Womens 1st XI vs Chelmsford 5

Last game of the season and what a game indeed! In the first half, Romford started off a bit slow and playing Chelmsford’s game instead of our own which is always, more or less, fast paced. Despite this, we were able to score relatively early with Emma making it 1-0. Chelmsford pushed on with their passes being more accurate had the ball in our half for a bit. We sustained their pressure and was able to make it 2-0 before half time with a counter attack seeing all 3 forwards involved and sonata tucking it away nicely. We definitely could have scored at least 2 more but said at half time to sustain pressure in their half and put our chances away. I think we can confidently say that we did that in the second half and were relentless. Not even 2 minutes into the second half and Emma had scored again. The midfielders such as Katie were able to push more forward and assist because we were intercepting in their third a lot. Shortly after, Emma scored again to get her hattrick, by simply beating her man to the ball and anticipating where it would end up. Lorraine scored after some skills down the right hand side and almost went on a solo run to get her goal! Kemi joined in on the action and anticipated the ball also from a short corner that the goalie kicked. She intercepted it and slotted in the right bottom corner. The score line could have been a lot more but a few shots were unlucky to not go in, whether that was due to hitting the post or hitting at the straight at the goalie. We were able to make it 8-0 right at the end where Kemi went on a solo run going from the midfield to the right hand side and slotting in the bottom left corner. We worked very well as a team and the game was a great way to show what Romford could really do and an insight to what to look forward to next season!

MoM: Lorraine Curtis