SSFC Women come back to draw 3-3 against Bradford City

South Shields Girls picked up a well-earned level on the highway towards Bradford Metropolis AFC Girls on Sunday, in a 3-3 draw at Horsfall Stadium.

It’s truthful to say Shields didn’t make it simple for themselves, as they discovered themselves two targets behind after 35 minutes – Aaliyah Nolan slotted within the host’s first, earlier than Maria McKenna responded somewhat later, however they clawed again to register one thing out of the event.

Sophie Greener – scoring for the sixth successive recreation –  and Becki McMahon aimed spectacular photographs (arguably crosses) at aim and to their amazements, each of them went in, about 90 seconds aside, to tie the sport main into the break.

McMahon struck the crossbar in the course of the second-half and he or she was doubtlessly unfortunate to not get one other aim, which could have modified the result of the sport totally if it had gone in. 

South Shields FC Worldwide Academy’s Ashley Townsend was unlucky to not get her first aim in a Mariners shirt towards Wallsend BC Girls final week, however she made up for that by heading in Josie Foster’s cross, after Eve Gatens performed in a brief nook.

Talking of Foster, she put in such an excellent defensive shift, together with a masterclass on the road the place she blocked what seemed to be a sure aim for Hannah Markey with inches to spare.

Markey would get herself a aim to stage issues up as soon as once more within the seventieth minute, and regardless of stress from each side to try to discover a winner, the sport noticed itself out with the scores equal.

It should give the staff numerous confidence heading into subsequent Sunday’s Girls’s FA Cup match towards FC United of Manchester Girls, that they’ll bounce again from setbacks so simply.

That was one thing head coach Alex Miller highlighted after the sport – that attribute may not have been the case in years passed by, so credit score should go to the Mariners for that. 

Full particulars for the FA Cup match will likely be shared on the membership’s social media channels sooner or later.

Bradford Metropolis AFC Girls: Whelan, Blythe, Gross sales, Fernie, Prothero, Ramsden, Stube, Hunt, McKenna, Jacobs, Nolan.

Substitutes: Wilson, Gill, Laughton, Lengthy, Markey. 

Targets: Nolan (‘22), McKenna (‘29), Markey (‘68). 

South Shields Girls: Gowans, Mole, Might, Greener, Gatens, Wootten, McMahon, Norton, Elliott-Wooden, Townsend, Foster. 

Substitutes: White, England, Naylor, Longstaff, Jota. 

Targets: Greener (‘35), McMahon (‘37), Townsend (‘58).