Pre-season comes to a close for Senior Women's Team

Wednesday night saw the 1876 Women’s team play their final pre-season game against local Tier 3 rivals Amlwch Town Ladies FC with a narrow 3-2 defeat in an exciting game full of positives. With a minimal squad available due to work commitments and injury it was always going to be a tough test against a well drilled Amlwch side full of talent.

Reflecting on the game coach Aron Griffiths who took over the reins for the evening in manager Jonny Batten's absence due to illness commented :

"Massive thanks to Amlwch for coming down. It was a really competitive game with good football being played by both teams. Obviously we're disappointed to lose the match but I can't fault that performance from the team against a very good Amlwch side. Every player on the pitch gave 100% even though some were carrying injuries or playing out of position they didn't let it show.

Yes we rode our luck at times with Becca making some excellent saves but we were always in the game with counter attacking intent and created chances. The team showed resilience and character coming from a goal down twice (one from Elin with a looping cross-shot and another lovely chip from Ceri over the keeper) but then got caught on the break for their winning goal on the hour. Even though we applied a lot of pressure and created chances trying to get that equaliser it just didn't fall for us on the night and Amlwch were able to manage the game out. I think we can take a lot of positives and confidence from that performance and can't wait for the season to start on the 5th September . We wish Amlwch all the best for the forthcoming season and look forward to playing them again in the league."