br />
run of six games without a win, and their<br />
confidence was on show at Mill Farm.<br />
The hosts applied most of the first half<br />
pressure, but an Ashleigh Hayes double saw<br />
Stoke go in at the break 2-0 up as they ended<br />
the opening period with a flourish.<br />
Fylde struggled to create much in the second<br />
half, frustrated by a strong Stoke defence who<br />
limited them to shots from range.<br />
<strong>City</strong> even nearly added a third, Danielle Brown<br />
producing a stunning save to deny Hannah<br />
Keryakoplis, but ultimately it didn’t matter as<br />
they took home an unlikely three points.<br />
Shock result number two came in the North<br />
East as bottom side Newcastle United edged<br />
out Leicester <strong>City</strong>, 1-0.<br />
The goal that decided the game was more<br />
than worthy of doing so too.<br />
It came from the left boot of Steph Ord, the<br />
Toon midfielder stealing the ball back in<br />
Leicester’s half before firing it into the top<br />
corner from all of 30 yards.<br />
Results—Sunday 30 October:<br />
Blackburn Rovers 4-2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Fylde 0-2 Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> 1-2 Middlesbrough<br />
Newcastle United 1-0 Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />
Leicester enjoyed a good start to the<br />
campaign, but have recently seen their form<br />
dwindle—this result epitomising that.<br />
Elsewhere, there was something of a surprise<br />
in West Yorkshire too. After a run of five<br />
successive wins, <strong>Huddersfield</strong> were brought<br />
back down to earth by Middlesbrough.<br />
Boro had won just two of their last five, and<br />
their luck showed no sign of turning when<br />
Clare Helm opened the scoring with an own<br />
goal.<br />
However, Rebekah Bass would save the day,<br />
scoring two goals in the final two minutes of<br />
the game to turn things around and give Boro<br />
a terrific 2-1 victory.<br />
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FAWPL Preview: Sunday 6 November<br />
Two league, two Plate and three Cup games<br />
make up the FAWPL North agenda this week.<br />
Sticking with league matters, two of last<br />
week’s most impressive sides face off in the<br />
North East.<br />
Newcastle United and Stoke <strong>City</strong> caused the<br />
big upsets last Sunday, and they will look to<br />
pick up where they left off today.<br />
With Nottingham Forest not in league action,<br />
even a point will take Newcastle off the<br />
bottom, while a draw suits Stoke nicely too —<br />
who would climb three places, to fourth.<br />
The other league encounter is similarly<br />
exciting, as second placed Middlesbrough<br />
welcome third-placed Fylde.<br />
Despite their lofty positions, neither are in<br />
great form recently and will look to put their<br />
inconsistencies behind them to close the gap<br />
on still unbeaten leaders, Blackburn Rovers.<br />
Moving onto the cup and sticking with the<br />
table-toppers, Rovers take on Loughborough<br />
Foxes this afternoon, who were relegated<br />
from the third tier last season.<br />
The Foxes are flying in the Midlands Division<br />
One and will go into this game full of<br />
confidence, even if they are the underdogs.<br />
Derby County and West Bromwich Albion are<br />
also huge favourites in their cup games, as<br />
they too face lower league opposition.<br />
Fixtures—Sunday 6 November—League:<br />
Middlesbrough <strong>vs</strong> Fylde<br />
Newcastle United <strong>vs</strong> Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />
Cup:<br />
Blackburn Rovers <strong>vs</strong> Loughborough Foxes<br />
Chester le Street <strong>Town</strong> <strong>vs</strong> Derby County<br />
West Bromwich Albion <strong>vs</strong> Wolverhampton<br />
Plate:<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong><br />
Chorley <strong>vs</strong> Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />
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If any, West Brom look the most likely to be<br />
upset, the out-of-sorts Northern champions<br />
facing a Wolves side who have lost just one<br />
league game all season.<br />
Derby’s opponents, Chester le Street <strong>Town</strong>,<br />
are sixth in the Northern Division One.<br />
Finally, the other Plate game away from<br />
Eccleshill United today sees Leicester up<br />
against Chorley, who have lost only once in<br />
Northern Division One this season.
2016-17 FAWPL Northern Division: The Standings<br />
POS P W D L GD PTS<br />
1 Blackburn Rovers <strong>LFC</strong> 8 7 1 0 17 22<br />
2 Middlesbrough <strong>LFC</strong> 9 6 1 2 17 19<br />
3 Fylde <strong>LFC</strong> 8 4 2 2 8 14<br />
4 Derby County <strong>LFC</strong> 7 4 0 3 2 12<br />
5 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> 11 4 0 7 0 12<br />
6 Leicester <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> 7 4 0 3 -1 12<br />
7 Stoke <strong>City</strong> <strong>LFC</strong> 10 3 3 4 -2 12<br />
8 <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>LFC</strong> 8 3 1 4 -1 10<br />
9 West Bromwich Albion <strong>WFC</strong> 7 2 1 4 -9 7<br />
10 Nottingham Forest <strong>LFC</strong> 9 2 1 6 -18 7<br />
11 Newcastle United <strong>WFC</strong> 8 2 0 6 -13 6<br />
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Ellie Olds battles in the air for the ball against Nottingham Forest.<br />
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Last time out: Blackburn Rovers 4-2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Photo: Colin Shorrock<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> were only a slice of luck away<br />
from recording a superb result at tabletopping<br />
Blackburn Rovers on Sunday.<br />
The dominant side throughout, the Bantams<br />
were frustrated to see two contentious<br />
decisions against them lead to goals<br />
conceded, while a similarly controversial<br />
sending off for striker Laura Elford hindered<br />
them going forward in response.<br />
But the characteristics on show by <strong>City</strong>, the<br />
way they came together to fight for every ball<br />
when little was going their way, meant<br />
everyone could be positive at full time.<br />
Fearlessness was going to be key for the<br />
Bantams as they searched for a result that<br />
would upset the pre-match odds. The way<br />
they came out of the blocks though, showed<br />
they could bring plenty of it to the table.<br />
Lucy Sowerby was a livewire from the off, with<br />
Abi Lee pulling the strings to create some<br />
early chances as <strong>City</strong> started brilliantly.<br />
The ball spent almost all of the opening half<br />
an hour in Rovers' half, if not their defensive<br />
third, as <strong>Bradford</strong> pressed well out of<br />
possession while being direct on the ball.<br />
Blackburn's pacey attack had been kept<br />
relatively quiet. <strong>City</strong> were sweeping up nicely,<br />
full-backs Shauna Legge and Chelsie Stokes coordinating<br />
their surges forward while Faye<br />
Boshell and Paige Crosby positioned<br />
themselves perfectly to deal with any threats.<br />
But this was an attack with several players<br />
already in double figures for the season. Ella<br />
Toone and Saffron Jordan had been almost<br />
non-existent for the first 30 minutes, but<br />
talented players can make an impact even<br />
when this is the case - as the two combined to<br />
break the deadlock.<br />
The second goal was more devastating<br />
though. A penalty was given moments after<br />
Rovers’ first, and the controversial spot-kick<br />
was dispatched to double the deficit almost<br />
immediately.<br />
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Last time out: Blackburn Rovers 4-2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Frustration grew when Charlotte Stuart's wellstruck<br />
effort hit the bar, but not scoring<br />
before half time perhaps helped <strong>Bradford</strong>.<br />
They went in at the interval with the emphasis<br />
on refocusing, and were incredibly sharp out<br />
upon the restart.<br />
Barely two minutes had gone when a patient<br />
team move in the area resulted in Lucy<br />
Sowerby drilling the ball across goal and into<br />
the far corner.<br />
<strong>City</strong>'s frustration seemed to have been put to<br />
bed with this goal, while Charlotte Oates' save<br />
down the other end straight from the restart<br />
felt like it could be a pivotal moment in the<br />
game.<br />
There would be a game-changing minute in<br />
this fixture, but it wasn't that one. It came<br />
right on the hour, as <strong>City</strong> conceded a third and<br />
were reduced to 10.<br />
After waving away appeals for a Blackburn<br />
free-kick on the left wing, the referee came<br />
back to it following much delay—on the<br />
advice of his assistant on the opposite side.<br />
The resulting set piece, typically, produced<br />
Rovers' third goal of the day and the<br />
aftermath saw Elford dismissed in a similarly<br />
contentious manner.<br />
Playing half an hour with depleted numbers<br />
away at the unbeaten league leaders? A<br />
daunting task, to say the least.<br />
But <strong>City</strong> didn't see it like this. They had been<br />
on top, they knew they were capable of<br />
creating chances even with this disadvantage<br />
and, most importantly, they were willing to<br />
work that little bit harder to do so with 10<br />
players.<br />
An applaudable graft by the Bantams gave the<br />
impression that the game remained 11 versus<br />
11. Hannah Campbell summed up the drive<br />
and determination even when the chips were<br />
down, taking on Blackburn's entire back line<br />
late on only to be denied a stunning solo goal<br />
by a good save.<br />
Toone's similar effort at the other end did give<br />
Blackburn a fourth, but Ellie Olds responded<br />
to this with a looping header late on,<br />
narrowing the deficit to two once more.<br />
A difficult day out brought it's frustrations. It<br />
wasn't a bad day at the office, but a day in<br />
which <strong>City</strong>'s luck was out.<br />
Photo: Colin Shorrock<br />
The character test <strong>Bradford</strong> endured,<br />
however, was passed with flying colours.<br />
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Charlotte Stuart<br />
What team do you support?<br />
Manchester United and <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong>, obviously!<br />
Who was your favourite player growing up?<br />
Paul Scholes<br />
Best game you ever watched?<br />
Best one recently, Chelsea 2-4 <strong>Bradford</strong>.<br />
2016-17 Stats<br />
Apps: 13<br />
Starts: 13<br />
Goals: 4<br />
Yellow/Red cards:<br />
2/0<br />
Position: Utility<br />
Team you most enjoy watching?<br />
<strong>City</strong><br />
Football fixture you most look forward to?<br />
Football is constantly on in my house, I can’t get<br />
enough! So I tend to watch as many games as I can.<br />
Ronaldo or Messi?<br />
Your teammates...<br />
Best trainer?<br />
Hannah<br />
Worst trainer?<br />
Abi Lee<br />
For me it’s got to be Ronaldo. He’s worked so hard<br />
to get where he is and shows it pays off.<br />
Your game...<br />
Do you have a pre-match routine?<br />
Of course. From when I get up I try do the same<br />
routine every week.<br />
Favourite shirt number?<br />
7<br />
Any footballing superstitions?<br />
Lots! Same socks, shin pads, underwear.<br />
Best goal you ever scored?<br />
I’ve had a few long range goals, most flukey haha!<br />
My best is probably a free-kick against Sheffield FC.<br />
Favourite game you played in?<br />
The first year we won the County Cup.<br />
Favourite pair of boots you owned?<br />
Old school Adidas predators<br />
Most skilful?<br />
Abi Lee<br />
Toughest?<br />
Bosh/Paige<br />
Most intelligent?<br />
Me!<br />
Least intelligent?<br />
Paige<br />
Joker?<br />
Oates, though we usually laugh at her not with her!<br />
Quickest?<br />
Hannah<br />
Slowest?<br />
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This used to be Abi Lee but through hard work she<br />
is now a speed queen! It’s going to have to be<br />
Bosh, her age has taken over now…!
2016-17: Fixtures and Results<br />
COMP DATE TIME HOME SIDE AWAY SIDE VENUE<br />
L 21/08/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 0 2 Derby County Eccleshill United<br />
L 28/08/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 0 2 Middlesbrough Eccleshill United<br />
LCUP 04/09/16 14:00 West Brom Albion 2 1 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Rushall Olympic<br />
L 11/09/16 14:00 Fylde 3 2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Fylde <strong>LFC</strong><br />
L 14/09/16 19:45 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 1 0 <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Eccleshill United<br />
L 18/09/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 4 0 Blackburn Rovers Eccleshill United<br />
L 25/09/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 5 1 Stoke <strong>City</strong> Eccleshill United<br />
L 02/10/16 14:00 Derby County 3 1 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Mickleover Sports<br />
L 05/10/16 19:45 <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> 2 1 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Shelley FC<br />
L 09/10/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 4 1 Leicester <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> Eccleshill United<br />
PLATE 16/10/16 14:00 Crewe Alexandra 0 6 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Cumberland Arena<br />
L 23/10/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 6 0 Nottingham Forest Eccleshill United<br />
L 30/10/16 14:00 Blackburn Rovers 4 2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> STF Stadium<br />
PLATE 06/11/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> Eccleshill United<br />
CC 20/11/16 14:00 Ossett Albion <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Ossett <strong>Town</strong> FC<br />
L 27/11/16 14:00 Stoke <strong>City</strong> <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Norton United<br />
L 11/12/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Newcastle United Eccleshill United<br />
L 08/01/17 14:00 Leicester <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Riverside<br />
L 15/01/17 14:00 Newcastle United <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> SportNorthumbria<br />
L 12/02/17 14:00 West Brom Albion <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Rushall Olympic<br />
L 26/02/17 14:00 Middlesbrough <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Thornaby FC<br />
L 26/03/17 14:00 Nottingham Forest <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Basford United FC<br />
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<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> <strong>Huddersfield</strong> <strong>Town</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
1 Charlotte Oates<br />
2 Zoe Roberts<br />
TODAY’S TEAMS<br />
Laura Carter<br />
Millie Turner<br />
3 Shauna Legge<br />
4 Ellie Olds<br />
5 Meg Lawson<br />
6 Faye Boshell<br />
7 Charlotte Stuart<br />
8 Jess Graham<br />
9 Lucy Sowerby<br />
10 Hannah Campbell<br />
11 Laura Elford<br />
12 Rosie McDonnell<br />
13 Chloe Precious<br />
14 Paige Crosby<br />
15 Chelsie Stokes<br />
16 Keavy Smith<br />
17 Jade Brindle<br />
18 Abi Lee<br />
MANAGER<br />
Charlotte Stuart<br />
COACHING STAFF<br />
Lee Harrison<br />
Faye Boshell<br />
Chris Birks<br />
PHYSIO<br />
Kirsty Goodbold<br />
Sunday 6 November 2016<br />
Kick-off 2PM<br />
Today’s Officials<br />
Referee<br />
Wayne Ralley<br />
Assistants<br />
Peter Binks<br />
Craig Frost<br />
Sophie Scargill<br />
Kate Mallin<br />
Victoria Abbott<br />
Fiona Berry<br />
Katie Nutter<br />
Charley Evans<br />
Abbie Mullen<br />
Katie Halligan<br />
Danielle Biglin<br />
Debbie Hastings<br />
Amy Battel<br />
Beth Jennings<br />
Georgia Hewitt<br />
Sarah Dobby<br />
Beth Smith<br />
Isabel Thomas<br />
Emily Heckler<br />
Dominique Balmond<br />
Lauren Santoro<br />
Rachael Ackroyd<br />
Katie Barnes<br />
MANAGER<br />
Ash Vickers<br />
ASSISTANT MANAGERS<br />
Baz Arjomand<br />
Tom Conway