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As the Women's World Cup ends, so the new season starts for Leeds United Ladies, with their first home fixture on Thursday 11 October 7.30pm KO against local rivals Doncaster Rovers Belles.
Now settled into their new home at Tadcaster Albion's ground, The Park, Leeds United Ladies' season has been delayed due to the participation of Sue Smith and Carly Telford in England Women's World Cup squad squad. With the squad's return from China, the full FA Women's Premier League programme can start. "Everyone in the club was delighted that Sue and Carly were selected for the England squad, even though it delayed our start by a couple of months," said coach Rick Passmoor, "but we're now all dying to get started! Playing in the League is what we do week in, week out, and all the players are looking forward to some good, competitive games in the next few weeks as we get our own programme back on-track." Although the League programme starts on Thursday 11 October, Leeds United Ladies' first competitive fixture of the season will actually be away to Liverpool Ladies in the FA Women's Premier League Cup, on Sunday 7 October. "A good performance there will set us up for the League programme," continued Rick. "We won't be taking Liverpool lightly, and it'll be a different game to the pre-season friendly against them which we won, especially as they've played a few games this season, and have had a couple of wins already." Tickets for the game at Tadcaster cost £4 for adults, £2 for children and kick-off is at 7.30pm "Playing in China was amazing," said Leeds forward Sue Smith, "and we know from the viewing figures that there was a lot of interest in the women's game. Let's hope we can keep that interest going - we've had good crowds and a great atmosphere at evening games in previous seasons, so it would be great to see a big crowd at Tadcaster on the 11th." |
