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<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Women’s Football Club<br />

<strong>vs</strong><br />

<strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong><br />

FA Women’s Premier League<br />

Sunday 10 September 2017<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, Jess Kirton, Paul2Paul<br />

Photgraphy, George Wood<br />

Senior Coaches: Charlotte Stuart, Faye Boshell,<br />

Lee Harrison, Antonia Butcher, Meg Lawson, Neil<br />

Cairns<br />

Junior Coaches: Adam Fox, Andy Uttley, Joe Bray,<br />

Paul Scott, Georgia Clipson, Danny Barker, Qasim<br />

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 />

2017<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 Katy Woodcock: The <strong>City</strong> defender talks about last<br />

week’s winning penalty and team spirit<br />

11 Reserves: The Bantams’ kicked off their new<br />

season last week and today play their opening cup tie<br />

12-13 2017-18 Sponsorship: The first team player and<br />

management sponsors for the season<br />

14 Today’s Opposition: Looking at today’s<br />

opponents, <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong><br />

15-17 The FA Women’s Premier League: Previewing this<br />

afternoon’s games, recapping last week’s, and looking at<br />

the current standings<br />

20 Last time out: Read up on the Bantams’ last outing<br />

as they hosted Fylde<br />

21 21 Questions: Midfielder Ellie Olds talks<br />

superstitions and teammates<br />

23 Fixtures and results: The first team schedule for<br />

the 2017/18 season<br />

THE STATS<br />

This is the first meeting between these two sides<br />

since <strong>Bradford</strong>’s 10-1 win in March 2015. <strong>City</strong> were<br />

also 5-0 winners in the reverse that year as they<br />

finished fourth—while Wolves were relegated.<br />

When these two met in <strong>Bradford</strong> in 2014, the game<br />

was played at Valley Parade. <strong>City</strong> emerged 4-0<br />

winners.<br />

THE ISSUE<br />

Editor: Ameé Ruszkai<br />

Photos: George Wood<br />

Paul2Paul Photography<br />

Print: Office Outlet<br />

(<strong>Bradford</strong>)<br />

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Wearing Nat Saunders black saves armbands, what <strong>City</strong><br />

proved to be Fylde’s final<br />

pay their respects to those<br />

spot-kick in last week’s<br />

who died in Colombia last<br />

penalty shootout. Katy<br />

month when a plane carrying<br />

Woodcock would score<br />

Brazilian team Chapecoense to<br />

the follow-up penalty to<br />

their send Copa <strong>City</strong> through. Sudamericana (Photo final<br />

by Paul2Paul<br />

crashed.<br />

Photography)<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 Northern Division fixture against<br />

<strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong>. A warm welcome to all players, club officials and spectators who<br />

have made the journey from the Midlands for this afternoons match.<br />

Wolves were promoted back to this division this season, and have had a difficult few fixtures<br />

so far. It's far too early to say how any teams form is going to be yet, but I am sure that Wolves<br />

will be looking to get some points on the board today.<br />

I know we will be looking to build on the strong performance from our last league game<br />

against Nottingham Forest, and the close victory against Fylde last weekend. So a good game is<br />

in prospect.<br />

Our Reserve team kicked off their season last week with a defeat against Blackburn Rovers.<br />

Blackburn were the team to beat last season in this League, and looked a strong side. Today<br />

the Reserves are away at Newcastle in the first round of the Reserve League Cup.<br />

Off the field, both Friends of <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> and the <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Trust have kindly agreed to<br />

sponsor a player.<br />

We are very grateful to them for their kind support. We are in the process of getting all the<br />

player sponsor details updated and integrated into the website, social media and our<br />

programme.<br />

I'm hoping this will be completed very soon, and certainly by the next home game as far as the<br />

programme is concerned. Many thanks for your patience with this.<br />

There are still opportunities available to sponsor individual players or teams, please get in<br />

touch if you are interested and can help at all. (sally@bcwfc.co.uk)<br />

Cheer the girls on today!<br />

Enjoy the game,<br />

Sally<br />

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Match Preview: <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong><br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> and Wolves met at Valley Parade in the 2013-14 season.<br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> welcome <strong>Wolverhampton</strong><br />

<strong>Wanderers</strong> this afternoon in the FA Women’s<br />

Premier League Northern Division.<br />

Team news<br />

The Bantams welcome Player-Manager<br />

Charlotte Stuart back into the team this<br />

weekend, after she missed Sunday’s game due<br />

to stitches in her eye.<br />

Paige Crosby remains sidelined with a knee<br />

injury, Laura Elford is suspended after last<br />

week’s red card, while Yasmin Ayub is hoping<br />

to shake off an injury picked up in midweek.<br />

Jordane Allison returns after impressing for<br />

the reserves last week, as does Emily Cassidy.<br />

The midfielder is back in the fold following a<br />

strong display at Blackburn, as well as a good<br />

performance in a midweek training friendly.<br />

Current form<br />

Wolves come into this game fresh off the back<br />

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of a shock cup defeat to Liverpool Marshalls<br />

Feds, the lower-league outfit 2-0 winners.<br />

The Midlands outfit have already lost both<br />

their league games so far, without a point on<br />

the board.<br />

<strong>City</strong> are too awaiting their first league win,<br />

and are in good spirits after beating Fylde on<br />

penalties in the cup.<br />

Previous meetings<br />

These two have not met since 2015, when <strong>City</strong><br />

were 10-1 winners in a season that saw<br />

Wolves relegated to Midlands Division One.<br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> enjoyed high-scoring wins in their<br />

four meetings with <strong>Wanderers</strong> over the 2013-<br />

14 and 2014-15 seasons, including a 4-0<br />

victory at <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> AFC’s Valley Parade.<br />

Paige Crosby, injured today, Faye Boshell, now<br />

assistant manager, and Player-Manager<br />

Charlotte Stuart, all featured that day.


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Katy Woodcock: “Our comeback shows our massive spirit“<br />

Katy Woodcock slots home <strong>City</strong>’s winning spotkick<br />

in the cup victory over Fylde last week.<br />

(Photo: Paul2Paul Photography)<br />

Katy Woodcock couldn’t speak high enough of<br />

the spirit in the dressing room after <strong>Bradford</strong><br />

<strong>City</strong>’s comeback win over Fylde in the cup last<br />

weekend.<br />

The Bantams were 2-0 down going into the<br />

final five minutes of the game, but goals from<br />

substitutes Laura Elford and Ellie Olds took<br />

the tie to extra time.<br />

Elford then equalised to take the game to<br />

penalties, after Fylde went 3-2 up, where<br />

three saves from Nat Saunders allowed<br />

Woodcock to win it in sudden death.<br />

“When you're behind and there's so little of<br />

the game left to play, the pressure is really<br />

on,” said the defender.<br />

“But I wasn't surprised at the come back<br />

because throughout the second half we<br />

looked threatening and we were creating<br />

chance after chance.<br />

“No one in the team lost the belief that we<br />

could pull it back and I think that's why we<br />

did.”<br />

She continued: “I was buzzing to get the<br />

winning goal and still am!<br />

“I didn't really give myself time to get nervous.<br />

“When we knew it was sudden death I<br />

remember Jess [Graham] saying, "right girls<br />

someone's got to step up now" and I just<br />

started walking towards the goal.<br />

“It wasn't my winning penalty, it was the<br />

whole team's. We deserved to win that game<br />

simply because of every single player's solid<br />

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Katy Woodcock: “Our comeback shows our massive spirit”<br />

performance.”<br />

Woodcock continued to praise the work ethic<br />

of not only the entire team, but the entire<br />

squad, with all three goals last week coming<br />

from substitutes.<br />

“The impact of players off the bench shows<br />

that the whole squad is giving 100 per cent<br />

which is so important,” she said.<br />

“I think it really helps players on the pitch<br />

mentally when you know you have game<br />

changers coming on from the bench.<br />

And they will be hoping to build on that to get<br />

their first three points in the league, with<br />

Woodcock full of praise for the spirit the team<br />

are showing this season.<br />

“The comeback definitely shows a massive<br />

amount of spirit that the team has,” she said.<br />

“We aren't afraid to keep battling and keep<br />

creating, even when we do go behind.<br />

“It takes every person on the field to have that<br />

kind of belief, otherwise comebacks like the<br />

one on Sunday don't happen.”<br />

“It also shows we have strong management<br />

tactics coming from the sideline,” she added,<br />

with Player-Manager Charlotte Stuart making<br />

her presence felt in the dugout.<br />

Stuart could not feature due to stitches in her<br />

eye from a knock suffered the week before<br />

against Nottingham Forest, but was more than<br />

capable of playing a<br />

part in her role.<br />

“I'm sure there's no<br />

better feeling for<br />

managers when the<br />

decisions they have<br />

made really do pay off,<br />

which they clearly did<br />

on Sunday.”<br />

The penalty shootout<br />

victory was <strong>City</strong>’s first<br />

win of the season,<br />

following defeat at<br />

Leicester and a draw<br />

with Forest.<br />

Photo: Paul2Paul Photography<br />

She continued: “For me it comes down to the<br />

personalities we have in the squad, including<br />

the management.<br />

“Everyone is so passionate and we all want<br />

the same thing and that is to win games<br />

because if we don't, the journey home isn't a<br />

very nice one.”<br />

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Reserves: <strong>City</strong> bidding to bounce back today<br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong>'s reserves surrendered an<br />

early lead to lose 3-1 at the home of the<br />

champions, Blackburn Rovers, last Sunday.<br />

The Bantams got their season opener off to a<br />

flying start when Rhianna Wright headed<br />

home inside the first 10 minutes, applying a<br />

deft touch to Emily Cassidy’s free-kick.<br />

It was a fantastic start for a <strong>City</strong> side with six<br />

debutants, not including the two in the<br />

dugout as Toni Butcher and Meg Lawson took<br />

charge of their first competitive outing.<br />

Otherwise, <strong>City</strong> started to invite pressure and<br />

individual mistakes gifted Rovers chances.<br />

Goalkeeper Katie Bailey was on hand to make<br />

a number of important stops, with substitute<br />

Sophie Moulden also coming to the rescue<br />

with a goal line clearance.<br />

Blackburn should have added to their lead<br />

with their striker through on goal with 15<br />

minutes remaining, but poor decision making<br />

saw her unable to round Bailey to finish as the<br />

'keeper somehow prevented a third.<br />

But they would gift Rovers the chance to go in<br />

at the break ahead, conceding a free-kick in a<br />

dangerous position and then a penalty, both<br />

of which the hosts profited from.<br />

<strong>City</strong> ended the first half with a flurry of<br />

opportunities, but had their chances of<br />

coming back hindered by a handful of second<br />

half injuries.<br />

Cassidy brought about <strong>Bradford</strong>'s best chance<br />

of a second half equaliser, the skipper hitting<br />

the bar with yet another well struck free-kick.<br />

Rovers would get that insurance goal though,<br />

with <strong>City</strong> failing to clear from a corner and<br />

dealt their punishment when the ball was<br />

powered into the top corner from the right<br />

hand side of the box.<br />

But the scoreline was harsh on <strong>Bradford</strong><br />

overall, with lots of positives for Butcher,<br />

Lawson and the team in their first competitive<br />

game together.<br />

Today, the Bantams visit Newcastle United in<br />

the first round of the FA Women’s Premier<br />

League Reserve Cup.<br />

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Today’s opposition: <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong><br />

promotion back to the top flight.<br />

The 2006/07 season was a difficult one,<br />

seeing the club relegated to the Midland<br />

Combination on the last day of the season.<br />

<strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> WFC have risen<br />

from modest beginnings to become one of<br />

the Midlands’ best known clubs.<br />

They were formed in 1975 as Heathfield<br />

Rovers, then became <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> &<br />

Wednesbury Tube before taking on the name<br />

of <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> in 1993. That<br />

season saw them promoted to the top flight<br />

of women’s football - the FA Women’s<br />

Premier League National Division—where<br />

they spent two seasons before relegation.<br />

In 1999 Wolves Women were incorporated<br />

under the Companies Act with several<br />

influential local business people joining the<br />

board, including BBC presenter Jenny Wilkes<br />

(Chair) and former England Women’s Cricket<br />

Captain Baroness Rachael Heyhoe Flint.<br />

The club developed a strong youth<br />

development programme, with players such<br />

as Rachel Unitt, Jody Handley and Emily<br />

Westwood going on to represent England.<br />

Aston Villa’s European Cup-winning Captain<br />

Dennis Mortimer was appointed Manager in<br />

2000 and was in charge of three Premier<br />

League seasons, narrowly missing out on<br />

A landmark move in 2008/09 saw the women<br />

join the youth teams in being taken on board<br />

by <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> FC, as part of<br />

Wolves Community Trust.<br />

The 2011/12 season saw Manager James<br />

Astle’s three year plan come to fruition as his<br />

team did the double. They won promotion<br />

back to the FA Women’s Premier League<br />

Northern Division, where they would stay for<br />

two years before relegation to Midlands<br />

Division One in 2014/15.<br />

Wolves entered a new era in 2015/16 under<br />

the guidance of Manager and Junior Director<br />

Steve Cullis, proud of his family link to the<br />

legendary Wolves Manager Stan Cullis.<br />

With talented youngsters moving through the<br />

ranks, the team achieved a second place finish<br />

in Cullis’s first season in charge.<br />

Meanwhile at junior level the club was<br />

awarded a new FA Girls’ Regional Talent Club<br />

licence, supporting the identification and<br />

development of players with elite potential as<br />

part of the England Talent Pathway.<br />

In October 2016 Cullis took on the role of<br />

Player Development Manager for the RTC,<br />

with Tim Dudding named senior manager.<br />

With both men working together to develop<br />

the player pathway from Under 18s to<br />

seniors, Dudding developed a strong squad<br />

comprising a mix of youth and experience.<br />

Hard work and dedication paid off and saw<br />

the team promoted back to the FA Women’s<br />

Premier League Northern Division in 2017.<br />

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FAWPL Round-up: Sunday 3 September<br />

<strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> were on the<br />

wrong end of a shock result on Sunday as<br />

lower-league Liverpool Marshalls Feds<br />

knocked them out of the FA Women's Premier<br />

League Cup.<br />

Goals from Carla Lee and Chantelle Thompson<br />

either side of half time gave the Northern<br />

Division One side victory, taking them in to<br />

the next round of the competition.<br />

Guiseley Vixens and West Bromwich Albion<br />

both almost suffered the same fate, as fourth<br />

tier sides took them both to extra time.<br />

The Vixens and Solihull Moors were goalless<br />

after 90 minutes, and even after they went<br />

ahead in extra time through Danica Roberts,<br />

the hosts drew level thanks to Carly Davies.<br />

It took a Chantelle O'Hara goal three minutes<br />

from time to prevent a penalty shootout.<br />

West Brom's scare was even bigger, as they<br />

fell behind at Long Eaton United. Sophie Hull<br />

equalised just past the hour and it was Leanne<br />

Mitchell, 28 minutes into the added half an<br />

hour, who snatched the Baggies a result.<br />

Elsewhere, wins were comfortable for the<br />

Northern Division clubs.<br />

A Faye McCoy strike was sandwiched between<br />

a Saffron Jordon double in Blackburn Rovers'<br />

3-0 win over Barnsley, while Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />

came from one down at Chorley to record an<br />

emphatic 5-1 result.<br />

Results—Sunday 3 September:<br />

Blackburn Rovers 3-0 Barnsley<br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 3-3 (3-2 on pens) Fylde<br />

Chorley 1-5 Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />

Derby County 7-0 Rotherham United<br />

Long Eaton United 1-2 AET West Brom<br />

Middlesbrough 5-0 Burton Albion<br />

Morecambe 1-3 Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />

Newcastle United 0-3 Huddersfield Town<br />

Nottingham Forest 7-1 Leeds United<br />

Solihull Moors 1-2 AET Guiseley Vixens<br />

Wolves 0-2 Liverpool Marshalls Feds<br />

Middlesbrough also hit five, at home to<br />

Burton Albion, while both Nottingham Forest<br />

and Derby County bettered that with seven<br />

goals apiece - the latter without reply against<br />

Rotherham, the former beating Leeds 7-1.<br />

Stoke and Huddersfield then defeated<br />

Morecambe and Newcastle United<br />

respectively to join eight other Northern<br />

Division sides in the next round.<br />

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FAWPL Preview: Sunday 10 September<br />

The early season top two face off this<br />

afternoon in the pick of the FA Women’s<br />

Premier League Northern Division fixtures.<br />

Huddersfield sit at the summit, just ahead of<br />

Blackburn on goal difference, and will hope to<br />

stay there as they play hosts to the champions<br />

today.<br />

Both recorded 3-0 wins in the cup last<br />

weekend and have won both their opening<br />

league fixtures, free-scoring as they have done<br />

so.<br />

Town in particular have enjoyed themselves<br />

on the attack, with 10 goals scored, but also at<br />

the back where they’ve not yet conceded.<br />

But Rovers are yet to leak a goal either,<br />

though one will surely give this afternoon.<br />

Stoke <strong>City</strong>, West Bromwich Albion and<br />

Guiseley Vixens will all hope to build on their<br />

cup wins last weekend to record their first<br />

league victories.<br />

Guiseley visit Fylde, who were eliminated<br />

from the cup on penalties by <strong>Bradford</strong>, fresh<br />

off the back of an extra time victory over<br />

Solihull Moors.<br />

West Brom also went to extra time last week,<br />

defeating Long Eaton United 2-1 over 120<br />

minutes. They welcome Stoke, with at least<br />

one to get their first points today.<br />

Elsewhere, a high-flying Leicester <strong>City</strong> side<br />

play hosts to last year’s runners-up<br />

Middlesbrough, in what should be another<br />

Fixtures—Sunday 10 September:<br />

<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong><br />

Fylde <strong>vs</strong> Guiseley Vixens<br />

exciting fixture.<br />

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Huddersfield Town <strong>vs</strong> Blackburn Rovers<br />

Leicester <strong>City</strong> <strong>vs</strong> Middlesbrough<br />

Nottingham Forest <strong>vs</strong> Derby County<br />

West Bromwich Albion <strong>vs</strong> Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />

The Foxes have a 100 per cent record so far<br />

this season, but welcome a Boro side full of<br />

confidence after back-to-back wins, despite<br />

losing their season opener.<br />

The remaining fixture today is an East<br />

Midlands derby, as Nottingham Forest and<br />

Derby County clash.<br />

Both scored seven in the cup last weekend,<br />

and sit separated by just one place and one<br />

point going into the game.<br />

A local rivalry, confidence going forward in<br />

both teams will only add to the occasion as<br />

each look to continue their strong starts.


2017-18 FAWPL Northern Division: The Standings<br />

POS P W D L GD PTS<br />

1 Huddersfield Town LFC 2 2 0 0 10 6<br />

2 Blackburn Rovers LFC 2 2 0 0 5 6<br />

3 Leicester <strong>City</strong> WFC 2 2 0 0 4 6<br />

4 Nottingham Forest LFC 2 1 1 0 1 4<br />

5 Derby County LFC 1 1 0 0 3 3<br />

6 Fylde LFC 1 1 0 0 3 3<br />

7 Middlesbrough WFC 2 1 0 1 -2 3<br />

8 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> WFC 2 0 1 1 -2 1<br />

9 <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> WFC 2 0 0 2 -4 0<br />

10 Stoke <strong>City</strong> LFC 2 0 0 2 -5 0<br />

11 West Bromwich Albion WFC 2 0 0 2 -6 0<br />

12 Guiseley Vixens WFC 2 0 0 2 -7 0<br />

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Ellie Olds fires<br />

home <strong>City</strong>’s<br />

late equaliser<br />

as they take<br />

Fylde to extra<br />

time. (Photo:<br />

Paul2Paul<br />

Photography)<br />

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Last time out: <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 3-3 (3-2 on pens) Fylde<br />

Laura Elford scored twice and saw red in an eventful afternoon off the bench. (Photo:<br />

Paul2Paul Photography)<br />

It wasn’t a game for the faint of heart, but a<br />

thrilling match in the first round of the FA<br />

Women's Premier League Cup saw <strong>Bradford</strong><br />

<strong>City</strong> scramble through in a well-fought<br />

contest.<br />

With the clouds looming over Eccleshill, it<br />

seemed almost a bad omen as Fylde’s Sophie<br />

Charlton opened the scoring in the 13th<br />

minute, executing some clever passing play to<br />

catch the Bantams out in defence.<br />

Despite dominating most of the half with their<br />

height and pace, <strong>Bradford</strong> did manage to get<br />

some attacking play through the midfield, but<br />

long balls through towards goal were always<br />

beaten by the pacey centre-backs of Fylde.<br />

It remained that way until the break, with the<br />

Bantams' defence holding strong despite the<br />

earlier goal.<br />

<strong>City</strong> were quick to apply the pressure from<br />

kick-off in the second half, with prolific goalscorer<br />

Laura Elford coming on for a tiring<br />

Bryony Hanson in the 52nd minute.<br />

Jess Graham had a shot within minutes that<br />

beat the ‘keeper and rattled off the crossbar,<br />

but Fylde were quick to counter, and<br />

substitute Veatriki Sarri tucked the ball away<br />

against the run of play to double their lead.<br />

Managing from the side-lines, Charlotte Stuart<br />

then subbed a well-worked Graham to<br />

introduce Ellie Olds to the fold in the hopes of<br />

bolstering the attack.<br />

And attack they did. With only 10 minutes left<br />

to play, Elford battered her way through the<br />

Fylde defence to smash the ball into the back<br />

of the net, giving the Bantams a chance and<br />

what seemed like a breath of fresh air.<br />

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Last time out: <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 3-3 (3-2 on pens) Fylde<br />

The last 10 minutes were all <strong>Bradford</strong>; White<br />

had a decent shot after fighting to turn in the<br />

box, but the equaliser came six minutes after<br />

the first with the second super-sub Ellie Olds<br />

hooking the ball into the net after it landed at<br />

her feet from a deflection.<br />

There were several more chances for <strong>Bradford</strong><br />

in the final minutes, but the full-time whistle<br />

blew with a well-earned 2-2 result leading the<br />

way for extra time.<br />

The Bantams’ bottle was to be tested once<br />

again as Charlton netted her second for Fylde<br />

in the fifth minute of extra time – a hopeful<br />

shot from 25 yards that seemed to float into<br />

the bottom right corner of Saunders’ net.<br />

Come the second half of extra time, the<br />

familiar feeling of time ticking away was back<br />

– but so was the joy of a second comeback,<br />

with Elford once again thrashing an equaliser<br />

home after a fantastic break down the left<br />

wing from Olds.<br />

Moments later, Elford was shown a straight<br />

red for a slide tackle, despite the linesman<br />

ruling it as a fair challenge. Applauded as she<br />

left the field, she’d done an incredible job<br />

keeping the Bantams in the contest as the<br />

final whistle blew to lead the game to<br />

penalties.<br />

Goalkeeper Natalie Saunders was the<br />

standout performer in the shootout; Fylde<br />

didn’t miss a single penalty – with Saunders<br />

herself launching one over the bar and<br />

another two saved by the Fylde ‘keeper – but<br />

after Saunders dived and parried three to<br />

safety, we were once again at deadlock with<br />

two penalties a piece going into suddendeath.<br />

Bravely, Saunders dived at full stretch to tip<br />

the final Fylde kick around the post. Then it<br />

was up to Katy Woodcock to step up and<br />

power the Bantams’ final penalty into the<br />

back of the net, and that she did,<br />

sending <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> into round two of the<br />

cup.<br />

Teenager Lucy Preston made her full debut in the victory<br />

last week. (Photo: Paul2Paul Photography)<br />

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Ellie Olds<br />

What team do you support?<br />

Chelsea<br />

Who was your favourite player growing up?<br />

Frank Lampard<br />

Team you most enjoy watching?<br />

Real Madrid<br />

Best game you’ve ever watched?<br />

When Chelsea beat Liverpool 4-3 in the Champions<br />

League semi-final<br />

Football fixture you most look forward to?<br />

El Clasico<br />

Ronaldo or Messi?<br />

Ronaldo<br />

Your game...<br />

Do you have a pre-match routine?<br />

Not really, I just go with it<br />

Favourite shirt number?<br />

8<br />

Any footballing superstitions?<br />

I have to wear the same shin pads, I’ve worn the<br />

same ones for years<br />

Best goal you ever scored?<br />

Probably at uni when I lobbed the keeper from<br />

about 30 yards out<br />

Favourite game you played in?<br />

Last week’s was pretty good, after being 2-0 down<br />

and coming back to win on penalties was a great<br />

feeling<br />

Favourite pair of boots you own(ed)?<br />

Adidas predators<br />

Your teammates...<br />

Best trainer?<br />

Shauna<br />

Worst trainer?<br />

Santander—she’s never there<br />

Most skilful?<br />

Abi Lee<br />

Toughest?<br />

Elford, I wouldn’t want to<br />

get on the wrong side of<br />

her...<br />

Most intelligent?<br />

I reckon JJ is pretty clever<br />

Least intelligent?<br />

Paige<br />

Joker?<br />

Jess<br />

Quickest?<br />

Shauna<br />

2017-18 Stats<br />

Apps: 2<br />

Starts: 0<br />

Goals: 1<br />

Slowest?<br />

Probably Zoz<br />

Yellow/Red cards:<br />

0/0<br />

Position: Midfield<br />

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2017-18: Fixtures and Results<br />

COMP DATE TIME HOME SIDE AWAY SIDE<br />

L 20/08/17 14:00 Leicester <strong>City</strong> 2 0 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 27/08/17 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 0 0 Nottingham Forest<br />

LCUP 03/09/17 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> 3 3 Fylde<br />

L 10/09/17 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Wolverhampton</strong><br />

L 20/09/17 19:45 Huddersfield Town <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 01/10/17 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Derby County<br />

L 08/10/17 14:00 Guiseley Vixens <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 11/10/17 19:45 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Huddersfield Town<br />

L 15/10/17 14:00 Stoke <strong>City</strong> <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 22/10/17 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> West Brom Albion<br />

L 05/11/17 14:00 Fylde <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 12/11/17 14:00 Middlesbrough <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 19/11/17 14:00 Nottingham Forest <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 26/11/17 14:00 <strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 14/01/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Stoke <strong>City</strong><br />

L 21/01/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Fylde<br />

L 28/01/18 14:00 Derby County <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 11/02/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Middlesbrough<br />

L 25/02/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Blackburn Rovers<br />

L 11/03/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Guiseley Vixens<br />

L 25/03/18 14:00 West Brom Albion <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

L 13/05/18 14:00 <strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> Leicester <strong>City</strong><br />

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<strong>Bradford</strong> <strong>City</strong> WFC<br />

1 Nat Saunders<br />

2 Zoe Roberts<br />

3 Shauna Legge (c)<br />

4 Ellie Olds<br />

5 Yasmin Ayub<br />

7 Charlotte Stuart<br />

8 Abi Lee<br />

9 Ellie White<br />

<strong>Wolverhampton</strong> <strong>Wanderers</strong> WFC<br />

TODAY’S TEAMS<br />

Sunday 10 September<br />

2017<br />

Kick-off 2PM<br />

Today’s Officials<br />

Sophie Glenny<br />

Issy Foster<br />

Abbi Philips<br />

Aimee Taylor<br />

Andrea Whetton<br />

Anna Perks<br />

Billie Haynes<br />

10 Laura Elford<br />

11 Jordane Allison<br />

12 Hannah Smith<br />

13 Lauren Santoro<br />

14 Paige Crosby<br />

15 Bryony Hanson<br />

17 Katy Woodcock<br />

18 Jess Graham<br />

MANAGER<br />

Charlotte Stuart<br />

COACHING STAFF<br />

Lee Harrison<br />

Faye Boshell<br />

Neil Cairns<br />

PHYSIO<br />

James Starmore<br />

Referee<br />

Darius Bradley<br />

Assistants<br />

Joe Moss<br />

Jonathon Spencer<br />

Charlotte Criddle<br />

Claire Hakeman<br />

Courtney Jones<br />

Dom Luke<br />

Emma Cross<br />

Esme Moran<br />

Harley Simpson<br />

Jade Cross<br />

Jade Hewitt<br />

Jen Anslow<br />

Jess Bate<br />

Kirstie Bavington<br />

Laura Mcquilkin<br />

Lauren Jones<br />

Leanne Robinson<br />

Mai Butler<br />

Natalie Widdal<br />

MANAGER<br />

Tim Dudding

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