Our Ladies 1s have dramatically managed to stay in the National League after successfully winning their relegation playoff group by one goal. Three incredibly tense matches have left Southgate as the sole survivors from the group of death. A huge debt of thanks goes to Wakefield who in spite of having nothing to play for
After a tense 1-1 draw against Cannock on Sunday the Ladies 1s must wait till next Sunday to see whether they will still play National League Hockey next winter. Given the tension the big crowd watched an outstanding game of hockey played by two very completive teams. 1-0 down at half time Southgate grabbed an
The Ladies 1st team had a busy weekend with a home fixture against St. Albans on Saturday and a cup game away to Teddington on Sunday. The St. Albans match was a scrappy affair and Southgate were some way off the fluent play seen a couple of weeks back against Chelmsford. A 0-0 draw was
Southgate Ladies 1st team defeated Chelmsford on Saturday with a superb display of confident and disciplined hockey. Nerves were settled after about 20 minutes with an outstanding individual goal by Elisa Filarmonico. The lead was doubled with a Lucy Thayer goal on 38 minutes but Southgate were pegged back two minutes later. A slightly nervous
After a tough lesson at Wimbledon the previous week, coming on to the pitch with confidence in the following match was always going to be key. The Ladies 1st Team managed to shrug off any negativity and put in a strong showing to earn a hard fought 0-0 draw with Barnes. Indebted once again to
And they are off. The Ladies 1st Team scored an impressive win against unbeaten Bedford to register their first points of the season and lift themselves to 8th in the League. With a resounding 4-1 victory they cast aside last week’s woes. Two goals from captain Caitlin Wales and one apiece from Frankie Cox and