Bristol City Women

[shahanshahan]

Aston Villa have just lost 6-0 to Chelsea, and because of that, City have moved up to 11th with a slightly better goal difference.

 

[Ronnie Sinclair]

Emma Hayes to leave Chelsea 

[phantom]

34 minutes ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Emma Hayes to leave Chelsea 

Interesting leaving club football 

Replacing Sarina? 

[cidercity1987]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

Interesting leaving club football 

Replacing Sarina? 

USA manager 

[shahanshahan]

2 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Emma Hayes to leave Chelsea 

We have a chance next season! 

[phantom]

4 hours ago, Ronnie Sinclair said:

Emma Hayes to leave Chelsea 

I'm intrigued about the timing of her announcement 

Seems very early to announce regarding the end of the season, it just causes uncertainty for Chelsea, and you know if they don't win the league this will be the reason 

[yipikiaye33]

My daughter is a fan of WSL and we've been to few games now this season and seen some cracking goals 

Cracking header against arsenal the other week at the gate 

[shahanshahan]

One change as Kaylan Marckese returns to goal

Abi Harrison is back but only makes the bench

KO 3pm. live on FA Player

[RedLionLad]

West Ham 1-0 

[RedLionLad]

1-1

[Sleepy1968]

2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

1-1

Nice header. Similar to the one v arsenal.

[RedLionLad]

1-2 

[RedLionLad]

2-2

[old_eastender]

2 minutes ago, RedLionLad said:

2-2

Absolute dire defending, with just 30 seconds to see out before HT.

[Sarumred]

Just now, old_eastender said:

Absolute dire defending, with just 30 seconds to see out before HT.

Yep. Giving the ball away far too often.

[RedLionLad]

2-3

[old_eastender]

Playing so deep now, very likely to concede again.

[Sleepy1968]

Crikey. Should've sown it up then. Exciting end.

[old_eastender]

Still 2-3 as enter 6 mins of injury time, Thestrup missed a glorious chance to make it 2-4 in the 90th minute.

[Sleepy1968]

Well done girls. 3-2 ft. Gritty performance.

[old_eastender]

FT 2-3, quality lacking but effort and determination excellent and a MASSIVE 3pts.

[Banjo Island]

Exellent well done our girls

[Red Exile]

Congratulations all round!

[Leveller]

Rocketed up to eleventh today. Objective achieved. Bottom placed Villa up next?

[richwwtk]

Nice win, proving a lot of the naysayers earlier in this thread very wrong I'm glad to say.

[Sarumred]

Important game next Sunday at home to Aston Villa

[1960maaan]

Good win, but watching that there is a long way to go yet.

Some big games coming up.

[cidered abroad]

Well done! To get an away win in any league is good and especially in a Premier League.

[cityexile]

16 minutes ago, 1960maaan said:

Good win, but watching that there is a long way to go yet.

Some big games coming up.

There is. Relegation will come from the bottom five, as this is (at least) two leagues in one. It is the first time they have played anyone in the bottom five, so a great start, often comes down who can pick up most points from that mini league. Hanging on at times today, but if they could follow it up with a win v Villa then it would be looking quite good relatively.

[Ska Junkie]

Well done ladies.  

 

 

[Roadrunner]

Great result, well done girls.

[ChubStixx]

Well done. Great to see them get their first win and away win of the season!

[bcfc01]

Beat West Ham today away 3-2.

Off the bottom with the bottom team to play next, Aston Villa.

(it'll get lost in the new manager/coach hyperbole, but well done to them)

[Davefevs]

Excellent stuff, just seen.

[elhombrecito]

2 hours ago, Sarumred said:

Important game next Sunday at home to Aston Villa

Is it too early for a must-win game?

[Parkwaymom]

13 minutes ago, elhombrecito said:

Is it too early for a must-win game?

I think it’s too early for that, but it would be pushing Villa team to a really tough place. Which is very much in the city girls interests. 

[Lanterne Rouge]

Brighton currently beating Man Utd 1-0 after an hour. We could do with them turning that round.

[phantom]

Obviously this is only a picture so difficult to judge in its entirety, but this doesn't look too clever 

[miser]

1 hour ago, phantom said:

Obviously this is only a picture so difficult to judge in its entirety, but this doesn't look too clever 

She referred to a lip injury in the post match celebrations, but was fine. Gave everything for the team today.

[Erithacus]

4 hours ago, elhombrecito said:

Is it too early for a must-win game?

I don't think it is. All about 'winning against teams around you'. Although they haven't a point to their name, I rate Villa - they haven't played anyone from the lower half of the table yet. The game next weekend will be very important.

In other news, did I hear the Man Utd game has already sold over 10,000 tickets?

But great news that the girls secured their first win! Made my Sunday.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Erithacus
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[Parkwaymom]

I see the Arsenal conti cup game on Thursday is on the FA player. 

[phantom]

12 hours ago, miser said:

She referred to a lip injury in the post match celebrations, but was fine. Gave everything for the team today.

I meant that it looked like an elbow used

[miser]

2 minutes ago, phantom said:

I meant that it looked like an elbow used

Yes it was an elbow and bruising did occur, although she forgot to roll around to attract the refs attention.

[phantom]

11 hours ago, Erithacus said:

In other news, did I hear the Man Utd game has already sold over 10,000 tickets?

 

[maxjak]

Absolutely delighted that they got their first win, I was hoping women goalkeepers were improving.............but Jesus on a skateboard ........IMO The Hammers keeper was at fault., my 12 year old nephew would have saved two of the goals?

[shahanshahan]

12 hours ago, Parkwaymom said:

I see the Arsenal conti cup game on Thursday is on the FA player. 

Yep! Second Conti Cup group game to be selected for live coverage this season & City are in it yet again.
Although I have a slight feeling this one was selected because of who we're playing against...

[shahanshahan]

Was too tired to post when I got back from London last night. Great away day out in London, and crossing off yet another new ground at Dagenham & Redbridge FC - probably the only football ground I've been to that serves Pot Noodle. The only cider they do there is Carling, so I didn't bother

But back to the football - a great result, first win of the season, first away win in the WSL in quite some time, and first time beating West Ham in the WSL.
Also, another away game winning in the third kit - a trend continuing from last season.
Great to see Abi Harrison make a guest appearance.

Will expect a lot of rotation/changes for the Conti Cup game against Arsenal on Thursday - Marckese won't be in goal because of her loan

 

[shahanshahan]

Everton away ticket allocation now confirmed by the football club, which means supporters don't have to buy from Everton's website/create an account for them etc

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-women-news/everton-away-on-general-sale/

[phantom]

28 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

Everton away ticket allocation now confirmed by the football club, which means supporters don't have to buy from Everton's website/create an account for them etc

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/city-women-news/everton-away-on-general-sale/

It will be interesting to see how many of the 100 allocation are sold

[Erithacus]

Or indeed if more tickets are required. Does the club have information on the number sold versus the number of fans travelling independantly to the supporters' bus?

[phantom]

2 hours ago, Erithacus said:

Or indeed if more tickets are required. Does the club have information on the number sold versus the number of fans travelling independantly to the supporters' bus?

It'll be easy to work out the number bought from our allocation against the number on the coach 

[Erithacus]

Just wondering if anyone would go direct and not use the official allocation.

[shahanshahan]

On 07/11/2023 at 21:19, Erithacus said:

Just wondering if anyone would go direct and not use the official allocation.

I know a supporter who has, but he is disabled & as per the BCFC website article, disabled supporters were advised to contact Everton directly

[shahanshahan]

"Why are so many WSL teams undecided on their first-choice goalkeeper?"

An interesting article which includes Bristol City as an example...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67230094

[shahanshahan]

Only Aspin, Connolly, Rodgers remain from the starting XI against West Ham. Marckese unable to play against her parent club. Harrison & Morgan not in the squad at all - potentially being saved for this Sunday. Woolley returns but is on the bench

KO 7pm.

I'm not at the game (I'm saving my trip for the WSL fixture) so will be watching on FA Player

[RedLionLad]

2-0 down after 35 minutes 

[shahanshahan]

Despite the goals, the performance has been alright so far. Couldn't do much with Maanum's opener. I think Wubben-Moy's header could have been cleared...

(Can't find official clips so sharing other ones)

 

[shahanshahan]

Sille Struck gets her first City goal. Now 2-1 to Arsenal

[RedLionLad]

2-1

City are back in this game with 20 minutes left to play

[RedLionLad]

City are stepping up a gear. Almost 2-2

[shahanshahan]

8 minutes ago, shahanshahan said:

Sille Struck gets her first City goal. Now 2-1 to Arsenal

 

[shahanshahan]

Blackstenius makes it 3-1 at the end of added time

[RedLionLad]

Game over

[elhombrecito]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/nov/10/brooke-aspin-when-the-sepsis-started-ive-got-a-picture-in-my-head

 

[phantom]

Amazing how far away we are now from recreating a fixture like this, how did we get so badly left behind 

It's amazing to see how quickly things have changed, also could you imagine those prices being charged now? 

[Parkwaymom]

5 hours ago, phantom said:

Amazing how far away we are now from recreating a fixture like this, how did we get so badly left behind 

It's amazing to see how quickly things have changed, also could you imagine those prices being charged now? 

I don’t think the Lansdown’s have any interest in the women. My belief is they only took Bristol Academy on when Rovers left the EFL for a while, because they would have looked such dinosaurs if they forced the club to go to somewhere like Swindon or Cheltenham. They have done the minimum they can get away with until the last Euros suddenly made them realise that there might be a market for it. Even this summer the CEO left and no recruitment of any other sort appeared to happen until a new one was in place, which probably didn’t give Lauren much time to have a cohesive squad at the start of the season. The very long summer break could have been used to get some togetherness going if recruitment hadn’t been left until preseason was beginning. 

[shahanshahan]

https://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/smiths-aston-villa-press-conference/

Some good updates from this press conference. Confirmed that Satara Murray is currently out injured (I did notice she was missing from the last couple of games), Jamie-Lee Napier picked up something in the warm-up against Arsenal but could be fit for Sunday, and that she hasn't met Liam Manning yet - but said that he needed the time to settle & focus on his team ahead of the game against QPR

[shahanshahan]

Brooke Aspin interview from The Guardian

 

[Erithacus]

10 hours ago, phantom said:

Amazing how far away we are now from recreating a fixture like this, how did we get so badly left behind 

It's amazing to see how quickly things have changed, also could you imagine those prices being charged now? 

Yes, it seems like a lifetime ago but it's only eight years. Eight years, but in some ways it is a different life. How the women's game has grown.

I remember it well, a rare opportunity to play at the Gate for the Academy in those semi-professional days. A crowd of about 2,500 was it? Some familiar names on the teamsheet, a few who have since gone on to higher things while most didn't. Mary Earps (yes, the present England number 1) had a great game and made a superb save top left in front of the boarded section that was to become the new South Stand. Down to a deflected goal, Tash Harding was fouled (by Vicki Losada?) for a penalty and Nicki Watts fired home in the 83rd minute, giving the girls a 2-1 R16 win over two legs.

It was a famous win in Europe for the club (albeit in the formative era) and a headline result for the newly-appointed Dave Edmondson. The team was:

Earps
Rose (c)
Matthews
McCatty
Dykes
James
Ingle
Harding
Yorston
Natalia

Subs:
Evans A (GK)
Keka
Laura Del Rio
Brown
Evans G
Simmonds-Bird
Hurst

Some names to remember there.

The thought that we could win against the Barcelona of today is somewhat fanciful, although we have moved on enormously in terms of club structure and investment in comparison. It just goes to show how time and football has changed - and how much more of an old man I feel too!

 

[RedLionLad]

6 hours ago, Parkwaymom said:

I don’t think the Lansdown’s have any interest in the women. My belief is they only took Bristol Academy on when Rovers left the EFL for a while, because they would have looked such dinosaurs if they forced the club to go to somewhere like Swindon or Cheltenham. They have done the minimum they can get away with until the last Euros suddenly made them realise that there might be a market for it. Even this summer the CEO left and no recruitment of any other sort appeared to happen until a new one was in place, which probably didn’t give Lauren much time to have a cohesive squad at the start of the season. The very long summer break could have been used to get some togetherness going if recruitment hadn’t been left until preseason was beginning. 

To be fair, SL and his wife attended quite a few games around 10 years ago at the Stoke Gifford Stadium.