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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V SHEFFIELD FC
RICHARD ALLEN
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL Good afternoon and a very warm welcome to the Loughborough University Stadium for our FA Women’s National League (Norther Prem) game versus Sheffield United. Last weekend saw us draw 2-2 versus with Hull City in front of a crowd of just under 150 people. A great atmosphere and a lastminute equaliser to boot which made a draw almost feel like a win. We dominated the game and really deserved all 3 points but at 2-1 down entering the last minute we were pleased in the end to get the 1 point. Sheffield come to us off the back of a 0-4 home opening game defeat versus Burnley, so I’m sure they will be looking to get on track this afternoon. In last years truncated season we did go away to Sheffield and went down 3-1 so looking forward to putting that result right. Our Development Team also start their league campaign on Sunday 5th September away to Wolverhampton Wanderers Reserves. Please get down and support them as well. Home games will be played on Holywell 4 at 2pm and entry will be free. It has been nice to see spectators attending both our men’s and women’s fixtures. Players from both squads have also been attending each other’s fixtures which is great and show a real ‘togetherness. Please could I ask everybody to try and socially distance and also to wear face coverings in the lounge areas. Let’s keep each other safe.
We are pleased to welcome the players, supporters and directors of Sheffield United and look forward to what we hope will be an exciting and entertaining game. Richard Allen Director of Football
