Slazenger
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Adel 5
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Match Report
12 Slazenger players arrived to what felt like an army of oranges, who had clearly taken full advantage of a 16-player squad.
Strangely, despite being outnumbered on the bench, Slazenger got off to a strong start, dominating possession and driving forwards. The low sunset wasn’t exactly helping visibility, but Slaz kept pushing.
With nine minutes on the clock, Julie Bailey got her first — hopefully of many — goal of the season. Pouncing on a short-corner rebound, Julie calmly found the back of the net to give Slazenger an early lead.
With newfound confidence, Slaz began forcing Adel into errors, picking up loose balls and creating chances of their own. Unfortunately, the finishing touch proved elusive. May Bailey put in a huge shift in midfield, driving the ball up the pitch and doing an excellent job of cutting off Adel’s breaks.
Slazenger went into half-time with a well-earned 1–0 lead.
Once the umpire eventually managed to locate his whistle, the second half got underway. It wasn’t long before a little bit of deceit from the sweeper resulted in a green card. Those two minutes somehow felt like an entire half, but the tiring Slazenger side dug deep to withstand the constant Adel pressure.
And what a performance in goal from Gemma Wilson, who put on an absolute masterclass. Poppy Thackrah and Lorna Godson also threw everything they had into blocking the relentless Adel attacks, with the whole team working tirelessly to protect their lead.
It was touch and go right until the final whistle, but Slazenger held firm to secure their first win of the season, keeping a clean sheet and coming away with a hard-fought 1–0 victory.
A brilliant team effort, a first goal of the season for Julie, and three points in the bag.
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Match Report
The Ladies 4th team played their first league match this weekend against Leeds Adel 5th Team. Ingrid Coughtry was first to score for Slazenger's but very soon, Adel equalised and this set the pace for the remainder of the game. Evie Mollart was next to find the net taking the score to 2:1 at half time.
Returning to the pitch, Slazenger's effort was rewarded with 2 goals in quick succession by Frankie Tyrrell and Lyn Wood's goal supported by new play Emma Hammond. Forever hopeful of the win, Slazenger's were surprised by Adel's fight back and soon they too scored 2 further goals in quick succession. The final minutes left Slazenger's holding on with Adel making a last attempt for the draw hit the post shortly before the final whistle.
A win for Slazenger's - 4:3. Player - Evie Mollart and Rachel Rutherford.
Match Report
It was a cold wet Saturday morning as the Ladies 4th team headed to Adel to play Adel 5. With an injury preventing resident keeper Lauren Hattersley from taking her usual spot, Maisie Clarke gallantly stepped up into position. Thank you Maisie! (and we're hope you're on the mend Lauren).
Slazenger's started well against a strong Adel defence, maintaining possession for the majority of the first half. With some good chances in Adel's D, it looked likely that Slazengers would take the lead with some good pressure from Natalie Beech and Diane Jones up front and some great runs down the wing from Lyn Wood and Steph Clements. Gwyn had a strong first half until a slight disagreement with the umpire. Happy to argue her point, and feeling like taking a slightly longer break from play, she successfully converted her green card to a yellow card and took her seat on the bench.
The second half saw Adel step it up a gear but Slazenger's midfield dug deep and managed to keep a lot of play out of our D. It took a short corner for Adel to finally break the Slazenger defence and fire a shot into the back of the goal. A second goal could have been on the cards, but for a quick reaction and off-the-line deflection from Sarah Paveley. Slazenger remained in attack mode and had some strong dominating periods with some excellent play from Sue Hope feeding the ball through to our front line. A tumble in the D from Di Jones could have been a good shout for a penalty, but alas it wasn't to be and despite best efforts the match finished a cold, wet 1-0 to Adel. Great effort from everyone in the team. Player of the match: Sue Hope
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Slazengers ladies 4th team played Leeds Adel 5's at home with a great mix of juniors, experienced and back to hockey players. The game remained 0:0 at half time although Adel scored very shortly after. In response, Slazengers equalised with a goal from Cherry Bedford and was quickly followed by Mia Davis, earning her player of the match. Two games, two wins.
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Match Report
Having lost 14-2 earlier in the season against Adel 5's, Slazenger Ladies 4th team were expecting tough opposition once more on home ground. However, within minutes of the first half, it became apparent that the teams were more evenly matched.
Slazenger tried hard to be the first to score but were beaten to it when Adel were successful from a short corner leaving Slazenger 1-0 down at half time.
The cold and rain didn't deter the home team, spirits were high from last weeks win and the ladies hard work paid off with Josie Hughes finding the goal for the first time. Despite a missed penalty flick, Slazenger's kept the pressure on and the green shirts dominated the second half with Josie Hughes scoring again to give the Slazenger ladies a well deserved 2-1 win.
