Durham Women v Charlton Athletic: Match Day Programme

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I’d like to extend a warm welcome to Riteesh Mishra, Steve Adamson and all the players, staff and officials from Charlton.

Our last home game saw us beat Crystal Palace, and we have to give them some respect. They came and physically challenged us and played with a direct style, which we struggled a little bit to cope with. But once we got to grips with the game, I thought we were in control. We just need to be a little bit more creative now.

The second half, in terms of the desire to press forward more and push Crystal Palace back, was brilliant. We competed more with them physically and I think you saw a belief that we were going to get a goal. That was really pleasing, because it means that when the performance isn’t maybe what you want, the desire can take you through. I think in particiular, when we lost Sarah Wilson the backline coped ever so well. We had a little bit of unsettlement with the change of goalkeeper just before kick-off too, but I thought we handled those situations really well.

The crowd were great against Palace.

They were very vocal and I know I say it in every programme, but that’s

what the players need. They need that noise to drive them on and get them over the line when they’re tired.

I said to them during the game that it was what all the running in pre-season was about. Simon Fairbairn (sports science) runs them a lot, and it’s for games like that when you are giving everything to try and get a winner and you’re tired.

Today we welcome Charlton and they look like a side who will be very comfortable on the ball. They will want to play and I’m absolutely certain that the staff want to do things the right way. They’re a young, energetic side and it will be a difficult game for us. We didn’t beat them last season and they finished ahead of us - so we have to expect that they will be slight favourites for the game.

But again, they have to come to New Ferens Park and take something from us - which isn’t an easy task for any team that comes here.

We may have won our first two games, but we can’t get carried away at all. The reality is that we’ve played two games, but there’s plenty of games left in the season. We just have to focus on doing the best we can against Charlton and everything will take care of itself. If we maintain the levels of effort that we’ve seen, and improve on some aspects, we’ll do well.

Thanks as always for your support, Lee Sanders

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FROM THE DUGOUT

Good afternoon and welcome to today’s game against Charlton Athletic.

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SARAH WILSON

Good afternoon and welcome to today’s game against Charlton Athletic.

To come away with all three points from our last game against Crystal Palace was absolutely fantastic, especially given the type of game it was. We didn’t start off well, but we knew we had so much more to give and the girls showed that in the second half. They came out absolutely flying and the goal from Lisa was an absolute rocket and just set the tone for the second half. We pushed and pushed and credit to the girls, they soaked up some pressure late on. To come away with a last minute winner is fantastic.

You could tell all the girls were working for eachother and really wanted to come away with a result. Espeically with it being our first home game, we wanted to put our stamp on it. Last year we came away with too many draws, and Palace could have been one of those games, but we pushed and pushed.

The crowd were unbeliveable last week. We always say it, but the atmosphere was incredible. You could hear everyone shouting and

it does make such a difference when you know you have over 500 people supporting you. It was great to have that many people at the game.

Today we welcome Charlton, and they’ll be another tough game.

They’ve made some good signings and the two fixtures against them last year were difficult. In the home game we felt we could have had a little bit more, but in the away game we struggled and Charlton were probably the better side really. We know it’s going to be another tough fixture, but we just have to focus on ourselves and take all the positives from the Palace game.

It’s still early days in the league and we just need to make sure we keep doing the right things. If we do that, we’ll come away with as many points as possible.

Finally, I’d like to congratulate Ellie Christon on reaching 100 appearances for the club last week. It’s a fantastic achievement and shows her commitment to the club and how hard she works inside and outside of training.

Sarah Wilson

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Originally founded in 1991 and re-formed in 2007, the Charlton Athletic Women’s team have a stronghistory of promoting women’s football and giving girls the chance to progress to play professional football for both club and country.

One of the most successful periods of Charlton Athletic Women’s history was the early 2000s. The noughties kick-started for the Addicks in 2000/01 when the club shared the Charity Shield. 2003 saw a good start for the club as we became runners up in the FA Cup. This fate was repeated the following season when the club again came runners up in the FA Cup and the FA Premier League, however the club did win the League Cup after securing victory over Fulham.

The club would go on to win the League Cup again in 2005/06.

2004/05 saw great sucess for the Addicks, firstly winning the charity shield, and then beating Everton to win the FA Cup. The season remains one of the most successful of Charlton’s Athletic Women’s history.

2007 represented a bleak year for the club.The same day as the

women lost the FA Cup final, the men’s team were relegated from the Premiership and the women’s team were disbanded.

The club re-formed a few months later under the Charlton Athletic Community Trust. The majority of players left the club making relegation inevitable.

In 2013 the club separated from the Community Trust to become an independent legal entity where it remains today. The club is part of the overall Charlton Athletic family, giving us close connections to themain club, but remains owned and financed separately.

After successfully beating Blackburn Rovers in the 2017/18 play-off final, the Charlton Women gained promotion to the newly formed FA Championship, the second-highest division in English women’s football.

From the 2018/19 season, the club moved to a new home Oakwood Park in Crayford which we share with VCD Athletic. We finished third in our first season ranking the club the 14th best Women’s team currently in the country.

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Lewes were twice denied by the crossbar as their visit to Charlton ended goalless.

Charley Boswell and Jess King were the two unlucky Rooks players who saw their efforts rattle off the woodwork early in the second half.

LAST TIME OUT

Charlton could have pinched all three points late on, but an VISITORS unmarked Charlie Estcourt blazed over from six yards.

The visitors, who kicked off last week with a 5-1 win over newly promoted Blackburn, started in confident fashion, but Katie Rood and Boswell saw their efforts from the edge of the box blocked.

Charlton’s Lily Woodham forced the first serious save of the match when she cut in from the right on 26 minutes to unleash a left foot shot which Lewes keeper Faye Barker pushed past the post.

Charlie Devlin, who joined Charlton from Manchester United this summer, then ripped a 31st minute free-kick over the bar, while at the other end Emma Jones’ set-piece deliveries were a constant threat for Lewes.

After several corners flashed across the face of the goal, Caitlin Hayes headed over Jones’ 38th-minute free-kick.

The visitors thought they had broken the deadlock two minutes into the second-half but Boswell’s header from another Jones free-kick bounced back off the bar.

Then minutes later King pinged a shot that wobbled the bar at the end of a slick passing move which involved first-time touches from Zoe Ness and Jones.

Charlton sub Jenna Legg almost scored with her first touch but toepoked her shot straight at Baker, before Estcourt blazed over from Devlin’s cross.

The moment of the match came just eight minutes before fulltime, when Charlton keeper Katie Startup pulled off a remarkable save low to her right to deny Jones’ close-range effort and ensure her side a share of the spoils.

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JOHN MIDDLETON

Greetings from the back of the stand!

It took a while to recover from the drama of the second half against Palace. A game, last season we may have drawn or even lost, where we showed that this season we mean business.

The fantastic strike by Lisa Robertson started it off for me; there was no way we would lose.

That’s not to say we played badly in the first half but we just needed something.

Every player impressed whether it was their 100th game of one of their first.

As usual the crowd played their part too. There was a buzz around the place all game; I hope expectations are fulfilled and promise doesn’t become too much.

I doubt it will - the management are very good at precisely that managing! Feet will stay on the ground (unless the ball is in the air!).

They have to be one of the favourites for promotion so expect a tight-game with more drama - a commentator’s dream!

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Enjoy the game!

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We welcome Charlton who showed last year they don’t give up easily either. Drawing 2-2 twice last season, in very similar fashion, probably cost us promotion last season, dropping 4 points in the final minutes of each match.

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Durham Women picked up their second win of the FA Women’s Championship campaign – courtesy of a dramatic late winner.

Sarah Robson bundled home in the depths of added time to hand the Wildcats the three points, after Lisa Robertson’s stunning long-range strike had cancelled out Ashleigh Goddard’s opener.

Lee Sanders made just three changes from the side that beat Leicester, with Hannah Reid, Abby Holmes and Molly Sharpe all handed starts.

And the hosts began brightly, with Robson prodding a corner just wide in the opening stages.

But have grown into the game, Palace took the lead when Goddard reacted quickest to nod home from close range after Sarah Wilson had hacked an effort off the line.

Were it then not for a timely interception from Becky Salicki, Palace could have a second – with the centre back blocking a near-certain goal from Goddard after she surged into the area.

Iris Achterhof and Sharpe came close to a leveller, but couldn’t find a way past Lucy Gillett.

After the break though, the Wildcats pulled level thanks to a moment of brilliance from Robertson who found the top corner with a curling effort from 25 yards.

Sharpe then saw a volley blocked, with Achterhof then looping a shot over the bar from close range.

But just as if the game looked to be petering out, a deep free-kick was nodded across goal by Becky Salicki for Robson to force home – as pandemonium ensued both in the stands and on the pitch.

Late Palace penalty shouts were turned down, as Durham completed a memorable fightback.

Durham XI: Reid, Hill, Wilson (Christon), Salicki, Holmes, Robertson, Robson, Sharpe (Manders), Bell (Atkinson), Gears, Achterhof Durham subs not used: Borthwick Attendance: 512

From them on though it was pretty much one-way traffic, with Durham peppering the Palace goal in search of a leveller.

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