It’s a top-of-the-table clash in the FA Women’s National League Division One South East on Sunday as leaders Fulham host third-place London Bees.
And Bees defender Cheyenne Flynn says her side go into the encounter with no fear.
“It’s an exciting game,” she tells SheKicks.net. “We’ve got no pressure on us. The only thing we’ve got of ourselves is going and proving a point – of like where we are and what we want to achieve this season.”
Bees are six points behind Fulham, with Norwich sitting in second just one point behind the leaders.
“The league is quite tight,” adds Flynn, “so we want to be the team to close that gap and maybe disrupt the league a bit more and make it a bit more competitive than it already is.”
Bees have won six of their nine league games so far this season, dropping points with a draw and two losses – but they are not thinking about any slip-ups.
“We’re very happy with where we’re up to. Obviously, there’s been a few games we would have hoped to get more out of. You can’t really dwell on them too much. It’s just moving on and then focus on the next game each week and how we can make the changes when things maybe don’t go our way and how we can still achieve our goal of what we want at the end of the season.”
Cheyenne Flynn: Promotion is still possible for London Bees
Flynn began playing football as a small child, with her parents creating a girls’ team so that she could play as a seven-year-old. However, she was snapped up by Oxford United’s academy right away.
She still lives in Oxfordshire, commuting to north London for training and matches, and balancing it with her work in hospitality.
“It’s quite full on, but it’s enjoyable,” she says of her job, “and it’s also nice because a lot of guests actually do ask you about [football] – you get a lot of regulars and they know a bit about you. One guy at the moment, he’s always asking me on a Monday how the game went on Sunday and things like that. It’s nice!”
She goes on: “I did have a job previously and it’s so hard to work around the times that football requires.”
But the tiring balance between work and football is a sacrifice she continues to be happy to make.
“The team we’ve got this season, we’re all capable of what we want and even though we haven’t had results go our way, I think [promotion is] definitely still possible because the determination in this team, we never give up. Whether we’re losing at half time, we’ve always dug deep and found a way.”
London Bees play Fulham on Sunday, 30th November, at the Fulham training ground, kick-off 2pm.
