Our Ladies First Team Manager Billy Highton is pleased with the progress made in pre season as he prepares his squad for the forthcoming season.
“We can’t wait for the season to start now. Pre season has been longer than usual and we have seen yet another influx of new players into our senior set up this year which is fantastic news for this club. We have lost a couple of players from last season first team squad, one of which has signed for a championship side and whilst we were absolutely delighted for her move, we are also delighted that every other player from last season squad has re-signed this season in addition to adding some new talent which we are really excited about”.
The team have also welcomed 2 new additions to the coaching staff. Lee Hayes was previously at Brighton & Hove Albion Women and Ian Hart also joins us who is currently Head of Youth Development at Southend United FC. Billy says “I am absolutely delighted we have attracted both Lee and Ian to the club. They have a wealth of experience and knowledge of the game which is second to none and can only benefit the team moving forward”.
With the season only two weeks away, the Ladies enter into the final pre season game at home to Fulham on Sunday 6th September. Billy says “Fulham will present us with yet another challenge this weekend as we look to prepare our squad for our first league game. We have mixed the squad around a lot during pre season as you would expect with many trialist being involved at the outset and trying some players in varying positions, but we feel now we are getting a more settled squad with less changes being made of late which we are now starting to see the benefit of, particular in our in last two games against Premier opposition”.
