MANAGER’S NOTES n Marjoram Darre
all but could not break them down. Both teams rarely fail to score so I’m expecting an exciting game again today! The last fixture for us was a home game against title challengers AFC Wimbledon, and I was very pleased with a large portion of our efforts. The two goals from Sarah Wiltshire, especially the second, were of outstanding quality but also I was pleased with our resilience to come back just before half time to make it 2-2 just minutes after the visitors took the lead. This has been something in the past that we knew we needed to improve on, so I was happy to see us respond so well to a setback. AFC Wimbledon did dominate large spells of the second half and in truth we ran out of steam chasing another equaliser, but I was reasonably pleased with our performance levels against one of the best teams in tier 4. I’d like to start by welcoming our visitors, London Seaward, to The Abbey this afternoon. It promises to be a fantastic game with London Seaward in great form, and that’s no surprise with Dan McKimm as manager. He has continued the progress they made from last season and it’s no surprise that they find themselves in the top 3 at the business end of the season. Dan deserves a lot of plaudits for what he continues to achieve with the resources he has, and he certainly has my utmost respect. This fixture last time saw London Seaward come out 2-1 winners after we took the lead and looked reasonably comfortable up until they scored their equaliser just before half time. The second half saw the hosts dominate more and after scoring their second goal early in the second half from the penalty spot we gave our
It’s fantastic to have another opportunity to play at The Abbey in front of hopefully a large crowd, and the importance of this is never lost on me, the staff or the players. We want to inspire the next generation, and to create a desire for local girls to represent Cambridge United, and will do all we can to make them dream of playing at The Abbey in the future. Equally we want to grow the number of people coming to watch the Women’s team and enjoying the quality of football we have to offer, so we truly value every person who comes to watch and support today and every game. Everyone loves the atmosphere and excitement that a crowd can generate too, and it definitely has a positive effect on our players so please get behind them and make as much noise as you can! It would be great to achieve our goals together, United in Endeavour. Thank you for your support, and enjoy the game.
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