16/01/22 Plymouth Argyle Women vs Portsmouth Women

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Plymouth Argyle Women FC vs Portsmouth Women FC Sunday, 16th January 2021

KO 2:30PM Manadon Sports & Community Hub

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MANAGERS NOTES

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The girls have been fantastic in training, with the levels of intensity going up and this has pushed us all to improve.

Firstly, I would like to welcome the fans back to Manadon Sports Hub. And I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and wish you all a Happy New Year.

We come into today’s game on the back of a great start to 2022 and three vital points away to Cardiff City in our last game.

We have come into the New Year, with the batteries recharged and a determined attitude to turn our fortunes around. We know we’re in a relegation battle, but I have full confidence that we can stay up this season.

The girls have been fantastic in training with the level of intensity going up and this has pushed us to continue to improve as individuals and as a team.

Looking at our last fixture, we executed the game plan, and I was really impressed with the out of possession part of the game; we pressed together, and our recovery runs were excellent for 90mins. We created lots of chances, and the scoreline didn’t flatter the performance. We were missing 7 players last week through Covid and Injuries, and it highlights the strength in depth we have at this club. We do have some of these players back today but some are stil a couple of weeks away from returning.

We have added Mari Ward to the squad in January and Mari has slotted into the group really well. Mari has come through our player pathway at the club and is also in the England U16’s squad. We have high hopes for Mari’s career

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and we are pleased to give her this opportunity to continue her development.

Mari is now the 6th player to have come through the ADC and play for the 1st team this season and Mark and I are really pleased to have given these players the opportunity and hopefully this encourages and inspires the younger players coming through.

We welcome Portsmouth today, and know we are going to be in for a difficult game. They have come into this game after a fantastic point away to Ipswich and two close games against Southampton.

We know they will try and play football the correct way and they will press us with intensity and will want to come here and get three points. The last match against them was difficult and made harder by the fact we were reduced to 10 players, but we competed for 75 mins and we will need that desire and commitment today to come away with something.

Thanks for your support as always and we hope to give you another exciting and positive performance.

Please also remember we host Charlton Athletic at Home Park in the Women’s FA Cup 4th round, on Sunday 30th January and it will be great to see you all at Home Park Thanks, Ryan Perks - First Team Manager

Getting to know...

Amber Pollock #20 Having been involved with Plymouth Argyle for several years, Amber has recently returned to the first team after spending the last two years recovering from an ACL injury.

Known for her electric pace and exciting attacking play, Amber had the perfect return to the team, coming off the bench to score the 4th goal in our 5-0 win over Clapton CFC in the Vitality Women’s FA Cup back in December.

Amber followed this up with another substitute appearance against MK Dons before making her first start of the season against Cardiff, getting the third goal in our 5-1 win.

Considering how long she was out with injury, Amber has made a remarkable recovery, and her form since returning to the team has been a fine reward for the hard work she put in during her rehab.

Having impressed so far this season, it promises to be an exciting 2022 for Amber as she moves closer to full match fitness with every game she plays.

Amber is sponsored by the Senior Greens!

Thank you for your support.

Position: Attacker Squad Number: 20 DOB: 16/12/1998

match report

Cardiff 1.5 Argyle Sunday 9th January 2022, 14:00 Cardiff University sports Fields

Plymouth Argyle Women had the perfect start to 2022 after hammering Cardiff 5-1.

It was an electric start from the Pilgrims, who could have been 2-0 up after just a minute. Cunningham and 16 year-old debutant Mari Ward both set up Gabi Alphous early on, but her early chances were narrowly wide of O’Sullivan’s near post.

Alphous wouldn’t be stopped, however, and in the 13th minute, she gave Argyle a well-deserved lead.

Sophie Perrin played the ball in behind the City defence, and Gabi ran through and finished well beyond O’Sullivan.

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Argyle added a 2nd goal in the 23rd minute after Gabi Alphous was fouled on the edge of the box.

Captain Zoe Cunningham stood up and fired the ball towards goal; it took a slight deflection but still found the bottom corner to double Argyle’s lead.

In the 42nd minute, they did find the deserved 3rd goal after Pollock was played through on goal and fired the ball in off the inside of the post. It was a brilliant first-half performance from Argyle, who played some excellent football and got the goals to reward their performance.

Argyle started the 2nd half as they did the first and pushed for more goals. They added the 4th in the 54th minute. Perrin won the ball back and played it into midfield as Argyle worked the ball through to Alphous, who finished perfectly past O’Sullivan for her 2nd and Argyle’s 4th goal.

Cardiff did get a goal back in the 60th minute after winning a free-kick at the edge of the box; Kelly Isaac stepped up and placed a brilliant strike into the bottom corner.

It threatened to cause a nervy last 30 minutes, but the players showed great character to respond and retake hold of the game.

Substitute Eaton twice went close before finally getting a deserved goal in the 81st minute. After being played through on goal, she took the chance early and knocked the ball beyond O’Sullivan and into the back of the net.

Argyle saw out the rest of the game in a comfortable fashion giving them the perfect start to 2022.

Plymouth Argyle Women Soper, Perrin, Hack, Papaioannou, Train, Lane, Ireland, Cunningham, Alphous, Pollock, Ward Subs: Tiana Campbell, Emily Eaton, Imy Crawford

Visitors Welcome Here is a brief description of our visitors, Portsmouth FC Women.

We hope you all enjoy the game today and have a safe journey home.

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Plymouth Argyle would like to extend a warm welcome to today’s visitors to Manadon Sports & Community Hub

Portsmouth FC Ladies was formed in 1987 although a Ladies team in Portsmouth can be traced back to the First World War. The club established itself in the community and until the end of the 2016-17 season had teams for girls and women of all ages.

Portsmouth FC Ladies were the first women’s club in Hampshire to receive The FA Charter Standard Award for excellence in provision of coaching and support staff and also gaining the Adult Status in December 2007.

The club won the 2014-15 WPL Southern Division but lost out in the Promotion Playoff to Sheffield FC’s 92-minute winner.

In July 2018 the name changed from Ladies to Women and the club became a part of Portsmouth FC.

NEXT UP vS Plymouth Argyle women vs Cardiff FA Women’s National League South Sunday 23rd january 2022, 14:30 Manadon sports & Community Hub

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MANAGER Ryan Perks Poppy Soper Ellen Thomas Rosie Train Jemma Rose Katie Middleton (c) Emily Eaton Zoe Cunningham Gabi Alphous Rebecca Dandridge Beth Ireland Katelyn Bell Natasha Knapman Izzy Mansell Olivia Ramsey Taylor Ford Imy Crawford Tracey Cross Panagiota Papaioannou Sophie Perrin Lucy Hack Kayley Lane

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Hannah Haughton (GK) Bekah Tonks Rosie McDonnell Dan Rowe (Captain) Jazz Younger Jade Widdows Emma Jones Dani Lane Hayley Bridge Cherelle Khassall Ava Rowbotham Evie Gane Shannon Albuery Freya Jones Libby Kingshott (GK) Sammy Quayle Jaime Gotch Tamsin de Bunsen Kitty Cleeve Dave Coyle

Referee: Thomas Anstice-Mitchell Asst. Referee 1: Ashley Horn Asst. Referee 2: Roderick Ashman

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