Big Win

One more goal than our previous match against this team and our best score to date.

I tried a slightly different formation in order to offset the previous loss of our captain, Eleanor Pike, and get an idea of where changes during a game might be made.

In the first half I played Annie Walton in the centre of midfield, and named her as Vice Captain in the absence of Eleanor.

Abbie Weatherstone scored one of her “poachers” goals in the first half as did Annie Walton who scored as a result of playing in midfield.

Annie dropped back into defence in the second half to play alongside debutante Thea Thompson, who played the whole of the match, was so impressive in Annies’ role as main defender she gained the Player-of-the-match award on her first appearance.

Akvile Gerbenyte also scored one in the first half as well as the second, and rather unselfishly set up Jessie-Leigh Slater (playing left midfield) for her first goal of the season, which she managed to put under the keeper at the second attempt.

This was a great result for the defence too - with Poppy Hallam pretty much untroubled!