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Date: 1st November 2006

Kick Off: 2.00pm

After the defeat at home to Liverpool Hope, Lancaster wanted to regain some of their composure and were determined to start and finish their second away game by working as a team. With the 4-4-2 formation being adopted for the second week, there were a few minor changes to the starting line up for Lancaster.

The sun was shining on the pitch as the whistle blew to signify the start of the match. The Lancaster Ladies were facing the sun in the first half, which, as always, made visibility extremely difficult. Lancaster started well and were working together, within ten minutes Liverpool had scored the first goal of the game; a series of sharp one touch passes and diagonal runs, split the Lancaster defense.

The referee then made a dubious decision regarding a pass back by one of the Lancaster players, a quick free kick was taken and the result was a goal from Liverpool. With the shock of the decision Lancaster hadn’t organize themselves in time and the consequence was a 2-0 score line. For the second week in a row the girls had to try and recover from a deficit.

Liverpool were very lucky at this stage to be winning by two goals, as the second goal had been conceded in a moment of delirium. Lancaster however managed to retrieve a goal back and this lifted the heads of the team tremendously. For the majority of the match both teams had several strikes on goal and there was a continual change in the direction of play. In the second half, a brilliant combination of passes from Sue Wynes and Emily Hyslop resulted in a goal for Lancaster, but the referee deemed it offside, much to the frustration of the Lancaster team.

The second half was thoroughly fought out by both sides, and all the players worked extremely hard to give their side the extra edge. The end result transpired to be in favour of Liverpool John Moore’s but by rights the result should have been a draw.

Special mention should go to the Lancaster Player of the Match: Katie Perry. Katie is the goalkeeper for Lancaster and she proved her worth and much more in this particular match by saving some of the hardest, trickiest shots in football. Katie performed brilliantly and was praised enormously by her fellow team mates. She rightly deserved Player of the match.