Loughborough Lightning Football Programme issue 10 by Loughborough University

FOOTBALL LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING

BRIGHOUSE

FA WOMEN’S NATIONAL LEAGUE CUP SUN 30 JANUARY 2022 KO 14:00 ESTABLISHED 1919

WHERE HISTORY BEGINS ISSUE 10

£2

CONTENTS 4

WELCOME FROM RICHARD ALLEN

TODAY’S TEAMS

HOME FIXTURES

CHLOE YOUNG CAPTAIN

TODAYS OPPOSITION

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC DEVELOPMENT TEAM HOME FIXTURES

10 THE TEAM 11 MEET THE TEAM 12 SQUAD LIST 14 A BRIEF HISTORY 16 FIXTURES AND RESULTS

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V BRIGHOUSE

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 Bridghouse. After feeling disappointed dropping 2 points last weekend away at Sheffield in a game we dominated. Going 1 goal up we should have built on that but ended conceding and own goal and then just couldn’t get past an inspired goalkeeper. A win would have taken us out of the bottom 3, the draw means we are 1 point behind Middleborough but with a game in hand. Our performances post-Christmas have been strong, but we need to turn good performances into results. Today we hope to put the performance and results together against Bridghouse who currently sit in 7th position. Earlier in the season we narrowly lost 2-1 but we feel we have made significant progress since then. Last Wednesday our BUCS Women’s 1’s team lost narrowly 1-0 to Northumbria. Disappointing as it stopped our perfect 10 out of 10, win season in that competition. However, that said winning the league and only loosing 1 game is an amazing achievement. We now head into the knockouts hoping to win the overall cup competition. The BUCS trophy was presented to our captains prior to the match by our Vice Chancellor, Professor Nick Jennings

We are pleased to welcome the players, supporters and directors of Bridghouse and look forward to what we hope will be an exciting and entertaining game. Richard Allen Director of Football

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TODAY’S TEAMS LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC KIYA WEBB

HOLLY MAYFIELD

DANIELA KOSINSKA

EMILY SHARPE

HARRIET PETLY

KATRENA MORRISON

GRACE LOWE

BRIGHOUSE 01

IMOGEN MAGUIRE

KAYLEIGH BAMFORTH

REFEREE: ANDREW WILSON

BECKY GOMPERTZ

SHAUNA LEGGE

AR JAMES JOHNSON AR ISABEL DANSON

ANNABELLE CASS (C)

ISOBEL DEAN

DREW GREENE CARA FIELDS

ABBEY HATELEY

LAUREN TAFT

ELLA HARTLEY

CHLOE YOUNG

ELLIE WHITE

MELISSA TURTON BURRELL

DANIELLE WHITHAM

NATALIE TAYLOR

MOLLY HARVARD

ROSTTA TAYLOR

CHRYSA TSAKIRI

ELLA POWELL

AMY WOODRUFF

EVA ROGERS

DARCIE GREENE

ANNA RENKEN

ELLIE DOBSON

LAURA STEELE

LEAH EMBLEY

BETH BURGESS

SOPHIE JOHN

ABBIE BENSTED

MONIQUE WATSON

NICKI RUSSELL

IMOGEN WILLIAMS

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V BRIGHOUSE

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC 2021/2022 SEASON

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DATE

TIME

OPPONENTS

RESULTS 2-2 DRAW

SUN 15/08/2021

KO 14:00

HULL

SUN 22/08/2021

KO 14:00

SHEFFIELD FC

3-0 WIN

SUN 29/08/2021

KO 14:00

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN AFC

1-5 LOSS

SUN 05/09/2021

KO 14:00

STOKE CITY FC

1-5 LOSS

SUN 12/09/2021

KO 14:00

DONCASTER ROVER BELLES

2-1 WIN

THUR 07/10/2021

KO 19:45

DERBY COUNTY FC

0-3 LOSS

SUN 10/10/2021

KO 14:00

MIDDLESBOROUGH WFC

1-2 LOSS

SAT 19/12/2021

KO 14:00

HUDDERSFIELD

3-1 LOSS

SUN 30/01/2022

KO 14:00

BRIGHOUSE

SUN 13/02/2022

KO 14:00

WEST BROM

SUN 27/02/2022

KO 14:00

BURNLEY

THUR 31/03/2022

KO 19:45

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

SUN 10/01/2022

KO 14:00

FYLDE

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CHLOE YOUNG

CAPTAIN New competition, new opponents and a fresh week to go again. After our return from the Christmas break, something has felt different about this team! There is a buzz and confidence in our play that has been inconsistent in previous weeks. The togetherness the girls have shown over the last 4 games has been incredible and we all feel we have made progress towards where we want, deserve and expect to be. Last weekend we took on Sheffield, both teams were fighting for points and they were tough competitors. Whilst we had the better of the chances, we couldn’t convert and unfortunately ran out of time to get the 3 points we deserved. We’ve picked up 4 points in 2 games that were both played under tough conditions, perhaps not the prettiest of football but grit and sticking to our game plan paid off for us. We really feel like we’ve started 2022 on a real positive, and there is a strong belief we can continue this against Brighouse.

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TODAYS OPPOSITION

BRIGHOUSE

Brighouse Town AFC Women were formed in 2013 and play at the Yorkshire Payments Stadium in Hove Edge. The current manager is Rob Mitchell who has been in post since the clubs formation enjoying a period of success which has seen the club rise from tier 7 to tier 3 in that time including two unbeaten league seasons and FA Cup runs reaching the 3rd and 4th round of the competition on a regular basis. They are the current West Riding County Cup holders and have recent reached the FAWNL Cup quarter finals for the first time in their history.

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC V BRIGHOUSE

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC DEVELOPMENT 2021/2022 SEASON

HOME FIXTURES

DATE

TIME

OPPONENTS

RESULTS

SUN 05/09/2021

KO 14:00

WOLVES RESERVES

7-2 LOSS

SUN 12/09/2021

KO 14:00

SPORTING KHALSA WOMEN DEVELOPMENT

6-0 WIN

SUN 26/09/2021

KO 14:00

BEDWORTH UNITED FC LADIES DEVELOPMENT

22-0 WIN

SUN 24/10/2021

KO 14:00

STOKE CITY FC (WOMEN) RESERVES

4-0 WIN

SUN 31/10/2021

KO 14:00

LEICESTER CITY WOMEN FC RESERVES

4-0 WIN

SUN 28/11/2021

KO 14:00

SOLIHULL MOORS WOMENS DEVELOPMENT

8-2 WIN

SUN 09/01/2022

KO 14:00

WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS WFC RESERVES

2-1 LOSS

SUN 16/01/2022

KO 14:00

DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES

1-0 WIN

SUN 06/02/2022

KO 14:00

LONG EATON UNITED DEVELOPMENT WOMEN

SUN 27/02/2022

KO 14:00

LINCOLN CITY WOMEN FC RESERVES

SUN 20/03/2022

KO 14:00

WEST BROMWICH ALBION LFC RESERVE

SUN 10/04/2022

KO 14:00

NOTTINGHAM FOREST WOMEN F.C. RESERVES

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC

THE TEAM

ISSY MARTIN Head Coach

GARY HASLEY GK Coach

KEVIN LOCK

CIAN WARREN Sports Therapist

RICH ALLEN

Assistant Coach

GEORGIA BRADFORD Sports Science

LOIS GEORGE

Football Operations Support Coordinator

MEET THE TEAM

BETH BURGESS WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

PORTSMOUTH

BIRTHDAY

14/10/99

AMBITION

WORK IN THE FA

FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM?

PORTSMOUTH FC

JOB OR UNI COURSE?

SPORT SCIENCE SPORT COACHING AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOOTBALL CAREER TO DATE

HAMPSHIRE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE - 2010-2014 CHELSEA LADIES - 2014-2016 READING FC LADIES - 20162017 CHELSEA LADIES 20172018 UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC (CALIFORNIA) -2018-2019 LOUGHBOROUGH 2019 TO PRESENT

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LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC

SQUAD LIST GOALKEEPERS

HOLLY MAYFIELD

DANIELLA KOSINSKA

KIYA WEBB

DEFENDERS

EMILY SHARPE

EVA ROGERS

GRACE LOWE

HARRIET PETLEY

LAUREN TAFT

KATRENA MORRISON

MIDFIELDERS

ABBEY HATELEY

JESSICA RICHARDSON

BETH BURGESS

CHLOE YOUNG

ELLA POWELL

ABBIE BENSTED

MELISSA TURTONBURRELL

NATALIE TAYLOR

ROSETTA TAYLOR

FORWARDS

NICKI RUSSELL

ANNA RENKEN

LAURA STEELE

LOUGHBOROUGH LIGHTNING FC

A BRIEF HISTORY

LOUGHBOROUGH FOXES Gail and Paul Fox founded Loughborough Foxes in 1999, known then as Shepshed Foxes until 2002. For their first 15 years, Foxes played in local leagues, before being promoted to the FA Women’s Northern Premier Division (the 3rd ranked tier of women’s football) in 2015. After the first season they suffered relegation but managed a promotion in 2018 to return to this tier. Winning this Midlands Division One title was actually a club record for Foxes, winning 22 games and drawing just 1.

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY PERFORMANCE TEAM Loughborough Students Women’s Football Club offers many competitive opportunities. The performance team compete in the British Universities & Colleges Sports (BUCS) Northern Premier League. When possible, players are also supported to play “external football” alongside the programme, most notably with our partner Loughborough Foxes (Tier 3), but also other Tier 3 and Championship clubs. Each year Loughborough University invests a million pounds in performance sport, and a million pounds in facilities. Thanks to this investment, Director of Football Richard Allen is able to lead a professional programme of coaching and support.

As a first team performance squad member you will receive expert coaching, access to our world class facilities, heavily discounted Powerbase gym membership, strength and conditioning training, nutrition, sports science and sports medicine support. Within the programme players also have access to Performance Lifestyle support and our top athletes can apply for scholarships.

MERGING/ LIGHTNING LAUNCH The University’s performance team and the Loughborough Foxes have officially combined to launch a new Lightning programme that will compete nationally against some of the biggest names in the sport. The clubs have worked in close collaboration for a number of years now with Head Coach Issy Martin overseeing both programmes since her appointment at the University in September 2019.

Lightning will compete in the FA Northern Premier League where it will face teams including Burnley, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, and West Bromwich Albion.