Page 30 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.3 2022-23

Gemma Grainger has chosen her 26-player squad for her side’s key FIFA Women’s World
Cup Qualification Play-Off fixtures in October.
For the first time in history, Wales have advanced to the Play-Off stages to reach a
FIFA Women’s World Cup. Grainger’s side face Bosnia & Herzegovina at the Cardiff City
Stadium on Thursday 6th October (7.15pm) in the First Round.
A win for Wales would see them advance to the Second Round where they will take on
Switzerland at Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich on Tuesday 11th October (7pm).
Grainger has an almost full-strength squad available, with the only omission being
Natasha Harding who is unavailable due to personal reasons. In the only change to the
squad which secured its place in the Play-Offs by winning 1-0 in Greece, and then battling
out a goalless draw with Slovenia, she is replaced by Chloe Bull of Bristol City.
More than 9,000 tickets have been sold for the match against Bosnia & Herzegovina,
with the team hoping to see another record-breaking crowd for the third time in this
campaign.
Tickets for the match start at only £2 (group bookings) and £4 (individual bookings)
for kids, available at faw.cymru/tickets.

WALES SQUAD v. BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA
NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS
Laura O'SULLIVAN Cardiff City Ladies 55 0
Olivia CLARK Bristol City 4 0
Safia MIDDLETON-PATEL Manchester Utd 0 0
Rhiannon ROBERTS Liverpool 50 1
Josie GREEN Leicester City 22 0
Hayley LADD Manchester Utd 75 3
Gemma EVANS Reading FC Women 45 1
Rachel ROWE Reading FC Women 49 3
Lily WOODHAM Reading FC Women 10 1
Sophie INGLE Chelsea 120 5
Anna FILBEY Crystal Palace 7 0
Angharad JAMES Tottenham Hotspur 100 4
Georgia WALTERS Sheffield Utd 5 0
Charlie ESTCOURT Birmingham City 33 3
Jessica FISHLOCK OL Reign 134 34
Carrie JONES Leicester City ** 14 1
Ffion MORGAN Bristol City 20 0
Megan WYNNE Southampton FC Women 19 1
Elise HUGHES Crystal Palace 15 0
Kayleigh GREEN Brighton & Hove Albion 64 16
Helen WARD Watford 102 44
Ceri HOLLAND Liverpool 15 3
Maria FRANCIS-JONES Sheffield Utd ** 1 0
Chloe WILLIAMS Blackburn Rovers ** 1 0
Morgan ROGERS Watford 0 0
Chloe BULL Bristol City 1 0
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