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DURHAM
DURHAM
DURHAM
DURHAM
DURHAM
DURHAM OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME
I S S U E 15 VS SUNDERLAND £3
WELCOME
WELCOME FROM
LEE SANDERS
WE CATCH-UP WITH LEE SANDERS TO REFLECT ON THE
2021/22 SEASON...
Q: As we approach the final two games of the campaign, how do Q: One big highlight this year has to have been the support, with
you reflect on the 2021/22 season? numbers growing at home and away. How much does that mean
to you and the players?
It’s one that we all - players, staff and fans - will probably see as one
of underachievement, despite the fact we could still finish second The away support has been unbelievable, and I know from speaking
or third. We’ve come to expect so much from ourselves and I’m sure to people how much it costs them to travel and support us. This
lots of teams around the country would love to be in the position isn’t subsidised travel, these are people spending their own money
we’re in, but we all aspire and will work harder to achieve better next to come and support our players and staff. It’s just absolutely
season. tremendous and we do really hope that grows, because it’s cliched
- but it does make you feel like you aren’t on your own when you’re
It’s been challenging in many ways and we’ve had a lot of changes. away from home.
We’ve had a lot of changes in staff which obviously comes with
settling-in periods - some things have been positive and some The home support has been truly remarkable. It’s growing
things we haven’t got right. We’ve added new players and again had significantly and we need to keep doing that and pushing that and
challenges through injury that really didn’t allow us to instill what we bringing in new supporters while retaining our current fanbase. We’ll
wanted to in the squad from the beginning. always do our best to make the experience as good as possible. The
catering has been fantastic this year and the engagement from the
But I think the most difficult challenge we’ve had has been off the players with our young fans is something we want to keep doing.
field. Unfortunately we’ve had a lot of illness, injury and personal and We want this team to be at the heart of the community in County
private matters that we’ve all had to go through - staff and players. Durham and the North East.
That doesn’t necessarily, and quite rightly, become public, but
nevertheless it does have an effect on us all when we are so close Q: Obviously we couldn’t do everything we do as a club without
at the football club. the support of our partners - how key have they been this
season?
Q: While it has been challenging at times, there have been some
real highs too. Which moments stand out for you? A massive thank you has to go to Durham University, because the
relationship that we have and the facility we have here is second
I think seeing a young player like Grace Ayre come in and compete to none.
against Barclays FA WSL teams show us the future of the football
club, and I think we’ll see more of players like that over the next Liam Roberts and all the staff at Vision for Education, Michael
couple of seasons. Along with Erin Nicholson, Lily Crosthwaite Hamilton at Commando Joe’s, Patrick and Frances Connolly at the
and Hannah Greenwood, they’ve all impressed and we’re in a really Plastic Furniture Company, Charlotte Taylor at iPro, James Golden at
positive place with the young players at our football club. Hummel, our education partners at Durham Sixth Form Centre, Bede
Sixth Form and Newcastle College, and of course all of our player
We’ve had some great days and evenings when the crowd have sponsors, have played a key role this season.
really got behind the team. We had an up-and-down start and then
went on an incredible run where we kept clean sheets and were Every partner we have helps us to support the players and operate
really effective. We capped it off with a night that will live long in as a club throughout the season.
everyone’s memory against Manchester United. Every player played
their part that night with an energetic, competitive and disciplined So a huge thank you, and please get behind us again and support us
performance - that we’ve all come to love about this team when again next season.
they are the underdog. We came from behind twice with a fantastic
header from Dee, and then probably only a player like Beth could
score a free-kick in a moment like that under that pressure to tie
the game, Just seeing the reaction of the spectators and the young
girls who were there was tremendous. Was it comparable to the
Chelsea game a few years ago? It was probably better.
We’ve developed community-based Player Development Centres
which the staff have worked incredibly hard to set-up. We now have
five across the North East and they’ve been a tremendous success
and we’re tapping into some real talent.
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CAPTAIN’S NOTES
THE SKIPPER
SARAH WILSON
GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME BACK AS WE
PREPARE TO PLAY SUNDERLAND
Our last game at Watford was a really Today we face Sunderland and it’s a
tough one for us. It’s always a difficult challenge that everyone will be up for.
place to go to, and we were frustrated It’s a huge game for the club and the
with the way we did go behind. But area, and hopefully we’ll have a great
we always had it in our heads that we crowd. We know the #1kForDerbyDay
would be able to get back into the push has seen tickets flying out and
game, and I think the girls proved that hopefully it will just be a fantastic day
resilience and fight. It was absolutely today.
fantastic to get that point away from
home. The support can massively help today.
We know the crowd will get behind us
The travelling support really did help us today. With it being a local derby we
in that game, it was incredible. We’ve know Sunderland will bring some fans
always had fantastic support at home of their own, which is fantastic for the
and the way it’s coming into the away sport. Fingers crossed that our home
games now is just incredible. We heard fans will get behind us though, and they
them the whole way through, we felt can spur us on.
the support from home as well, and it
was great. Thank you for your support this season,
and hopefully we’ll see you all back here
We had a small break after the Watford for the 2022/23 season.
game and sometimes when you come
back you can be a little bit rusty - but
the girls have come back flying. Now
everyone is ready to do as much as we
can before the end of the season and
get what we can out of the last two
games.
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LEAGUE ROUND-UP
FROM AROUND THE
CHAMPIONSHIP
WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE LATEST NEWS FROM AROUND
THE FA WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP...
CONTINENTAL CUP DATES LONDON CITY LIONESSES
CONFIRMED PROMOTE GOALKEEPER
London City Lionesses have promoted young
goalkeeper Jessica Gray to their senior squad.
The young stopper previously impressed in the club’s
pathway teams.
Gray has been handed the number 22 shirt by London
City Lionesses and she will compete alongside fellow
goalkeepers Shae Yanez and Anna Pedersen for the
club’s first choice goalkeeping jersey.
Durham Women FC’s Continental LEWES APPOINT NEW
Tyres Cup fixtures have been
confirmed.
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE
The Wildcats will form part of
Group B in the initial stage of
the competition and will face
four Barclays FA Women’s Super
League sides.
Manchester United visit Maiden Lewes have appointed Kelly Lindsey as their Head of
Castle on October 14 (7pm) Performance.
before a trip to Manchester City
on November 4 (7pm). A former USWNT national team player, Lindsey has
coached across the world and will now bring her
Leicester City come to the North talents to The Dripping Pan.
East on November 17 (7pm)
before the group ends at Everton The Rooks say she will help to ‘support the club to
on December 5 (1pm). transition to a high-performance environment.’
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FIND YOUR NEWBIG INTERVIEW THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH MOLLIE LAMBERT...
WE CATCH-UP WITH MOLLIE LAMBERT AFTER SHE MADE
HER 50TH APPEARANCE FOR DURHAM AT WATFORD...
As Durham Women’s squad completed penalties, that was a brilliant game.
their journey back from the 3-3 draw at
Watford, Mollie Lambert’s phone pinged. “And although it wasn’t the most amazing
celebration, scoring against Sunderland
The notification alerted her to a key was nice to get off the mark with a goal at
milestone. the start of the season.”
“It wasn’t the greatest of games at Lambert is now a well-established player in
Watford and then I got the notification on the FA Women’s Championship, and a key
my phone that it was my 50th game - and I part of Durham’s engine room.
was like ‘oh, wow!’,” she explained.
And her focus now is on making further
“It’s a good landmark to hit. improvements as eyes quickly turn to the
2022/23 campaign.
“And especially at what I think is a top-two
Championship side, it’s good for the record “I’m really pleased to have established
and on paper. myself here,” said the midfielder.
“I’m really pleased to have played 50 “All the girls are lush and we just bounce
games for this club.” off each other and learn from each other.
Lambert is the latest member of the “Now I just hope I can kick-on and aim for
Wildcats’ squad to register a significant more next season.
appearance landmark this season, having
become a regular since her arrival from “I want to keep pushing on and learning.”
Sunderland in the summer of 2020.
But in the short-term, the focus remains
There have been countless highs and lows very much on the visit of Lambert’s former
since that point, with the midfielder a near side this afternoon.
ever-present since her arrival.
Sunderland have been in good form since
So which moments stand out for Lambert the turn of the year and will come to
as the key highlights of her time at Maiden Maiden Castle looking to avenge Durham’s
Castle? 2-0 win in the reverse fixture - in which
Lambert was on the scoresheet (along-
“Making my debut against Liverpool at the side her infamous celebration, which she
start of the season last year. alluded to earlier).
“I really enjoyed that game - it was a good And while pressure undoubtedly accompa-
game to play in and a good point for us. nies a local derby such as this - particularly
with a bumper crowd expected - it’s some-
“Then the Manchester United game this thing that Lambert believes the Wildcats’
year when we took them all the way to squad are relishing.
12BIG INTERVIEW
“We’re looking forward to it. on the midfielder, who was full of praise for
the Durham faithful.
“It’s a little bit of a derby game and the
girls are ready for it after a bit of a lengthy “The fans are amazing - especially towards
break. the end of the season when we haven’t
been getting the results and
“It’ll be a tough game, but we’re all looking performances we wanted at times.
forward to it - especially with the big crowd
we’re expecting.” “A special mention to the away fans who
travel too, it’s unreal.
And the final word from Lambert is for the
fans. “We’re all tired off the bus and then you
see them and it gives you a boost.
Recent weeks have seen the Wildcats
backed by big away followings at both “It’s such a nice feeling to see them week
Liverpool and Watford - and a four-figure in, week out supporting us.”
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Durham Women fought back from two goals second half though and would storm into a
down to claim a point at Watford. two-goal advantage within six minutes of the
restart.
Dee Bradley’s header had cancelled out Helen
Ward’s opener before Adekite Fatuga-Dada First Fatuga-Dada capitalised on a defensive
and Flo Fyfe put the Hornets in command. mix-up to slot home from the angle before
Fyfe smashed home after offside calls were
But Beth Hepple’s well-taken brace saw the ignored.
visitors draw level – and they were unfortu-
nate not to claim victory! But Durham rallied and were back in the game
thanks to a moment of brilliance from their
The Wildcats began brightly and had a chance captain, as Wilson’s through ball picked out
with barely a minute on the clock as Sarah Hepple who kept her cool to slot home.
Wilson prodded wide after a scramble in the
box. And the midfielder would level the scores
shortly after as she sent a free-kick into the
But somewhat against the run of play it was top corner from 25 yards.
the Golden Girls who took the lead as Ward
volleyed home Fatuga-Dada’s centre. From there on out it was pretty much one-
way traffic with Durham laying siege on the
That buoyed the hosts with Wilson doing well Watford half.
to stop Fatuga-Dada as she bore down on goal
before Andria Georgiou whistled an effort wide A corner was twice headed off the line by
of the post. Watford before Hepple sent another free-kick
narrowly over.
Durham, though, would be level before the
interval as Bradley nodded home Hepple’s But there would be no late winner as the
superb delivery at the back post. Wildcats were made to settle for a point.
Watford came out fighting at the start of the
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COMMENTATORS’ COLUMN
JOHN MIDDLETON
TUNE-IN TO LIVE COVERAGE OF TODAY’S GAME ON
DHRADIO.ORG.UK WITH JOHN AND PHILL DAVISON
Greetings from the back of the Stand! As always, we’ve had a great time here at
Well here we are, nearly the end of Maiden Castle and enjoyed bringing it to our
another season; a bit of a rollercoaster but, listeners around the world. Thanks to Phill
as always, enjoyable. and Colin for the co-comms; to Mark, Dawn,
Lee and all at the Club for all their help
It has been an interesting one; we’ve seen this season. Most of all, thanks to all who
some exciting matches, gone toe-to-toe continue to be with us (inside and outside
with the best in the country, and witnessed the ground) and give us your feedback; we’ll
a well deserved Championship win for be back next season!
Liverpool.
I hope you can join us via our website on
It may not finish how we wanted it to, I your smartphone today; please let us know.
expect many, like me, were hoping to be
where Liverpool are; but it has been a Enjoy the game, have a great summer, and
learning curve for us all. We are no longer let’s hear the Wildcat Roar!
seen as “plucky, little Durham” but teams
now come here as underdogs, wanting to John
overturn us.
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That, along with moving towards a full-time
model, signing professional players, and
juggling jobs was bound to have some af-
fect on results but our progress bodes well
for the future!
But what a way to finish our Home games -
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HEAD COACH: MELANIE REAY
NICKNAME: THE LADY BLACK CATS
HOME GROUND: EPPLETON COLLIERY WELFARE
LAST SEASON: 5TH IN FA WNL NORTHERN PREMIER DIVISION
LAST TIME WE MET: W 2-0
And so we come to Durham Women’s final home today it wasn’t meant to be.
game of the 2021/22 season - a visit from local
rivals Sunderland. “It’s a great run that we’re on. It’s important that
we remain competitive and remain unbeaten
The Lady Black Cats returned the FA Women’s which is a good run of form going into the interna-
Championship this season and mathematically tional break.
secured their survival with an impressive 4-1 win
at Sheffield United last month. “Two games left and we’ll give it our all to get
maximum points.
In truth, though, Mel Reay’s side have scarcely
looked in danger of the drop and that win against “Two big games against two tough teams who
the Blades was the latest in a strong of are up there so we’ll regroup over the next two
encouraging results and performances. weeks and see what we’ve got going into the
Durham game.”
A narrow defeat at top tier Birmingham City
earlier this year proved the catalyst for a fine run Sunderland will hope to have forward Emily Scarr
of form and - whatever happens in their remaining available again today after she missed the clash
fixtures - Sunderland will no doubt head into the with the Red & Greens through injury.
2022/23 season full of confidence.
Young duo Neve Herron and Libbi McInnes have
Their last game saw a 0-0 draw against a recently been away on international duty, while a
resurgent Coventry United side, with Reay’s team pair of former Wildcats - Grace McCatty and Holly
only denied victory by a couple of fine late saves Manders - could line-up against their former club
from visiting goalkeeper Lucy Thomas. today.
Reflecting on that game, Reay told safc.com: Up front, Keira Ramshaw - who was recenly
““hey played a different formation to us so it named as the Supporters’ Player of the Year
was always going to cause a few problems but - brings experience of the Barclays Women’s
I thought defensively, we were sound once we Super League to the team, and as does former
figured it out. Birmingham City midfielder Emma Kelly - who has
really impressed since returning to the North
“We just needed to have that cutting edge in the East in the summer.
final third which we’ve had in previous games but
28THE LEADER THE SOURCE
KEIRA RAMSHAW NEVE HERRON
Sunderland’s captain, Also with four goals to her
Ramshaw brings vast name, Herron has really
experience - as well as shone on her debut cam-
undoubted quality - to the paign in the FA Women’s
team. Championship.
Comfortable in midfield or She’ll have to be watched
attack, she’s one to watch carefully this afternoon.
today.
THE STOPPER THE SCORER
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The young stopper kept a Ex-Middlesbrough forward
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Keep your eyes peeled!TOP T IPS!
Durham defender Abby Holmes offers her tips to aspiring
young footballers!
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Jacket potato with cheese
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BEST MEMORY IN
FOOTBALL?
I’m getting old now so it’s hard
to pick a best memory! But
playing Chelsea at home in the
FA cup in front of a big crowd
was a good day!
GETTING
TO KNOW...
EMILY ROBERTSPATHWAY NEWS
LATEST NEWS FROM OUR
CLUB PATHWAY
WE ROUND-UP THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE DURHAM
WOMEN FC TALENT PATHWAY...
CESTRIA REGISTER FUTURE TALENT DAY A
KEY VICTORY BIG SUCCESS!
With the development centre blocks completed for
this season, we welcomed players from all of our lo-
cal grassroots clubs and development centres to the
Durham WFC Future Talent Day which saw over 100
young girls take part in a carousel of session with our
first team and RTC coaches.
It was also great to see all of our development
centres come together for our central sessions
where all of the girls from across the regional ses-
sions can together for a mini festival.
Durham Cestria were at home
last weekend to middle of the
table Bradford City. With a goal
from Nicki Gears and brace from
Lily Crosthwaite the three points
were in the bag with the final
score 3-1.
Cestria play their last home game RTC IN FUTSAL
at home to Chorley FC at Maiden
Castle today.
FESTIVAL ACTION
Last Saturday, our RTC brought together Durham,
The U23s weren’t in action last Sunderland and Teesside RTC for a round robin futsal
weekend but they go on the hunt and 7 v 7 festival which was a great opportunity for
for three points away at Bradford players to show off some skills and experience a
FC this afternoon. different style of play from the usual 11v11 football.
The morning of football was a great success and we
look forward to welcoming both teams again in the
future.
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STATS & FACTS
ALL THE LATEST
STATS & FACTS
ALL THE LATEST STATS, DATA AND FACTS FROM THE FA WOMEN’S
CHAMPIONSHIP DURING THE 2021/22 SEASON...
TEAM PLD PTS GD
1 LIVERPOOL (C) 20 49 +34
2 BRISTOL CITY 20 36 +17
3 LONDON CITY LIONESSES 20 35 +9
4 CRYSTAL PALACE 20 33 -5
5 SHEFFIELD UNITED 20 32 +8
6 DURHAM 20 31 0
7 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 20 28 +5
8 LEWES 20 26 -1
9 SUNDERLAND 20 23 -6
10 BLACKBURN ROVERS 20 17 -19
11 WATFORD 20 11 -26
12 COVENTRY UNITED* 20 6 -16
* COVENTRY UNITED DEDUCTED 10 POINTS
FAWC TOP SCORERS DURHAM TOP SCORERS
PLAYER CLUB GLS PLAYER GLS
1 ABI HARRISON BRISTOL C 16 1 BETH HEPPLE 14
2 LEANNE KIERNAN LIVERPOOL 12 2 BRIDGET GALLOWAY 3
3 C SWEETMAN-KIRK SHEFF UTD 10 MOLLIE LAMBERT 3
BETH HEPPLE DURHAM 10 LIZ EJUPI 3
5 LUCY WATSON SHEFF UTD 8 DEE BRADLEY 3
6 RIO HARDY DURHAM 6 3 KATHRYN HILL 2
KATIE STENGEL LIVERPOOL 6 ABBY HOLMES 2
KATIE WILKINSON COVENTRY 6 ALL COMPETITIONS
GOALS FOR DURHAM WOMEN FC ONLY COUNTED
41FIXTURES & RESULTS
2021/22
FIXTURES
DATE OPPONENT COMP SCORE 1 2 3 4 5 6
AUGUST 22 NEWCASTLE UNITED H FRIENDLY W 8-0 BORTHWICK HILL (1) WILSON (1) SALICKI CHRISTON BRIGG
AUGUST 29 WATFORD H FAWC W 2-1 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON SALICKI CHRISTON BRIGG
SEPTEMBER 6 SHEFFIELD UNITED A FAWC L 3-1 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON SALICKI CHRISTON BRIG
SEPTEMBER 12 CHARLTON ATHLETIC H FAWC W 2-0 BORTHWICK HILL (1) WILSON SALICKI HOLMES BRIG
SEPTEMBER 26 BRISTOL CITY A FAWC W 2-0 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON SALICKI HOLMES BRIG
OCTOBER 3 LEWES H FAWC W 2-0 BORTHWICK ROBSON WILSON SALICKI CHRISTON (1) BRIG
OCTOBER 10 SUNDERLAND A FAWC W 2-0 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON SALICKI CHRISTON BRIG
OCTOBER 14 MANCHESTER UTD H FA CC D 2-2 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON SALICKI HOLMES JOHN
OCTOBER 31 LONDON CITY H FAWC W 1-0 BORTHWICK HOLMES SALICKI WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
NOVEMBER 4 MANCHESTER CITY A FA CC L 3-0 BORTHWICK HOLMES WILSON AYRE CHRISTON GREEN
NOVEMBER 7 CRYSTAL PALACE A FAWC L 3-1 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON CHRISTON BRIGGS ROB
NOVEMBER 14 LIVERPOOL H FAWC L 2-0 BORTHWICK HILL WILSON CHRISTON HOLMES BRIG
NOVEMBER 17 LEICESTER CITY H FA CC L 2-1 BORTHWICK AYRE HOLMES CHRISTON SALICKI ROB
NOVEMBER 21 COVENTRY UNITED A FAWC L 1-0 BORTHWICK CHRISTON SALICKI ROBSON BRIGGS BRAD
DECEMBER 5 EVERTON A FA CC L 1-0 MACKAIN HOLMES HILL ROBSON AYRE BRAD
DECEMBER 12 LEEDS UNITED A VWFAC3 W 6-0 BORTHWICK CHRISTON SALICKI ROBSON BRIGGS BRAD
DECEMBER 19 BLACKBURN H FAWC W 3-1 BORTHWICK CHRISTON SALICKI (1) ROBSON HOLMES (2) BRAD
JANUARY 16 CRYSTAL PALACE H FAWC L 3-2 BORTHWICK HILL (1) SALICKI ROBSON HOLMES BRAD
JANUARY 23 SHEFFIELD UNITED H FAWC D 1-1 McALOON HILL SALICKI WILSON HOLMES ROB
JANUARY 30 BLACKBURN H VWFAC4 W 3-1 McALOON HILL SALICKI WILSON HOLMES ROBS
FEBRUARY 6 LONDON CITY A FAWC W 2-1 McALOON HILL SALICKI WILSON HOLMES ROB
FEBRUARY 13 BRISTOL CITY H FAWC L 3-0 McALOON HILL SALICKI WILSON HOLMES BRAD
FEBRUARY 27 BIRMINGHAM CITY H VWFACR5 L 1-0 BORTHWICK HILL SALICKI WILSON HOLMES BRIG
MARCH 6 BLACKBURN A FAWC W 2-1 BORTHWICK HILL SALICKI WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
MARCH 13 COVENTRY UNITED H FAWC D 0-0 McALOON HILL SALICKI WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
MARCH 20 LEWES A FAWC D 0-0 McALOON HILL ROBSON WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
MARCH 27 LIVERPOOL A FAWC L 3-0 McALOON HILL HOLMES WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
APRIL 3 WATFORD A FAWC D 3-3 BORTHWICK HILL SALICKI WILSON CHRISTON BRIG
APRIL 24 SUNDERLAND H FAWC
MAY 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC A FAWC
ALL FIXTURES REMAIN SUBJECT TO CHANGEFIXTURES & RESULTS
KEY
YELLOW CARD SUBBED OFF
RED CARD (1) BRACKETS DENOTES GOALS
6 7 8 9 10 11 SUB1 SUB2 SUB3 SUB4 SUB5
GS (1) LAMBERT ROBSON (1) HEPPLE (2) ROBERTS GALLOWAY EJUPI BROWN JOHNSON BRADLEY (1) HOLMES
GS (1) LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE (1) ROBERTS EJUPI BRADLEY HOLMES BROWN JOHNSON GALLOWAY
GGS LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE ROBERTS EJUPI GALLOWAY ACHTERHOF (1) HOLMES BRADLEY CROSTHWAITE
GGS LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE (1) BRADLEY GALLOWAY CHRISTON EJUPI ROBERTS BROWN JOHNSON
GGS LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE (1) GALLOWAY EJUPI (1) CHRISTON JOHNSON BROWN BRADLEY
GGS LAMBERT BRADLEY HEPPLE GALLOWAY (1) BROWN HOLMES ROBERTS JOHNSON
GGS LAMBERT (1) ROBSON HEPPLE (1) GALLOWAY BRADLEY HOLMES ROBERTS BROWN
NSON LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE (1) BROWN BRADLEY (1) BRIGGS GALLOWAY CHRISTON
GGS LAMBERT ROBSON HEPPLE GALLOWAY BRADLEY (1) HILL ROBERTS BROWN
NWOOD BRADLEY ROBERTS BROWN JOHNSON CROSTHWAITE ROBSON BRIGGS HEPPLE NICHOLSON LAMBERT
BSON LAMBERT HEPPLE BROWN ROBERTS GALLOWAY HOLMES CROSTHWAITE BRADLEY SALICKI (1)
GGS BRADLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE ROBERTS SALICKI GALLOWAY CROSTHWAITE BROWN
BSON LAMBERT HEPPLE BROWN CROSTHWAITE (1) GALLOWAY MACKAIN BRADLEY NICHOLSON BRIGGS ROBERTS
DLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE BROWN CROSTHWAITE GALLOWAY AYRE NICHOLSON ROBERTS
DLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE BROWN CROSTHWAITE GALLOWAY ROBERTS BRIGGS CHRISTON GREENWOOD
DLEY LAMBERT (2) HEPPLE (2) BROWN ROBERTS GALLOWAY (2) HOLMES CROSTHWAITE AYRE HILL
DLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE BROWN BRIGGS GALLOWAY HILL ROBERTS GREENWOOD
DLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE (1) BROWN BRIGGS GALLOWAY EJUPI HARDY ROBERTS
BSON LAMBERT HEPPLE (1) ROBERTS BRIGGS HARDY EJUPI BROWN
SON (1) LAMBERT HEPPLE (1) ROBERTS BRIGGS EJUPI (1) BROWN GALLOWAY BRADLEY CHRISTON CROSTHWAITE
BSON LAMBERT HEPPLE (2) EJUPI BRIGGS HARDY ROBERTS CHRISTON BRADLEY GALLOWAY BROWN
DLEY LAMBERT HEPPLE ROBERTS BRIGGS HARDY EJUPI GALLOWAY BROWN
GGS LAMBERT HEPPLE ROBSON EJUPI GALLOWAY BRADLEY ROBERTS CHRISTON
GGS ROBSON HEPPLE BRADLEY EJUPI (1) HARDY (1) HOLMES LAMBERT
GGS ROBSON HEPPLE LAMBERT EJUPI HARDY HOLMES GALLOWAY
GGS BRADLEY HEPPLE LAMBERT EJUPI HARDY BROWN ROBERTS
GGS ROBSON HEPPLE LAMBERT ROBERTS HARDY EJUPI BROWN GALLOWAY GREENWOOD
GGS BRADLEY (1) HEPPLE (2) ROBSON ROBERTS HARDY EJUPI LAMBERT GALLOWAY HOLMES
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3DURHAM WOMEN SUNDERLAND
1 NAOISHA McALOON ALLISON COWLING 1
13 MEGAN BORTHWICK CLAUDIA MOAN 13
2 KATHRYN HILL NEVE HERRON 2
3 LAUREN BRIGGS GRACE BOYES 3
4 MOLLIE LAMBERT FAYE MULLEN 4
5 SARAH WILSON GRACE McCATTY 5
6 SARAH ROBSON LOUISE GRIFFITHS 6
7 BETH HEPPLE KEIRA RAMSHAW 7
9 NICKI GEARS EMILY SCARR 8
10 RIO HARDY EVE BLAKEY 9
11 BRIDGET GALLOWAY MARIA FARRUGIA 10
12 LILY CROSTHWAITE JESSICA BROWN 11
14 BECKY SALICKI ABBY TOWERS 12
15 DEE BRADLEY EMMA KELLY 14
16 ELLIE CHRISTON EMILY HUTCHINSON 15
17 EMILY ROBERTS GRACE EDE 16
18 DANIELLE BROWN ABBEY JOICE 17
19 ALI JOHNSON LIBBI McINNES 18
20 GRACE AYRE MEGAN BEER 19
21 HANNAH GREENWOOD HOLLY MANDERS 21
24 ABBY HOLMES KATY WATSON 25
37 LIZ EJUPI DAISY BURT 26
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THIS WEEKEND’S FIXTURES CONFIRMED TEAMS
Blackburn Rovers v Charlton Athletic (12pm)
Liverpool v Sheffield United (12pm)
Crystal Palace v Watford (2pm)
Coventry United v Lewes (2pm)
Bristol City v London City Lionesses (3pm)
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PROGRAMME CONTRIBUTORS: LEE SANDERS, SARAH WILSON, JOHN MIDDLETON, PALATINATE
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