It was in my local paper that leeds united ladies are struggling for money for a variety of reasons and are wanting £10,000 or players sponsoring for £500 also though Sue Smith is going to be writing a column for the yorkshire evening post which is fab

Oh wow! Well, funnily enough I have £10,000 on me right now! Will write in...

That's good that Sue is going to write a column, I'm surprised Sue hasn't got a sponsor

Interesting news. I wonder if they had any link with the mens club who are in such financial difficulties. Is this another Fulham , except in the middle of the season? With a cup final to come I'm sure the players will stay loyal for a while. Whatever the reasons lets hope they can get some support to carry on because they are becoming a force on the field with lots of young players at England u19 and senior level.

I think some players are sponsored I know Jess Clarke is as my dept at work sponsor her

Yes some of it is due to not getting finance or training facilities from the mens team

I thought I read somewhere that the men's team gave full support to the women's team I hope we're not gonna lose another team due to lack of funding and support.

I don't think this will be another Fulham story, at least I hope not! I reckon they will get the funding, they must get a few bob from the up coming final and they can't have done that badly with the FA Cup Final.
I reckon most of the players will get sponsors as for the £10,000 well they might be lucky and get a company to sponsor them for a bit.

ASDA was only for the Final wasn't it? Too bad they couldn't have stayed on

I hope they can get financial backing hopfully Sues column in the paper will be good publicity for the club

They are having an excellent season and might end up second in the league.

Duh! They stole our Rachel and improved immediatelly Give her back !!!




Just messin'

It's so annoying that top teams from the Womens Premier League don't get sufficient funding.

Yeah and she's playing well for them when I saw them against Blackburn they looked good

I went to see Arsenal play them away 2 or 3 years ago, the ground is horrible muddy as hell and hard to find by public transport. I will go there this season again if I have any money left after the trip to sweden.

Its not the best of grounds to get to I went to see Charlton play there and got there and the game was off !! Its quite hard in the womens game to get up to the minute information.

The worst ground to find is still the Doncaster Belles' one - Leeds' is ok

But Leeds' is prob the worst as for the state of the pitch
- or maybe second worst after Chelsea Ladies'.

Chelsea's new ground is much better than Hampton was, although they've played so few home games this season that we've yet to see it in really wet conditions. Talking of new grounds Donny Belles are playing their first game at the new ground called the Keepmoat with a 15000 capacity. They will join the mens team and the rugby league club. Bet I can guess who will be postponed or have matches rescheduled to fit in with the other teams needs. Probably the Belles will end up back at the place you described quite often... still, in theory a good venue for their games from now on.

Not anymore... I am looking forward to the 14th I will be photographing doncaster v Leeds uts ladies at the new doncaster ground which is just off the moterway

Yeah 3-1 to leeds v sunderland in fa cup
Lets see if they can get to the final again!!

You can post it in the FA Cup thread as well

Sues column starts next week in the local paper if theres any news I'll post it here they featured her in yesterdays paper.

Thanks Byrnefan Would be appreciated.

Do you have a scanner?

Yes I do I'll try scan it in and post it on here.

That would be fantastic

It should be funny then if Sue's doing it

There was a bit about her in this weeks paper which is in the bin I will save and post them from now on and she was talking a fair bit about her hair style

Just to add my bit to this topic, the goals from today's game were on Sky Sports news.
Natalie Preston and Lucy Ward put Leeds 2-0 up, but Donnie were 2-2 at half-time through Vicky Exley and Pauline Hamill.
But Ward, Rachel McArthur and Amanda Barr sealed the Leeds win