Heroes to Zeros

The Blues took to the road once again, this time to the club furthest west in the division, namely Loughor, and with a full squad with one exception, Dionne.

Although the Blues took the lead after a quarter of an hour, scored by Sian, it was the home side that looked the better of the two sides. It must be said this was not the most entertaining encounters; both sides failed to put together any creative play, passes going awry on a regular basis, and whereas the Blues had a �never say die attitude� in the last game against Aberaman, they showed none of that fighting spirit on this occasion..

Loughor equalised 25 minutes into the first half from an uncharacteristic error by Elisa in goal. Failing to gather a cross from the right, this gave the Loughor striker an easy tap in.

Loughor took the lead, which they were to hold onto throughout the game, shortly before half time. Bad marking at a corner from the left allowed the home side�s other striker to have a free header.  She duly took full advantage of this, and headed powerfully home, to make the score line 2 � 1.

The second half was best forgotten. The Blues never raised their game to threaten the home side�s goal, and to be fair neither did Loughor force any further anxious moments in the Blues� defence.

Let�s look forward to a much improved performance on Sunday October 25^th when the Blues entertain Trefelin at home.

Venue Reversed.

Having not played since October 18^th, the Blues were keen to get a game this weekend. Unfortunately the weather yet again had the last word as none of the 4 grounds in Blaenavon were playable! As this fixture was a home tie against Cascade in the 2^nd round of the League Cup, we faced the only option open to us and that was to reverse the venue, which Cascade accepted gladly.

Although some of the girls had been and were suffering from heavy colds, we did manage to muster 12 players, who initially gave a good account of themselves considering some were forced to play in unfamiliar positions, namely Kaitlin. It was Kaitlin who laid on the pass to free Tina to break the deadlock for The Blues to go into half time 1 -0 up.

However, the girls tired soon after the restart and were always on the back foot and having to defend what became a continuous onslaught by the home side. It wasn’t until about 30 minutes into the second half that Cascade equalised from a long shot outside the box. The Blues’ heads visibly dropped, and before they could regain any composure they found themselves behind after just another 2 minutes.

Cascade’s tails were up and they deservedly put the tie beyond reach when they scored their 3^rd goal from a well taken move involving several players. The Blues by now were chasing shadows and were desperately hanging on in there.

Cascade’s 4^th goal was controversial to say the least. The Cascade striker chased a pass which she was always going to be 2^nd to as Elisa came out to collect the ball, but she collided with Elisa leaving her badly hurt on the ground, and simply put the ball into the empty net. The referee deemed it was a 50/50 ball and the striker was entitled to challenge for the ball. The game was held up for a considerable amount of time so that Elisa could receive first aid on a badly bruised ankle, which she suffered in the collision and had no alternative but to leave the field. Having used the only sub available earlier in the game, Abbie volunteered to put on the goalkeeper’s jersey for the remainder of the game. 2 minutes later the referee blew for full time to put The Blues out of their misery.

No game again next week, November 15^th, so the next game is away to UWIC on November 22^nd.

                                                                        League table updated 26-05-09

Final Standings 2007-2008

SOUTH WALES WOMENS FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 2

 *    3 Points Deducted

**   6 Points Deducted

*** 9 Points Deducted

P = Promoted to Division 1