Yeovil Town Ladies waved goodbye to FA Women's Super League Two with a 3-0 win over Sheffield Ladies FC to clinch the league title at the expense of Bristol City Women.
Having secured promotion in their previous fixture against London Bees,the Lady Glovers went into the final round of fixtures knowing that they needed to better the Vixens result against Oxford United Ladies. Any fears of stage fright were put to rest when Lucy Quinn gave them the lead on 15 minutes - a lead which they held until the half-time break.
Within a minute of the restart for the second half, Annie Heatherson doubled Yeovil's lead before Nicola Cousins added a third goal late on to put the icing on the cake for Jamie Sherwood's side in front of a club record crowd of 1,384.
Their success this season now means that the Lady Glovers will be rubbing shoulders with the likes of Arsenal Ladies, Chelsea Ladies and Manchester City Women in a summer series which starts next Spring before the FA Women's Super League switches from a summer season to a winter programme.
Yeovil's elevated status will also mean that several of the England side that finished third in the Women's World Cup in Canada in 2015, including Steph Houghton, Lucy Bronze, Eni Aluko and Karen Carney, along with Scotland's Kim Little, who recently re-joined Arsenal Ladies from American side Seattle Reign, will be appearing at Huish Park.
Their feat represents remarkable progress which the men's game could probably equated to AFC Bournemouth winning promotion to the Premier League, but as the Cherries have shown it is possible to compete at the highest level with team spirit, organisation and togetherness: traits that sum up Yeovil Town Ladies' club of 'achieve by unity'.
