Kingswood Women 1st v Bristol Ladies Union 1st, 5th October 2025.
Another away game in Gloucestershire for BLU, this time playing at Kingswood. Storm Amy was on it’s way out, but the wind was still blowing strongly down the field, providing a decent advantage to the team who had their backs to it. Unfortunately that team wasn’t BLU, and Kingswood managed to capitalise on that advantage pretty quickly. Goals started coming in very early, a couple of which where we were somewhat unlucky, and one that barely made it across the line as Tia’s outstretched fingertips scooped the ball away, and if we’d had goal line technology then perhaps the score might have been different. By the 20th minute we were 4-0 down and clearly we had to do something different. Credit to the team here. Despite being down 4 goals in such a short time, nobody had their heads down, and the overall attitude was that we had to get on with the business of levelling the score.
A change of shape and tactics (thanks to Martha) turned the game around almost immediately, and from battling inside our own half we were quickly putting pressure on their defenders. It wasn’t long before Jas scored our first goal, and Kingswood were rattled. Another goal from Evie-J came soon after, and tempers were on the rise. Another attack from BLU and a bit of confusion in their 6 yard box led to an own goal, leaving their keeper upset and a lot of tension both on and off the pitch, with the referee having to intervene on several occasions.
At half time we were one goal away from levelling the score, and we knew we’d have that wind advantage for the rest of the game. We began the second half as we’d ended the first, but Kingswood
were coming back a bit stronger. As the game continued there were increasing interactions between their players and the ref, and eventually a yellow card was shown. With one of their players in the Sin Bin we had a player advantage, and the fourth goal came from Evie-J, her second of the game.
In the end it was a 4-4 draw, and although I think we could have won it, I think we were all happy to take the point. It had been a boisterous match with some interesting behaviour and one or two heavy challenges. Our Player of the Match was awarded to Lila for her big part in changing the dynamic of play, and the Magic Moment trophy went to Erin to compensate for the monstrous headache she’s likely to be nursing after all of those headers.
That was not an easy one, so well done BLU!
