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group. We don’t want to be in this league for long, our aim is very much promotion in the next
two seasons.
WSS: You have played the top two in each of your last two matches, can you see the
title race now being much closer than anticipated?
EK: Yeah definitely, I don’t think it’s a done deal yet, there’s plenty of games and upsets to go, it’s
a long season and the league is full of talented teams who can cause the top teams issues.
WSS: As you said, the win over Cardiff means you move up to fourth place. What
will be the team's targets for the remainder of the season?
EK: We very much want to finish as high as possible, top three is a realistic aim for us at this
point. This season has been a bit of a transition so we have unfortunately dropped points against
teams we feel we should have done better against. Saying that, you never know who could drop
points above you, we want to keep some consistency with our performances now and in turn
keep winning and just focus on ourselves, I think anything is possible with this squad to be
honest, the talent is unbelievable. We’ve got a two season goal for promotion and I fully believe
this is possible.
Our thanks to Ellie! Photo - Dave Bodymore

The match dates for this year’s Electric Ireland Women’s Challenge Cup have been set. The
competition will kick off this year with a Preliminary Round on Friday 12th May, followed by
Round One on Friday 16th June. Seeded teams will enter the fray in the Second Round on Friday
28th July. The quarter finals are scheduled to be staged on Friday 18th August.
The Final is due to be held on Saturday 21st October at the National Football Stadium at
Windsor Park to decide who will take home the trophy.
The 2022 winners, Glentoran Women, will be determined to defend their title as reigning
holders and the most successful team, winning the competition ten times.
Sion Swifts will look to bring the fighting spirit displayed in the 2022 Final while Premiership
champions Cliftonville Ladies will no doubt be targeting the silverware.
With registration opening later this year, teams from the various NIWFA divisions will enter
the competition, battling it out to win the 2023 Electric Ireland Women’s Challenge Cup.
(irishfa.com)

Tel: (0117) 9694544 Julian Barker
E-Mail: news@womenssoccerscene.co.uk Will Cheshire
Website: Colin Poultney (CollargeImages.co.uk)
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FA National Media Award
Editors:
Neil Brown Views expressed in articles in this magazine
Mark Brown are those of the subject and not necessarily
those of Women’s Soccer Scene and its staff.
Contributors:
James Prickett (www.jamesprickett.co.uk) Issue no. 855
Patrick Higgins
Front cover photo: Birmingham City striker Claudia Walker challenges Sophie Barker of Sheffield Utd
during their Barclays Women’s Championship clash (Julian Barker).
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