Bradford City WFC vs Blackburn Rovers LFC Programme
Bradford City WFC's programme for their encounter with Blackburn Rovers LFC in the SSE FA Women's Cup, Sunday 4 December 2016.
Bradford City WFC's programme for their encounter with Blackburn Rovers LFC in the SSE FA Women's Cup, Sunday 4 December 2016.
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<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Women’s Football Club<br />
<strong>vs</strong><br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
SSE FA Women’s Cup<br />
Sunday 4 December<br />
Kick-off 1PM
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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, Danny Barker, Paul<br />
Scott<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 />
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 Chelsie Stokes: The Bantams’ defender talks<br />
confidence and today’s game plan<br />
11 News: An injury update, a new sponsor, and the<br />
lowdown on where our reserves and ‘A’ Team are today<br />
12-13 2016-17 Sponsorship: The first team player and<br />
management sponsors for the season<br />
14 Today’s Opposition — <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong>: Just who<br />
are this afternoon’s visitors?<br />
15 SSE FA Women’s Cup: A quick look at what other<br />
games are going on in the competition today<br />
16-17 The FA Women’s Premier League: A recap of last<br />
week’s games and a look at the current standings<br />
20-21 Last time out: Read up on the Bantams’ last<br />
outing, as they visited Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />
22 21 Questions: Player-coach Faye Boshell talks<br />
teammates and reveals the team she controversially<br />
supports...<br />
23 Fixtures and Results: The club’s full schedule for<br />
the season<br />
THE STATS<br />
This is the third time these two have met this<br />
season, with <strong>Blackburn</strong> having won both league<br />
meetings.<br />
Those two games have produced 10 goals between<br />
them, so paper suggests we will see a goalfest<br />
today!<br />
THE ISSUE<br />
Editor: Ameé Ruszkai<br />
Photos: George Wood<br />
Print: Staples (<strong>Bradford</strong>)<br />
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Lucy Sowerby (left)<br />
celebrates with Abi Lee<br />
after scoring a spot kick<br />
against Huddersfield.<br />
We wish Lucy a speedy<br />
recovery after the ankle<br />
ligament damage she<br />
sustained against Ossett<br />
Albion last month!<br />
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Chair Chatter: Sally Thackray ahead of today’s game<br />
Good afternoon to everyone for today’s SSE Women's FA Cup match against <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong>.<br />
A warm welcome to all players, club officials and spectators who have made the journey<br />
across the Pennines to be here today.<br />
We met Huddersfield for the third time this season in the Plate competition in our last home<br />
match. Today we are also meeting <strong>Blackburn</strong> for the third time in another cup competition,<br />
the SSE Women's FA Cup. However, we will be striving to achieve a different result from that<br />
against Huddersfield and in both the league games against <strong>Blackburn</strong> this season.<br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> are looking a very strong side this year, and it will not be a surprise to see them<br />
heading the league table at the end of the season. Our matches so far have been closer than<br />
the final scores might have suggested, and today’s encounter will be just as close as both sides<br />
battle it out to be in the draw for the next round at the end of the game.<br />
League form is not always relevant when it comes to cup competitions, and today gives us a<br />
chance to put the league to one side and work hard to stay in the cup. We come into the game<br />
after a convincing win against Stoke last week so confidence should be high, but we cannot be<br />
complacent, we know we are in for a hard game today. We do wish <strong>Blackburn</strong> the best of luck<br />
for the rest of the season, after today’s game of course!<br />
I also want to take this opportunity to mention the sad news that Bobby Campbell, aged<br />
60, passed away recently. Bobby was a legend at Valley Parade who scored 143 goals in two<br />
spells at <strong>City</strong>, totalling seven years. He is <strong>City</strong>'s all time leading scorer and was one of the most<br />
colourful characters in the <strong>City</strong> team. He will be sadly missed and our thoughts are with his<br />
family and friends at this difficult time.<br />
Elsewhere, our 10 bet competition has come to a premature end as after last weekend there<br />
were no entrants left! The previous weekend saw three contenders still in the competition—<br />
Charlotte Stuart, Kirstie Hunt and Thomas Gadd. The prize money will be shared between<br />
those three. Many thanks to everyone who entered and to Jess Pearson for organising it.<br />
Enjoy the game,<br />
Sally<br />
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Match Preview: <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong><br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> welcome <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> this<br />
afternoon in the First Round Proper of the SSE<br />
FA Women’s Cup.<br />
Current form<br />
If you’ve turned up today to see a top quality<br />
game of football, then you’re in luck—or at<br />
least that’s what paper suggests.<br />
Today’s clash features two confident, in-form<br />
teams, and their football should reflect that.<br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> are yet to lose this season and are<br />
on a winning run of 13 games, while <strong>City</strong> are<br />
pursuing their third successive victory having<br />
looked sharp and well-rested following their<br />
first break of the campaign.<br />
Team news<br />
There’s mixed team news for the Bantams this<br />
afternoon.<br />
The good news is that Jess Graham is available<br />
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for selection again, having been out injured<br />
since September.<br />
However, the bad news starts with loanee<br />
Rachel Newborough not allowed to play by<br />
parent club Doncaster Belles, as it would cup<br />
tie her for when they enter the competition in<br />
the later rounds.<br />
Lucy Sowerby is the only injury, but one that<br />
<strong>City</strong> have already come to terms with—not a<br />
fresh one.<br />
Previous meetings<br />
These two have already met twice this season,<br />
with <strong>Blackburn</strong> winning both games.<br />
A 4-0 win here and a 4-2 win on their own<br />
patch means <strong>Rovers</strong> have taken six points<br />
from today’s hosts.<br />
<strong>City</strong> will be out for revenge then in what is<br />
expected to be another goal-fest, going by<br />
past encounters.
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Chelsie Stokes: “We want to control the game“<br />
Chelsie Stokes gets stuck in<br />
against Middlesbrough.<br />
After losing to <strong>Blackburn</strong> twice this season<br />
already, the high spirits and self-belief<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> take into today’s game may<br />
come as a surprise to some.<br />
But anyone who watched their last encounter<br />
– a 4-2 win for <strong>Rovers</strong> on home soil – will<br />
understand.<br />
There’s a lot of ‘ifs’ and ‘buts’ in football, and<br />
they offered positives for <strong>City</strong> last time these<br />
two met.<br />
Had the Bantams had a little more luck in the<br />
first half and not been reduced to 10 in the<br />
second, who knows what could have<br />
happened.<br />
Even opposing manager Gemma Donnelly<br />
admitted her side were fortunate to lead 2-0<br />
at the break, with the Bantams pressing high,<br />
working hard and playing with no fear against<br />
the league leaders.<br />
“We did a really good job of staying composed<br />
mentally and playing our game,” recalled<br />
defender Chelsie Stokes.<br />
“We controlled the game and played how we<br />
wanted to.”<br />
After watching that game plan pay dividends,<br />
there’s no reason for <strong>City</strong> to opt for a different<br />
approach this afternoon then.<br />
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“The game plan will be to play our game and<br />
not be scared,” Stokes said.<br />
“We want to control the tempo and the game,<br />
and stay composed throughout,” she added,<br />
touching upon the team’s strengths in their<br />
last clash with <strong>Rovers</strong>.<br />
That meeting just over two months ago was<br />
filled with unpredictability, but what we know<br />
we’ll see today is two confident sides.<br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> remain undefeated this season.<br />
They’re into the quarter-finals of the FA<br />
Women’s Premier League Cup competition<br />
and are only second in the league on goal
Chelsie Stokes: “We want to control the game”<br />
difference – having three games in hand over<br />
leaders Middlesbrough.<br />
after the last time we played them,” Stokes<br />
said.<br />
On a 13-game winning streak, their only<br />
dropped points came back in August in a draw<br />
with Huddersfield.<br />
<strong>City</strong>’s form may not be as incredible, but it’s<br />
worth shouting about.<br />
Victory today would be their third in a row,<br />
with that week off clearly having aided them.<br />
After playing 14 games in 12 weeks, the<br />
Bantams enjoyed a natural break in the fixture<br />
list, with it well-needed after two successive<br />
defeats.<br />
They look well rested and as sharp as ever, as<br />
reflected in last week’s comfortable 3-1 win at<br />
Stoke.<br />
“There's definitely confidence going into this<br />
weekend, not only with two wins but also<br />
“We gained a lot of confidence by competing<br />
with a team who are top of the table.<br />
“We've really played as a team lately too<br />
which boosts the confidence a bit.”<br />
The unpredictability of the cup only adds to<br />
the occasion.<br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong>’s perfect start has to end at some<br />
point, and the Bantams would love to cause<br />
an upset.<br />
With a place in the next round at stake, it’s<br />
going to be a very competitive affair, with<br />
Stokes expecting a “physical” and “fast paced”<br />
game.<br />
“We expect this to be a tough match,” she<br />
said.<br />
“But one that we can definitely win.”<br />
Chelsie Stokes in action against Derby<br />
County.<br />
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NEWS<br />
Our reserves have a new management team<br />
and they take charge of the team for the first<br />
time this afternoon. Danny Barker and Paul<br />
Scott have earned the opportunity after<br />
impressing in the junior set-up and today they<br />
make their touchline debut as <strong>City</strong>’s second<br />
team face their former boss, Jonathan Holden,<br />
and his new Brighouse Town side.<br />
We’re wishing a massive get well soon to<br />
striker Lucy Sowerby, who will be out<br />
injured until after Christmas. The striker<br />
sustained ankle ligament damage in <strong>City</strong>’s<br />
8-0 win at Ossett Albion in the County Cup<br />
and is sidelined for around a month.<br />
News coming out of the FA Women’s Premier League this week saw Fylde <strong>LFC</strong> deducted<br />
three points for fielding an ineligible player in their victory over Newcastle United back in<br />
September. The decision sees <strong>City</strong> climb the standings, leapfrogging Fylde into fourth.<br />
Our ‘A’ Team are also in action today as<br />
they take on one of their big rivals from<br />
recent years, Wetherby Athletic. The two<br />
have battled for league and cup titles over<br />
the last few seasons and developed their<br />
meetings into quite a meaningful fixture<br />
on both parts as a result.<br />
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Formed in 1991,<br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong><br />
Ladies have<br />
enjoyed a<br />
glorious rise to<br />
the pinnacle of<br />
women's football.<br />
Today’s opposition: <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
Under the<br />
supervision of the<br />
club's Community Department and the<br />
watchful eye of BRFC, the Ladies team needed<br />
only seven seasons to reach the Northern<br />
Combination League.<br />
Following a move to the club's magnificent<br />
£20m Brockhall training complex in 2003,<br />
<strong>Rovers</strong> went on to lift the Lancashire Cup and<br />
become the first team to win the Northern<br />
Combination title with a 100% league record.<br />
An undefeated <strong>Rovers</strong> set a Northern Division<br />
record in 2005-06, winning 20 of 22 league<br />
games and lifting the Lancashire Cup for the<br />
third year running, whilst Andy McNally<br />
became the first non-top flight coach to be<br />
named Nationwide Manager of the Year.<br />
Adam Lakeland replaced McNally at the helm<br />
in January 2007 and guided the team to a<br />
fourth successive Lancashire Cup and the<br />
historic achievement of two successive FA<br />
Women's Cup ‘Team of the Round’ awards, en<br />
route to the semi-final stage.<br />
<strong>Rovers</strong> endured a disappointing season in<br />
2008-09, losing the Lancashire Cup final on<br />
penalties to Rochdale, but they bounced back<br />
in 2009-10. They won the Lancashire Cup for<br />
the sixth time in seven seasons and their<br />
strong end to the season included an historic<br />
1-1 draw against Arsenal at Ewood Park.<br />
Despite a superb<br />
start to the 2010-11<br />
season, <strong>Rovers</strong> were<br />
relegated to the<br />
Northern Division on<br />
goal difference<br />
following a final day<br />
draw away to<br />
Barnet.<br />
Scott Rogers guided the team to the latter<br />
stages of all three domestic cup competitions<br />
in 2011-12, lifting the Lancashire Cup, and<br />
made a late promotion push in the Northern<br />
Division, only to eventually finish fourth.<br />
After an impressive temporary stint the<br />
season before, Gemma Donnelly took full<br />
control and assembled a new-look squad for a<br />
successful 2014-15.<br />
<strong>Rovers</strong> finished third in the FA Women’s<br />
Premier League Northern Division and<br />
secured silverware by lifting the Lancashire<br />
Challenge Cup for the first me in three years,<br />
beating Morecambe 3-1 victory in the final.<br />
2015-2016 saw <strong>Rovers</strong> towards the top of the<br />
table again, finishing third in the FA Women’s<br />
Premier League Northern Division with an<br />
increased points tally.<br />
<strong>Rovers</strong> were able to retain the County Cup<br />
and the return of a reserve team was also a<br />
success as they would go on to win the<br />
Reserve League Cup.<br />
This year has already proven to be a milestone<br />
for the club too. <strong>Rovers</strong>’ highly reputable<br />
Centre of Excellence was granted a tier 1<br />
status as a Regional Talent Centre, the highest<br />
level available.<br />
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SSE FA Women’s Cup Preview: Sunday 4 December<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong>’s clash with <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong><br />
today is one of five all third-tier clashes in the<br />
SSE FA Women’s Cup.<br />
Last season’s Northern Division champions<br />
West Bromwich Albion welcome Fylde in one<br />
of the picks of the round, while another<br />
encounter between two of <strong>Bradford</strong>’s league<br />
rivals sees Derby County visit Huddersfield.<br />
Staying in Yorkshire, <strong>Bradford</strong>’s local rivals<br />
Guiseley Vixens welcome Nottingham Forest<br />
and we could well see an upset.<br />
The Vixens currently top the division below,<br />
while Forest are struggling at the bottom of<br />
the third tier.<br />
Another local rival of <strong>City</strong>’s, Brighouse Town<br />
play host to fifth division Peterborough<br />
Northern Star in a game they will be more<br />
than expected to win.<br />
On the rise Sheffield United will play at<br />
Bramall Lane against Leicester <strong>City</strong>’s<br />
Development side, while the blue and white<br />
side of the Steel <strong>City</strong> – Sheffield Wednesday –<br />
visit Radcliffe Olympic, who are two divisions<br />
above them.<br />
Moving down South, Cambridge United could<br />
also cause an upset this afternoon as the<br />
South East Division One leaders host the side<br />
bottom of the division above, Queens Park<br />
Rangers.<br />
United’s league rivals, Luton Town are<br />
enjoying good form too and will present a<br />
tough challenge to their own Premier League<br />
opposition, Portsmouth.<br />
The London derby between Charlton and<br />
Crystal Palace should be a very competitive<br />
one between two third tier sides, while West<br />
Ham and Coventry provide another tough to<br />
call game between two league rivals.<br />
Wednesday and Leicester’s development side<br />
make up two of the group of five lowest<br />
ranked sides left in the competition.<br />
Leicester have one of the best chances to<br />
progress, with Sheffield United only one<br />
division above them, while Regents Park<br />
Rangers are the only ones granted a home tie<br />
to potentially give them an advantage.<br />
They welcome fourth division Keynsham Town<br />
this afternoon.<br />
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FAWPL Round-up: Sunday 27 November<br />
A narrow 3-2 victory over Derby County took<br />
Middlesbrough to the top of the FA Women’s<br />
Premier League Northern Division last Sunday.<br />
Bianca Owens’ 13th goal in 14 games put Boro<br />
ahead, but not for long. Nicole Dale equalised<br />
less than five minutes later as the Rams aimed<br />
to bounce back from a surprise cup exit at<br />
lower-league Chester le Street Town.<br />
However, instead they would fall to a third<br />
successive defeat by the same scoreline which<br />
Boro beat them in the reverse.<br />
Emily Scarr put the visitors ahead again just<br />
past the hour, while substitute Ellie Dobson<br />
doubled that lead.<br />
Ellie May pulled one back for Derby off the<br />
bench to make for a nervy finish, but Boro saw<br />
out the result to move to the summit.<br />
The big battle at the bottom, meanwhile, saw<br />
Nottingham Forest come out on top as they<br />
downed Newcastle United 5-1.<br />
The Toon Army are four points adrift at the<br />
foot of the table now, with Annabel<br />
McKechnie’s seventh minute strike<br />
immediately putting them on the back foot in<br />
the game.<br />
Katie Lowder added another before half time,<br />
while Charlotte Broad and Catherine Beaver<br />
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had Forest 4-0 up before the hour.<br />
Sophie Williams pulled one back for United,<br />
but Georgia Gladwin restored the hosts’ four<br />
goal lead in the dying moments.<br />
Result—Sunday 27 November:<br />
Derby County 2-3 Middlesbrough<br />
Huddersfield Town 1-6 Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />
Nottingham Forest 5-1 Newcastle United<br />
Stoke <strong>City</strong> 1-3 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Elsewhere, Leicester <strong>City</strong> ran riot in<br />
Huddersfield in a result that did anything but<br />
follow the recent form of both sides.<br />
It took the Foxes only five minutes to break<br />
the deadlock through Kim Farrow, and Shauna<br />
Cossens would double that lead before the 15<br />
minute mark.<br />
Town captain Kate Mallin pulled one back<br />
before the half hour mark, but Leicester<br />
restored their two goal lead within a minute<br />
as Farrow bagged her second of the day.<br />
Sophie Domingo’s penalty made it four before<br />
the break, while another for her and a header<br />
from Lauren Impey rounded things off nicely<br />
in the second period to take Leicester into<br />
third.
2016-17 FAWPL Northern Division: The Standings<br />
POS P W D L GD PTS<br />
1 Middlesbrough <strong>LFC</strong> 12 8 1 3 19 25<br />
2 <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> <strong>LFC</strong> 9 8 1 0 18 25<br />
3 Leicester <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> 9 5 1 3 4 16<br />
4 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>WFC</strong> 12 5 0 7 2 15<br />
5 Fylde <strong>LFC</strong> 10 4 3 3 6 12<br />
6 Derby County <strong>LFC</strong> 8 4 0 4 1 12<br />
7 Stoke <strong>City</strong> <strong>LFC</strong> 11 3 3 5 -4 12<br />
8 Huddersfield Town <strong>LFC</strong> 10 3 2 5 -6 11<br />
9 Nottingham Forest <strong>LFC</strong> 11 3 2 6 -14 11<br />
10 West Bromwich Albion <strong>WFC</strong> 8 3 1 4 -8 10<br />
11 Newcastle United <strong>WFC</strong> 10 2 0 8 -18 6<br />
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Last time out: Stoke <strong>City</strong> 1-3 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Level on points prior to kick-off, but separated<br />
by a dominant performance at full time.<br />
<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> brushed Stoke aside last Sunday<br />
to complete their first ever league double<br />
over the Potters.<br />
Ahead of today’s huge cup tie with <strong>Blackburn</strong>,<br />
<strong>City</strong> flew out of the blocks as Hannah<br />
Campbell - fresh off the back of six goals last<br />
week - broke the deadlock inside two<br />
minutes.<br />
The floodgates slowly opened as Campbell<br />
followed up that emphatic finish with her<br />
second of the day, and Abi Lee added a third<br />
just before the break.<br />
As is usually the case with heavy half time<br />
scorelines, Stoke tightened up after the<br />
interval and <strong>City</strong> took their foot off the gas a<br />
little, allowing the Midlands outfit to grab a<br />
consolation late on.<br />
But the Bantams didn't need any second half<br />
goals to secure a result that had already been<br />
put beyond doubt.<br />
Knowing that a win could take them as high as<br />
third, <strong>City</strong> approached this game with the<br />
right mentality and were rewarded<br />
immediately.<br />
Despite downing their opponents 5-1 in the<br />
reverse, they showed no complacency and<br />
instead were ruthless from the off as<br />
Campbell clinically converted within seconds<br />
of the first whistle.<br />
With their confidence high as Stoke's heads<br />
dropped, <strong>City</strong> really made their mark on the<br />
game from there.<br />
First to every ball and not shying out of any<br />
challenge, they made it increasingly difficult<br />
for the Potters to create an opportunity to<br />
respond.<br />
And if any complacency started to creep in, it<br />
was quickly shut out when a goalmouth<br />
scramble at the away end provided <strong>City</strong> with a<br />
wake up call.<br />
Less than five minutes later, it was two.<br />
Charlotte Stuart and Shauna Legge were<br />
rested for <strong>City</strong>’s County Cup clash the week<br />
prior, and the two combined on their returns<br />
to give Campbell the chance to make it two -<br />
which she finished with no hesitation.<br />
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Last time out: Stoke <strong>City</strong> 1-3 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
Keen to get in on the act, Lee linked up with<br />
Laura Elford to catch Stoke out once more<br />
while they were still licking their wounds after<br />
goal number two.<br />
A superb ball from the striker found her<br />
teammate, and Lee in turn found the back of<br />
the net with composure that suggested<br />
anything but it being her first strike of the<br />
season.<br />
The midfielder's flair and creativity had caught<br />
the eye for the entirety of the first half, and it<br />
continued to do so after she broke her duck.<br />
Linking up well with Campbell on her left, new<br />
signing Rachel Newborough on her right and<br />
fellow midfielder Stuart, Lee was at the centre<br />
of a number of half-chances created for <strong>City</strong><br />
to add to their tally.<br />
But Stoke made the most of their opportunity<br />
to regroup at half time and looked a lot more<br />
solid in the second period.<br />
Campbell struck an effort just wide past the<br />
hour, but that was the closest the Bantams<br />
really came to grabbing a fourth - and that the<br />
forward herself came to bagging another hattrick.<br />
Instead, the Potters would pull one back late<br />
on, narrowing the deficit to a more<br />
respectable two goals even if it didn't do them<br />
any favours with regards to getting a result.<br />
The points were <strong>City</strong>'s, and they were enough<br />
to lift the visitors into fourth after Derby's 3-2<br />
defeat at home to Middlesbrough.<br />
More importantly, the result means back-toback<br />
wins for <strong>Bradford</strong> and gives them real<br />
momentum going into today’s cup clash.<br />
Oates<br />
Boshell<br />
Crosby<br />
Newborough<br />
Stokes<br />
Olds<br />
Lee<br />
Stuart<br />
Legge<br />
Campbell<br />
Elford<br />
Player of the Match: Paige Crosby<br />
<strong>City</strong> XI <strong>vs</strong> Stoke<br />
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21 Questions<br />
Faye Boshell<br />
What team do you support?<br />
Leeds United<br />
Who was your favourite player growing up?<br />
Alan Smith<br />
Team you most enjoy watching?<br />
At the moment, probably Liverpool<br />
Football fixture you most look forward to?<br />
Any derby game<br />
Ronaldo or Messi?<br />
Ronaldo<br />
Your game...<br />
Do you have a pre-match routine?<br />
Yeah—eating at the right time, coming onto the<br />
pitch in the same place, and little things I do in the<br />
warm-up<br />
Favourite shirt number?<br />
6<br />
Any footballing superstitions?<br />
I can’t tell you that!<br />
Best goal you ever scored?<br />
A free-kick at Stoke a couple of seasons ago—<br />
screamer! I later got sent off!<br />
Favourite game you played in?<br />
The County Cup final against Leeds, the first time<br />
we won it under Steve<br />
Favourite pair of boots you owned?<br />
Got to be copas—classics!<br />
Your teammates...<br />
Best trainer?<br />
I’ll have to say Zoz, unless she’s got a cold!<br />
Worst trainer?<br />
Ellie, she never has a clue what she’s doing!<br />
Most skilful?<br />
Abi Lee<br />
Toughest?<br />
Elford<br />
Most intelligent?<br />
In general, none of us! On the pitch, definitely the<br />
boss, CS7!<br />
Least intelligent?<br />
Paige! Goes without saying<br />
Joker?<br />
Oates (Oakes)!<br />
Quickest?<br />
Hannah<br />
2016-17 Stats<br />
Apps: 11<br />
Starts: 11<br />
Goals: 0<br />
Slowest?<br />
Oates! I would definitely beat her in a race<br />
Most vain?<br />
Jess G, though I’m a close second!<br />
Yellow/Red cards:<br />
4/0<br />
Position: Defender<br />
BONUS!<br />
Longest in the shower?<br />
Hannah<br />
Biggest moaner?<br />
Abi Lee<br />
Worst dress sense?<br />
Chelsie<br />
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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 Huddersfield Town Eccleshill United<br />
L 18/09/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 4 0 <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> 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 Huddersfield Town 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 <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> 4 2 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> STF Stadium<br />
PLATE 06/11/16 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 2 2 Huddersfield Town Eccleshill United<br />
CC 20/11/16 14:00 Ossett Albion 0 8 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Ossett Town FC<br />
L 27/11/16 14:00 Stoke <strong>City</strong> 1 3 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Norton United<br />
FAC 04/12/16 13:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> Eccleshill 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>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><br />
<strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Rovers</strong> <strong>LFC</strong><br />
1 Charlotte Oates<br />
2 Zoe Roberts<br />
TODAY’S TEAMS<br />
Cara Bickett<br />
Ellie Cook<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 27 November<br />
2016<br />
Kick-off 1PM<br />
Today’s Officials<br />
Referee<br />
Gavin Hock<br />
Assistants<br />
Bob Gatenby<br />
Bartosz Przewiezlikowski<br />
Natasha Fenton<br />
Sophie Flynn<br />
Danielle Hill<br />
Jess Holbrook<br />
Saffron Jordon<br />
Katie Maher<br />
Ella McCamon<br />
Faye McCoy<br />
Kayleigh McDonald<br />
Kelsey Pearson<br />
Emma Rankin<br />
Lynda Shepherd<br />
Georgia Stevens<br />
Ainsley Strickland<br />
Ella Toone<br />
Danielle Whitham<br />
MANAGER<br />
Gemma Donnelly