Bradford City Women’s Football Club
vs Nottingham Forest LFC FA Women’s National League, Sunday 10th February 2019, Kick-off 2PM
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THECLUB THE HONOURS
THEPROGRAMME
Yorkshire and Humberside League Champions: 1988/89 1995/96
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Chair Chatter: Chairwoman Sally Thackray gives her thoughts ahead of this afternoon’s game
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Match Preview: Everything you need to know about today’s fixture
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Today’s Opposition: Looking at today’s opponents, Nott’m Forest
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View From The Dugout: With manager Steve Winterburn
Yorkshire Plate Runners-up: 1989 Yorkshire Cup Winners: 1996 Northern Division Champions: 1996/97 FA Cup Quarter Finals: 1998 Premier League Cup Semi Finalists: 1998 North East Premier League Champions: 2006/07 County Cup Champions: 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
THE DETAILS First Team Home Venue: Eccleshill United, Kingsway, Bradford. BD2 1PN Training Venue/Reserves Home Venue: Rawdon Meadows, BD10 0NN
THE PERSONNEL Chairwoman: Sally Thackray Treasurer: Allyson Matthews Manager: Steve Winterburn Coaches: Luke Norris, Dan Nicol Physio: Riz Khanom Committee: Adam Lee, Andrew Fox, Matthew Kermode, Mark Hird, Paul Rogers
THE ISSUE
10-11 Juniors: An introduction to our U10 & U11 coaches and their teams 12-13 The Origins of Womens’ Football in Bradford: The final part of John Dewhirst’s serialised article 14-15 FAWNL Preview: Looking back at last weekend’s fixtures 16
20ish Questions: We get to know winger Rosie Gill
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Last time out: Read up on the Bantams’ last outing as they played host to Stoke City LFC
Editor: Matthew Kermode Photos: Paul2Paul Photography
Email: info@bradfordcitywomensfc.co.uk Website: www.bradfordcitywomensfc.co.uk Twitter: @bcwfc Facebook: /bcwfc Instagram: @bcwfc
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Chair Chatter: Sally Thackray ahead of today’s game Good afternoon to everyone for this afternoons FA Women's National League Premier North League fixture against Nottingham Forrest Ladies FC. A warm welcome to all players, club officials and spectators who have made the journey from the Midlands for todays match.
I also want to repeat the following reminder to all spectators about the standards of behaviour that the football community expects from all their fans. Like all football clubs Bradford City Women's FC are committed to a policy of equal treatment for all on the grounds of gender, race, nationality or ethnic or national origin, We resume our League action today religion, sexual orientation or disability. It continuing the battle for our first league is important that all our supporters have points of the season. Nottingham Forrest this in mind when attending matches and have had a steady season so far, and are that any comments passed do not cause always difficult opponents . So it will offence or contravene the strict standards definitely be another tough game for us that we must all adhere to. As a Club we today, but I know we will be working hard have a zero tolerance policy on any and making every effort to be successful comments or actions that do not comply today. with these requirements. Your help in making sure we keep our training and Congratulations to Khloe Cooper who has matches a safe and encouraging again been selected to join the Northern environment for all our players is much Ireland U/19 International team for 2 games appreciated. over the next week. We are all very proud of Khloe and hope she has an enjoyable and successful time.
Sally
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Match Preview: Bradford City WFC vs Nott’m Forest LFC The sides last met back in August with Forest hosting their first game of the season.
76th minute, and Amy Dicken doubled Forest’s lead from the spot.
Forest started strongly, but the Bantams held firm for the first half, with Demi Wisher and Chelsea Coles standing out in City’s stubborn defence.
The scoring was completed with 11 minutes remaining as debutant Georgia Hewitt beat the onrushing City keeper to finish into the empty net.
The home side finally broke through the claret & amber wall in the 57th minutes, with Charlotte Griffin opening the scoring as she pounced on a loose ball as Bradford failed to clear their lines from a corner. City captain Harriet Jakeman conceded a penalty in the
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Today’s opposition: Nottingham Forest LFC Founded in 1990, Nottingham Forest Ladies Football Club has been one of the most historic clubs in women’s football. Largely operated by volunteer administration and coaching staff, Forest Ladies has been able to capitalize on the local support in Nottinghamshire to maintain its status within competitive women’s football.
Lisa Dawkins. To bridge the gap between the senior team and junior programmes, Forest Ladies added a reserve-team programme in 2005-06 followed up by a development team programme in 2018.
In April 2018, Nottingham Forest Ladies entered into a partnership with Nottingham ForCurrently competing in the FA Women’s Naest Football Club where Forest Ladies would tional League Northern Premier Division For- receive financial backing along with access to est Ladies have had years of recognition and resources from Nottingham Forest Football club honours spanning over almost three dec- Club. ades. In December 2018, Forest Ladies hired its first Over the years Nottingham Forest Ladies F.C has built out a female development pathway including a juniors' programme launched in 1996-97 by senior players Donna Hilton and
full-time staff member, bringing in a General Manager with a view to increasing standards of the club, both on and off the field and prepare for promotion campaigns.
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View From The Dugout: With Steve Winterburn We are looking for new players as some are now being approached by other teams as we are easy pickings at the moment. We will have our time again in the future and we only want players who want to play for us and who appreciate it’s going to be a rough ride for some time to come. But those who stay and those who want to join us will be looked after and hopefully reap rewards with the club in the future. We maybe battered and bruised at the moment but we will fight on and things will turn around. So if you fancy joining us please don’t hesitate to contact us.
This afternoon we welcome Nottingham Forest to the Mitton Group Stadium. A lot has changed at our club since our first meeting back in August but I am confident we are on the right track now. We have a good group of players who are all pulling in the same direction, backed up by great coaches and a supportive committee. Get behind the team this afternoon, we all need your support.
Cheers, Steve
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BCWFC Girls: We meet U10s coach Anthony Joyce
Coach’s Questions Favourite club? Liverpool FC.
Summarise your team in one word… Aweinspiring
Tell us about your team...
Bradford city u10s are a diverse group of talented individuals, the team consists of girls Favourite moment in football? Liverpool's from all walks of life and different ethnic win in Istanbul in the 2005 Champions League backgrounds who have come together with final. one shared goal.... Enjoyment from playing football. How long have you been at BCWFC? 7 months. As a consequence of this firm friendships have Favourite player? At present Andy Robertson.
Highlight of the season so far? Seeing the group develop and grow in confidence as a team and as individuals.
been built on this footballing journey not just with the girls playing the game but also with the parents.
Biggest moaner in your team? Me.
What can not be underestimated is the support from the parents and other family members and their willingness to get behind the team, club and I personally owe a great debt of gratitude to them as a coach and as a person outside of coaching. An example of this is Harry Long, he has offered his experience and time as a goal keeper to help develop the future goal keepers of BCWFC.
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BCWFC Girls: Qasim Akhtar and the U11s
Coach’s Questions Favourite Club: Bradford City
Tell us about your team...
Our U11's currently compete in the Craven Aire League, Division D. They are competing Favourite moment in football: against some of the best boys and girls from Joining the match day coaching staff at Silsden Bradford and surrounding areas on a weekly AFC basis. How long have you been at BCWFC: They started in Division E and have worked 2 and a half years their way up a division, clearly developing Highlight of the season so far: both individually and collectively. Competing with Man City RTC On the 19th January our U11's played Biggest Moaner in the team: Kelsey Manchester City RTC- arguably the best Summarise your team in one word: Passion Women's and Girls set up in the country- and competed with them for the full game and managing to come away with a very positive result! Favourite Player: Kevin De Bruyne
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Feature: The Origins of Womens’ Football in Bradford John Dewhirst is the author of a number of books about Bradford City. In this recent piece he has kindly given us permission to reproduce, explores the history of womens’ football in Bradford. This is the final part of the full article. Even if the Football Association had not The sheer enforced its ban, women’s football surely dominance of Dick, lacked the necessary ingredients and local Kerr Ladies also foundations to establish and sustain itself at a highlighted that at national level. There were also challenges for a national level senior, elite clubs to become established. In women’s football particular it was acknowledged that the was far from being broadly based to provide strength of the Dick, Kerr team was due to the compelling interest in league or cup willingness and ability of the firm to pay good competitions as a means to regularly attract wages to talented footballers. Crucially, spectators. The novelty value of women’s women’s football would have continued to football would probably have worn off in the remain dependent upon the sponsorship of absence of new teams emerging or a change employers to support players and be in the format of the game away from reliance sympathetic to them having time off work – on exhibition matches. this was because there was little prospect that Women’s football would have been professionalism would have been a viable vulnerable to competition and in all likelihood, option for many players or women’s sides as would have faced adverse comparison with stand alone entities. Likewise, as had been the other forms of football as spectator case in the second half of the 1890s, attractions, judged on the standard of game emergent soccer clubs would remain being played. Because women’s football beholden upon the support of professional would have struggled to become (Football League or Rugby League) clubs for professionalised, how could it have raised the use of stadia if a breakthrough in support standards to compete with the men’s game? was to be achieved. As the experience in West As an entertainment business, women’s Yorkshire in the previous century had football would have faced further competition demonstrated, those professional clubs had from emergent attractions such as the means at their disposal to prevent the greyhounds and speedway as well as the rise prospect of a competitor attraction becoming of the cinema. Consequently it would have established and refuse ground sharing. Even been difficult for the game to secure a without an FA ban, women’s football needed profitable niche with men’s football and rugby the enduring goodwill of the men’s game. having established support and traditions to
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Feature: The Origins of Womens’ Football in Bradford rely upon. In other words the commercial opportunities in the interwar period were limited. On balance therefore, it seems fanciful to believe that the women’s game would have thrived in Bradford or the country as a whole. Indeed, it would take at least five decades for a supportive environment to evolve. It was not simply that women’s football required a change in cultural attitudes and social acceptance as a competitive sport, it also needed the economic fundamentals to be in place.
shifting fortunes of soccer, amateur rugby and then professional rugby in the inter-war years demonstrate that ‘football’ was subject to changing fashions and popularity. How could women’s football have been immune if it was to avoid resorting to being a showground spectacle?
Thus my belief is that the infamous ban was far from being the only factor in the still birth of women’s football at a senior level. Furthermore, I also believe that whilst the Football Association ban might well be deemed indefensible by modern standards, Conclusions we need to accept that the context of its Without wishing to appear dismissive, in my enforcement was entirely different and take opinion the emergent craze for women’s account of the historical setting of the football in the aftermath of World War One prejudices and circumstances at that time. As I would have petered out almost as have sought to demonstrate, what happened dramatically as it had begun, even without the in Bradford provides insight into that historical Football Association ban. In Bradford the context. by John Dewhirst @jpdewhirst John contributes to the Bradford City match day programme. You will find these, book reviews and other features on his blog Wool City Rivals You will find articles about a broad range of sports on VINCIT with new features published every two to three weeks. We welcome contributions about the sporting history of Bradford and are happy to feature any sport or club provided it has a Bradford heritage. Planned articles in the next few months include features on the impact of the railways on Bradford sport; the political background to the history of Odsal Stadium; Bradford soccer clubs in the 1880s and 1890s; the story of Shipley FC; the impact of social networks on the early development of Bradford sport; amateur football in the Bradford district; and a compendium of Bradford sports stadia. FAWNL | BRADFORD CITY VS NOTT’M FOREST LFC | 13
FAWNL Review: Sunday 3rd February
Last weekend saw a combination of though, so still have a lot to do to pull league and SSE Womens FA Cup fixtures away from the drop zone. for FAWNL sides, half of which were hit by Bradford meanwhile are still hunting that the poor weather. elusive first win of the season, but with In the SSE FA Cup, Blackburn Rovers had a games in hand over their relegation rivals rare loss, going down 3-1 away to WSL they still have a chance of staying up if side West Ham United. their new manager can turn the club’s fortunes around. The other two ties were postponed, so Stoke and Huddersfield will have to wait Fixtures—Sunday 10th February: to play their games against Aston Villa FAWNL and Charlton Athletic respectively. Blackburn Rovers v Sunderland In the FAWNL, Derby versus Bradford City v Nottingham Forest Middlesbrough, and Fylde’s trip to Sheffield were both called off, meaning Derby County v Hull City only two matches were played. Guiseley Vixens v Fylde Guiseley beat Hull City 1-0 on the road, to SSE Womens FA Cup leapfrog the Tigresses into eighth spot in Charlton Athletic v Huddersfield Town the table, while Doncaster Rovers managed a creditable 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest to go above Sheffield FC at the foot of the table. The Belles have played four more games than Forest 14 | FAWNL | BRADFORD CITY VS NOTT’M FOREST LFC
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Liverpool Feds v Middlesbrough
2018-19 FAWNL Northern Division: The Standings
POS
P
W
D
L
GD PTS
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Blackburn Rovers LFC
12 12
0
0
59
36
2
Huddersfield Town LFC
14 10
0
4
21
30
3
Sunderland AFC Ladies
13 9
1
3
30
28
4
Stoke City LFC
14 9
1
4
18
28
5
Fylde LFC
12 7
2
3
16
23
6
Middlesbrough WFC
14 7
2
5
8
23
7
Derby County LFC
13 7
2
4
6
23
8
Guiseley Vixens WFC
11 5
2
4
5
17
9
Hull City LFC
15 5
1
9
-10 16
10
Nottingham Forest LFC
13 4
2
7
-13 14
11
Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC
17 3
2
12 -40 11
12
Sheffield FC Ladies
16 3
1
12 -23 10
13
Bradford City WFC
14 0
0
14 -77 0
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20ish Questions: With Rosie Gill About you... Name: Rosie Gill Age: 20 Position: Right wing Team you support: Leeds Utd Favourite player growing up: Steph Houghton First ever match: Leeds Utd Your game... Shirt number: 7 Most anticipated game of the season: Every league game, especially Donny Belles Pre-match routine: Porridge for breakfast at 9am, then lunch at 11am Best goal: Rooney soring from halfway line Favourite game: Monopoly Most embarrassing football memory: getting booked against Farsley One rule you'd change: No offsides for our team
Player you'd least like to share a car with: Harry Who's in charge of the playlist, and who shouldn't be? Jenny shouldn't be!! Questions from the fans... Who is your favourite band or singer? (From Bethany Kermode): Drake If you could invite any famous person out for a meal, who would it be and where would you take them? (From Paul Rogers): I’d take Channing Tatum to the Corner CafÊ in Leeds. What is your favourite pair of boots? (From John Hubball): Adidas Copas And finally, who should we speak to next? Jess Dunlop
Your club... Best & worst trainers: Best is Jenny, worst is Harry Toughest player: Keegan
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Last time out: BCWFC vs Stoke City LFC Bradford City WFC went down to a 5-0 defeat at a windswept Mitton Group Stadium last weekend against a rampant Stoke City LFC who claimed their 11th win in a row in all competitions. Bradford manager Steve Winterburn was looking for a response from his young side after they crashed to double-figure defeats in their last two games. City started brightly against a physical Stoke team, with captain Harriet Jakeman making herself known with some crunching tackles early on. But it was the weather that played a big part in Stoke taking the lead, a high cross from Hudson on the right caught everyone unawares as it was blown over the head of stranded City keeper Aimee Routledge into the open net. Stoke enjoyed long periods of possession and pressure as they attacked downhill on a boggy Eccleshill pitch, but City’s determined defence stood firm with Routledge making a string of outstanding saves to deny the visitors. On the half-hour mark Stoke doubled their lead as Bradford failed to clear an inswinging corner giving Tezgel a free header at the far post. In front of a brave crowd of 62, including the Bradford City Disability FC squad, City looked for a way back into the game after the break, and early pressure from Sophie Moulden and 18 | FAWNL | BRADFORD CITY VS NOTT’M FOREST LFC
Falone Sumaili forced a save from the Stoke keeper. Stoke continued to press, and went three up when McCoy thumped a long-range effort of Routledge from outside the box. Keryakoplis swept home a fourth for the visitors after 64 minutes to round off a slick passing move, and the scoring was complete on 70 minutes when Routledge made another save, only to see the ball squirm straight to Hughes who poked home from less than a yard out. Manager Winterburn had this to say about his side’s performance: “I felt we put up a good fight to keep the score line to a minimum of 20 by the half time whistle. The conditions played a big part and despite Aimee’s heroics between the sticks Stoke’s first goal could have and maybe should have been saved but that said without Aimee’s outstanding performance today we could have been looking at a third consecutive drubbing. “In the end the 5-0 defeat was probably a fair result despite three of the goals being a bit soft for my liking, but that said Aimee’s courageous performance kept the overall result a bit more respectable. As with last week I’m seeing encouraging signs of improvement from the team and our campaign to find our feet again is slowly but surely heading in the right direction.”
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TODAY’S SQUADS Vs. Nottingham Forest LFC, Sunday 10 February 2019, Kick-off 2pm Aimee Routledge Cas Omboyi Charlotte Sales Ella Jacobs Ellie Edwards Emily McNulty Falone Sumaili Harriet Jakeman Jenny Clark Jess Dunlop Kate Donnan Keegan Lambert Khloe Cooper Maisie Norde Mollie Cliffe Paris Durrant Phoebe Tomlin Rhianna Wright Rosie Gill Sophie Moulden Sophie Parrish Zoe Roberts
Amy Dicken Charlotte Griffin Danielle Sanderson Eleanor Abercrombie Elle Rowson Emily Hallam Francesca Wilson Georgia Hewitt Grace Walters Helena Constantinou Jessica Munn Katie Middleton Kelly Darby Lyndsey Harkin Nicola Emery Philipa Davies Rae Griffiths Rebecca Thomas Sammy Conroy Sienna Bennett Sophia Bonser Stephanie Lee Summer Holmes
MANAGER
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Steve Winterburn
Graham Abercrombie MATCH OFFICIALS Referee — Charlotte Phillips
Assistant Referees —Elle Hamilton-Dewhirst & Joshua Brayshaw