Page 20 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.34 2022-23

The top two continue to power their way forward and Glentoran have a lead of three points
following two convincing victories within a week. On Friday night, Rachel Rogan scored four
times as the Glens ran out 8-1 winners over Lisburn Ladies, Caragh Hamilton adding a brace
along with Emily Wilson and a Kerry Beattie penalty. Glentoran followed this up with a
nine-goal success against newly promoted Ballymena Utd Women, Beattie netting twice
with others from Wilson, Hamilton, Sarah Tweedie, Joely Andrews, Chloe McCarron, Rachel
McIntyre and an own goal.
Cliftonville Ladies’ own 100% start continued with a fifth straight victory, beating
Sion Swifts 4-0. Caitlin McGuinness
P W D L F A Pts GD
netted twice inside the opening nine GLENTORAN 6 6 0 0 44 1 18 43
minutes and Danielle Maxwell quickly CLIFTONVILLE LADIES 5 5 0 0 35 0 15 35
added a third, with Marissa Callaghan LINFIELD LADIES 5 4 0 1 25 6 12 19
CRUSADERS STRIKERS 5 4 0 1 19 5 12 14
rounding off the scoring in the second
SION SWIFTS 5 3 0 2 16 8 9 8
half as the Reds inflicted a second defeat LISBURN LADIES 5 2 1 2 11 15 7 -4
in succession on Sion. MID ULSTER LADIES 6 1 1 4 3 26 4 -23
Linfield recorded a fourth victory BALLYMENA UTD WOMEN 6 1 0 5 4 28 3 -24
LARNE WOMEN 5 0 0 5 2 35 0 -33
in a row when scoring seven times
DERRY CITY 6 0 0 6 3 38 0 -35
without reply against Mid Ulster
Ladies. After Rebecca Bassett had given Crusaders 4 Larne 0; Cliftonville 4 Sion 0; Glentoran 8 Lisburn 1;
Linfield 7 Mid Ulster 0. (Mid) Ballymena 0 Glentoran 9; Mid Ulster 2
them a sixth minute lead, Ebony Leckey
Derry 0.
netted twice and Keri Halliday also
contributed a brace after the break, with Emily Reid and a Chloe McReynolds own goal
completing the tally.
The win means that Linfield hold on to third place on goal difference from Crusaders
Strikers, who were 4-0 winners against Larne Women. The Crues took a two-goal lead in
the first half, thanks to a double from Faith Johnston, and they went on to crown the win after
the break with further goals from Darcy Boyle and Caitlyn Hamilton.
On Wednesday night, Mid Ulster Ladies bounced back from their defeat at Linfield to
record their first victory of the season, 2-0 against Derry City. Eimear McGarrity got them off
to the perfect start by giving them the lead in the opening minute of the game and Aimee
McClure sewed up the win with the second goal, deep into the second half.

Players, staff and club officials from across the Genero Adran Premier gathered at the Parkgate
Hotel in Cardiff on Saturday evening for the FAW National League Awards, in association with
Morgans Consult.
The night was a chance to celebrate all of the hard work that has put in been across the
2022/23 campaign and the successes that have been achieved.
The award winners for the league were as follows:
Genero Adran Premier Player of the Season – Ffion Price (Cardiff City)
With 17 league assists to her name this season, Ffion Price’s creative ability and exceptional
delivery of the ball has been clear for all to see. When she has not been lighting up either flank
as a marauding wing-back, the Bluebirds star has also filled in at centre-back with ease on
multiple occasions.
Genero Adran Premier Manager of the Season – Iain Darbyshire (Cardiff City)
Iain Darbyshire guided Cardiff City to their first Genero Adran Premier title in 10 years and did
so in style. The Bluebirds went the whole league campaign unbeaten, scoring 70 goals and
conceding only 12 in 20 matches. Now the Champions League awaits for the Invincibles.
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