127: Sunday 16 February 2020, Suffolk Girls & Women's League Women's Division, Culford Sports Centre, Bury Town Women v University of Suffolk Women's
Bury Town Women sit second in the Suffolk Women's Division after putting ten unanswered goals past University Of Suffolk, in the only game in the league to survive the weekend due to Storm Dennis.
The hosts broke the deadlock as early as the eleventh minute, Sophie Hemming was found on the edge of the box to fire home into the bottom corner, 1-0 Bury. The goalscorer then turned provider two minutes later, having been fed in a similar position by Katie Walker, Hemming this time threaded the ball through the defence to Julie Brind, though her shot from inside the area was blocked behind for a corner. The resulting set-piece from Stacey Roper though was headed just wide from a yard out in the 14th minute.
It was Roper who doubled Bury's lead though after 15 minutes, after being found on the byline inside the area Roper hit a great low finish in off the inside of the far post and into the net, 2-0 Bury. Roper then looked to make it 3-0 to the hosts a minute later, as Bury camped inside their opponents half for practically the entirety of the afternoon, only to shoot just wide of the top corner from outside the box, whilst Norma Locker played in Roper on the edge of the box, with her back to goal laid the ball back to Locker whose shot also went just wide of the top corner in the 17th minute.
The Blues went close to adding a third goal on 25 minutes, Elise Drury-Garrett's great cross to Livvi Hodges saw the latter shot an inch wide of the bottom corner from outside the box. Four minutes later, great play from Katie Walker saw the youngster cut the ball back for fellow Under-18 player Drury-Garrett, whose shot in the box went narrowly wide of the top corner.
Bury then had another great chance on 31 minutes when a shot just ousdie the box was deflected wide of the near post. Bury then went again on 35 minutes, Rpper's goal bound cross in required the keeper to make a great save to tip over her crossbar. The hosts also went close from the resulting corner, Roper's ba in found the head of Hemming a yard out at the near post, whose attempt curled just over the top far corner.
Bury then had two more chances to add to their advantage in the 37th minute, Drury-Garrett'a great low cross in found Katie Grimwood whose low shot was saved by the keeper's foot as far as Hodges who blazed over the bar from the edge of the box. Meanwhile the second opportunity saw Pollard have a shot from close range saved, before Grimwood then had a shot blocked, followed by Roper trying her luck at goal, as the ball came back in play off the inside of the bottom left post.
Five minutes before the break however Bury made it 3-0, a corner in on the left fell to Locker who pocked home intovtje bottom left corner from 4-yards out. As the half drew to a close Bury had another good chance to extend their lead on the stroke of the interval but the shot went narrowly wide of the bottom corner.
HALF TIME: Bury Town Women 3-0 University of Suffolk Womens
Bury kicked off the second half by adding a fourth goal six minutes after the restart, Debbie Greeves' cutback finding Julie Brind who finished well into the top right corner. Great play from Walker saw the young forward play a good one-two with Brind to get through in the box, as the former's shot went just wide of the near post on 55 minutes. Walker was then released running through into the box by antoehr great ball 3 minutes later, this time though the shot went just over from 12-yards out. The visitors however then had their sole chance of note during the game, countering down the right as the low shot was kicked away by the Bury substitute keeper on 59 minutes.
Bury were unlucky not to add a fifth goal on the hour mark, Katie Walker's superb strike hitting the underside of the crossbar before bouncing back into play. The home side however were awarded a penalty a minute later, after a handball in the box. Up stepped Kirsty Pollard whose low shot was saved well by the keeper. Sixty seconds later, Pollard made amends, after being found in the box the forward finished well into the bottom far corner, 5-0 Bury.
Bury's next chance then came on 64 minutes, Walker weaving through into the box fired a shot an inch wide of the bottom corner, whilst a great ball in from Walker found Pollard 12-yards from goal but the keeper did superbly well to claw, away the shot. The visiting stopper then thwarted Bury again on 69 minutes, Walker's good shot was matched by a good save by the stopper to tip over for a corner, from which Julie Brind saw a shot saved well by the keeper. From the following corner, Bury extended their lead on 70 minutes, Roper's corner on the right found Mia Banbury who rocketed a volley into the top right corner. Bury extended their lead even further on 73 minutes, Pollard running into the six yard box managed to poke a low shot at goal, which the keeper fumbled over the line. Bury struck again with 15 minutes to go, Debbie Greaves squaring a good ball across to Katie Walker close to goal at the back post who hit a good finish from a tight angle into the net.
Bury then continued to hunt for more goals, going close 3 times in as many minutes, the first saw Pollard feed Brind inside the box whose great first time curling strike dipped just over the top near corner on 76 minutes, whilst Walker saw a great cross denied by the keeper before Lisa Pratt saw a shot denied well from close range on 77 minutes. The first chance then saw Pratt curl a great strike in from the wing but was spilt by the keeper as the away side got the ball clear. Katie Walker then added Bury's eighth goal with 11 minutes remaining, firing a great fierce strike outside the box which went off the head of a defender and in off the inside of the top near post into the top far corner, 8-0 Bury.
Two minutes later, Pollard then fed Hemming to fire at goal from 18-yards out, though the latter's well hit strike went an inch wide of the bottom corner. Roper then did well to cut in on the left, to fire at goal but saw her strike deflected just over the crossbar on 84 minutes. With 5 minutes left, Bury added a ninth goal, the cross in on the left was guided home into the bottom far corner by Pollard from close range in the centre. The hosts then shot just wide of the bottom corner a minute later, before Brind saw a close range shot come back into play off the base of the near post on 87 minutes.
Bury deservedly hit double figures though in the 89th minute, as Georgia Parker rounded off proceedings with a stunning strike from 30-yards out, which curled and dipped well over the keeper and into the net, 10-0 Bury as the game reached its conclusion. Bury go into next week's home league Cup semi final against Brettvale in good form, having now won their last 3 games, scoring 22 goals in the process, whilst conceding just once.
FULL TIME: Bury Town Women 10-0 University of Suffolk Women's
1 Debbie Greeves
2 Kate Sandlan
3 Sophie Hemming
5 Lisa Pratt (capt)
7 Katie Walker
14 Norma Locker
4 Mia Banbury
9 Jules Brind
7 Kirsty Pollard
8 Stacey Roper
12 Georgia Parker
Subs
8 Elise Drury-Garrett
16 Katie Grimwood
11 Olivia Hodges
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University of Suffolk:-
Chloe Besford
Caroline Cimatti
Ellen Dell
Demi Flowers
Tallulah Lawless
Anita Leite
Nicola Smith
Christeena Sunny
Olivia Fellows
Lauren Nursey
Goals: Hemming (11'), Roper (15'), Locker (40'), Brind (51'), Banbury (70'), Pollard (73', 85'), Walker (75', 79'), Parker (89').
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