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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.

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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

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