Saturday 8 September 2018

NEW LOOK LADY GLOVERS READY TO START SECOND WSL TOP FLIGHT CAMPAIGN

It will a new look Yeovil Town Ladies side that commences their second Women's Super League campaign against Reading Women on Sunday.

The game will also mark the Lady Glovers' transition from part-time football to full-time football, as they aim to improve upon the two points which they gained from their debut campaign.

Yeovil haven't won a game in any competition since they beat Sheffield FC to clinch the Women's Super League Two title and have only scored 14 goals and conceding 104 goals.

However, the Lady Glovers, now managed by former Millwall Lionesses manager Lee Burch after his predecessor Jamie Sherwood became Director of Football as he was unable to commit to managing Yeovil on a full time basis, will be more determine than ever to better that statistic.

Burch, who won the Women's Super League Two manager of the year award after guiding the Lionesses to the league title - but were denied promotion after failing to meet the new WSL Licence criteria, has enticed a number of his former players to the Lady Glovers, including right-back Amy Goddard, left-back Megan Alexander, midfielders Bonnie Horwood and Ellie Mason and forward Amber Gaylor.

As well as the new, they were also joined by the 'old' as Hannah Short and Emily Donovan - who were both with the Lady Glovers win WSL Two in 2016 - both returned to Yeovil after spending the 2017-18 season with Oxford United Ladies.

Other new arrivals include Olivia Fergusson who arrives from Bristol City Women.

Familiar faces still with the Lady Glovers include long serving defender Nicola Cousins, the evergreen Annie Heatherson and goalkeeper Megan Walsh, who could yet force her way into the mind for Lionesses manager Phil Neville ahead of next summer's Women's World Cup.

Amongst the other changes at the club, the Lady Glovers also have a new home as they will now be playing their home games at Dorchester Town's Avenue Stadium after playing at Huish Park (Yeovil Town), the Viridor Stadium (Taunton Town) and the Woodspring Stadium (Weston Super Mare).

Regardless of whether they are able to better their record of the previous season, but there's one thing that can be guarantee that the players will remain true to the club's motto of 'Achieve by Unity.'