Frustrating afternoon for the women & for yours truly in goal. Though South London Laces are getting stronger and beat eventual champions Croydon WFC recently this is game we should have put to bed when we led 3-0 mid way through the second half. The first of some key turning points came when the referee somehow missed a blatant handball from a Menace corner, Laces countering to break through & make it 3-1. They pulled another back with about 12 minutes left then in the 8th minute of time added on after we lost 2 players to injury (injuries that left both players writhing in pain, yet ones the ref felt not serious enough to stop play until an opponent kicked the ball out) the ball was hoofed into the box. I totally misjudged it and rather than attack it allowed the ball to bounce. With the ground being so hard, it bounced up, over me and into the goal. Although the game finished 3-3, after leading 3-0 it definitely felt like a defeat. Annoyingly I’d made a couple of saves I was really proud of but that goal is what sticks with me. The draw meant we finished the season in 4th place but positive notes, we had a points return of nearly 60%, positive goal difference and we were the only team that eventual champions Croydon WFC could not beat. The league cup group stages start in a fortnight‘s time and I genuinely believe the Menace Feminista have an excellent chance of getting to the semi finals. How wonderful would it be to have Menace fans down in numbers cheering us on?
it’s fun!!
