Wednesday 27 May 2015

YEOVIL LADIES LOOKING TO MAKE IT A MAGNIFICENT SEVENTH AGAINST BELLES

The 2015 is set to be a big year from women's football with the Women's World Cup due to take place in Canada next month.

It could also turn out to be a memorable one for Yeovil Town Ladies, who are currently in third place in the FA Women's Super League Two after embarking on a six-match unbeaten run.

In their final match before the start of the mid-season break before the World Cup, the Lady Glovers - who lie in third place in the league table - face Doncaster Rovers Belles as they look to stretch their unbeaten run to seven matches.

Despite the early season setback of losing 4-2 to Reading Women on the opening day of the campaign, in a match that saw England striker Fran Kirby net four times for the Royals, Yeovil have since made steady progress. They even managed to avenge their defeat against Reading when the two sides met again - with a 4-2 victory at Farnborough.

The close season saw the departure of leading scorer Sarah Wiltshire to Manchester City Ladies, as well as the retirements of long-serving captain Rachael Edwards and Katie Sherwood, the wife of manager Jamie Sherwood.

However, the Glovers have coped with their departures and new signings Annie Heatherson and Corinne Yorston, both from Bristol Academy, Alys Hinchcliffe and Natasha Knapman have all made a big impact and provided Yeovil with that most valuable of commodities in football: goals.

Heatherson and Yorston currently lead the club's goal scoring charts with five goals apiece and Hinchcliffe and Knapman are both joint-second - with the Glovers' Welsh wing wizard Helen Bleazard, on three goals.

One of the club's target before the start of the current campaign was to reach the WSL One within three years. However, if they are able to maintain their current progress, that objective may be achieved sooner than originally planned.