Red & White: SAFC Ladies vs Blackburn Rovers

VS BLACKBURN ROVERS LADIES
Sunday 5 September 2021
KO 2.00pm
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SAFC LADIES
HONOURS
FA Women’s Premier League
National Division: 2010/11,
2011/12, 2012/13
FA Women’s Premier League
Northern Division: 1999/00*,
2004/05, 2008/09
FA WSL 2: 2013/14
FA Women’s Premier League
Cup: 2011/12
*As Blyth Spartans Kestrels
DIRECTORS
Owner: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Chief Operating Officer:
Steve Davison
Sporting Director:
Kristjaan Speakman
Director: Juan Sartori
Director: Maurice Louis-Dreyfus
Director: Simon Vumbaca
Non-Executive Director:
David Jones
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WELCOME TO THE
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FINAL 2021
MELANIE
REAY
FROM THE HEAD COACH
Tickets on
sale now!
Adults £20-25, Kids £2.50
5th December
Hello everyone and welcome to the
Stadium of Light for today’s eagerly
awaited first home match of our
Championship season against a tough
Blackburn Rovers side.
We’ve waited such a long time for you
to all be back watching the girls and
having our support behind us is massive.
It doesn’t get bigger than a match at the
Stadium of Light in front of our fans.
We feel as a collective unit that we’re
looking much stronger heading into this
season. We have a great setup, a good
mix of youth and experience in our squad
of 18 for which we’ve recruited well, and
it’s fantastic to have Steph Libbey back
alongside me.
Season tickets are of course on sale for
our matches at Eppleton this season
where the girls are really looking forward
to being back as our home, so if you
haven’t already, please do as much as
you can to show your support – the
more fans we can get inside the ground,
the better.
We want to make our home record
strong this season as we aim for a solid
season back at Championship level,
and your support could not be more
appreciated by all of us here.
Enjoy the game,
Mel
Wembley Stadium
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Keira
Ramshaw
FROM THE CAPTAIN
Hello everyone and welcome back
to the Stadium of Light – we’re all
absolutely buzzing to have all of our
supporters back with us again.
The girls have been really looking
forward to this game for a long time,
after we opened our league campaign
back in the Championship against
Coventry United last Sunday.
It’s an amazing feeling to be back in this
division, having of course been hoping
to win promotion a couple of years ago.
It has felt like a long time coming, so we
want to do everything we can to have a
successful season this time around.
I feel that this season we have a good
depth to the squad, and first and
foremost we’ll be taking each game as
it comes, keeping our heads down and
making sure we know what needs to
be done.
It goes without saying that our fans
behind us will give us that extra push we
need this season, and as a Sunderland
fan born and bred myself and seeing how
the fans have got behind the Lads this
season, I can’t express enough how key
you all are to our season and beyond.
Enjoy the game,
Keira
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SUNDERLAND
TOGETHER AGAINST
DISCRIMINATION
Sunderland AFC’s players, staff and
supporters’ groups stand together in
the fight against racism and all other
forms of discrimination.
As a collective, we are disappointed
that a small minority of supporters have
chosen to boo players that have taken
the knee ahead of kick-off at the Stadium
of Light and away from home.
We will continue to empower each
individual to make their own decisions
and support them wholeheartedly in
any action they take to help eradicate all
forms of discrimination from our society,
including taking, or not taking, the knee.
We urge those who have booed to
reflect on the impact this has on players,
staff and their fellow supporters and we
commend those who, upon hearing the
booing, have reacted positively to show
that our players are not alone in their
fight against discrimination.
Our message is loud and clear that
all forms of discrimination are
completely unacceptable and have
no place within our football club or
within our community.
Together, we are Sunderland.
We ask you to support our team,
support our players and support each
other in our efforts to end racism and
discrimination.
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THE INTERVIEW
Emma Kelly
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Emma Kelly has been a hugely welcome
returning addition to the Sunderland
squad this season.
The midfielder rejoined the club in July
and was a regular player and goalscorer
during pre-season.
“Pre-season has set us up really well for
the coming months and I think we have
a good depth and squad dynamic,”
Kelly said.
“Training has been excellent; I’ve been
really impressed with the standard. I
thought the girls had done really well in
the pre-season game I watched [against
Celtic] just before I joined.
“Mel and Steph have again shown their
quality as coaches over the summer
schedule and we feel in a really good
place. I’ve had them both as coaches
since I was really young, so I know them
both very well. It’s great for
their expertise being passed onto us
as players.”
Kelly is eager to be able to use the
benefits of her experience to help some
of the younger players in the squad.
“The group of girls we have are fantastic
– we have a wide range of ages and
experience all put together.
“Anything I can do to pass over some of
my experience to benefit some of the
younger girls, I’ll always look to do. I feel
like I’ve learnt a lot over the past few
years and gone through so many ups and
downs in my career so far. I’ll always try
and help my teammates.
“I feel our squad can really excel and
we’re all positive and buzzing going into
the rest of the season.”
Finally, the former Birmingham City
star is delighted with the potential
atmosphere on Wearside this afternoon.
“It’s great to be at the Stadium of
Light today.
“I think it shows the level of support for
us and everyone is excited to play in
such a fantastic stadium and get a great
backing behind us.
“The atmosphere and having friends and
family there will always give us that extra
lift and hopefully we can go out there
and deliver for everyone.”

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INFORMATION
EPPLETON CW
SEASON CARDS
ON SALE
Eppleton CW season cards are now on
sale ahead of the 2021-22 FA Women’s
Championship season.
Mel Reay’s side began the new campaign
on the road, beating Coventry United 1-0
last Sunday before returning to Wearside
to host Blackburn Rovers on Sunday 5
September (KO 2pm).
Priced at £50 for adults and £25 for
Under-16s and Over-65s, ECW season
cards include access to all of the Lasses’
FAWC home fixtures and all of the Under-
23s’ Premier League 2 home games,
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SQUADS
HEAD COACH: MELANIE REAY
1 ALLISON COWLING
2 NEVE HERRON
4 FAYE MULLEN
5 GRACE MCCATTY
6 LOUISE GRIFFITHS
7 KEIRA RAMSHAW
8 EMILY SCARR
9 EVE BLAKEY
10 MARIA FARRUGIA
11 JESSICA BROWN
13 CLAUDIA MOAN
14 EMMA KELLY
15 EMILY HUTCHINSON
17 ABBEY JOICE
18 LIBBI MCINNES
19 MEGAN BEER
21 HOLLY MANDERS
23 CHARLOTTE POTTS
FIRST TEAM COACH: ELLIE CASH
1 ALEX BROOKS
2 CHELSEY DUKES
4 NATASHA FENTON
6 JADE RICHARDS
7 CHLOE DIXON
8 EMMA DOYLE
9 SAFFRON JORDAN
10 ANNABEL BLANCHARD
11 MEGAN HORNBY
12 KAYLEIGH McDONALD
14 ISSY DEAN
15 HANNAH COAN
16 MIA PARRY
18 MEG BOYDELL
19 FARAH CROMPTON
20 MILLY ROBERTSON
21 LAUREN THOMAS
22 AIMEE HODGSON
23 ELLIE LEEK
REFEREE
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