Today’s Officials

Referee: Andrew Smith

Assistant referees: Andrew Baker and Michael Lynch

NORTHERN DIVISION

P W D L GD PTS

1 Sporting Club Albion LFC 8 6 0 2 12 18

2 Derby County LFC 8 6 0 2 11 18

3 Stoke City LFC 7 5 1 1 13 16

4 Nottingham Forest LFC 8 4 2 2 4 14

5 Blackburn Rovers LFC 6 4 1 1 5 13

6 Preston North End WFC 7 3 2 2 6 11

7 Newcastle United WFC 5 3 0 2 1 9

8 Huddersfield Town LFC 6 2 2 2 2 8

9 Bradford City WFC 6 2 0 4 1 6

10 Loughborough Foxes WFC 6 1 0 5 -7 3

11 Nuneaton Town LFC 6 0 0 6 -19 0

12 Guiseley AFC Vixens 7 0 0 7 -29 0

Derby County LFC

v Middlesborough

LFC

Sunday 4 October 2015

The FA Women’s Premier

League Cup

ko 2.00 pm

Price £1

Welcome everybody to Borrowash Victoria for

our League Cup game versus

Middlesborough. A warm welcome to the

travelling players, supporters and officials

from the North East.

Middlesborough are flying high at the top of

Northern Division One with 7 wins from 9 and

only 1 defeat. The Northern League is

renowned for being one of the toughest leagues to win, so we know they

will be a stern test for us today.

We are on good form ourselves completing the double over Guiseley

Vixens, who come out of Northern Division One last season. A positive 6

-0 win with goals from Lauren Steadman (3), Mel Johnson, Hannah Ward

and Natasha Hughes.

As a squad we have been hit with several injuries going into today's

game - Emily Jeffery (broken thumb), Louisa Abbey (ACL) and Katie

Lowder (Foot) all out for many weeks. However, this does provide

opportunities for others in the squad to prove themselves and establish

their place in the starting line up.

I hope today will be entertaining for all. Thank you for your support.

Stuart

Hot seat Opinion With manager Stuart Wilson

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PHOTOSHOOT 2015

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Amy Pashley - Proudly Spon-

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FIXTURES AND RESULTS 2015-16

First team - Northern Division Reserve - Midland Division 16/08/2015 H Guiseley AFC Vixens W 2 - 1

23/08/2015 A Nuneaton Town LFC W 4 - 1

30/08/2015 A Peterborough Northern Star(cup) W 5 - 0

06/09/2015 A Loughborough Foxes WFC W 4 - 3 H Stoke City Res D 1 - 1

09/09/2015 A Nottingham Forest LFC L 0 - 2

13/09/2015 H Bradford City WFC W 2 - 1 A Leicester City WFC Res W 3 - 2

20/09/2015 H Huddersfield Town LFC L 0 - 1 A Coventry United Res L 1 - 2

24/09/2015 H Nottingham Forest LFC W 2 - 0

27/09/2015 A Guiseley AFC Vixens W 6 - 0 H League Cup Leicester City L 1 - 2

04/10/2015 H League Cup Middlesborough A Loughborough Students Res

11/10/2015 A Bradford City WFC A Nottingham Forest Res

18/10/2015 H Blackburn Rovers LFC A Sporting Khalsa Res

25/10/2015 H Loughborough Foxes WFC

01/11/2015 H Stoke City LFC A Stoke City Res

08/11/2015 A Sporting Club Albion LFC H Cardiff City Res

15/11/2015 A Preston North End WFC H Leicester City WFC Res

22/11/2015 A Stoke City LFC H Loughborough Students Res

29/11/2015 H Coventry United Res

06/12/2015 H Nuneaton Town LFC

13/12/2015 H Sporting Club Albion LFC A Cardiff City Res

20/12/2015 A Huddersfield Town LFC

03/01/2016 A Newcastle United WFC H Nottingham Forest Res

10/01/2015 H Sporting Khalsa Res

17/01/2016 H Preston North End WFC

24/01/2016 H Newcastle United WFC

31/01/2016

07/02/2016

14/02/2016

21/02/2016 A Blackburn Rovers LFC

Derby 2 Forest 0

RECORD LEAGUE

ATTENDANCE, SEES

EWE RAMS DEFEAT

FOREST

Derby County Ladies defeated arch rivals Nottingham Forest 2-0 to move within a point of Premier League leaders Stoke City. The attendance of 405 spectators to the clubs Anderson Electrical Arena home, broke the league record for the FAW Premier League, since the formation of the Women’s Super League in 2013. Given that the reverse fixture, which had taken place only two weeks previously had seen the Reds inflict Derby’s first defeat of the season, it came as little surprise that Ewe Rams were on the front foot from the start, buoyed by the large crowd. However despite enjoying the lion’s share of the possession it took until the 70th minute before Lauren Steadman was able to finally unlock the visitors impressive defense with an effort from close range that went in off the post. The game was eventually killed off five minutes from time when top scorer Mel Johnson produced a superb finish from twenty yards to send the vast majority of the crowd home in good spirit.

Manager, Stuart Wilson was delighted with both the performance and support when he spoke to the local media after the game “ We somewhat cruelly lost a tight game to Huddersfield on Sunday and it was important that we got an immediate reaction from the group. The girls attitude, commitment and endeavour were there for all to see and I thought we were full value for what was an impressive victory. We’ll enjoy tonight, however thoughts are already turned to Sunday’s equally important trip to Guiseley. One of the things that attracted us to Derby was the obvious ambition that the club has and that was there for all to see tonight in the shape of a large and vociferous crowd “

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Derby County Ladies FC - Proud Main Club

Partner - Microlise

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Management -

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Statto Nigel’s eagle eyes picked up on a

name on Middlesborough’s team sheet—

ex-Ewe Nyci Thorns who played for

DCLFC and appeared 11 times in the 05-

06 season.

Nyci has 6 goals to her credit as

Middlesborough fly high at the top of the

FAWPL Division One North this year.

We’re sorry she can’t be here today as

our Nige was hoping to add her

autograph to his collection!

We then come to the annual club photos shoot that sees all

35 partners join the club for a meticulous four hour photo

shoot that covers over 300 photo's. These are attended by

every player within the club along with parents and relatives

as well as club partner guests.....by the way, did I mention

the organising of the guided stadium tours as part of that ? !

Following this the smaller partners then need photo's

emailing across to them with our best wishes, whilst the main

club partners then receive a framed signed shirt bearing

their logo and their picture from photo shoot night.. These

don't frame themselves and have to be delivered in person

to a framing company the other side of Nottingham, before

being collected and issued. Some of these partners are

based miles away, so there is then the issue of delivery

logistics.

All of our club partners also receive complimentary

match tickets to a DCFC game ( this season it is against

QPR ), as well as this year being invited to our game

with Forest. However as I said at the start, we like to

ensure that our partners feel valued, so there is still

plenty to do in terms of three or four bespoke media

opportunities to arrange for each of the main ones over

the course of the season.

There is many a time that I wish....nay prayed, that we had a sugar daddy and simply had

one partner for the whole club, however last Thursday evening I spent a bit of time in the

presence of a number of our club partners as we beat local rivals Forest in front of over

400 spectators. To see them get almost as much buzz from that night as I did, and to see

them feel like they have a stake in the club truly makes the whole thing worthwhile.

No truer words have been spoke than '

Together We Are Derby '

Enjoy The Game

DG

Chief’s

Chatter With Chief

Executive Officer

Duncan Gibb

Today I thought I'd provide our supporters with an insight into the madness, but oh so

necessary four month period that I call ' Club Partner Summer Mayhem ' !

One of the clubs shortcomings in its failed WSL bid of 2013 was a lack of external

investment and it's fair to say that a ' significant ' bit of work has been done on this front

since then. In fact I'd go as far to say that without it the club would now be in pretty

serious bother fiscally due to the loss of £ 10K's worth of revenue from DCFC ticket deals

and the escalating costs associated with running and kitting out 11 sides. In 2013/14 we

managed to secure 16 club partners, which rose to 27 last year and is now up to 35.

These partners not only make a significant contribution into

the clubs running costs, they have also unquestionably

contributed to the raising of our profile within the local

region. However they need to see a return for that

investment and that is where over the four months June -

October I basically become a stranger to my family and rely

on copious amounts of Red Bull and strong coffee to get me through each week !

Securing a club partner is rarely done in one meeting and it normally takes two or three

to get a deal over the line. For our part we are not in the business of making false

promises, and I like potential investors to be able to make ' informed ' decisions before

they commit to us. Once they have, the fun and games really start !From there I have to

secure sponsor logo's and associated wording before liaising with our sign writers,

programme editor, marketing director, social media officer and shirt printers. Once that

is done, shirts need to be secured not just for team kits, but also for club partner framed

shirts, and believe me that is a military operation in itself. these then need to be

delivered for printing. Easy enough ?.....absolutely not, when some kits or club attire

items carry two or even three partner logos !

Derby County Ladies FC - Nurturing and developing the

football talent of young players into elite women footballers

DERBY COUNTY LFC Club Colours:

White Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Squad to be selected from:

Louisa Abbey

Lorna Abbey

Megan Clarkson

Amber Denny

Sam Griffiths

Jemma Grimadell

Tasha Hughes

Emily Jeffery

Grace John

Melissa Johnson

Nicole Ledgister

Katie Lowder

Sarah Morgan

Amy Mullett

Amy Pashley

Aimee Perry

Nat Reay

Lauren Steadman

Megan Tinsley

Ellie Towers

Hannah Ward

Cecilia Webb

Manager: Stuart Wilson

Assistants:

Jenny Simpson, Neil Wilson

Coach: James Taylor

Physio: Hannah Cornell

MIDDLESBOROUGH LFC Club Colours: Red Shirts, Red Shorts, Red Socks

Squad to be selected from:

Club Manager

Lindsey Stephenson

Club Coach

Kelsey Bryrne & Lee Grace

Rebecca Lillystone

Emma Foster

Simone Laverick

Lizzie Rogers

Jenni Duffy-smith

Sammie Leigh

Sarah Manning

Anna Birtwhistle

Jade Ridley

Millie Bell

Nyci Thorns

Leanne Anderson

Bianca Owens

Taylor Hebb

Rebecca Hanratty

Rebecca Davison