York St. John Ladies Football

⚽️Match Report⚽️

Sheffield Hallam vs York St John University
19th October

Both teams started off the game strongly with chances coming at both ends. The game was physical and high intensity from the off so the girls knew they were in for a tough game. The back four of Charlotte Knowles, Jasmine Sanders, Kerry Heslop and Kazia Walby were pressured right from the start, but they handled the pressure well, stopping Sigrid Sekkingstad in goal from having to save many shots. About 20 minutes in, the first goal came. After Kerry Heslop put in another great challenge, she passed the ball to Aimee Hickingbotham in the middle, who played it out wide to Ada Czerwinska. With speed and determination, Ada ran past the Hallam full back and blasted her shot into the goal. 1-0 Johns.

The game became increasingly more physical, with fouls from Hallam coming in all over the pitch. In the middle, Emily Boyeson was breaking up the play well, staying strong to continuously win the ball back. York St. John held onto their lead well to get to half time on top.

Half time: 1-0 Johns

York St. John started the second half very quickly, scoring almost straight from kick off. After the ref had warned Hallam of bookings if any more fouls came in on Aimee, Hallam players looked hesitant to tackle her. She picked up the ball from Fran Edwards and dribbled past several Hallam players. Kasia Berdys then made a great overlapping run and Aimee passed it down the line to her. Kasia took one touch and played a nice ball into the box, which Chloe Jackson finished brilliantly. 2-0 Johns.

Hallam players seemed riled by this and really starting piling the pressure onto the back four. The York St. John defence stayed organised and let almost nothing through, especially down the left where Kerry Heslop was having a great game. Unfortunately, the pressure paid off for Hallam and they managed to get a goal back. 2-1 Johns.

This saw a nervy part of the game as Hallam continued to apply the pressure, but the back four and Fran and Kazia in the middle continued to win the ball back to start the counter attack. After winning the ball back, Aimee and Kazia played it around nicely in the middle, and Kazia played it out wide to Gabby Green, who had brought lots of energy to the game since coming on. Gabby played a nice pass to Chloe, who took a touch and chipped it over the keeper. 3-1 Johns.

With the two goal cushion restored, York St. John could be a bit calmer. Although this proved difficult due to the intensity Hallam were playing. The frustration of the Hallam players really started coming out as they were committing lots of fouls, and arguing with the ref, our players and their own players. York St. John didn’t rise to it and they stayed strong to limit any chances. A brilliant win for York St. John in a very strenuous and challenging game.

Full time:
Sheffield Hallam 1 - 3 York St. John

Player of the match:
Kerry Heslop

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⚽️Match Report⚽️

York St. John Ladies vs Huddersfield
12th October

York St. John started off the game very strongly, keeping possession well and looking threatening on the attack. It wasn’t long into the game before York St. John took the lead through Aimee Hickingbotham’s goal. A nice pull back from the wing was played by Anna Quinn before Aimee took one touch round the defender and curled her shot into the top right corner from outside the box.

York St. John continued to pressure the Huddersfield back four and another goal came quickly after. Anna ran with the ball down the wing before crossing to Sigrid Sekkingstad, who after her first shot was deflected, put the ball in the net. 2-0 Johns.

After keeping possession between the back four, Aimee made a run between Huddersfield’s centre backs and Kerry Heslop found her with a brilliant diagonal ball. Aimee took one touch and slotted the ball past the keeper. 3-0 Johns.

Possession was kept well in the middle between Fran Edwards, Sigrid and Aimee throughout. The three midfielders played it around nicely before finding Emily Boyeson on the wing, who took on the defender and shot across the goal into the bottom left corner.

The back four of Charlotte Knowles, Jasmine Sanders, Kerry Heslop and Katie Collingwood were solid through the first half and gave Huddersfield almost no chances, giving Alex Doyle in goal very little to do.
Half time: 4-0 Johns

Two changes were made at half time with Kazia Walby coming on for Emily Boyeson and Emily Reed coming on for Katie Collingwood. York St. John started the second half on the front foot again. Aimee dribbled round two Huddersfield players before being brought down and being awarded a free kick on the edge of the box. Aimee crossed the free kick into the box and Anna played it back for Sigrid to tap into the net. 5-0 Johns.

After coming on, Kazia was making some great runs down the right wing and getting the better of the full back nearly every time. A pass came to her from Charlotte before she took on the defender and scored across the goal into the bottom left corner. 6-0 Johns. After a deflected shot was followed in by Gabby, she hit the ball into the roof of the net. 7-0 Johns.

York St. John continued attacking, Aimee dribbled past several defenders into the box and after seeing her first shot deflected, curled the second into the bottom left corner to complete her hat trick. 8-0 Johns. The final goal came from a through ball from Aimee splitting the Huddersfield defence, which Gabby controlled nicely and curled round the keeper.

Final score:
York St John 9 - 0 Huddersfield

Player of the match:
Aimee Hickingbotham

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