Red & White Issue 10: SAFC Women vs Sheffield United Women
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RED & WHITE SEASON 2023-24 RED & WHITE SEASON 2023-24 RED & WHITE SEASON 2023-24<br />
RED & WHITE SEASON 2023-24 RED & WHITE SEASON 2023-24<br />
VS SHEFFIELD UNITED FC WOMEN<br />
Sunday 21 January 2024 • KO 2.00pm<br />
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f survival.<br />
I’ve donated to someone to give them a<br />
second chance of life. I would do it again,<br />
every day of the week if I could.<br />
<strong>SAFC</strong> WOMEN All it takes to join the register is a quick<br />
HONOURS mouth swab and filling out a form with your<br />
FA <strong>Women</strong>’s details, Premier League and you’ll only donate if you’re<br />
National Division: 20<strong>10</strong>/11,<br />
ng his<br />
2011/12, 2012/13 absolutely needed. Who could say no to that?<br />
FA <strong>Women</strong>’s Premier League<br />
Northern Perry, Division: 1999/00*, stem cell donor, Newcastle<br />
2004/05, 2008/09<br />
FA WSL 2: 2013/14<br />
FA <strong>Women</strong>’s Premier League<br />
Cup: 2011/12<br />
*As Blyth Spartans Kestrels<br />
an is the charity that matches stem cell donors to<br />
DIRECTORS<br />
ed. We are saving lives right now – three lives a day,<br />
e could be doing so much more with your help.<br />
Chairman: Kyril Louis-Dreyfus<br />
Director: Maurice Louis-Dreyfus<br />
Director: Juan Sartori<br />
Director: Igor Levin<br />
Director: Patrick Treuer<br />
Director: Simon Vumbaca<br />
Non-Executive Director:<br />
David JonesChief Operating<br />
Officer:<br />
Steve Davison<br />
Sporting Director:<br />
Kristjaan Speakman<br />
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WELCOME TO<br />
EPPLETON COLLIERY<br />
cell register today and you can help to give someone<br />
nce of life.<br />
nd in good health? You can sign up right here, right now:<br />
n.org/TheLasses<br />
u can help us to unlock more ways to treat every<br />
lping to fund our groundbreaking research:<br />
n.org/GiveLife<br />
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HEAD COACH<br />
MEL REAY<br />
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Eppleton for<br />
our first league game of 2024 against <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>Women</strong><br />
in the Barclays <strong>Women</strong>’s Championship.<br />
I would like to wish a warm welcome<br />
to all the <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> staff, players<br />
and supporters.<br />
We’ve got a big squad and there’s<br />
competition for places. We have to find<br />
the winning formula and we want to<br />
maintain standards to have a good go in<br />
the league.<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> had a good performance at the<br />
weekend against Tottenham, and there’s<br />
no easy games, that’s the competition<br />
that we’re playing in and what everyone<br />
wants to be a part of.<br />
We’ve got aspirations within the squad<br />
to go higher again so we need to dust<br />
ourselves down and not feel sorry for<br />
ourselves. We need to make sure we’re at<br />
the races on Sunday or we’ll be punished.<br />
We’re still up there and we’re well aware<br />
that that’s two on the bounce so we need<br />
to use this as a springboard to make sure<br />
we remain competitive in the division.<br />
Overall, I think we need to not just<br />
reflect on the last two games but also the<br />
season as a whole, comparing it to where<br />
we were last season, we’re in a totally<br />
different place, but the job’s not done and<br />
we need to make sure we’re up there at<br />
the end of the season.<br />
Enjoy the game,<br />
MEL<br />
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FROM THE<br />
DRESSING ROOM<br />
MOLLIE ROUSE<br />
Sunderland <strong>Women</strong> midfielder Mollie<br />
Rouse looked to ahead to our first<br />
league game of 2024 as <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
make the trip to Eppleton.<br />
The Lasses midfielder joined on deadline<br />
day in the summer, and has become a<br />
regular in the team in recent months.<br />
“It’s been great to be back in England and<br />
being a part of this Club”, Rouse said.<br />
“I’m really happy to be able to contribute<br />
more on the pitch now.<br />
“I’m surrounded by great players,<br />
especially the midfield unit, we have<br />
experienced players in there, but all<br />
around the pitch we have such a strong<br />
squad that I’m happy to be a part of it.<br />
“For me it’s just about pushing on,<br />
bringing the performances and the<br />
competitiveness each week.<br />
“Each week you have to prove yourself.<br />
As a footballer, you want to earn your<br />
shirt because that makes you ultimately<br />
better.”<br />
The 25-year-old highlighted the<br />
togetherness around the whole Club,<br />
a sentiment she has felt immediately<br />
since joining.<br />
“I joined later than most people but<br />
since the get-go, everyone has been so<br />
welcoming. I feel like I’ve come into a<br />
family environment, between the staff<br />
and players and even the men’s team as<br />
well, everyone has that togetherness<br />
about them.<br />
“I’m happy to be contributing now, and<br />
I feel like I’m growing in confidence<br />
each week. That comes from the players<br />
helping me and the staff making me feel<br />
that belief.<br />
“In Germany, there were some great<br />
times but there were also tough times.<br />
The one thing that stood out for me is<br />
that I wanted to be somewhere where<br />
there was a good connection between<br />
staff and players, and an environment<br />
where I feel I can push on and improve.<br />
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“Every session I’ve been in I enjoy and if<br />
you’re in that, you automatically start<br />
to feel more yourself.<br />
“I’m a lot happier than I was and hopefully<br />
that translates on the pitch.”<br />
Finally, the Rouse looked ahead to the<br />
match, with <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> the first<br />
league opponents of 2024.<br />
“<strong>Sheffield</strong> had a great performance in<br />
the FA Cup, they lost but they showed<br />
that they could compete with one of the<br />
best in the WSL so it’s not going to be an<br />
easy game.<br />
“It’s important to know that we need<br />
to come with our A-game but that when<br />
teams come to us, they realise we’re<br />
not the underdogs that they may have<br />
anticipated at the start of the season, and<br />
they’ll start bringing their best.<br />
“We have to be ready for that.”<br />
RED & WHITE >> 7
CLUB NEWS<br />
WATSON, YOUNG<br />
PLAYER OF THE YEAR<br />
Katy Watson has been voted <strong>Women</strong>’s<br />
Young Player of the Year in the North<br />
East Football Writers Player of the Year<br />
Awards for 2023.<br />
The youngster is the first winner of this<br />
particular award following an impressive<br />
year on Wearside.<br />
THE YOUNGSTER IS<br />
THE FIRST WINNER<br />
OF THIS PARTICULAR<br />
AWARD<br />
The 18-year-old is a product of the<br />
successful Lasses academy, rising through<br />
the youth ranks, and signed her first<br />
professional contract in September on<br />
her 18th birthday.<br />
Watson made her senior debut for the<br />
Club in February 2022 against Liverpool,<br />
and has since racked up nearly 50<br />
appearances for the Club.<br />
The young forward scored many<br />
important goals last year, including a<br />
winner in a 3-2 River Wear Derby victory<br />
over Durham, a last-minute equaliser<br />
against Charlton at the Valley, and<br />
an opener against Rugby Borough,<br />
formerly Coventry <strong>United</strong>, in a 3-0 win<br />
on home soil.<br />
Durham’s Sarah Robson claimed the<br />
senior <strong>Women</strong>’s award, while Newcastle’s<br />
Kieran Trippier won the Men’s Player of<br />
the Year, and Hayden Hackney received<br />
Men’s Young Player of the Year.<br />
The North East Football Writers<br />
Association player of the year annual<br />
awards dinner will be held on Sunday,<br />
March 3 at the Ramside Hall Hotel and<br />
Golf Club.<br />
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FIXTURES & RESULTS<br />
2023-24<br />
MONTH DATE OPPOSITION SCORE<br />
AUGUST Sun 27 London City Lionesses D 0-0<br />
SEPTEMBER<br />
OCTOBER<br />
NOVEMBER<br />
Sun 3 <strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong> W 0-1<br />
Sun <strong>10</strong> Southampton W 0-1<br />
Sun 17 Crystal Palace D 1-1<br />
Sun 1 Watford W 2-1<br />
Sun 8 Birmingham City D 1-1<br />
Sun 15 Reading W 3-1<br />
Sun 22 Lewes W 0-2<br />
Sun 5 Durham W 0-1<br />
Sun 12 Blackburn L 0-1<br />
Sun 19 Charlton D 1-1<br />
DECEMBER Sun 17 Birmingham L 0-3<br />
JANUARY<br />
FEBRUARY<br />
MARCH<br />
APRIL<br />
Sun 21<br />
Sat 27<br />
Sun 4<br />
Sun 18<br />
Sun 3<br />
Sun 17<br />
Sun 24<br />
Sun 31<br />
Sun 21<br />
Sun 28<br />
<strong>Sheffield</strong> <strong>United</strong><br />
Blackburn Rovers<br />
Reading<br />
Lewes<br />
Southampton<br />
London City Lionesses<br />
Durham<br />
Watford<br />
Charlton<br />
Crystal Palace<br />
<strong>10</strong>
There are 4.36 million of us and we are<br />
tomorrow’s female future.<br />
We’re part of every community and come from all social backgrounds, cultures<br />
and religions with different skills and abilities. We’re an unstoppable force for<br />
good if we’re given the chance. The chance to play football.<br />
We want to play in the school curriculum, at breaktime, after school, at local clubs<br />
wherever, whenever we want.<br />
NO barriers, NO stereotypes<br />
LET US PLAY.<br />
Find out more at: www.EnglandFootball.com/LetGirlsPlay
90 minutes on the pitch.<br />
<strong>10</strong> minutes to save a life.<br />
For someone with blood cancer or a blood disorder,<br />
a stem cell transplant from a matching donor could be their<br />
last chance of survival.<br />
Perry, donating his<br />
stem cells<br />
I’ve donated to someone to give them a<br />
second chance of life. I would do it again,<br />
every day of the week if I could.<br />
All it takes to join the register is a quick<br />
mouth swab and filling out a form with your<br />
details, and you’ll only donate if you’re<br />
absolutely needed. Who could say no to that?<br />
Perry, stem cell donor, Newcastle<br />
Anthony Nolan is the charity that matches stem cell donors to<br />
patients in need. We are saving lives right now – three lives a day,<br />
in fact. But we could be doing so much more with your help.<br />
Join the stem cell register today and you can help to give someone<br />
a second chance of life.<br />
Aged 16-30 and in good health? You can sign up right here, right now:<br />
anthonynolan.org/TheLasses<br />
Aged 31+? You can help us to unlock more ways to treat every<br />
patient by helping to fund our groundbreaking research:<br />
anthonynolan.org/GiveLife<br />
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HEAD COACH: MELANIE REAY<br />
MANAGER: JONATHAN MORGAN<br />
SUNDERLAND AFC<br />
1 CLAUDIA MOAN GK<br />
4 FAYE MULLEN<br />
5 GRACE MCCATTY<br />
6 LOUISE GRIFFITHS<br />
7 KEIRA RAMSHAW<br />
8 EMILY SCARR<br />
9 MARY MCATEER<br />
<strong>10</strong> KATIE KITCHING<br />
11 JESSICA BROWN<br />
14 NATASHA FENTON<br />
15 AMY GODDARD<br />
16 GRACE EDE<br />
17 MOLLIE ROUSE<br />
18 LIBBI MCINNES<br />
19 MEGAN BEER<br />
20 ELLEN JONES<br />
22 MEGAN BORTHWICK GK<br />
23 JENNA DEAR<br />
25 KATY WATSON<br />
27 BRIANNA WESTRUP<br />
37 LIZ EJUPI<br />
SHEFFIELD UNITED FC<br />
1 FRAN STENSON<br />
2 CHARLEY DOCHERTY<br />
3 CHARLOTTE NEWSHAM<br />
4 SOPHIE BARKER<br />
5 MOLLY GRAHAM<br />
6 TARA BOURNE<br />
7 JESS SIGSWORTH<br />
9 BEX RAYNER<br />
9 KATIE WILKINSON<br />
<strong>10</strong> ISOBEL GOODWIN<br />
11 ASHLEY HODSON<br />
12 JODIE HUTTON<br />
13 OLIVIA PAGE<br />
14 ELLIE MAY<br />
15 TAMARA WILCOCK<br />
16 CHENE MUIR<br />
17 SOPHIE HAYWOOD<br />
18 ELLA KINZETT<br />
19 ALANTA BROWN<br />
24 RACHEL BROWN<br />
29 FALLON CONNOLLY-JACKSON<br />
32 JULIET ADEBOWALE-ARIMORO<br />
33 BETHAN DAVIES<br />
REFEREE: MAGDALENA GOLBA<br />
ASSISTANT REFEREES: JOSHUA DEAR, JASON SMITH<br />
FOURTH OFFICIAL: DAVID MITCHELL