I take it you live fairly close by then? Cambridge sit in the Eastern Region Prem. They look to have struggled though, which is suprising as the next closest club with a C of E is Norwich. I would say the odds of us turning them over are 50-1. The girls will be buzzing at training tonight.

Yeah quite close but Norwich is closer to me than Cambridge. I doubt you'll turn them over but they'll go into the game thinking they can turn you over, I'm sure you can turn that into your favour

What league are you in?

Just imagine earning 1grand an hour! lovely jubbly
Id put some into womens football and spend the rest on mwa....and ofc id share some with u guys

Arsenal! This is not a 'What would you do with £1,000 an hour?' type of thread :roll
Nice to know you'd give it all to me, your such a sweety

Im sorry i got abit carried away
"sweety" Well what can i say? thats the kinda girl i am!


P.s dont know WHY im answering to this "Arsenal" malarkey!

We play in the Fenland Ladies League. Last season's league table is on this full time link - http://full-time.thefa.com/Index.do;jsessionid=93FE2AD8A34E215AD6DADA8A2F0F6B28 One team (Coates) didn't complete their fixtures, and this season sees two new teams from Lincolnshire enter.

It doesn't sit in the official pyramid, but several teams have opted to play in a more local league, as opposed to enter the county leagues. It has it pro's and con's, but last season there was less travelling, and hosted more teams than the Cambs Ladies league did which essentially is made up of teams from the south of the County. When we are older and good enough, we are more prepared to travel further in which to play games. [/url]

Extra Prelim fixtures have now been played, our game is fast approaching!!! The biggest defeat so far is 15-0 so that's one to avoid!!!

In the end we lost 11-0. We started well and after 20 minutes we were on top. Several shots on goal and our keeper was untroubled. Cambridge Utd soon scored after that with what was in my opinion a jammy goal. However, they did settle and built up a 3-0 lead adding a fourth just before the half time whistle. At the break we still felt confident but the sucker punch came with the fifth a minute after the restart. Cambridge Utd then added goals on a regular basis as we began to give up and allow them too much space.

Fair play to Cambridge, they defended well early on, and as the game went on they were very composed and were the fitter team. We didn't play to our potential, and afew niggling injuries didn't help our cause. However, it was still a worthwhile experience and something I recommend we try again next year. Now it's back to the league and the need for players to become totally injury free so they can perform to the best of their abilities is clear.

I am taking a step back from managing the team now after doing a 3 year stint. I've managed to find funding so that 15 females in the area can do a Level 1 coaching course and hopefully the future for the team comes from this. Fingers crossed they go onto a higher level. I'll still be a supporter and help where I can, but as manager I feel I've taken them as far as I can go, and I am knackered!!!

Good luck to Cambridge in the next round.

Well, you avoided the biggest defeat

I hope the team get a good replacement manager.

Keep in touch here about how things are going

yar ....lots of fine busty wenches in the Fa Cup i be sure ....arrrgh !!!

Only the prettiest of unsullied maidens for my crew ........ or a few dirty latin types when we get ashore!

Any idea what the draw for the next round is?

The latest results I could find were:

Aston Villa Ladies 2-1 West Brom Ladies
Chesham Ladies 0-5 Portsmouth Ladies
West Ham Ladies 5-0 QPR Ladies
(Sunday, Dec 9th)

And these games will be played on Dec 16th:

Brighton Ladies v Welwyn Ladies, R3, 13:00
Colchester United v Luton Town Belles, R3, 13:00
Forest Green Rovers Ladies v Keynsham Town, R3, 14:00
Preston North End Ladies v Curzon Ashton Ladies, R3, 13:30
Team Bath Ladies v Newquay AFC Ladies, R3, 14:00
Whitehawk v Fulham Ladies, R3, 13:00

(Thanks BBC)

According to Arsenal.com, Arsenal will be playing Team Bath or Newquay at home on Jan 6th, so I assume that will be round 4.

I've found this from thefa.com:

06 Jan 2008 13:00 Millwall Lionesses LFC v Leicester CityW
at Carshalton Athletic FC
2 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Preston North End WFC /
Curzon Ashton LFC v Newcastle United WFC
3 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Sunderland WFC v Birmingham City LFC
at Hetton Centre, Hetton Le Hole
4 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Liverpool LFC v Forest Green Rovers LFC /
Keynsham Town LFC
5 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Barnet Ladies v Everton LFC
at Hanwell Town FC
6 06 Jan 2008 13:00 West Ham United LFC v Colchester United LFC /
Luton Town Ladies
7 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Arsenal LFC v AFC Team Bath Ladies /
Newquay AFC Ladies
8 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Bristol Academy LFC v Leeds United LFC
9 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Swindon Town LFC v Doncaster Rovers Belles LFC
at Aldbourne FC
10 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Crewe Alexandra LFC v Cardiff City LFC
at Cumberland Sports Arena
11 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Rotherham United LFC v Portsmouth LFC
at Parkgate FC
12 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Chelsea LFC v Middlesbrough LFC
13 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Manchester City LFC v Watford LFC
15 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Blackburn Rovers LFC v Brighton & Hove Albion WFC /
Welwyn Garden City LFC_
16 06 Jan 2008 13:00 Aston Villa LFC v Lincoln City LFC
14 06 Jan 2008 14:00 Charlton Athletic LFC v Whitehawk WFC /
WFC Fulham

Revised 4th Round Draw
Millwall Lionesses v Leicester City FCW
Preston North End v Newcastle United
Sunderland v Birmingham City
Liverpool v Forest Green Rovers
Barnet v Everton
West Ham United v Colchester United
Arsenal v Newquay
Bristol Academy v Leeds United
Swindon Town v Doncaster Rovers Belles
Crewe Alexandra v Cardiff City
Rotherham United v Portsmouth
Chelsea v Middlesbrough
Manchester City v Watford
Charlton Athletic v WFC Fulham
Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion
Aston Villa v Lincoln City

It's a shame Brighton are away to Blackburn.

What league are Brighton in?

Premier League Southern- the next one down from the National. They struggle to hang in there each year - a few years ago they were in the National. I saw them on Sunday at Welwyn - they had to battle hard against a good team from the league below to earn the honour of a away trip to Blackburn. They often play at the Withdean and have the same shirt sponsor as the mens team.

Thanks Pat

Do they get any support from the men's club, apart from the shirt sponsor?

They appear now on the club website so I would guess there is some help. Since hiring a ground is a major expense I suppose that using the Withdean is helpful. I noticed they were looking for a manager recently and that they only had two subs on Sunday They are always in the lower part of the table and usually only win a few League games each season. They always win the Sussex County Cup though!

Can't be too bad then