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FROM THE DUGOUT<br />
Welcome to the players, officials<br />
<strong>and</strong> supporters of <strong>Chichester</strong> <strong>and</strong><br />
<strong>Selsey</strong> <strong>Ladies</strong>. Enjoy the game!<br />
Darrel Evans<br />
First Team Manager<br />
Hello <strong>and</strong> welcome to <strong>Chichester</strong> & <strong>Selsey</strong> players, staff, club committee <strong>and</strong> all supporters in<br />
attendance for this afternoon’s Vitality Women’s FA Cup 1st Round Fixture.<br />
It’s two firsts today for the Yellawomen, the <strong>Ladies</strong> have been competing in the Women’s FA Cup since<br />
season 2012-13 <strong>and</strong> there have been many highs <strong>and</strong> lows in the preliminary Rounds but today is the<br />
first time we have reached the 1st Round Proper of the Women’s FA Cup <strong>and</strong> it’s also the first time we<br />
have faced a FA Women’s National Premier League team.<br />
Recent form has been good for the <strong>Ladies</strong> but our last 2 League fixtures have been postponed due to<br />
both our opponents having Covid <strong>and</strong> self-isolation issues. Today will be our first game since the<br />
previous round’s 4-0 win at the Racecourse on the 24th October so preparation for the game has been<br />
fully on the training ground.<br />
We have limited information on our opponents today, so we have been focusing our attention inwards<br />
<strong>and</strong> growing on what we have achieved to date on <strong>and</strong> off the pitch as a team. We know there are<br />
plenty of areas in which we can improve but we take pride in the progress we have made thus far, in<br />
what is a relatively short period of time. Whatever happens today - win lose or draw - we will take this<br />
as part of our learning against one of the top 50 <strong>Ladies</strong>’ teams in the country.<br />
In terms of squad news we have had to deal with quite a few injuries already this season <strong>and</strong><br />
unfortunately Maddie Woods who has been in excellent form this will miss the game through injury,<br />
but on a more positive note apart from Mads we have a clean bill of health with everyone back in<br />
training vying to make the starting 11.<br />
Thank you to our Sponsors, club officials <strong>and</strong> volunteers for all the fantastic work <strong>and</strong> ongoing support<br />
towards our <strong>Ladies</strong> team <strong>and</strong> football Club.<br />
Back to today <strong>and</strong> I hope everyone enjoys the game <strong>and</strong> gets right behind the Yellawomen; we will<br />
need that 12th player today against a very talented <strong>Chichester</strong> & <strong>Selsey</strong> team <strong>and</strong> I know the team will<br />
be giving their all to reach the 2nd Round.<br />
Enjoy the Game! Darrel
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