Ellesmere Port Ladies 6 - AFC Waverton 2
Back to League action following last Saturday's cup win and a game against an Ellesmere Port side that included some of the ex Princes Villa players familar to the team from last season. On a muddy pitch at Christchurch School the Waverton girls started brightly and took the lead when pressure in the goalmouth resulted in an own goal as one of the Portites tried to clear the ball.
Ellesmere Port got a goal back soon after but Waverton regained the lead when Ellie's corner was turned back across the goal by Lily and Elia hit a great shot into the right hand corner of the goal.
The home side came back into the game and Lucy made some fantastic saves and was bravely diving around in the mud at the feet of the strikers to collect the ball. Ellesmere Port got two goals back and then in the second half extended their lead, but Waverton had numerous chances in an end to end game. Elia and Emma got in each other's way in front of goal and then Lily had a shot that just went inches wide of the post. Ellie had a great run through the centre of midfield but was tackled just as she was about to shoot. There were some tremendous little battles going on over the pitch with Ellie and the home number 3 tussling all game.
Lucy came out of goal to be replaced by Holly. Megan, who had been suffering with a bad neck all the way through the game, bravely played on but had to retire with about 5 minutes left leaving the sides unbalanced and a mountain to climb to narrow the margin.
A great performance and much closer than the scoreline suggests. Twice Waverton had the lead. Sharper finishing was the difference between the sides.
MOM - Lucy for her fantastic first half performance in goal (as voted by the opposition)
Team: Lucy, Holly, Megan, Elia, Lily, Ellie (capt), Emma
We hope Keira had a great day at the wedding and all the bridesmaid dress fittings paid off!
No training this Wednesday as both Heather and Mike are unavailable. Instead there will be a trip to watch Heather play against Everton (ko at Marine FC in Liverpool 7:30). Contact Mike or Heather for lifts. Further details and directions will be put on this website very soon.
