BackSun 14 Jan 2018 · Northern Division 1
Newcastle United Womens FC
Barnsley Women's FC
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R Fevers (21'), D Greene (25')
Barnsley FC Ladies vs Newcastle United Womens FC
Bekkie H16 Jan 2018 - 09:07
Newcastle United Women come from 2 behind to beat Barnsley FC Ladies.
Northumbria University was the venue for this match on a brand new 4G pitch with a cold wind blowing diagonally across the pitch. The Newcastle team were led out by mascots from Hexham Girls FC .
Barnsley Captain Lucy Turner won the toss and decided to play with the wind advantage in the 1st half.
Barnsley FC Ladies were first to settle into the match, with Drew Greene attacking the penalty area she was closed down but found a pass to Amy Woodruff her shot was blocked, it rebounded to Emily Ward who crossed back to Amy Woodruff to see her shot blocked clear.
5 mins Bekkie Hale passed into Drew Greene, she played it back to Bekkie Hale whose shot was saved, the rebound falling to Darcie Greene but the Goalkeeper had recovered to save again.
7 mins Emily Ward intercepted a pass down the left, she pushed it forward to Drew Greene whose cross was blocked but Amy Woodruff hit a half volley goal wards from the rebound only to see it blocked away by the covering defender.
8 mins Newcastle took a free kick low into the Barnsley penalty area but it was deflected by Lucy Turner up over the crossbar for a corner, which was played to the edge of the penalty area from where the shot was blocked and the rebound hit wide.
13 mins Drew Greene started an attack down the right wing by playing in Amy Woodruff, she drove into the box ahead of the defender who just managed to outstretch a toe to push the ball out for a corner as Amy shaped to hit her shot.
14 mins Newcastle broke with Jess Foster and Becca Olley linking up to cross for Steph Ord to head just wide
18 mins Georgina Wilson won back the ball on the half way line playing in to Darcie Greene, she passed through for Demi Pringle to chase down into the corner and rebound it off her defender for a corner. From which Bekkie Hale played it to Darcie Greene on the corner of the penalty area to curve her shot just over the far top corner of the goal.
21 mins Newcastle attacked down the left wing, but Emily Ward blocked the cross, she played back to Laura Wilson, who passed into Lucy Turner. Lucy played out to Emily Ward on the right wing to float it over half way for Drew Greene to bring nicely under control on her chest, she passed inside to Rebecca Fevers centrally about 25 yards out. She stroked the ball into the top of the goal over the keeper. 0-1 to Barnsley FC Ladies
25 mins Georgina Wilson won the ball in a tackle playing back to Laura Wilson, who played out to Emily Ward, into Lucy Turner then forward to Drew Greene on half way. She played square to Emily Ward who passed it down the right wing channel into Amy Woodruff. Taking it under pressure to the goal line she managed to pull it back across the penalty area behind Demi Pringle but Darcie Greene had come off the left wing and slotted it into the back of the net. 0-2 Barnsley.
26 mins Newcastle Jess Foster broke into the penalty area to shoot only for Laura Wilson to save.
27 mins Newcastle were now starting to press Barnsley, Emily Ward just managed to get a foot in to play to Laura Turner but under pressure she played safe out for a corner which Barnsley cleared.
29 mins Newcastle left wing Jess Foster broke past Emily Ward to cross into the centre of the box where Steph Ord slid in to score 1-2
30 mins Newcastle played a ball over the top of the Barnsley defence, but Becca Olley bursting through between Lucy Turner and Kristie Ward hit the shot over the cross bar.
31 mins Emily Ward played through to Demi Pringle who under pressure managed to win a throw deep in the Newcastle half.
33 mins Bekkie Hale played back to Kristie Ward to hit a ball over the top which Amy Woodruff chased down and passed out to Drew Greene, she played back to Emily Ward in support, her cross was headed away for a Barnsley corner.
37 mins a break down the left by Newcastle Jess Foster resulted in a cross into the pocket on the edge of the penalty area, Laura Wilson saved the shot out to her left and was quickly back on her feet to save the shot/cross from the rebound.
38 mins Demi Pringle played in Amy Woodruff but her shot was saved by Grace Donnelly out for a corner.
41 mins an attack down the left by Darcie Greene was saved by Grace Donnelly with Amy Woodruff’s rebound shot blocked out for a corner.
43 mins Georgina Wilson passed into Demi Pringle down the channel to win a throw, from which her cross sailed over everyone.
Half-time 1-2 Barnsley FC Ladies.
No changes but Newcastle came out the strongest attacking down the left wing but Lucy Turner blocked it out for a corner which was cleared, however the ball came back in, Emily Ward cleared and then Laura Wilson saved the follow up shot.
48 mins Newcastle corner is cleared but with Bekkie Hale pressing Steph Ord still managed a long range shot which Laura Wilson tipped over the cross bar.
50 mins Laura Wilson miss kicked a clearance straight to the Newcastle midfielder Steph Ord, but she made up for it with a brilliant save to her left to push the resulting shot round her post for a corner. The corner was swung in and onto the Barnsley crossbar, there was then a goal mouth scramble with Emily Ward finally clearing the ball off the line and clear.
54 mins finally in this half Barnsley manage to break with Drew Greene down the left, but she turned into trouble and Newcastle counter attacked, with Kristie Ward trying to make up ground Lucy Turner came across the breaking forward to clear out for a corner.
57 mins Amy Woodruff attacked strongly down the right wing, playing the ball passed the Newcastle left back and as she tried to get around her was obstructed by the turning defender, both ended up falling with the Referee awarding the free-kick against Amy.
61 mins Steph Ord crashes a 20 yard shot off the Barnsley cross bar
64 mins Bekkie Hale progressed into the penalty area, she squared to Rebecca Fevers who threaded into Drew Greene, she went left linking up with sister Darcie Greene to shoot into the goal keeper.
69 mins Victoria Curtis drew in Emily Ward before laying the ball to Becca Olley down the left wing to cross into the box where Megan Mckenzie fired home low into the bottom left corner. 2-2.
70 mins Barnsley substitutions with Bekkie Hale and Demi Pringle replaced by Eden Schofield and Alayna Millard. Amy Woodruff moving from left wing to central midfield as Barnsley went to 4-5-1 formation.
74 mins Rebecca Fevers won the ball in midfield playing in Alayna Millard, who played into Drew Greene on the edge of the penalty area, she feinted a shot before squaring the ball into Darcie Greene, her first touch created space and with only the goal keeper to beat she shot straight at her.
75 mins Newcastle broke straight up the other end once again down the left wing with Jess Foster combining with Becca Olley to cross to the edge of the 6 yard area where a Newcastle player slid in with Kristie Ward, both missed the ball, but it hit the Newcastle players arm to deflect in to the path of Megan Mckenzie who had gambled by attacking the far post to slot into the back of the net. Appeals for handball were waved away and the goal awarded 3-2 Newcastle.
77 mins Newcastle substitution with Stephanie Lyons replaced.
78 mins Kristie Ward found herself on the right wing breaking forward but she was fouled just inside the Newcastle half, she swung in the free kick right onto the head of Amy Woodruff who headed just wide.
79 mins Megan Mckenzie broke through centrally on to a ball played over the top to be one on one with Laura Wilson who stood up tall and then instinctively dived to her left to save
80 Kristie Ward was replaced by Elisha James, with Georgina Wilson moving to centre back and Elisha slotting in at left fullback.
82 mins Newcastle substitution with Nicole Dack replacing Steph Ord in midfield.
82 minutes gone Amy Woodruff was played through one on one with the out rushing keeper Grace Donnelly, she saved Amy’s shot with her hands but it was outside the penalty area, with the ball falling to Eden Schofield to slot the rebound into the back of the net, unfortunately for Barnsley the Referee had already blown for a free-kick. There was certainly a strong call for Denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity about this incident but the Referee only produced a yellow card. He later accepted he should have played advantage as the resulting Barnsley free-kick by Rebecca Fevers went wide of the target.
85 mins Rebecca Fevers was cautioned for a foul tackle in midfield.
86 mins Rebecca Fevers swung in a free kick from the right wing after Alayna Millard had been fouled, it was met by a Newcastle defender head but fell to Eden Schofield to shoot just wide.
Barnsley were now pressing hard and back in the game but Newcastle saw the game out with fulltime blown after 93 mins 3-2 Newcastle win and a hard one to take with two key match incidents not going Barnsley’s way today resulting in a game changing result. A draw would have been a fair result as both team put in a lot of effort and full credit to Newcastle for battling back.
Player of the match for Barnsley was Drew Greene.
Thank you to everyone who made the trip north east to give the team support on another cold winter’s day.
Barnsley Captain Lucy Turner won the toss and decided to play with the wind advantage in the 1st half.
Barnsley FC Ladies were first to settle into the match, with Drew Greene attacking the penalty area she was closed down but found a pass to Amy Woodruff her shot was blocked, it rebounded to Emily Ward who crossed back to Amy Woodruff to see her shot blocked clear.
5 mins Bekkie Hale passed into Drew Greene, she played it back to Bekkie Hale whose shot was saved, the rebound falling to Darcie Greene but the Goalkeeper had recovered to save again.
7 mins Emily Ward intercepted a pass down the left, she pushed it forward to Drew Greene whose cross was blocked but Amy Woodruff hit a half volley goal wards from the rebound only to see it blocked away by the covering defender.
8 mins Newcastle took a free kick low into the Barnsley penalty area but it was deflected by Lucy Turner up over the crossbar for a corner, which was played to the edge of the penalty area from where the shot was blocked and the rebound hit wide.
13 mins Drew Greene started an attack down the right wing by playing in Amy Woodruff, she drove into the box ahead of the defender who just managed to outstretch a toe to push the ball out for a corner as Amy shaped to hit her shot.
14 mins Newcastle broke with Jess Foster and Becca Olley linking up to cross for Steph Ord to head just wide
18 mins Georgina Wilson won back the ball on the half way line playing in to Darcie Greene, she passed through for Demi Pringle to chase down into the corner and rebound it off her defender for a corner. From which Bekkie Hale played it to Darcie Greene on the corner of the penalty area to curve her shot just over the far top corner of the goal.
21 mins Newcastle attacked down the left wing, but Emily Ward blocked the cross, she played back to Laura Wilson, who passed into Lucy Turner. Lucy played out to Emily Ward on the right wing to float it over half way for Drew Greene to bring nicely under control on her chest, she passed inside to Rebecca Fevers centrally about 25 yards out. She stroked the ball into the top of the goal over the keeper. 0-1 to Barnsley FC Ladies
25 mins Georgina Wilson won the ball in a tackle playing back to Laura Wilson, who played out to Emily Ward, into Lucy Turner then forward to Drew Greene on half way. She played square to Emily Ward who passed it down the right wing channel into Amy Woodruff. Taking it under pressure to the goal line she managed to pull it back across the penalty area behind Demi Pringle but Darcie Greene had come off the left wing and slotted it into the back of the net. 0-2 Barnsley.
26 mins Newcastle Jess Foster broke into the penalty area to shoot only for Laura Wilson to save.
27 mins Newcastle were now starting to press Barnsley, Emily Ward just managed to get a foot in to play to Laura Turner but under pressure she played safe out for a corner which Barnsley cleared.
29 mins Newcastle left wing Jess Foster broke past Emily Ward to cross into the centre of the box where Steph Ord slid in to score 1-2
30 mins Newcastle played a ball over the top of the Barnsley defence, but Becca Olley bursting through between Lucy Turner and Kristie Ward hit the shot over the cross bar.
31 mins Emily Ward played through to Demi Pringle who under pressure managed to win a throw deep in the Newcastle half.
33 mins Bekkie Hale played back to Kristie Ward to hit a ball over the top which Amy Woodruff chased down and passed out to Drew Greene, she played back to Emily Ward in support, her cross was headed away for a Barnsley corner.
37 mins a break down the left by Newcastle Jess Foster resulted in a cross into the pocket on the edge of the penalty area, Laura Wilson saved the shot out to her left and was quickly back on her feet to save the shot/cross from the rebound.
38 mins Demi Pringle played in Amy Woodruff but her shot was saved by Grace Donnelly out for a corner.
41 mins an attack down the left by Darcie Greene was saved by Grace Donnelly with Amy Woodruff’s rebound shot blocked out for a corner.
43 mins Georgina Wilson passed into Demi Pringle down the channel to win a throw, from which her cross sailed over everyone.
Half-time 1-2 Barnsley FC Ladies.
No changes but Newcastle came out the strongest attacking down the left wing but Lucy Turner blocked it out for a corner which was cleared, however the ball came back in, Emily Ward cleared and then Laura Wilson saved the follow up shot.
48 mins Newcastle corner is cleared but with Bekkie Hale pressing Steph Ord still managed a long range shot which Laura Wilson tipped over the cross bar.
50 mins Laura Wilson miss kicked a clearance straight to the Newcastle midfielder Steph Ord, but she made up for it with a brilliant save to her left to push the resulting shot round her post for a corner. The corner was swung in and onto the Barnsley crossbar, there was then a goal mouth scramble with Emily Ward finally clearing the ball off the line and clear.
54 mins finally in this half Barnsley manage to break with Drew Greene down the left, but she turned into trouble and Newcastle counter attacked, with Kristie Ward trying to make up ground Lucy Turner came across the breaking forward to clear out for a corner.
57 mins Amy Woodruff attacked strongly down the right wing, playing the ball passed the Newcastle left back and as she tried to get around her was obstructed by the turning defender, both ended up falling with the Referee awarding the free-kick against Amy.
61 mins Steph Ord crashes a 20 yard shot off the Barnsley cross bar
64 mins Bekkie Hale progressed into the penalty area, she squared to Rebecca Fevers who threaded into Drew Greene, she went left linking up with sister Darcie Greene to shoot into the goal keeper.
69 mins Victoria Curtis drew in Emily Ward before laying the ball to Becca Olley down the left wing to cross into the box where Megan Mckenzie fired home low into the bottom left corner. 2-2.
70 mins Barnsley substitutions with Bekkie Hale and Demi Pringle replaced by Eden Schofield and Alayna Millard. Amy Woodruff moving from left wing to central midfield as Barnsley went to 4-5-1 formation.
74 mins Rebecca Fevers won the ball in midfield playing in Alayna Millard, who played into Drew Greene on the edge of the penalty area, she feinted a shot before squaring the ball into Darcie Greene, her first touch created space and with only the goal keeper to beat she shot straight at her.
75 mins Newcastle broke straight up the other end once again down the left wing with Jess Foster combining with Becca Olley to cross to the edge of the 6 yard area where a Newcastle player slid in with Kristie Ward, both missed the ball, but it hit the Newcastle players arm to deflect in to the path of Megan Mckenzie who had gambled by attacking the far post to slot into the back of the net. Appeals for handball were waved away and the goal awarded 3-2 Newcastle.
77 mins Newcastle substitution with Stephanie Lyons replaced.
78 mins Kristie Ward found herself on the right wing breaking forward but she was fouled just inside the Newcastle half, she swung in the free kick right onto the head of Amy Woodruff who headed just wide.
79 mins Megan Mckenzie broke through centrally on to a ball played over the top to be one on one with Laura Wilson who stood up tall and then instinctively dived to her left to save
80 Kristie Ward was replaced by Elisha James, with Georgina Wilson moving to centre back and Elisha slotting in at left fullback.
82 mins Newcastle substitution with Nicole Dack replacing Steph Ord in midfield.
82 minutes gone Amy Woodruff was played through one on one with the out rushing keeper Grace Donnelly, she saved Amy’s shot with her hands but it was outside the penalty area, with the ball falling to Eden Schofield to slot the rebound into the back of the net, unfortunately for Barnsley the Referee had already blown for a free-kick. There was certainly a strong call for Denying an obvious goal scoring opportunity about this incident but the Referee only produced a yellow card. He later accepted he should have played advantage as the resulting Barnsley free-kick by Rebecca Fevers went wide of the target.
85 mins Rebecca Fevers was cautioned for a foul tackle in midfield.
86 mins Rebecca Fevers swung in a free kick from the right wing after Alayna Millard had been fouled, it was met by a Newcastle defender head but fell to Eden Schofield to shoot just wide.
Barnsley were now pressing hard and back in the game but Newcastle saw the game out with fulltime blown after 93 mins 3-2 Newcastle win and a hard one to take with two key match incidents not going Barnsley’s way today resulting in a game changing result. A draw would have been a fair result as both team put in a lot of effort and full credit to Newcastle for battling back.
Player of the match for Barnsley was Drew Greene.
Thank you to everyone who made the trip north east to give the team support on another cold winter’s day.
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