Red & White Issue 11: SAFC Women vs Lewes FC Women

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VS LEWES WOMEN FC
Sunday 18 February 2024 • KO 12.00pm
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ASSISTANT
HEAD COACH
STEPH LIBBEY
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to Eppleton
for our league game against Lewes FC Women in the Barclays
Women’s Championship..
I would like to wish a warm welcome
to all the Lewes staff, players and
supporters.
When we played Lewes away, it was an
interesting first half. We ended up 2-0 up
and I thought they played well.
Professionally in. the second half we killed
the game off and did a really good job,
but we know they’ve got a threat, they’ve
signed a lot of new players and they’re
going to come with something different.
We’ve got to be consistent in what we
produce, we’ve got to be on it from the
first minute because they’ve been having
fast starts so we’ll prepare as we do for
everyone in this league.
It’s an exciting league to be a part of
and you never really know what you’re
going to come up against so we’ll do
what we can.
It’s nice to be where we are in the table
now compared to where we were last
year, and there’s been a lot of hard work
gone into that.
For some people it may be a surprise
but for us it’s not, we know the calibre
of players and staff that we’ve got, and
we’ve all worked really hard to get to
this point.
We always talk about the togetherness
and I think personally that is why we are
where we are at.
Enjoy the game,
STEPH
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FROM THE
DRESSING ROOM
JENNA DEAR
Sunderland Women midfielder Jenna
Dear sat down with safc.com to discuss
her time on Wearside so far and look
ahead to the game against Lewes.
Moving to Wearside in the summer,
the midfielder has “loved” her time at
the Club so far.
“I love it in the North East. We’ve got
such a great group of girls.
“Knowing Mel previously obviously
helped me to settle in fast and the girls
have been a big help in that.
“I think just looking at the way I’m playing
on the pitch and the way I’m performing
that I’m loving every second of it and I
just can’t wait for the next few games
coming up.”
The Lasses’ number 23 played in France
for Dijon and FC Fleury 91 prior to joining
Sunderland, and compared her time in
the two different environments.
“I think it’s a lot more competitive. In
France, you have a couple of teams that
run away with the league, so it wasn’t
really as competitive.
“Whereas here now, as we seen from the
result at the weekend that anyone can
take points off anyone.
“That’s what makes this league so exciting
and competitive, so like I said, it’s exciting
to be a part of it.”
The 27-year-old highlighted her pride at
the impressive start to the 23-24 season,
but insists there is still a long way to go.
“It’s been incredible. I don’t think anyone
expected us to do as well as we have been
doing, so I think we were going into the
season as underdogs after finishing where
the Club did last season.
“It’s exciting but we can’t get carried
away. We’ve got many more games to go,
we’ve got to take each game as it comes
and see where we end up at the end of
the season.
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“I think it’s so important to keep that
mindset, to not go into any games being
complacent.”
Finally, with Mel Reay’s side looking
to recover from a defeat last weekend
against Reading in the league, Dear
looked ahead to the test against Lewes
Women at Eppleton.
“We’re out here to prove a point this
season. It’s a massive game for us, like it
is for them.
“The Reading game wasn’t up to our
standards in certain parts of the game,
but towards the end, playing with 10
players, it’s always difficult.
“Three points is what we need to come
away with from that game.”
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CLUB NEWS
SCARR, PLAYER OF
THE MONTH
Emily Scarr recently won the Barclays
Women’s Championship Player of the
Month for January.
The Sunderland number eight was
nominated for the award alongside
Charlton’s Freda Ayisi, Southampton’s
Sophie Pharoah and Watford’s Carly
Johns, with the Lasses star winning the
fan vote.
THE BLACK CATS
STRIKER SCORED
THREE LEAGUE
GOALS IN TWO
GAMES
The Black Cats striker scored three league
goals in two games, scoring a brace in the
3-0 home victory over Sheffield United,
and netted the following week against
Blackburn Rovers at the Lancashire FA
County Ground.
Scarr has made 78 career appearances
for Sunderland, appearing in 20 games
this season and netting her first goal of
the season against Sheffield United in the
first Continental Tyres League Cup
group game.
After an exceptional 2022-23 season,
the 24-year-old won the Club’s Women’s
Player of the Year award and was awarded
a professional contract in the summer.
Well done, Scarrsy!
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FIXTURES & RESULTS
2023-24
MONTH DATE OPPOSITION SCORE
AUGUST Sun 27 London City Lionesses D 0-0
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
Sun 3 Sheffield United W 0-1
Sun 10 Southampton W 0-1
Sun 17 Crystal Palace D 1-1
Sun 1 Watford W 2-1
Sun 8 Birmingham City D 1-1
Sun 15 Reading W 3-1
Sun 22 Lewes W 0-2
Sun 5 Durham W 0-1
Sun 12 Blackburn L 0-1
Sun 19 Charlton D 1-1
DECEMBER Sun 17 Birmingham L 0-3
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
Sun 21 Sheffield United W 3-0
Sat 27 Blackburn Rovers W 0-2
Sun 4 Reading L 1-0
Sun 18
Sun 3
Sun 17
Sun 24
Sun 31
Sun 21
Sun 28
Lewes
Southampton
London City Lionesses
Durham
Watford
Charlton
Crystal Palace
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I’ve donated to someone to give them a
second chance of life. I would do it again,
every day of the week if I could.
All it takes to join the register is a quick
mouth swab and filling out a form with your
details, and you’ll only donate if you’re
absolutely needed. Who could say no to that?
Perry, stem cell donor, Newcastle
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HEAD COACH: MELANIE REAY
MANAGER: SCOTT BOOTH
SUNDERLAND AFC
1 CLAUDIA MOAN GK
4 FAYE MULLEN
5 GRACE MCCATTY
6 LOUISE GRIFFITHS
7 KEIRA RAMSHAW
8 EMILY SCARR
9 MARY MCATEER
10 KATIE KITCHING
11 JESSICA BROWN
14 NATASHA FENTON
15 AMY GODDARD
16 GRACE EDE
17 MOLLIE ROUSE
18 LIBBI MCINNES
19 MEGAN BEER
20 ELLEN JONES
22 MEGAN BORTHWICK GK
23 JENNA DEAR
25 KATY WATSON
27 BRIANNA WESTRUP
37 LIZ EJUPI
LEWES WOMEN FC
1 SOPHIE WHITEHOUSE
2 GRACE RIGLAR
3 RHIAN CLEVERLY
4 AMELIA HAZARD
5 GRACE GARRAD
6 ELLIE HACK
7 CARAGH HAMILTON
8 GRACE PALMER
9 VALENTINE PURSEY
10 MARIA FARRUGIA
11 ANNA GREY
12 SHAUNA VASSELL
14 REANNA BLADES
15 HOLLIE OLDING
16 KATE OAKLEY
18 LOIS ROCHE
21 SARAH BRASERO-CARREIRA
24 HANNAH GODFREY
25 JACQUI HAND
26 EMILY MOORE
30 LOIS HEUCHAN
31 AIMEE CLAYPOLE
36 CHELSEA FERGUSON
REFEREE: ABBY DEARDEN
ASSISTANT REFEREES: EMMA TAYLOR, ALEXANDER BEELEY
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