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After 13 years in exile following the 2007 floods The Tigers returned to a rebuilt Meadow Park just in time for COVID to deny supporters access to games as the club sat proudly at the top of the league.
City Women went goal crazy at Meadow Park this afternoon in their County Cup semi-final against Cheltenham Saracens winning 12-0.
Top scorer Sachi Kaneko-Grun netted twice after a spirited start by the Cheltenham team before Luca Davis made it three with a lob into an empty net. Laina Warren scored twice to make it five before the break; one a shot inside the near post and then a looping header.
A change of keeper at half time didn't help the away side as Puneet Randhawa swept home a low drive before Sachi completed her hat trick with a direct run and close range finish. What seemed like a lull of more than twenty minutes without a goal was broken when Sophia Gomez fired home from the edge of the area to score City's eighth goal.
Another hat trick was completed when Laina Warren got City's ninth goal before Mollie Skibinski scored the goal of the game when she cut in from the left wing, beat three defenders and slotted the ball into the far corner. Mirry Smith got the tenth with a typical long range effort that people who'd seen her in the reserves were used to before Daniela Soave got around the back before laying the ball off to Taite Scheafer to complete the scoring.
Unfortunately the reserve team lost their semi 2-4 away at North Bristol Wanderers. Caitlin Robinson and Kate Ambrey brought the scores level after they went 0-2 down in the first half but it wasn't enough in the end.
Laina Warren can't hide her delight after scoring her hat trick goal this afternoon
Saturday March 15th 2025
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In the week that Stedman Pearson passed away it was a fitting tribute by City as they put on a five star performance against Hanwell Town at Meadow Park.
After the usual quite start and losing Kieran Phillips to injury Dan Leadbitter ran into acres of space on the right and cut the ball back for Jake Evans to place a shot inside Sam Beasant's near post to give City the lead. Elis Watts doubled it by ghosting in from wide to finish a low centre from Harry Pinchard despite the attentions of a Hanwell defender.
The second half was little over a minute old when Dayle Grubb got in behind his man to bury a shot low into the bottom corner before Watts got his second cutting in from the right wing before giving the keeper the eyes and shooting into the opposite corner to where he was looking.
Brandon Smalley got his goal to finish the scoring when he tapped home after great work on the left wing by Grubb.
City : Bell, Leadbitter, Duffus, Ball, Williams, Pinchard (Hanks 90), Phillips (Smalley 22), Grubb (Emmett 79), Richards-Everton, Evans (Burns 82), Watts. Sub not used - Crosbie.
All good things eventually come to an end as City Women lost their 100% record thanks to a 2-2 draw away at Bitton this afternoon.
It took just three minutes for Sachi Kaneko-Grun to net her 30th goal of the season when she got on the end of a deep free kick from Maggie Neall to fire home past the Bitton keeper. Substitute Sophia Gomez doubled the lead just two minutes into the second half with a low left footed drive into the bottom corner from an angle.
However City keeper Sam Linteo was lucky to stay on the pitch when she brought down the Bitton striker who'd rounded her but wasn't so lucky when they pulled a goal back from the penalty spot.
But with just minutes remaining Sam came out to punch away a looping free kick but left a gaping goal which the Bitton player took advantage of to lob the ball home.
Another Saturday. Another away game. Another crap performance.
Bradley Hooper scored the only goal of the game with a smart finish after BRE's clearance had hit Harry Emmett and fell kindly for the Hungerford striker.
City : Bell, Leadbitter, Ball, Williams (Burns 77), Pinchard (Crosbie 62), Phillips (Grubb 74), Hanks, Richards-Everton, Evans, Emmett, Watts. Subs not used - J.Thompson, Smalley.
Hungerford Town : Evans, Tyler, Medford-Smith, Berry-Hargreaves, Rose, McGrory (Paget 88), Smith (Lawrence 90), Hooper, Shepherd, Tooze (Ramos 66), Marquez. Subs not used - Berchiche, Squires.
Meanwhile at Meadow Park the UDA reserve team recorded a 7-4 victory against Evesham United Reserves; It was 4-0 thanks to a Tyler Butler hat trick and another from Samuel Flores, then 4-2 before the students added a fifth before the break by Sam Jun. Two goals in a minute from Elijah McDonald made it seven before the Worcestershite side replied with two further goals.
Elijah McDonald rounds the Evesham keeper to score City's sixth goal of this afternoon's game
Sunday March 2nd 2025
Puneet Randhawa first two goals
City Women kept their thirteen point lead and 100% league record intact with a 6-0 win against Downend Flyers in Bristol this afternoon.
It was 4-0 at the breaks thanks to early goals from Maggie Neall who had fired home Daniella Soave's right wing centre before Puneet Randhawa fired home the loose ball after the Downend keeper had bravely blocked a shot by Tate Scheafer. Luca Davis made it three from the penalty spot before the impressive Sophia Gomez headed home Kamissa Sticheter's cross at the far stick to make it four just before the break.
Randhawa got her second and City's fifth by sweeping home a low ball across the face of the goal after good work by Neall before the creater herself got the sixth with a looping header which was just too high for the impressive Downend keeper.
City had even left top scorer Sachi Kaneko-Grun on the bench only bringing her on at left back for the final fifteen minutes!
Maggie Neall with a lovely looping header which dropped in over the despairing keepers dive
Saturday March 1st 2025
Ed Williams cool finish
With Merthyr and Totton drawing City threw away a great opportunity to make up ground at the top of the table losing 1-2 at home to Walton & Hersham.
After a goalless first half, City didn't even test the away goalkeeper Ed Williams gave the Tigers a somewhat fortunate lead when a free kick smacked Joe Hanks full in the face and the ball landed kindly for City's number seven to score. However, W&H looked good and after equalising through substitute Dawid Rogalski the same player scored again with three minutes remaining to take the three points back to a leisure centre in Surrey.
City : Bell, Leadbitter, Ball, Williams (Crosbie 90), Pinchard, Smalley (Phillips 58), Hanks (Emmett 74), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Watts (Grubb 89). Sub not used - Anaebonam
Ed Williams puts City ahead after an unfortunate assist by Joe Hanks
Friday February 28th 2025
Ethan Jones hat trick
A terrific performance by City's UDA team tonight saw them beat Bourton Rovers 7-0 at a freezing Meadow Park. The dangerous Ethan Jones put City ahead and it stayed that way until half time but in the second half the students doubled their lead through an unfortunate own goal. Great finish mind!
Jaxson Hundt made it three with a close range finish but after a flurry of bookings Bourton's Jack Hughes got a second yellow and City took full advantage scoring four goals in the last ten minues. Jones got two more to complete his hat trick before substitute Sam Jun got two goals for himself.
City : Brei, Veronese, Rowe, Lake (Chalburg 53), Lozano, Alfred (Sanchez 70), Moss, Hundt, Flores (Patterson 76), Butler (Jun 62), Jones,
Substitute Sam Jun with the first of his two goals tonight
Sunday February 23rd 2025
Kamissa Stichter winning goal
In the most foul of conditions at the Corinium Stadium City Women pulled off a hard working three points against a well organised Cirencester Ladies team. Defender Kamissa Stichter turned in Maggie Neall's corner in the 66th minute to score the only goal of the game. It would've been more had it not been for a great performance from home keeper Leah Haney-Wilcox.
Kamissa Stichter scores the only goal of this afternoon's keenly fought contest against Cirencester
Saturday February 22nd 2025
Dan Ball last gasp goal
An injury time winner from substitute Dan Ball was enough to turn an uninspiring performance from City at Poole from one point to three when the former Bath man got his first goal of the season was a far post header from Elis Watts' free kick in injury time.
The win keeps the pressure on AFC Totton who were held to a draw at Supermarine thanks to a goal from City Women's fitness coach Ioan Richards. Merthyr won 5-1 at home to Brackley.
City : Bell, Duffus, Williams (Grubb 58), Pinchard, Phillips (Crosbie 58), Smalley (Hanks 46), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Emmett (Ball 74), Watts. Sub not used - Anaebonam.
Poole Town : Taylor, Batzelis, Whisken, Lowes, Diaz (O'Connell 75) (Clarke 83), Davis, Hoey (Ramos 46), Thomas, Ashton (Hewlett 75), Slade, Smith. Sub not used - Nippard.
Sunday February 16th 2025
Nicole Lewis two goals
Two games today, both within about a mile of each other in the south east of Bristol and both saw 2-1 victories. At Bitton in the league cup Luca Davis got the final touch when Maggie Neall's corner was fumbled by the keeper to equalise for City. Then Kassidy Grey volleyed home Neall's free kick to win the game.
For those of us lucky enough to have been allowed to watch during COVID there was a period in the first half of today's game which was pretty much as good as the twenty minute spell we had during the 6-1 win against Blyth Spartans in September 2020.
It felt like one of those days when City were going to score a hatful and started well enough with a shot by Harry Pinchard from just outside the box which squeezed inside the post. Brandon Smalley twice brought saves from the keeper before KP scored the kind of goal he should be scoring when he seized upon a rebound after a shot had hit the post. Then Smalley made it three stroking home *that* corner kick routine. It should've been four before the break through Brandon again but the ref spotted a foul. He was just feeling sorry for them.
Sadly there were only two goals in the second half; one an own goal by Winchester defender Alex Wilkie from Elis Watts' lethal cross into the six yard box and then in the 94th minute with a pivot and shot from Stan's pass. Everyone from 1 to 11 played well today, it was a joy to watch. Pinchard was named man of the match but I thought Jake Evans at right back was superb.
City : Bell, Duffus, Williams (Anaebonam 75), Pinchard, Phillips (Crosbie 69), Smalley (Grubb 63), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson (Hanks 79), Emmett, Watts. Sub not used - C.Thompson.
Great finish! Winchester defender Alex Wilkie turns Elis Watts' cross into his own goal
Wednesday February 12th 2025
Jadyn Crosbie sealed win
Two early goals and one late one were enough to see off Gosport at Privett Park tonight. Elis Watts scored his second in two games before Brandon Smalley made it two from the penalty spot after Watts had been fouled. Gosport got a late goal through Asher Yearwood to make it a nervy end but substitute Jadyn Crosbie punished a goalkeepers mistake in injury time to seal the win.
City : Bell, Duffus, Ball (Emmett 45+1), Williams (Richards 80), Pinchard, Phillips (Crosbie 73), Smalley (Grubb 76), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Watts. Sub not used - Blake.
Gosport Borough : Parkes, Morrison, Kavanagh, Gunson (Wooden 46), Wassmer, Bunga (Walsh-Smith 46), Murray, Stanley, Faniyan, Yearwood, Walsh (Sharp 83). Subs not used - Agbeseyi, Nwachuku.
Saturday February 8th 2025
Elis Watts lucky equaliser
A point away at Basingstoke Town, coming from behind to score through an Elis Watts shot that took a wicked deflection. We are so ordinary in this league, it's embarrassing. The only way that we can get anything is through lucky goals. Not good enough.
City : Bell, Duffus, Ball, Williams (Grubb 55), Pinchard, Phillips (Crosbie 61), Hanks, Evans, Dawson, Emmett (Anaebonam 79), Watts. Subs not used - Smalley, C.Thompson.
Basingstoke Town : Grant, Johnston-Schuster, Colwell, Armsworth, Ball, Upton, Brissett (Cook 73), Allen, Ferdinand (Clark 82), Deadfield, Gallagher (Koussique 89). Subs not used - Reed, Barlow.
Sunday February 2nd 2025
Sachi Kaneko-Grun two goals
Two first half goals from Sachi Kaneko-Grun were enough to see off Paulton Rovers at Meadow Park this afternoon. Both strikes were from pretty much the same position, both into the keeper's bottom left hand corner of the goal. Sachi appeared to take a knock early doors and only played in the first half.
Well, if we had any hopes of winning the league then failure to beat AFC Totton at home has pretty much put paid to them with Merthyr getting their usual late winner.
It was a decent enough game in front of almost 1500 people at Meadow Park but despite having the best chances of the first half City were unable to beat Ryan Gosney in the Totton goal. Totton grew in the second half and brought on a pair of experienced strikers but despite either side looking like they might've pinched a goal, neither side did.
Totton fielded two former City players' Ben Seymour who had a loan spell from Exeter City in 2018 and George Franklin who came on trial from Oxford United at the start of last season.
City : J.Thompson, Duffus, Ball, Williams (Phillips 85), Pinchard, Smalley (Crosbie 72), Hanks (Emmett 77), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Watts. Subs not used - C.Thompson, Anaebonam.
AFC Totton : Gosney, Oastler, Kennedy, Magri, Seymour (Austin 64), Tomassi, Taylor, Tanner, Franklin, Lee (Rendell 64), McIntyre (Bennett 81). Subs not used - Carter, Hallett.
Tuesday January 28th 2025
Joe Hanks 20 goals
A first half header from Joe Hanks, his 20th goal of the season, gave City their first away win since October but they were hanging on for dear life at the end. This isn't a team that will challenge the top two with desperate performances like that.
City : J.Thompson, Duffus, Ball, Williams (Anaebonam 85), Pinchard, Smalley (Crosbie 85), Hanks (Emmett 45), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Watts (Phillips 72). Sub not used - Brei.
Bracknell Town : Eacott, Howe (Ashton 79), Burden, Knight (Rollinson 46), Harrison (Morgan 74), Boorn, Bowerman, Roberts, Dobson (Vaughan 72), Dandy, Tack. Sub not used - Scott.
Sunday January 26th 2025
Neve McAusland U16 graduate
With the first team game falling victim to the sometimes foul conditions that the reserves endured at Meadow Park this afternoon it was encouraging to see two more graduates from the U16's following the goalscoring debut of Amelia Rankin last week.
Alisha Kantorowicz opened the scoring when she followed up her shot which had ricocheted off of the crossbar before Rankin netted twice; one seizing upon a miskick from the Mangotsfield Keeper and then a lovely run and lob into the far corner. Her fellow U16 teammate Neve McAusland made it four before the break when she pounced on a rebound after the Mangotsfield keeper saved a shot from Kantorowicz.
Nicole Lewis scored the only goal of the second half against a Mangotsfield side which only fielded ten players. On her 70th appearance full back Meg Sterry came close to scoring her first ever goal on two occasions but she prodded a shot wide and then couldn't react quickly enough to head home a right wing cross.
"A good point" away at the leagues form team, or in other words, two more points dropped. Both Totton and Merthyr Town win so that puts us two points further from winning the league. Don't forget, we were top at one point. It's pathetic really.
City : J.Thompson, Duffus, Ball, Williams, Pinchard, Crosbie (Smalley 59), Hanks (Phillips 83), Richards-Everton, Evans, Dawson, Emmett (Watts 68). Subs not used - Anaebonam, C.Thompson.
Frome Town : Phillips, Wood, Mitchell, Budd (Gould 82), Hutson (Dugan 70), Hopkins, Maidment, Vaughan, Mannings, Monks, O'Loughlin. Subs not used - Heal, Teale, Ollis.
Sunday January 19th 2025
Kacie Anderson matchwinner
Things didn't quite go to plan for the reserve team today as they fell to a 1-3 home defeat against City of Gloucester; the team who were formed from the ashes of the original Gloucester City Ladies team.
In a first half which was very stop start neither team really impressed although the CoG side took the lead from a right wing free kick which was poked home following a half clearance. There were three goals at the start of the second half; youngster Amelia Rankin netting with former City striker Kacie Anderson scoring a few minutes before and after what turned out to be a consolation goal.
It was better news for the first team as they narrowly beat Corsham Town 2-1 away in Wiltshire. Luca Davis opened the scoring from the penalty spot after she'd been fouled and an unfortunate own goal doubled the lead before the break, Corsham pulled one back in the second half but City held on to maintain their 100% record.
City Women - Linteo, Soave, Peck, Stichter, Todd, Grey, Warren, M.Smith, Akkurt, Davis, Kaneko-Grun. Subs - K.Smith, Le Sueur, Randhawa.
Before the game people were talking about it being time that someone got a right hammering but it wasn't today; I don't think the shots on target would make very pretty reading. I think we had one in the first half and Ed Williams scored from that, the ball sat up nicely for him to place his effort into the top corner out of the keepers reach.
Expecting more attacking prowess in the second half as it got colder and colder it was Sholing who looked the more likely and indeed scored the equaliser. They looked good going forward, none more so than their number 20 Fabio Lopes.
But with new boy Elis Watts surrounded by two players when he eventually came on after an hour the Southampton team were doing well to stifle everything that City could throw at them but in injury time after being thwarted every time we tried to cut the ball back from a wide position it finally paid off when a ball from Chippenham's Jake Evans found Dayle Grubb whose scuffed shot crept inside the far post.
Sholing - Nash, Rabbetts (Read 90+2), Taylor, B.Mason, Hesketh (Yang 84), Targett, Riley-Snow, Wylie, Akinola (Mason 75), Folivi, Lopes (Gunson 77). Sub not used - Bustamante.
Sunday January 12th 2025
Emine Akkurt two goals
City Women maintained their 100% League record at home to Bath City this afternoon with a 4-2 win, although, Bath were very good and their 0-2 first half lead didn't flatter them at all.
The Romanesses went ahead through a volley from Libby Goater before Shannon Redhouse's penalty doubled their lead after the successful spot kick scorer had been properly fouled by City keeper Sam Linteo. Laina Warren fired home from 25 yards to give Chris Hill's team hope going into the second half.
The balance of play shifted after the break and inevitably City got the equaliser when substitute Emine Akkurt danced past a defender to poke the ball beyond the Bath keeper with the help of a slight deflection. Maggie Neall should've put City ahead but her shot which clearly crossed the line wasn't confirmed by the linesman that Bath had provided.
This must've spurred the City Captain on though as she scored a direct free kick which went in despite the best efforts of Bath keeper Sadie Farley. Akkurt killed the game off with her second goal. It was a lovely finish but it was more about the assist from Mirry Smith with the outside of her boot.
City finished the game with five reserve team players on the pitch and Bath can take some solace from the fact that they're the first team to stop Sachi Kaneko-Grun from scoring home and away this season.
City Women : Linteo, Neall, Peck, Stichter, Todd, Grey, Warren, M.Smith, Deveau, Davis, Kaneko-Grun. Subs - Handisides, Akkurt, K.Smith, Le Sueur, Robinson
Maggie Neall is denied a goal because a linesman is reluctant to do his job
Tuesday January 7th 2025
City went out of the County Cup in humiliating fashion suffering a 0-9 defeat at the hands of Bishops Cleeve at Kayte Lane tonight.
With a team made up of mostly 17 year olds and a few of the UDA students from the reserve team one would hope that they didn't suffer from their experience and learned something from such a heavy defeat. The Cleeve goals came from Ethan Dunbar (4), Aaron Evans-Harriott (3) and Josh Nelmes (2).
City : Chovanec (Brei 46), Francis (Jenkins 57), Warren, Lake, Sullivan, Bradburn, Pierson, Thomas-Phillips, Hundt, Hunt, Pinchard. Subs not used - Chance, Henderson, Oliver.
The Women's reserve team got back into action following their Christmas break and showed their Gordon Perrett League Cup opponents Longwell Green that they hadn't eaten too much turkey with a 7-0 victory.
Striker Hollie Handisides was the star of the show with four first half goals; she had an incredible seven further attempts and was only stopped from scoring double figures because of the heroics of the opposition goalkeeper.
Her first came after just three minutes with a delightful lob over the keeper, then after she'd been bundled over she stepped up to score from the spot. Her hat trick goal was cleverly set up by Alisha Kantorowicz before her fourth went in off of the far post, rolled behind the line and bounced out again after hitting the other side of the goal frame.
Kantorowicz scored City's fifth and after the break both Hannah Clarke and Zoe Gabb completed the scoreline. It was Clarke's first game back since she trekked across the Sahara Desert in November!
City : Hancock, Sterry, Chloe Day, Leeman, Lewis, Z.Gabb, Clarke, Le Sueur, Ireland, Handisides, Kantorowicz. Sub - Robinson.
A perfectly timed tackle by defender Nicole Lewis puts paid to a Longwell Green attack
Saturday January 4th 2025
Brandon Smalley two goals
An entertaining game against the Peacocks at Meadow Park as City somehow found themselves 0-2 down against the Bristol side but relentlessly pounded their opponents final third to come away with a point against them for the second time this season.
What looked like a goal straight from a corner from Tom Smith gave them an early lead before pissing around at the back led to a calalmatous error and a shot coolly placed into the top corner with City keeper Jared Thompson well out of position.
But Brandon Smalley was City's saviour with two goals, one in each half. The first was a bullet header from Harry Pinchard's corner and the second a far post tap in after two Taunton defenders had missed a low centre.
It was very frustrating not to win, especially with ten minutes injury time added but it was exciting to watch as it got colder and colder.
City : Thompson, Leadbitter, Duffus, Williams, Pinchard, Grubb (Anaebonam 67), Smalley (Crosbie 90+5), Richards-Everton, Evans (Hanks 63), Dawson, Emmett. Subs not used - Ball, Richards
In what sounded like a very positive performance from City they let themselves down again conceding an equaliser in injury time. Why can't this team kill games off?
Ben Richards-Everton gave City a first half lead which they kept until midway through the second when, after Jadyn Crosibie had spurned two chances Merthyr got their inevitable equaliser through Ricardo Rees. Somehow the Tigers went back in front, Joe Hanks firing home from close range after the keeper had spilled a speculative effort from distance but City's achilles heel reared it's ugly head again when former player Noah Smerdon headed home to get a point for the home team.
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