Newbury Ladies Football
Match Report -- Season 2017-18
Pre-season Friendly
6th August 2017
Newbury Ladies 0 Southampton Women 7
Newbury Ladies FC played their second pre-season friendly match, this time taking on a Southampton Women XI, who earned promotion last season out of Newbury’s division (Southern Region Women’s Premier League).

It was a disastrous start, as Newbury found themselves 2 goals down after only 2 minutes. Newbury then settled a little, although almost all of the play was in the Newbury defensive half. The home side were able to break out however, after good work by Amy McNab and Alice Hill down the left flank. A Newbury free kick then led to a corner, with Ellie Reed heading just over the Southampton bar.

Newbury’s Phoebe Gubb came on for Issy Cording after 23 minutes and she made an immediate impact, linking well with McNab. Just after the half hour, Southampton extended their lead to 3 goals to nil, with the Newbury keeper well beaten by a long range effort that flew into the top corner. But Newbury again rallied and finished the half well, with Gubb almost scoring after being played in for a one-on-one opportunity with the visiting keeper.

Just seven minutes into the second period and Southampton had made it 4 nil, after a cross-shot from wide right, looped into the far corner. As the second half wore on, Newbury’s players were starting to fade, although their back line and keeper were continuing to perform heroics, under almost constant Southampton pressure. Goals 5 and 6 for Southampton came very quickly around the hour mark and with just 14 minutes remaining, they scored a 7th. It was an emphatic victory for the south coast side and Newbury will have to improve quickly ahead of the Southern Region season starting in less than one month’s time.

Match report by Sue Hewett

Players: Carly Passfield, Maria Rodrigues, Hannah Byrne, Leanne Saunders, Sam Atkins, Caz Harkness (Capt), Ellie Reed, Bex Walker, Amy McNab, Alice Hill, Phoebe Gubb, Issy Cording, Chloe Mitchard.
Referee: Tom Walton
Goal scorers
Player of the match
Phoebe Gubb
Next fixture

Southern Region Premier

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