Yes this is what happened.
A goal like that really needs a muddy pitch with a big puddle in the goalmouth to do it full justice, but this was the next best thing.
That pitch wasn’t the best imo. Seemed quite worn. I’ve never noticed the slope before either. Obviously that can’t be new but it just felt today I was picking up on a load of negatives about the playing surface that I’ve not noticed in prior visits. Maybe it’s towards the end of its life…?
Some of us were discussing that during the game. The ground is now in its 8th season since opening. I think these pitches are generally reckoned to have a 5 year lifespan, so either it's been replaced within the last couple of years, or it's well overdue for replacement. Having said that, they're not all the same in the first place and I suppose some will be more durable than others even with the same level of usage. I believe they also require a fair amount of regular maintenance, which if not done properly won't help either.
fulltime.thefa.com
There isn't another home game scheduled before March. There are still two home games not shown in the fixture list on the Full Time database, which presumably haven't been scheduled yet. Two of the next three fixtures are cup matches away to Tottenham and Fulham, and we have a couple of free weekends within the next 6 weeks that presumably might be needed for subsequent cup fixtures.According to the table on the FA website, the three goal swing in goal difference is exactly what we needed to go top.
Dartford unbeaten before today, but they didn't look that impressive.
London & South East Regional Women's
London & South East Regional Women's - Premier home page on Full-Time
Did I hear right that the next women's home game is in March? How does that work.
Sorry, I was just going by the list on the FA website, which doesn't include that one for some reason. Possibly because it's the Isthmian League Women's Cup, which is a bit of an anomaly as it's a men's league apparently running a competition for member clubs that have a women's team, rather than something overseen by a women's league or county FA.
It's so bad trying to find out when and where the next fixtures are in women's football. I struggle to workout when the next game is all the time.
Since the official FA / WFA channels are so bad, could Kian perhaps have all the confirmed upcoming fixtures in a tweet / image and pin it to the top of the official women's Twitter feed?
I was wondering where their venue was. I haven't been since 13th February 1990!
The Hoddesdon match was at Hoddesdon, not at Champion Hill. The scene of Bill Andrews uttering the immortal words "just look at the state of that rabble behind the goal". I vaguely recall Mishi reaching over the perimeter rail and trying to pull down the goalnet "to get the game abandoned"!
This match is next Sunday and the nearest station is Broxbourne, which is about 1 mile from the ground. I've just checked and you have to get a rail replacement bus from Waltham Cross, which is a 28 minute bus journey.
I will flag this with Kian tomorrow morning mate.
