Durham United Women

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Durham United WOMEN UNDER 18’s FC We play in the Russell Foster league on a Saturday, managed by Andrew Warbrick alongside Andy Powers & Lee Bogan the team has been going since under 9 level! We are proudly sponsored by Willach, Cooplands Bakers, Liberty Catering & Burnmoor Cricket Club!

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This page won’t be in use any longer from later this week as we are in the process of setting up a new page dedicated to DURHAM UNITED WOMEN UNDER 18’s!!

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Everyone at Durham United Women are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Colin Lock.

Colin was a huge part of women's and girls football across the North East, capturing many priceless memories for players.

Our thoughts are with Colin’s family at this difficult time!!

RIP Colin ❤️

What a win!!

Durham United Women 4-2 Stockton town Fc

These girls have had some really tough games since Xmas, some harsh lessons of the reality of football and last week they had to take the hairdryer from myself after a really poor performance where I simply didn’t recognise them!

Fast forward this morning and against all odds with the bare 11 and no keeper they show absolutely everything they are about as a fantastic bunch of footballers and a team to deservedly turn over 3rd place Stockton Town 4-2, massive character showed when they got back to 2-2 and we could have folded but we went again!

Might not have been the prettiest at times but my word did all 11 want that and they’ve made a management team and parents alike so proud!

1 more game to finish then we go away and rebuild to go again next season!!

Special mention to Chloe then Grace for taking the gloves today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks to our sponsors as always

Liberty Catering
Taylored-fit Physio
Burnmoor Cricket-Club
The Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust




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FINAL SCORE

Kader fc 2-0 DUFC U18’s

A truly brave performance at top of the league Kader saw the girls come away with no reward for their endeavour!!

An excellent disciplined defensive line and hard working midfield despite only having 12 players available saw Durham create chances in both half’s and have good spells of possession but that final pass or shot at goal just evaded the girls at times!

Kader scored early and late in the second half both ironically coming on the back of Durham chances but a lot of positives can be taken in defeat which Is something we don’t always try to encourage but today that absolutely shines through as we will play worse and win games this seas

Thanks as always to our sponsors

Liberty Catering
Burnmoor Cricket-Club
The Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust
Taylored-fit Physio

WELCOME RETURN TO WINNING WAYS

Newton Aycliffe 4-6 DUFC UNDER 18’s

Today was the day when the girls were on the right end of the result after a tough end of 2023 when they were on the wrong end of a few, despite playing some really good football.

On a very heavy pitch the team stuck to what they have done all season to gain the victory over Newton Aycliffe, 4-6. Having played Newton Aycliffe earlier in the season and having given them a 2 goal start that day the girls were determined to get off to a fast start. After absorbing a bit of early pressure they started to move the ball around with confidence and began to see where the space was on the field. Jazz started to get forward from fullback creating the overlap time and time again, something she would do all afternoon in a player of the match performance.

When a free kick was awarded about 35m out Evie stepped up and it looked like she only had one idea as she fired the ball goal bound to score the opener into the top corner. Unfortunately Aycliffe found a bit of space on the counter to bring the game even but the girls were not in the mood to allow them to get back into the game. They continued to find space and got another one through Ella who has been working tirelessly all season up front and git the goal she deserved again. This was followed by Sami getting her debut goal for the club after more great work around the box. This was followed by the team creating more space through great passing and movement off the ball for Demi to break free and score the 4th.

At this stage it looked like it was all over but as we have found in this league, no teams ever give up. Aycliffe then scored from a debateable free kick which they hit sweetly and not the top corner to make it 4-2 and give them a glimmer of hope which they seized and pulled another back just before half time.
The message was clear at half time that the game would go to the team that wanted it most and that if they stuck to the plan and had the desire the game would be theirs.

Both teams came out strongly in the second half and Aycliffe clearly thought the game was there for them to win. This was shown as they broke early to score their 4th to bring the scores even. As coaches, there was little we could do but the girls reacted brilliantly and moved back onto the front foot and they kept driving each other forward. This was rewarded by Evie bagging her second as she got in front of the her defender and keeper to slot in at the near post after a great ball in from Chloe. We then witnessed one of the great saves we have seen as Aycliffe broke again and fired one to the the top corner which looked destined to be another equaliser but Neve took off, flying through the air to get a fingertip to it and push it onto the post to keep us ahead. Then we counter punched again as Evie picked up another from the edge of the box firing into the bottom corner to give us breathing space with the clock running down.

When the whistle blew there were the obvious celebrations and a sense of relief that they got the win they have been working so hard to get both at training and in matches. This was an all round team performance from the keepers through a rock solid defence who gave up on nothing and started many of our attacks. Then through midfield who worked tirelessly to close down anything that moved and pressed high to get us possession in the right areas to the attackers who did what we need them to do, work hard in the final third, win the ball high and take the chances when they come. With a bit of luck we could have scored more but we really could not ask more from what the girls put into the game today on a heavy and testing pitch.

A great start to the weekend and a positive result to move into next week when we travel to Kader who we had a great game against earlier in the season.

SCORERS

Evie Warbrick ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Ella Gulliver ⚽️
Sami Boardman ⚽️
Demi Leigh Tapping ⚽️

Player of the game: Jasmine Wells

Sponsors player of the game: Evie Warbrick

Thanks to our sponsors

Liberty Catering
Taylored-fit Physio
Burnmoor Cricket-Club
The Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust

FULL TIME RESULT

Newton Aycliffe 4-6 DUFC U18’s

A fantastic return to winning ways for the girls at a tough venue on a poor pitch, some brilliantly taken goals and good football on show throughout!!

Scorers

Evie ⚽️⚽️⚽️
Ella G ⚽️
Sami ⚽️
Demi ⚽️

Full match report to follow later

Thanks to our sponsors

Liberty Catering
Taylored-fit Physio
Burnmoor Cricket-Club
The Solan Connor Fawcett Family Cancer Trust




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