Shauna Guyatt Eagle Eye View
Aimee Everett Mirabelle Food
Kirsten REILLY ANDY DAVIS
Ria Percival Impact Sponsorship
Molly Sharpe
Impact Sponsorship
ISABELLA SIBLEY CHRISTOPHER WOODS
CONGRATULATIONS, LEIGH
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Player Liaison Officer Leigh Nicol has been rewarded for her dedication and service to the women’s game with a nomination at the prestigious Women’s Football Awards.
The Women’s Football Awards are the biggest of their kind in Britain, celebrating the women’s game and recognising those players, staff, and others working hard to grow women’s football in every conceivable way.
Nicol has been recognised for her work at Crystal Palace
over the last year with a nomination for the ‘Off the Pitch Award’, which is ‘presented to a hero who has shown dedication and passion for improving the beautiful game for women. This is an individual award that will be awarded to someone for their excellent and consistent work at any level of football or for one truly outstanding contribution’.
The award will be decided by a judging panel in April, with the ceremony itself taking place on Thursday, 30th May and hosted by Jamie Carragher and Eni Aluko.
Everyone at the club would like to congratulate Leigh for her nomination, and recognise her continued hard work and dedication to the club and women’s football as a whole.
Join us for the run-in!
Make sure you continue your exceptional support of the Eagles this season by getting behind Laura Kaminski’s side for the final two home games of the season, against Birmingham on Sunday, 14th April (14:00 BST) and current leagueleaders Sunderland on Sunday, 28th April (14:00 BST). For more details and all the key ticketing information, head to cpfc.co.uk.
Hello everybody, and a very warm welcome back to Selhurst Park for this afternoon’s Women’s Championship game against Watford.
We come into this game off the back of a defeat last weekend to Sheffield United. Having played well enough to win against them here the previous week, we were disappointed with our performance at Bramall Lane, but it only goes to show that any team can beat any other team in this league – and we should be in for another exciting game today.
We know that Watford will pose a huge threat to us. They are fighting to stay in this league, so they will give it everything they’ve got. They can score goals as well, so we will be wary of that, and we will be looking to put in a stronger performance this week.
As I mentioned, last time we were here, we recorded our firstever Championship win at Selhurst Park. It meant a lot to the team to get our first win here, and for Molly to get the goal as well. We were disappointed not to follow it up with a win the week after, but we are determined to put that right this weekend.
The girls know that we are expecting a record crowd this afternoon; more than 4,451 tickets have been sold at the time of writing – the previous record which you set here earlier this season. We expect that number to be higher today. That is brilliant.
Your support this season has been fantastic, from the first game all the way up until now. Wherever we have played, up and down the country, you have given us an amazing backing
It means everything to play at Selhurst Park in front of you. The fans make our matchdays, with their songs and support. They follow us home and away and push us on at important times.
Your support this season has been fantastic, from the first game all the way up until now. Wherever we have played, up and down the country, you have given us an amazing backing. I know that playing in front of a record crowd will excite the girls, and I hope that we can put in a good performance for you.
We have five games left this season and we are determined to give them all everything that we have as a team. We’ll keep on doing what we’ve done to this point: take each individual game as it comes, and rise to each individual challenge.
In this league, you have to shift your focus quickly, every week. We always go for three points. We won’t be changing that mentality. We want to keep our heads down, keep our confidence up, and keep working for the results we deserve.
We hope that we can give you another performance you are proud of, and that you have a great time at today’s match.
Enjoy the game,
Laura
Good afternoon everybody, and welcome back to Selhurst Park for today’s Championship match against Watford.
It’s great to be back in SE25 again today, playing at Selhurst Park for the third time this season.
Two weeks ago, we played here against Sheffield United, and won at Selhurst Park for the first time as a Championship team. Having been at Palace for three seasons now, that was a great feeling!
That result means any nerves which might have surrounded playing at Selhurst are now gone for us, and we can all just feel excited to get back out there and play – particularly in front of what promises to be a record crowd today.
As fans, you give us such a big extra push. Your support really does help us, particularly in big games like this, and the noise you make helps us feel at home, wherever we’re playing. Thank you for such a fantastic turnout today – and indeed all season, in Sutton and on the road.
Obviously, we go into today’s game disappointed with the result of our match last weekend at Bramall Lane. We know we
weren’t at our best – but that means there’s no better time for us to play here, with a big crowd behind us, and hopefully bounce back with a win.
With just five games left to go this season, we know the importance of every match and
As fans, you give us such a big extra push. Your support really does help us, particularly in big games like this, and the noise you make helps us feel at home
every point left to play for. These are the five most important games of the season – there’s no hiding that – so every push you can give us will help us.
We know that in the Championship, anything can happen. It doesn’t matter where
you are in the table, because that doesn’t decide which way a game is going to go. Any team can get a win on their day in this league, so we can’t underestimate Watford or any other team we have between now and the end of the season.
Watford are fighting for every point, just like us, so that is going to give them just as much impetus to go out and there and want to win the game. We’ll have to be ready for that, and show as much fight as we have done throughout the rest of this season.
What’s been evident from the start is that we, as a group, are not focusing too much on the finishing line. We are just taking things week-by-week. If we win each one of our games, we will end up where we deserve to be – and as captain, I’ll be proud of the girls no matter what.
Thank you once again for your amazing support – I know you’ll get right behind us again today.
Enjoy the match!
Aimee
Isabella Sibley pos defender nat ENGLAND age 24
Top Scorer
Carly Johns (4)
Most assists
Abbie Lafayette (3)
