Crystal Palace Women v Sheffield United programme

Crystal Palace v Sheffield United Sunday 3rd October 2021 // 2:00pm

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Good afternoon, and welcome back to Hayes Lane for today’s Championship fixture against an old Palace legend Neil Redfern and his Sheffield United team.

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heffield United have had a great start to the season and are currently sitting on top of the table having lost one and won three.

Neil’s teams have always been hard to beat and are very well organised, so we’re expecting a tough but competitive game , and one we feel as a squad we are more than capable of getting a result from.

Last week we travelled to Liverpool in a competitive game missing a couple of influential players due to illness and injuries, but going up against a Matt Beard’s team isn’t always going to be easy and we came away with a disappointing 2-1 defeat. I say “ disappointing” because I thought we had quite a few moments in the game which we didn’t quite capitalise on after a slow start, but I’m really pleased that the players stuck to the task and we came away with loads of positives which is important after such a start.

it’s imperative we stick with it so it enables us to play more attractively and get the results the squad deserve The slow start is something that we’ll have to look at and correct if we’re going to compete in the higher placings in the league.

I’ve always said that the new way of playing will take time as we have placed new principles in the way we want to play. Those principles mean that there will be mistakes early on but we must trust the process and learn from those mistakes to succeed. We can already see in the players that the confidence is building and tha’ts down to the fantastic manager

work from James and all my staff so it’s imperative we stick with it so it enables us to play more attractively and get the results the squad deserve.

I hope you all enjoy today’s game and be loud and proud.

Enjoy the game COYPW! Best, Dean

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Millie Farrow

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joined Palace this summer looking to play consistently and continue to work my way back to regular, injury-free football, which began well with my first goal at Selhurst a few weeks ago.

I’ve represented several clubs in my career, which has been a unique one because I’ve suffered quite a few serious injuries.

I’ve torn both my ACLs, the first time when I was 15 playing for Chelsea in the FA Youth Cup final.

I came back from that and suffered two shoulder dislocations and then tore my other ACL. I was trying to complete a loan spell with Bristol City when both of these injuries struck, so had to return to my parent club Chelsea twice just to recover.

I eventually finished my time with Bristol City and later signed for Reading, but, that pre-season, I was in so much pain I couldn’t run. It almost sounds ridiculous putting it into words: I had a stress fracture in my back; another long stint out. And then COVID struck. So I’ve had a very frustrating few year Tearing my second ACL was the toughest challenge. I knew exactly what to expect regarding rehab and its intensity. It’s a struggle and you have to drag yourself through physically and mentally, and I was at an age where I was really hoping to kick on to get to the top of my own expectations.

I was also part of the England setup during this period, representing the Under-19s and Under-23s. When you’re young you

always say you want to play for England because it’s the biggest achievement for a footballer. Injuries definitely affected my England career because I missed so much time, so many camps and so many opportunities. I look at people I played with who are now in the England team and wonder: ‘Could that have been me?’, but I try not to think like that.

Instead, I can focus on the positives, and my start at Palace has certainly been that. As an out and out No.9, I have a natural instinct for where I need to be and was very

the league is so open this season and that’s really exciting for us. I know it’s only been three games, but it’s so competitive. That’s exciting for Crystal Palace pleased to show this at Selhurst Park against Sunderland. It’s a big occasion to play at the ground and scoring there made it even better. If you saw the game, you would have seen what we’re building on here.

Looking past Palace, the league is so open this season and that’s really exciting for us. I know it’s only been three games, but it’s so competitive. That’s exciting for Crystal Palace, because the signings we’ve made and the way we’re trying to play is very promising.

I’m going to call it now: this season will be the best we’ve had.

Gracie pearse

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ROUND

DATE

Opposition

RESULT

1

29/08/21

Bristol City

W 4-3

2

05/09/21

London City

L 1-2

3

12/09/21

Sunderland

D 1-1

4

26/09/21

Liverpool

L 1-2

5

03/10/21

Sheffield United

6

10/10/21

Coventry

Conti Cup

13/10/21

Lewes

7

31/10/21

Watford

8

7/11/21

Durham

9

14/11/21

Charlton Athletic

Conti Cup

17/11/21

Reading

10

21/11/21

Blackburn

FAC

12/12/21

Conti Cup

15/12/21

Bristol City

11

19/12/21

Lewes

12

09/01/22

Sunderland

13

16/01/22

Durham

14

23/01/22

Liverpool

FA Cup

30/01/22

15

06/02/22

Bristol

16

13/02/22

London City

FA Cup

27/02/22

17

06/03/22

Coventry United

18

13/03/22

Lewes

19

27/03/22

Charlton

20

03/04/22

Blackburn Rovers

21

24/04/22

Watford

22

01/05/22

Sheffield

Home Fixture Away Fixture Cup Fixture

Fixtures

Crystal palace f.c.

Chloe MORGAN (GK) 01 Annabel JOHNSON 02 Leanne COWAN 03 Leigh NICOL 04 Grace COOMBS 05 Aimee EVERETT 06 Charley CLIFFORD 07 Molly SHARPE 08 Mille FARROW 09 Kate NATKIEL 10 Bianca BAPTISTE 11 Lizzie WALDIE 12 Emily ORMAN (GK) 13 Siobhan WILSON 14 Sophie McLEAN 15 Gracie PEARSE 16 Kirsty BARTON 18 Hope SMITH (GK) 20 Coral HAINES 23 Hannah CHURCHILL 25 Head Coach: James Marrs Manager: Dean Davenport Ass. Coach: Lee James Hayes

sheffield united f.c.

01 Nina WILSON 02 Ellie WILSON Charlotte NEWSHAM 04 Tara BOURNE 05 Georgia ROBERT 06 Kasia LIPKA Courtney SWEETMAN KIRK 07 Maddy CUSACK 08 Lucy WATSON 09 Alethea PAUL Jess CLARKE 10 Rhema LORD-MEARS 11 Mia ENDERBY 13 Tamara WILCOCK 14 Emily SYME Matilda TAYLOR 15 Sophie WALTON 17 Charley DOCHERTY 18 Fran KITCHING Bex RAYNER 19 Ocean ROLANDSEN 21 Sophie BRADLEY-AUCKLAND 23 Izzy MORFITT Head Coach: Neil Redfearn