Ascot Ladies v Chichester and Selsey Ladies 141121

W E L C O M E T O T H E G R E E N A R M Y
W E L C O M E T O T H E G R E E N A R M Y
ON COURSE!
With Programme Editor Neal Jeffs
Welcome to the players, officials and
supporters of Chichester and Selsey
Ladies for this Vitality Women's FA Cup
match.
Happy
reading, and
enjoy the
game! Neal
A warm welcome to The Racecourse for what is a historic day for our Ladies’ team,
making their first ever appearance in the First round proper of the Women’s FA Cup.
Our visitors today are two levels higher in the football pyramid which is a huge gap in
the Women’s game, so it will take a monumental effort from our ladies to cause an
upset – but this is the FA Cup after all! Last season, Southampton from step 4 won at
Lewes from step 2, so it is possible… Anyway, it will be interesting to see what a few
weeks off has done for the team. After beating Oxford three weeks ago we saw
Winchester and Wycombe both pull out of the last 2 Sundays’ league matches, so
Darrel’s side with either be very rested or very rusty! I know he was still hoping for a
10v10 training session last Sunday in lieu of a match, but there’s no substitute for a
competitive game. Our visitors today have had a difficult season in the FA Women’s
National League South, but they come into this match off the back of a moraleboosting
3-1 league cup win over Plymouth Argyle last weekend which was their first
win in five games since a previous league cup win –
Worth another watch! Click the
image to the right to watch Sarah
Davern's fine goal which wrapped
up Ascot's 4-0 win in the previous
round (opens via Twitter).
- although they have struggled to score goals in the league with just six goals scored
in ten league games. As for Ascot, the postponements and blank Sundays mean the
Yellawomen have played just six matches since the season started in early
September, and after losing that opening game at Abingdon United they remain
undefeated. What has struck me in the games against Moneyfields and Oxford City is
just how far the team have come. they are now more organised, the players mop up
and cover for each other, and we have a bit of pace up front which is hugely important
at this level. It will be interesting to see how our defence cope with the pace and
fitness a National league side will bring. My only hope is we do ourselves justice and
enjoy the occasion. Over to the two teams now! Enjoy the game. Neal