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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 />

THECLUB<br />

Facebook: /bcwfc<br />

Instagram: @bcwfc<br />

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

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