The ladies managed to secure a fantastic 4-3 home win on Sunday in the Cheshire Women’s and Youth League after what was an incredibly tense and grueling game.

The Sandbach ladies faced familiar opponents Manchester Rovers, a team which the ladies have always found difficult to break down.

The result means that the ladies now sit in a comfortable second place with 15 points after 7 games, just behind leaders Brookvale on 16 points after 9 games.

Despite the victory, it seemed that after twenty minutes of play against Manchester Rovers, the ladies were going to throw away this crucial league advantage after going 2-0 down.

Sandbach Captain, Shannon Moores said: “We conceded two early goals that were very sloppy.

“But as the game went on, we grew in confidence.

“We might not have played the best of football today but we managed to keep our unbeaten run intact and that’s the main thing.”

However, Sandbach reacted well to going 2-0 down and managed to dig deep for what was a very important three points.

The first goal for Manchester Rover’s came in the 12th minute when a poor Sandbach defensive clearance fell to a Rover’s player who was then able to tap the ball into the back of the net past Dani Taylor.

Rovers scored their second inside twenty minutes when a penalty was awarded to their advantage after the ball came into the box and Sandbach’s Zeta McCormack slid into a Rovers player in the area.

However, Sandbach did not lie down despite the team’s two goal lead and in fact, regathered as a team and began to fight back.

In the 34th minute, Sandbach finally managed to get the ball moving when center midfielder, Lucy Wright, chipped the ball down the middle of the pitch to striker Courtney Beeston who then used her pace to take the ball around the Rover’s keeper.

Into injury time of the first half, Sandbach managed to grasp another goal after a ball was sent down the right side of play from the Sandbach defence.

Beeston picked up the ball and skillfully weaved between the Rover’s back line before pulling the ball back to Captain Shannon Moores on the 18 yard box where she comfortably fired the ball into the back of the net.

Into the second half, Sandbach finally started to play simple neat passes between each other and in the 59th minute, this payed off when Beeston was once again able to find the back of the net after a through ball from Moores.

However, Rovers expectedly did not back down and continued to press Sandbach for an equaliser.

Rovers were rewarded with their efforts when McCormack played the ball back to keeper Taylor, who then miss kicked the ball to see it out for a corner.

The ball was crossed into the front post and then half-heartedly cleared by Sandbach where a Rovers player then managed to pick the ball up and fumble it into the back of the net.

With eighty minutes on the clock, continuous chances emerged for Sandbach to get a winning goal but simply could not find the back of the net.

However, inside the final five minutes of the game, the ball broke free for Beeston in the area whose shot was then denied and bounced back away from goal.

Thankfully, a gap opened up for Rochelle Ramroop who was then able to get hold of the ball and fire past the Rovers keeper.

Sandbach had managed to fight back from being 2-0 down after twenty minutes, to stealing the three points in a 4-3 thrilling victory.

When asked after the match about the result, Stephen Wright said: “It was a fantastic result today.

“We know we are a better footballing side by far but, we also knew that they would use their strength to dig deep until the final whistle.

“However, our spirit and desire to get the ball down and get those three points is what won us the game.

Sanbach United Ladies will head into next week hoping to continue this unbeaten run in the Cheshire Women’s and Youth League where they will face Sale United Ladies at home.

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