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SAFC WOMEN 

HONOURS 

FA Women’s Premier League 

National Division: 2010/11, 

2011/12, 2012/13 


Northern Division: 1999/00*, 

2004/05, 2008/09 

FA WSL 2: 2013/14 


Cup: 2011/12 

*As Blyth Spartans Kestrels 

DIRECTORS 

Chairman: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus 

Director: Maurice Louis-Dreyfus 

Director: Juan Sartori 

Chief Operating Officer: 

Steve Davison 

Sporting Director: 

Kristjaan Speakman 

Director: Igor Levin 

Director: Patrick Treuer 

Director: Simon Vumbaca 

Non-Executive Director: 

David Jones 

WELCOME TO 

EPPLETON COLLIERY 

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nature without the prior written 

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Football Club except for permitted 

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Designs and Patents Act 1988. 

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use of copyright material should 

be made to Sunderland AFC. Full 

acknowledgement of publisher and 

source must be given at all times. The 

views expressed within are the views 

of the individual authors and not 

necessarily those of Sunderland AFC. 

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MELANIE REAY 

HEAD COACH 

Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Eppleton 

for our game against Coventry United Women in the Barclays 

Women’s Championship. 

I would like to wish a warm welcome 

to all the Coventry staff, players and any 

supporters who have made the trip today. 

We’re under no illusion that it’s an 

important game and that we must stay 

focused, stick to our processes in order 

to get a positive result. 

The team are chomping at the bit to 

get back in front of a good crowd at 

Eppleton. We want the crowd to bring 

lots of noise and get really get behind the 

team like they have in previous games, 

and they’ve got us over the line at times. 

We want them to be our twelfth 

player because I think it really motivates 

the team and spurs them on in those 

moments where we need them to get 

over the line. 

The Durham game springs to mind 

in the last 10 minutes. We were really 

pushing for the win and the crowd played 

their part to get that goal as well. 

Enjoy the game, 

Mel



FROM THE 

DRESSING ROOM 

NEVE HERRON 

Neve Herron spoke exclusively to 

safc.com to preview today’s league 

match against Coventry United. 

Herron offered her reflection of last 

week’s 2-0 defeat against Lewes at the 

Dripping Pan. 

“I think we started well. We had a game 

plan that we wanted to stick to. We had 

a change of formation but I think we 

adapted well to it in the first half. 

“I just don’t think we came out as good as 

we could have in the second half and we 

were disappointed to not get the result 

that we felt we could have got because it 

was a game of two halves.” 

The versatile Lasses midfielder offered 

assurances of the positive mood in the 

camp despite the dip in form. 

“Everyone’s really positive going into 

this week. We know how good we were 

last time out against them but it means 

nothing if we don’t perform this time so 

our focus is still the same each week to 

come away with a win. 

“All the girls have got each other’s backs 

and we all want to achieve the same thing 

which helps us out a lot so we all just want 

to perform, not just for ourselves but for 

each other.” 

Finally, the 19-year-old discussed the 

advantage of playing at home with the 

support of the home crowd. 

“It’s always nice to have home fans 

behind us and help us out a little bit and 

hopefully we can get a couple of wins 

under our belt and gain some momentum 

over the next couple of weeks.” 

“Hopefully we can put in a good 

performance, score some goals and win 

on Sunday.”

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Club News 

FOUNDATION EVENT 

Sunderland Women defender 

Louise Griffiths attended an 

International Women’s Day event at 

Newcastle Foundation last week. 

The Foundation of Light’s Under-10s 

girls team played Newcastle’s Under- 

10s in a futsal tournament to mark 

International Women’s Day on 

March 8. 

The Lasses defender met the players 

after the tournament to discuss her story 

into football, answered questions about 

her career so far and took time to sign 

autographs and get pictures with the 

young players. 

Speaking to the Foundation of light, 

Griffiths said: “I think it’s amazing. 

Looking at some of the young girls, 

you can see their talent already. 

“I think it’s nice to see the setup 

that’s there because I know when I 

was younger, it wasn’t anywhere near 

as good as it is now.” 

“Even in the last year, it’s [the women’s 

game] has come on leaps and bounds and 

I think the opportunities for young girls 

and girls of our age is massive.”

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PLAYER SPONSORSHIPS 

1 Allison COWLING 

2 Neve HERRON 

4 Faye MULLEN 

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North American 

Supporters 

Association 

Dubai 

Branch 

Coxhoe 

Branch 

AJAY 

Brickwork 

There are 4.36 million of us and we are 

tomorrow’s female future. 

We’re part of every community and come from all social backgrounds, cultures 

and religions with different skills and abilities. We’re an unstoppable force for 

good if we’re given the chance. The chance to play football. 

We want to play in the school curriculum, at breaktime, after school, at local clubs 

wherever, whenever we want. 

NO barriers, NO stereotypes 

LET US PLAY. 

6 Louise GRIFFITHS 

London 

Branch 

10 Danielle BROWN 

Mick 

Fenton 

14 Emma KELLY 

Ian 

Todd 

7 Keira RAMSHAW 

11 Jessica BROWN 

15 Emily HUTCHINSON 

8 Emily SCARR 

12 Abby TOWERS 

16 Grace EDE 

18 Libbi MCINNES 19 Megan BEER 

20 Tyler DODDS 

24 Abby HOLMES 

DBN 

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DES 

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Hebburn 

Branch 

JAF Properties 

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Roofing 

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Shipping 

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M&S 

Civils 

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Graeme Taylor 

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London 

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UNDER 23’S 

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Find out more at: www.EnglandFootball.com/LetGirlsPlay 

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SAVE THE 

FIXTURES 

Scan now to 

add your club’s 

2022-23 fixtures 

to your calendar. 

FIXTURES&RESULTS 

2022/23 

MONTH DATE KO OPPOSITION SCORE 

AUGUST 

SEPTEMBER 

OCTOBER 

NOVEMBER 

Sun 21 12.30PM Durham Women D 1-1 

Sat 27 4PM Birmingham City Women L 0-4 

Sun 11 11:30AM Sheffield United Women Postponed 

Sun 18 3PM Bristol City Women L 1-0 

Sun 25 11:30AM Charlton Athletic Women L 2-3 

Sun 16 12PM Crystal Palace Women W 0-2 

Sun 23 11:30AM London City Lionesses L 0-2 

Sun 30 12PM Southampton Women L 1-0 

Sun 6 2PM Blackburn Rovers Ladies L 1-0 

Sun 20 11:30AM Lewes Women L 0-1 

DECEMBER Sun 4 2PM Coventry United W 0-5 

JANUARY 

FEBRUARY 

MARCH 

APRIL 

Sun 15 11:30AM Durham Women W 3-2 

Sun 22 2PM Birmingham City Women W 1-3 

Sun 5 2PM London City Lionesses L 3-1 

Sun 12 11:30AM Southampton Women L 0-1 

Sun 5 2PM Lewes Women L 2-0 

Sun 12 11:30AM Coventry United 

Sun 26 2PM Charlton Athletic Women 

Sun 2 12PM Crystal Palace Women 

Sun 16 12:30PM Bristol City Women 

Sun 23 2PM Sheffield United Women 

Sun 30 11:30PM Blackburn Rovers Ladies 

All fixtures subject to change



WE’re supporting 

Amber’s Law 

We as a club are proud to join the 

campaign to lower the age for cervical 

cancer screening, in memory of 

Sunderland’s very own Amber Rose Cliff.

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HEAD COACH MELANIE REAY 

GK 

ALLISON COWLING 1 

NEVE HERRON 2 

ESTHER MORGAN 3 

FAYE MULLEN 4 

GRACE MCCATTY 5 

LOUISE GRIFFITHS 6 

KEIRA RAMSHAW 7 

EMILY SCARR 8 

NICKI GEARS 9 

DANIELLE BROWN 10 

JESSICA BROWN 11 

ABBY TOWERS 12 

GK 

CLAUDIA MOAN 13 

EMMA KELLY 14 

EMILY HUTCHINSON 15 

GRACE EDE 16 

ABBEY JOICE 17 

LIBBI MCINNES 18 

MEGAN BEER 19 

TYLER DODDS 20 

MEGAN BORTHWICK 22 

ABBY HOLMES 24 

KATY WATSON 25 

BRIANNA WESTRUP 27 

BRENNA MCPARTLAN 28 

LIZ EJUPI 37 

HEAD COACH LEE BURCH 

1 ELEANOR HEEPS GK 

2 ALANAH MANN 

3 MEGAN ALEXANDER 

4 JODIE BARTLE 

6 HAYLEY HOARE 

7 FRAN ORTHODOXOU 

8 SIMRAN JHAMAT 

9 MARY MCATEER 

10 FREYA THOMAS 

11 MORGAN CROSS 

12 RACHEL NEWBOROUGH 

15 ELLIE BUTLER 

16 ELLEN JONES 

17 MEESHA DUDLEY-JONES 

19 LUCY WHIPP 

20 OLIVIA RABJOHN 

21 KATY MORRIS 

22 ELEANOR RYAN-DOYLE 

23 MERRICK WILL 

24 EBONY WISEMAN 

25 JODIE WHITEMAN GK 

26 ARABELLA SUTTIE 

27 IZZY GOODWIN 

31 MIA SMITH GK 

35 KHIARA KEATING GK 

44 CONNIE SCOFIELD 

97 MOLLIE GREEN 

REFEREE 

AARON FORD 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 1 

JON ASHOWRTH-SEARS 

ASSISTANT REFEREE 2 

ALEXANDER BEELEY 

FOURTH OFFICIAL 

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