SOUTHAMPTON SAINTS Girls & Ladies FC - The Club

Hi everyone.

Id like to introduce you all to our club. As is mentioned in another post, we are, historically, one of the most succesful Ladies football clubs in the country. In fact weve only recently been surpassed by the current Arsenal ladies as the most succesful FA Cup winning team.
Its no secret that recently weve had a rather less than succesful few seasons which has seen us drop out of the WPL (Womens Premier League), currently playing in the 4th tier of the pyramid in the SRWFL (Southern Region Womens Football League). Things are on the up though. Both Ladies and reserves teams are performing well, both sitting strongly in their respective league tables.

I could bleat on about excuses as to how the alarming decline in the senior teams fortunes came about (but most people reading this will already have an opinion on a certain Mr Rupert Lowe). Instead I will highlight how and why it is now turning around now.

The two senior teams are largely made up of one group of players that have won everything they have challenged for, in the years they have been together. Add to this some experience and ex centre of excellence (academy) players and you can understand why the club finally have a senior section for the juniors to aspire to.

The junior section has always been succesful, being regular winners of Hampshire League and Cup honours at under 14 and under 16, as well as being founder members of the WDGFL ( Winchester & District Girls Football League), introducing young girls to mini soccer 6 a side football from under 10 and under 12 age groups.

I personally manage the current under 14 Hampshire League team and am pleased with how the season has gone so far. I have a great bunch of players in my squad and would expect them to be challenging for places in the senior teams within a few years.

There is ambition on this side of the footballing gender to get back to the top where we belong!

Thank you very much for that and welcome to our little club. Seeing how well you are now doing could give the men a bit of hope for their team. You have been down and have begun the revival. We on here wish you and the girls good luck for the future. Good result Saturday I see against Launton. We don't know much about your girls yet and are hoping that more information can be gleaned from the papers and your website.
If we keep growing we will be able to open sections for the Saints Girls and Ladies Teams for their followers. As you may have noticed there is at least one of our female members wishing for more company. We are a friendly little forum and if some of your girls could join we would assure them of our respect. Questions might be asked but we try to run a family atmosphere as can be seen with three young girls already here.
It would be generous if you felt able to post on here to relate information about your teams' progress. I feel sure our leader will be in touch soon to thank you for contacting us. He is bound to have questions about the female teams and how they play, train etc. Your input is welcome and we hope to see you on here again soon.
Written with a lot of help by dad.

I believe I am right in saying this is the team you manage? Would you like to tell us their names and a little about them? If any of them would like to register on here and introduce themselves, we would of course warmly welcome them. We had been discussing a website award for the Saints Player of the Season....but it seems to me that if we were to 'adopt' your team our members would be very interested in presenting an award to your Player of the Season too.

The email I have sent to KickInEveryBall...

'I am absolutely delighted that you have registered on our forum and given such a detailed and informative message. You will see that I have added a photograph of your team with some comments and hope you have no objection to the picture being shown.

Perhaps you would let me know whether you think the idea mooted of a Forum Player of the Season award for the under-14s is appropriate?

I only saw your message a few minutes ago, and it is now 12:30am, so I do not propose to discuss your message any further at the moment, although I may contact you again if you have no objection. In the meantime I hope you may return to the forum and let any team members, trainers/managers or family and friends who may be interested know about us.

Best wishes,'

Maybe we will go and take a game in soon.

Cup Game Called Off
U14's | Fri 17th Oct 08
Posted by Richard Caddick


Fleet Town unable to play cup game due to underage players.
It has come to light that Fleet Town, who are an U13 team, would be ineligible to play in an U14 cup because they have U12 players in their squad.

Therefore, Saints get a bye into the next Round where we are due to meet Aldershot Town Juniors Youth at home on 16th November 2008.

We could do with a few games like that.

Admin wrote:Cup Game Called Off
U14's | Fri 17th Oct 08
Posted by Richard Caddick


Fleet Town unable to play cup game due to underage players.
It has come to light that Fleet Town, who are an U13 team, would be ineligible to play in an U14 cup because they have U12 players in their squad.

Therefore, Saints get a bye into the next Round where we are due to meet Aldershot Town Juniors Youth at home on 16th November 2008.

home or away

It says at home in the last sentence.

SaintMike wrote:It says at home in the last sentence.

DIDNT SEE THAT SORRY IT WAS GETTING LATE :suspect: :suspect:

What do we know about the ground?

SFC Forever wrote:What do we know about the ground?

No Matter Let's Hope All Teams Have A Good Weekend.

The Under-14s match at Warsash on 2nd November was postponed. Next fixture on Sunday the 9th.......away to AFC Portsmouth!!!!

COME ON YOU SAINTS........

I have posted this on their forum...

All members of the OhWhenTheSaints Forum wish the Under-14s all the best for the game at Portsmouth on Sunday!!!

You can do it for Southampton......


www.ohwhenthesaints.net..

We will beat them with some comfort.

SFC Forever wrote:We will beat them with some comfort.

....Our girls use better fabric conditioner than the Pompey girls do??

Touche'

I seem to remember several Saints Ladies gained international caps, remember who they were KickinEveryBall?

On their forum:
Away game at AFC Portsmouth changed venue and kick off time.
U14's | Sat 8th Nov 08
Posted by Richard Caddick


The away game vs Portsmouth is now being played at Park Community School in Leigh Park, Havant. We have also reverted to a normal 2pm kick off.
From M27/A27 follow the A3(M) and leave at 2nd exit signposted Purbrook/Leigh Park.

Turn right heading towards Leigh Park going past B&Q on the left and ASDA on the right.

At the 3rd roundabout turn left into Middle Park Way.

Park Community School is on the left hand side.

Post Code is PO9 4BU

(A map can be found in the usual section. From our homepage, click About us and then click Club Documents.)


Please arrive by 1.15pm latest for 2pm kick off

Any problems contact me.

Go win it girls....

Result not yet on their forum.

Last weekend's Under-14s game away to Pompey was postponed.

I see the Under-15s beat Widbrooke 18-0!!

Let's play em, let's, oh come on now please say yes.
Would a bit of grovelling help asks he, with tears streaming down his face, in a hoarse pitiful little voice.

Don't get carried away....we'd still lose!!