Shanklin Ladies were knocked out of the Women’s FA Cup by Southern League Winchester Flyers at the County Ground on Sunday (1st October).
Winchester City Flyers applied pressure on Shanklin right from the very start of the game with Shane Prasad hitting the crossbar in the 4th minute.
The Flyers took the lead on the half-hour mark through Libby Wilkinson (0-1). However, Shanklin Ladies took only 5 minutes to equalize with Faith Wagstaff sending a powerful shot past the Winchester keeper (1-1).
The North Island side then took the lead a minute before the interval when Charlie Snelling headed in a disputed free kick (1-2)
Half time: Shanklin Ladies 1-2 Winchester City Flyers
7 minutes after the halftime break, a Charlotte Warhurst free kick restored the Flyer’s 2-goal advantage (1-3). 2 minutes later, Thea Broadhead ensured the game remained a competitive contest by putting the ball in the net after the goalkeeper could only parry a shot from Faith Wagstaff (2-3).
The game was killed off by Winchester City Flyers’ No. 6, Annie Northwood. In the 58th minute, Northwood took 2 attempts to beat Shanklin keeper Shaw (2-4). In the 73rd minute, the No. 6 beat a couple of Shanklin defenders to score a superb individual goal (2-5). Finally, a minute from full-time, Northwood managed to send the ball over Shaw to ensure a 4-goal victory margin for the North Island side (2-6).
Full time: Shanklin Ladies 2-6 Winchester City Flyers
Shanklin Ladies: Shaw, Yardley, Tatchell, Bavington, Knowles, Woodford, Stephan, McDonald, Broadhead, Brennan, Wagstaff Subs: Berry, Henry, Richardson, Brown
Player-of-the-match: Jazz Bavington
I’ve never witnessed such biased refereeing in all my life. Fist pumping the opposition when they scored isn’t exactly professional. The decisions he did and didn’t give were absolutely shocking, but he’s renowned for this. Seems to prefer the bigger clubs, which was apparent for ALL who watched the game. Such a shame that the game was ruined by cheating.
Oh shame they lost . Who was in charge ?
For a team with so many under 18’s in the side they put in a great performance against a very strong side. A shame the referee didn’t conduct himself in a neutral manner, he was an embarrassment.
So who was the Referee??
I have to agree with the other comments. If he had conducted himself this way officiating in a Men’s game, let alone an FA cup game, he’d never be allowed near a football pitch again. Same rules should apply. It wasn’t nice to watch the lack of respect he gave to the Shanklin girls.