Further to Yeovil Town Ladies FC’s Club Statement released last week, which was released in response to The FA’s announcement to restructure the top of the women’s football pyramid, the Glovers say they are now in a position to share the next steps with their fans, business community and media.
In a move that strikes us at She Kicks as a very pro-active example of an ambitious club seeking to remain competitive at as high a level possible – crucially in a sustainable way, by involving the community – the club is urging fans to ‘Pack The Park’ in this Sunday’s FA WSL 1 match v Sunderland, which kicks off at 2pm.
The forum event was originally planned for Monday evening, however in view of the large amount of support already sent in to the club, it has been decided to move this event to a day earlier, whilst also encouraging a big attendance at the next FA Women’s Super League home match. Which makes a lot of sense to us at She Kicks too!
A new email address has been set up, giving people the chance to send in questions or suggestions to achievebyunity@yeoviltownladies.com and this will be monitored in the lead up to Sunday, with any key questions or information shared, where possible.
Following the match on Sunday, the Alec Stock Lounge, will be made available to fans, media and businesses, where spokespeople from the club will be on hand to share some ideas and plans, which will assist with our application for a Tier 1 license in the 2018/19 season, and therefore, keeping its deserved place in the top of the women’s game, with so many having worked so hard over a number of years to gain a place amongst the elite, on merit.
The application for the 2018/19 season has been given a deadline of 10th November for submission.
Only those with a matchday ticket are eligible to attend this post match event and should numbers attending this be too high, the forum will be delivered on a larger scale in a slightly different way, in order to get our message and plans over to everybody in attendance and those keen to support us moving forward.
The club mantra of Achieve By Unity, is one which helped the club win the ‘Club of the Year’ award twice in three years, presented to them by The Football Association in 2014 and 2016. This has lead to success on the pitch as well as off it, when last year, Yeovil Town Ladies FC reached their current high profile after winning the league, beating Bristol City, who finished second and Everton in third.
The club, staff, players and board are committed to remaining ambitious and to also providing a great matchday experience, and Sunday is no different. So they are saying to fans: ‘Come along and watch some elite level top flight football.’
Tickets for Sundays match v Sunderland can be purchased online here, with turnstiles open from 12.30pm for the 2.00pm ko. The after match event, begins from 4.00pm, after the full-time whistle.
