Hay Ya! Everton Ladies

Another fantastic season for all of the girls sides with the 12's likely to win both the Liverpool and the Lancashire leagues (fingers crossed for no major slip ups). The 14's have finished runners up in their Lancashire league age group, the 16's can still win their league if they win all of their remaining games and the Ladies "A" team also looking good for runners up spot in their first season in the North West Womens Reagional League division 3.

All four sides are in their respective cup finals coming up over the next 2 weeks, no Manchester Utd's to contend wit this year for the 12's or 14's who have both knocked out our main rivals in previous rounds.

Lancashire FA CUP SEMI FINAL
Manchester United u14's 0 v 4 Everton Ladies u14

Both teams gave total commitment to this game which produced a game worthy of the final. United had the upper hand early on taking control of the midfield, however the Blues did battle back into the game and did produce a couple of half chances in this tight game. With 10 minutes to go to half time United created the best chance of the game bringing a good save from Gemma in the Blues goal. This sparked the Blues to step up a gear and put United under pressure again and created a couple of chances that flew over the bar .
The second half started with Everton taking the upper hand , and forcing the United keeper into a couple of saves . Then from some great work down the right wing from Rachael Dunlop, Hannah Twigg hit a tremendous volley giving the keeper no chance. From this point the Blues never looked back and soon went 2-0 up when Faye McCoy hit one from the ed ge of the box . At this point it was all Everton and it was no surprise when they hit a third when Cerian Jackson drifted into the box unmarked to meet a cross from the wing with a great strike. United did battle back into the game at this point and created their only real chance of the half hitting a great shot that was covered by Rhianne in the Blues goal but just went wide. From this the Blues played the ball up field where Faye latched onto a through ball to hit a rasper into the far corner. This was a good game for the spectator played in a sporting manner by both sides . This was a great team performance with all the girls playing their part and giving their all . Well done thanks to the parents and spectators for their support.

All the cup final details.

The Lancashire FA Under 12's Girls Cup Final
Everton vs Thornton Cleveleys
Tuesday 27th April 7 o'clock @ Lancashire FA Headquarters in Leyland (just off the M6).

The Lancashire FA Under 14's Girls Cup Final
Everton vs Hopwood
Wednesday 28th April 7 o'clock @ Lancashire FA Headquarters in Leyland (just off the M6).

The Lancashire FA Under 16's Girls Cup Final
Everton vs Bury
Thursday 29th April 7 o'clock @ Lancashire FA Headquarters in Leyland (just off the M6).

The North West Womens Regional Divisional Cup Final
Everton vs Burnley
Sunday 9th May (time tba) @ Bamber Bridge FC (Preston)

U16's CRUSH WALES NATIONAL SIDE TO TAKE EASTER TOURNAMENT

u16's WIN CAMBRIAN TROPHY BEATING WALES
Everton u16's have gone to Pwhelli, Wales this week to play in the Cambrian News Soccer Trophy 2004, and came home with the silverware crushing the Welsh National Team 5-1.
Tuesday:- Everton played Liverpool in the first game of the 4 team tournament. Pwhelli and the Wales under 16 team making up the four teams.
Our girls had a weakened squad due to some schools opening for extra GCSE revision and as it turned out only eleven girls arrived at Pwhelli on the Monday. Two first year under 14's players (Hannah Twigg and Lauren Hazard) arrived just 15 mins before the Liverpool game and were quickly ushered into the dressing room to change due to a couple of injuries picked up in the morning training session.
Everton took an early lead with a well taken goal from Shelly James, Liverpool equalised before the half time whistle and from that point on it was all Everton, in fact Liverpool crossed the half way line less than half a dozen times. All the pressure failed to pay off though and Liverpool scored on the break with only 3 minutes remaining. Claire Owen saved the day with a goal very much like a recent Wayne Rooney strike. She got the ball on the edge of the box and with two red shirts very close to her she managed to push the ball to one side and slide a lovely shot into the back of the net to get a well deserved equaliser. This game was one way traffic and the Blues should have won by a number of goals, but it was not to be.
Wednesday:- After watching Liverpool lose to the Welsh national side the Blues lined up (again including the two youngsters) to play Pwhelli with a fairly large and vocal crowd supporting the local side. Pwhelli took an early lead but it wasn't long before the Blues were in control and at half time it was 4-1 to us. The final score was 7-3 with Shelly James and Claire Owen grabbing 2 each and Alice Brown, Micha Dean and Katie Clinton claiming one each. This was a very difficult game for t he girls who had a physical Pwhelli side to contend with as well as a very enthusiastic local crowd.
Everton beat Wales 5-1 to win the trophy on the last day of the tournament, with Liverpool failing to win a game throughout.
Cheers - Kev Hazard. (23/04/04)

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* Everton Ladies A team 8 - 0 Frodsham (January 3/4th)

Everton Ladies 'A' team dusted off the Christmas cobwebs with a comprehensive 8-2 win at Frodsham on Sunday. The Rangers are in the top half of the table and have conceded less than 2 goals a game but they had no match for the pace and power of the Everton attacks. Anna Tinman with an electrifying burst of speed opened the scoring and the Blues cruised to a 3-0 lead with further goals by Nataleigh Cliff and the very impressive Gemma Parsley in only her second game for the club in centre midfield. A dubious penalty on the stroke of half-time was saved by Ellen Mitchell only for the rebound to get put away. Everton restored the 3 goal advantage through Tinman in the first minute of the second half but Frodsham pulled back to 4-2. With legs tired due to the very heavy pitch some fresh legs and positional changes did the trick as Everton blew Frodsham away in the last 30 minutes with Nataleigh Cliff getting a deserved hat-trick for her superb performance upfront with a great header included, with Danielle Green and player of the game Claire 'Molly' Maloney getting the others. Gemma Morris had an outstanding game first on the left wing and then as right back for the last half hour and substitute Alex Wooton played very well in centre midfield. With the Police losing to Burnley, promotion to Division 2 is looking more likely but the championship all hinges on the Burnley game on the 25th January at this present time. The 'A' team have amassed a staggering 93 league and cup goals this season: Anna Tinman 24, Danielle Green 21, Nataleigh Cliff 16, Louise Rogers 8, Claire Maloney 7, Abi Freeborn 3,Alex Wooton 3, Gemma Parsley 3, Shelly James 3, Clare Rule 2, Stacey Boyce 1, Vicky Jones 1, Gemma Morris 1

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AFC HINDLEY 0 V 5 EVERTON U12'S A

Everton u12 remained top of the league with their 100% record intact with their 12th consecutive victory pulling 9 pts clear of Bolton who lost to third place Preston. Chelsea Norris scored two with Stephanie Marsh, Hannah Brown and Lorna Smith each bagging one each. The u12's now have a goal difference of an amazing 152.
UNDER 14'S HAD NO GAME THIS WEEK.

The semi final cup draw sees the under 14's play Preston with Manchester Utd and Darwen contesting the other final place. Games to be played 21/22nd February

BOLTON 1 V 5 EVERTON U16'S
Everton kept up the pressure on Bury with a good win on what is always a tough away fixture at Bolton, the conditions were terrible but the girls played some great football on the floor and won comfortably thanks to goals from Shelly James, Natalie Brady and a hat trick from Claire Owen. Becky Jones, Katy Clinton Nad Micha Dean all had outstanding games. The bad news is that Shelly James picked up possible knee ligament damage that will have her out of action for a few weeks, we wish Shelly a swift recovery. The u16's have 3 games in hand over the leaders.

NWWRFL DIVISIONAL CUP ROUND 2

EVERTON LADIES 'A' 3 V 0 LLANGEFNI

Goals: Louise Rogers, Gemma Morris, Abi Freeborn, Player of the Match Abi Freeborn. This was not the best performance by the 'A' team as their Welsh visitors came well-organised defending in numbers. Despite overwhelming territorial advantage restricting the Welsh side to only one shot saved easily by keeper Paula Shaw it was a catalogue of missed chances for the girls. The woodwork was hit 3 times, the goalie made 4 superb saves, there was a clearance off the line, and the Toffee forwards missed many gilt-edged chances. Leading scorer flying winger Anna Tinman was injured but even so Llangefni were let off lightly in a game totally dominated by Everton. Player of the match was Welsh u19 star Abi Freeborn who excelled against her Welsh compatriots. Also playing well was Claire Maloney who put in a tigerish performance at the back. The Quarter Final draw has not been made, and in the league promotion rivals GMP were beaten 2-0 by Accrington who took advantage of the fact many of the cops were on duty at Old Trafford this afternoon.

PREMIER LEAGUE
The Everton Ladies first team travelled to Charlton on Sunday only to find the game was called off !

Cheers. Kev. (13/01/04)