Murieston United Girls 2011s blues

Next up for the girls ❤️💙❤️

🏆💙❤️ PLAYER OF THE WEEK ❤️💙🏆

👏 Great efforts again this week, girls! 👏

Another busy week combining training with a match in between ⚽💪

💥 A good session on Tuesday, followed by Thursday being used more as a recovery session with a lighter workout ahead of Saturday’s match. 🔋⚽

But despite the lighter session, the girls still turned up full of enthusiasm, energy and smiles! 😁💪🔵🔴

🌟 PLAYER OF THE WEEK 🌟

This one was HARD to pick! 😬👏 There were some fantastic efforts from all the girls throughout the week. 💙❤️

But this week’s award goes to someone who NEVER STOPS! 🔥🔥🔥

⚡ Constantly putting in the effort
💪 Always looking to make an impact
🎯 A constant danger to her opponent
🏃‍♀️ Never giving anyone a moment’s rest

Whether she’s up against a teammate in training or facing an opponent in a match, she is always working, competing and making life difficult for whoever is in front of her! 💥⚽

👏👏 WELL DONE ABBIE! 👏👏

🏆🔵🔴 OUR PLAYER OF THE WEEK — ABBIE! 🔵🔴🏆

Keep up the fantastic work! 💪🔥⚽

❤️💙 MON THE MURIE! 💙❤️

🟣BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE JAGS 0-9 MURIE BLUES 🔴🔵

💥 NINE. GOALS. CLEAN SHEET. WHAT A NIGHT! 💥

⚽ Back in league action for another midweek away game as we continue trying to catch up on our fixtures — this time an away trip to Boroughmuir Thistle. 🚌⚽

🚗 After battling through some rush-hour traffic on the way to the game, it felt like the girls were still stuck in it for the first 10 minutes! 😂 They started a little sluggishly and presented a few opportunities to our opponents, which thankfully we managed to avoid conceding. 🛡️🧤

💪 But once we settled, we really started to assert ourselves! 🔥

🎯 Olivia won and then calmly converted a penalty to get us up and running! ⚽👏

🔥 Then came our classic combination — Abbie with the blistering run and cross, Casey there to finish! 💨⚽

Further goals from

⚽ Abbie
⚽ Olivia
⚽ Alexis
⚽ Lacey

💥 6-0 AT HALF TIME! 💥

🔄 With a steady run of games ahead, and already down in numbers with some injuries to our starting line-up, we were able to rotate a little at half time.

But the girls didn’t let up! 💪🔵🔴

🔥 We continued to press, move the ball and create chances, adding another THREE goals in the second half!

⚽ Abbie
⚽ Keira
⚽ Casey

🎉 FULL TIME: BOROUGHMUIR THISTLE JAGS 0-9 MURIE BLUES! 🎉

🧤 A massive shout-out to Boroughmuir — they never stopped trying and did put us under pressure at times. 👏

🛡️ Some last-ditch defending and some excellent goalkeeping from Emily, deputising in goals, helped us secure that all-important CLEAN SHEET! 🧤🧼👏

💙❤️ A brilliant overall team performance from the girls! ❤️💙

🏆 PLAYER OF THE MATCH — ALEXIS! 🏆👏

As voted for by a few of her teammates, Alexis deservedly takes the award! 🌟

💪 We’ve seen what she can do in training over the last few months, but in recent matches she’s really started bringing that form into the games when it counts. 🔥⚽

🧠 Great control under pressure, using her body brilliantly to protect the ball and then finding her teammates — and tonight she got her reward with a well-taken goal! 🎯👏

🏆 Well done Alexis! 👏👏👏

And of course, well done to every single one of the girls! 💙❤️ You all played your part! 🙌⚽

🚗 We go again Saturday — away to Tranent!

🔵🔴 MON THE MURIE! 🔴🔵
🔥⚽ LET’S GO GIRLS! ⚽🔥

After the disappointment of having to play a friendly last wednesday due to a last minute ref cancellation Fingers crossed no issues tonight 🤞

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Quick turn around for the girls as they go on the road for a midweek fixture.

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🔴🔵 Murie Blues 3-4 Dalkeith Thistle 🌑⚽️

After the summer break and Edinburgh Cup a couple of weeks ago 🏆, we were back in league action against top-of-the-table Dalkeith. 💪⚽️

With a few players unavailable, we were unfortunately down to only having 1 sub, with some of the girls carrying some knocks too 🤕. We were a bit walking wounded 🚑 and expected it to be a tough game, but knowing the girls are more than capable of matching up against any team in our league when they are at it. 🔥

In training this week we tried a few different positions with this match in mind, based on who was available 🔄. We thanked the girls before the game in advance for any flexibility they would show if we needed to move people around depending on injury etc. 🙌

What happened for the next 80 minutes or so made us all so proud ❤️💙, as our girls went toe-to-toe with a team boasting a 100% win record. 💪🔥

We took the lead when Keira hit a speculative shot from wide 🎯, which Casey was on hand to pounce on when the opposition keeper spilled. ⚽️👏 Dalkeith managed to get in front before half time with a couple of goals, but other than that defensively we were repelling most of the pressure put on us. 🛡️💪

We got caught cold at the start of the 2nd half, with Dalkeith pressing and forcing a mistake straight from kick-off and going 3-1 ahead. ⚽️

What happened next is where we were so proud. ❤️ With numbers against us, top opposition and tiredness kicking in, the girls could have had their heads drop, but instead they showed a never-give-up attitude 💪🔥 and got themselves back in the game.

Abbie bursting down the right-hand side ⚡️ and crossing for Casey to knock home her 2nd from close range. ⚽️🥅 3-2! 🙌

Olivia then got us level with a brilliant finish from the edge of the box 🚀⚽️ as the girls managed to find another gear despite tiredness. 3-3! 🔥🔴🔵

We lost out at the death from a good corner from the opposition which was prodded home 😔. Despite some late pressure, we couldn’t find the equaliser that I felt our performance deserved. 💔

Could wax lyrical about the whole team today 👏❤️💙, from Aimee having some good moments keeping the opposition out 🧤🧱.

Our defence in Sophie x2 (or Sophie squared 😆) cleared everything but also showed composure under pressure. 🛡️💪 Charly and Keira/Caitlin in the full-back positions did a ton of work 🏃‍♀️💨 and, with a few changes, Alexis and Abbie put in a tireless performance in midfield and on the wing. 🔥

Emily and Lucy battled excellently in midfield 💪⚔️ and Casey showed brilliant striker’s instinct to be in the right place at the right time to bag her 2 goals ⚽️⚽️, whilst also being a threat on the left. 👏

Olivia led the line in her usual never-give-up spirit 💪❤️ and, despite being in the wars a few times 🤕, got her reward with a great finish for her goal. ⚽️🔥

Overall, it was such a joy to watch them play as a team 🤝❤️💙, back each other, work hard for each other and do so much work off the ball. 👏👏

We’ve given Dalkeith two close games this season, each time losing out by the odd goal, but the girls showed that if they play to this level, they can compete with everyone in this league. 💪🔥⚽️

Hope all the girls are okay as there were a few bumps and bruises 🤕❤️, but you all stepped up for the team today and should be incredibly proud of yourselves. 👏🔴🔵

Rest up girls! 🛌💙❤️ We’re back in action on Wednesday this week before a weekend off next weekend. ⚽️🔥

Proud of you all, Murie Blues! 🔴🔵💙❤️⚽️

Congrats and well done Payton and Kiera 👏👏

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Amazing experience for two of our girls stepping up to help out our ladies team! Fantastic to see our pathway in full swing.

Well done girls!!
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Before we head to Edinburgh Cup. Our player of the week for this week goes to Lucy. Always doing the harder things in football that nobody likes doing is working hard off the ball and trying to win it back. She’s shown great heart , energy and also showing her football intelligence showing her ability to spot where the danger was and fill the space. Topping that all off she’s also contributed to the fun and laughs we have regularly at training. Well done Lucy 👏🏆🔴🔵⚽️