We look back at the FA Women’s Championship game v Blackburn Rovers
PROLOGUE
Rooks off to a flyer in season opener …
Match Highlights
Here’s the best bits from Sunday’s FA Women’s Championship opener
MATCH REPORT
Marcus Lee reports from a fine day out at the Pan …
https://www.lewesfc.com/article/lewes-5-1-blackburn
REACTION: Fran Alonso
REACTION: Ellie Noble
PICTURE THIS
Enjoy these fabulous match day photos from James Boyes
SUPPORTER OF THE MATCH
Today’s Supporter of the Match is Freya Carroll, pictured here with housemate and fellow Lewes Women fan, Kim Mulholland.
Freya said, ‘I started supporting Lewes Women at the start of last season when my housemate Kim brought me along to a game after finding out about the club’s commitment to equal pay for the squads. We’re a feminist house so it then became a bit of a ritual for all of us housemates to make the Sunday trip to Lewes from Brighton to support the team. And it’s been the best experience every time: exciting and empowering.”
“It’s amazing to see a club take such pride in their women’s team, and for the community to give them so much support. We’re all moving away now, but definitely plan to get back together at The Dripping Pan in the future….plus, surely it’s only a matter of time until the Rooks get televised?! And we’ve finished on a high with a 5-1 win against Blackburn!”
Karen Dobres
PROGCAST CONTENTS
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- Today’s playlist
- Home Fixtures
- League Table
- Fran Alonso
- The Rooks
- Chairman’s Notes
- Today’s Opponents
- Matchday Poster
- The Art of No Deal
- SisterShips
- Sing When You’re Winning
- Suzy Wrack
- SkullDrummery
- LGB Brass Band
- Today’s Teams
- Credits and legal info
TODAY’S PLAYLIST
Today’s pre-match playlist is provided by DJ Ron Kennedy, from north South Kensington
HOME FIXTURES
FAWC LEAGUE TABLE
FRAN ALONSO
Good afternoon and welcome to the Dripping Pan! I’d like to welcome Gemma, her staff, players and the supporters who have come down from Blackburn Rovers.
Blackburn have been the best team in their division for the past thee years. Many thought they would be one of the first teams to join the new FA Women’s Championship. Now, at last, they are here.
We know Blackburn is a strong team. They have a winning mentality and some very good players, so this will be a tough test for my squad.
This league is more competitive this season, with every team making improvements, adding quality to their squads. I expect Lewes to play well, to improve throughout the season and I hope we will make you, the fans, very happy.
THE MIGHTY ROOKS
Meet the 2019-20 Lewes FC Women Squad
NOTES FROM THE BIG CHAIR
Lewes FC Chairman Stuart Fuller
Lewes Chairman Stuart Fuller @theballisround
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the Dripping Pan for the new FA Womenâs Championship season. Itâs been too long since we have seen competitive football at our fantastic ground. Itâs so good to be back!
Iâd like to welcome our guests from Lancashire and congratulate them on their promotion to the Championship. I hope you enjoy your off the field hospitality at the Pan today and a safe journey home back up the M6 (via M23, M25, M40 and M42 probably!)
Whilst many of you will have been enjoying our fantastic summer weather, itâs been all systems go behind the scenes here. Fran has been incredibly busy (a look at my WhatsApp can testify to this!) building his new squad and whilst it is always sad to say goodbye to some of our familiar faces, itâs exciting to see some new players pull on our famous red and black shirt. Off the pitch our team has been strengthened by the arrival of Maggie Murphy as our new GM and Lynne Burrell as our Secretary and already theyâve made a huge impact to our readiness for both today and the season in general.
Iâm sure you will agree that the Pan is looking fantastic. There has been an incredible amount of work that has gone into the preparation of the pitch in pre-season. With both Fran and Darren, our Menâs manager, wanting to play with the ball on the ground as much as possible, having a good playing surface is paramount. Roger and Chalky have certainly delivered something special.
Our new Rook Inn is looking fantastic, thanks to the hard work of new co-opted director Steve Keegan and his team. We hope you enjoy the new food on offer, especially the pie, mash and mushy peas, something I am sure our visitors today will appreciate â the only question is, gravy or mint sauce?
The highlight of the footballing summer was of course the FIFA Womenâs World Cup, which was a fantastic tournament and did so much to change perceptions of the Womenâs game. In the next few weeks we will share some of our thoughts as well as the stories relating to the club from those who were there.
Enjoy the game and let’s get behind the team!
Stuart
WHO ARE YA?
BLACKBURN ROVERS LADIES FC
Blackburn Manager Gemma Donnelly looks forward to today’s match
âIâm looking forward to travelling down to Lewes. Theyâve been very welcoming of us into this division, as have all the teams.
âWeâve done overnight preparation and travel in the FA Cup before so in terms of planning it wonât be dissimilar to that.
âBut how weâre going to play in terms of opposition analysis, our analysis team will be on that providing feedback so we can target certain areas.â
âIâve got ideas about what I would like to achieve as a team. I donât want to be unrealistic or set the bar too low for them.
âThe first season in a new division, we want to try and get settled, not get relegated, to compete and just put the feelers out there and see what we can expect.
âIâm not going to suggest that we will walk into this league and win it, far from it, but I do want to offer some really good competition.
âAnd see if these players that have been so dominant in the league below can go up and give a good account of themselves in this division.â
Rovers Squad List
- 2- Chelsey Jukes
- 3- Alex Taylor
- 5- Kelsey Pearson
- 6- Jess Holbrook
- 7- Lauren Davies
- 8- Natasha Fenton
- 9- Saffron Jordan
- 10- Natasha Flint
- 11- Rhema Lord-Mears
- 12- Kayleigh McDonald
- 13- Danielle Hill (GK)
- 15- Lauren Thomas
- 16- Sophie Charlton
- 22- Serena Fletcher
- 28- Charlotte Redman
- 37- Ellie Stewart
Click here to view Rovers Ladies’ history
MATCHDAY POSTER
Each of our 2019/20 season home match posters will feature an Inspirational Women. Our first this season is Greta Thunberg.
Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman Thunberg (born 3 January 2003) is a Swedish activist who began protesting outside the Swedish parliament in August 2018 about the need for immediate action to combat climate change. Her “school strike for the climate” began attracting media attention and she has since become an outspoken climate activist. In response to the publicity, the school strike for climate movement began in November 2018 and spread globally after the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in December the same year.
On 15 March 2019, an estimated 1.4 million students in 112 countries around the world joined her call in striking and protesting. A similar event involving students from 125 countries took place on 24 May 2019. In July 2019, on behalf of the OPEC, secretary-general Mohammed Barkindo declared Thunberg, and other young climate activists as the “greatest threat” to the fossil fuel industry. Quite the accolade!
In March 2019, three members of the Norwegian Parliament nominated Thunberg for the Nobel Peace Prize. In May 2019 she was featured on the cover of Time magazine.
Some media have described her impact on the world stage as the “Greta Thunberg effect.” We think she’s a remarkable, inspirational young woman.
(Information sourced from Wikipedia.com)
Now, at the ripe old age of 16, Greta is about to set sail on a voyage across the Atlantic
to deliver her message to a climate conference in New York.
NO DEAL: A BIG DEAL FOR FOOTBALL?
The Art Of No Deal: What a hard Brexit might mean for future transfers
Daniel Geey takes a look at the effects a No Deal Brexit might have on the football transfer market in the UK. Click on the headline to open the piece.
Daniel is a Partner in the Sports Group at Sheridans, providing advice on various FA, EPL, EFL, UEFA and FIFA rules and has kindly given Lewes permission to run this link in today’s Progcast.
SISTERSHIPS: DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Equality is a rising tide that lifts all boats
As the first (and still the only) football club in the world to have closed the gender pay gap between male and female players, Lewes FC is pleased to announce the launch of its âSisterShipsâ at today’s match.
Read more about SisterShip here
SING WHEN YOU’RE WINNING
Call yourself a fan? Are you in good voice?
Great stuff, cos thereâll be onsite football chanting practice before the match at about 12.30 in the covered stands near the half-way line! Owner & comedian Donna McPhail will lead us in some chants so weâre good and ready to support Lewes FC Women in their first match this seasonâŚâere we go, ere we go, ere we go-oh, ere we go, oh here we go!!
ON THE WRACK
@SuzyWrack is a Women’s football and womenâs sport writer for @guardian_sport, FA Level 1 coach.and a member of @WomeninFootball. Suzy took a moment to share her thoughts on the new FAWC.
âThere is something extremely exciting about the Womenâs Championship this season. With the promotion of Manchester United and Tottenham to the Womenâs Super League the door is open for any one of a number of clubs to challenge for the title.
The investment at Aston Villa, the full-time London City Lionesses and the arrival of Blackburn Rovers and Coventry United into the division has upped the unpredictability of the league.
With both Lewes and now London City Lionesses pioneering new forms of ownership and funding structures, albeit in very different ways, and breaking away from the parent club model adopted by most, the league offers something the Womenâs Super League canât, the chance to buy into the ideologies of clubs as well as the teams. â
SKULLDRUMMERY
We are delighted to welcome SkullDrummery back to the Dripping Pan today.
This skilful band of ne’er-do-wells can be seen across the county and the country, performing at festivals and events, not least tassels-deep in the Lewes Bonfire celebrations.
To read more about this fine body of men and women, visit http://skulldrummery.com/
LEWES, GLYNDE & BEDDINGHAM BRASS BRAND
We welcome LGB Brass to the Dripping Pan
LGB Brass is an active and popular band based in Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.
They have around 50 members from across East and West Sussex, attracted by the bandâs friendly atmosphere and high standard of music. As well as the main band, there is a training band of young learners who are preparing to move into the main band.
Repertoire and booking
LGB Brass have a large and varied repertoire. You will hear traditional marches, music from film and stage, virtuoso solo items and the best from the modern brass repertoire.
TODAY’S TEAMS
The starting line-ups will appear here before kick-off
FILIMG AT MATCHES
Today there may be film crews in the ground, filming on behalf of Lewes Football Club and other media organisations. The filming is usually for Lewes FC marketing purposes, to show what a matchday looks/sounds like and to generally promote what we do. There may also be film crews from media organisations who will use their footage in news reports, and crews for a documentary about Lewes FC Women, Reds. Lewes Football Club respectfully asks for your permission to be filmed. If you do not want to be filmed, please let the crew know directly and they will oblige. Thanks for your cooperation in helping to build a successful club.
CREDITS AND LEGAL INFO
The FA Women’s Championship strongly supports recent FA statements that there should be a zero tolerance approach against racism and all forms of discrimination. Accordingly, any form of discriminatory abuse, whether it be based on race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, ability or any other form of abuse will be reported to The Football Association for action by that Association. (The FA 0800 085 0508/Kick It Out 020 7253 0162)
Lewes 2000 FC Limited. Registered in England and Wales with Company Registration Number 03790979.
Honorary President Terry Parris
Chairman Stuart Fuller
Directors Ed Briggs, Barry Collins, Charlie Dobres, Stuart Fuller, John Peel, Eddie Ramsden, Jon Ruben, Galia Omre, Roger Warner
Steve Keegan*, Karen Dobres*, Michelle Bowie*
* Directors seconded onto the board
Operations Manager Duncan Thompson
Life Members
Mr and Mrs Brook, Vic Blunt, Pat Dartnell, Gary Elphick, Gordon Fowlie, Peter Hiscox, Billy Nixon, Derrick Parris, Terry Parris, Jimmy Quinn, P. Swaysland, Steve Ibbitson, Jason Hopkinson, Steve White, Martin Elliot, Kevin Fingerneissl, Kevin Powell, David and Barbara Arnold, Roger and Cathy Feltham, Ethel Treagus, Roy Dartnell RIP, Ron Moore, Derek Southouse, Ray Smith, Ken Carter.
General Manager Maggie Murphy
Assistant GM Lynne Burrell
Marketing Officer Maggie Murphy
Head Coach Fran Alonso
Assistant Coach Simon Parker
Assistant Coach Jesus Cordon
Goalkeeping Coach Lee Callender
S&C Coach Andrea Gillardoni
Team Psychologist Chelsea Orme
Data Analyst Adam Chilcott
Kit Wrangler Joe Gander
DS Manager Zak Dove
DS Coach Alan Dove
U18s Manager Kelly Newton
U18s Coaches Charlie Carter, Greg Cross
Web Editor Stuart Fuller
Progcast Editor Ash Head
Progcast designer Barry Collins
Club Photographer James Boyes