Yeovil Women’s Round Up

Glovers thump Bideford to extend winning run

Yeovil Town Women made it two league wins in a row last weekend as they defeated Bideford by seven goals to nil. Despite a fortnight without football, Paul Knight’s side returned to league action emphatically.

Paul Knight made three changes to the starting eleven who beat Feniton as Emma Brazell, Becca McManus and new signing Hannah Hughes were all handed starts.

The deadlock was broken after a mere fourteen minutes as Becky Miles saw her free-kick effort fly past the Bideford goalkeeper to give the Glovers a deserved lead.

As the half-time whistle edged closer, Yeovil doubled their lead in the 42^nd minute, Terri Will scored, giving the hosts some daylight heading into the break.

After the break, half-time substitute Ceyda Fordrey made a swift impact as she saw her effort saved before Chloe Davenport followed up to give Yeovil three in the 56^th minute.

After a largely dominant second half performance, a prolific spell saw Yeovil score four goals in as many minutes and turn the scoreline into a thrashing. Miles, Hannah Hughes, Niamh Nicholls and Abbie Carslake provided the goals in a late goalscoring flurry which occurred between the 75^th and 79^th minutes.

A debut goal for Hughes as well as Miles’ second of the game and 8^th of the season all but ensured that the three points would be Yeovil’s.

The match finished 7-0 and Yeovil Town Women now find themselves 4^th in the Regen Arable Division One South.

The player of the match was awarded to debutant Hannah Hughes.

Yeovil 7 – 0 Bideford
After a battling first half we came out flat in the second half and struggled to match Yeovil’s tempo and paid the price! Two week break to get things right!
📸 Jason Rouse pic.twitter.com/TOMcemeved

— Bideford AFC Women (@BidAFCWomen) December 2, 2024

Yeovil Town Women manager Paul Knight spoke after the win.

“We’ve had no football for a couple of weeks and to be fair, we were relaxed today, Paul began. We felt relaxed and I thought the football was better, the performance was about how well they played on the pitch and I think that outweighs goals to be honest.

Knight expressed his satisfaction with the integration of young players into his team,

“It demonstrates what Yeovil is all about, the pathway we’re trying to create. We had a requirement to call players up this weekend due to injuries and in a club of our size that’s what we’ve got to be able to do. The two young girls have performed and did not look out of place.

Looking ahead to next week,

“I think we just needed to play today, we haven’t played for two weeks. Regarding what we do this week we just go about our business as normal and we just pick the strongest team to go out and perform next week.”

Yeovil Town Women return to action on Sunday 8^th December as they travel to Weston Super Mare 14:00 KO.

New signing Hannah Hughes was awarded Player Of The Match for her performance yesterday 🤩

Welcome to the club Hannah #YTFC 💚 pic.twitter.com/p7cs6XTDFs

— Yeovil Town Women FC (@YTWomenFC) December 2, 2024