#COYD - Come on You Dockers

Horsham YMCA 0 Newhaven 3, SCFL Premier Division match #28 Newhaven travelled to Horsham YMCA on Saturday, to face a team who, much like us, have struggled to string a consistent run of results together this season. While we went into the match on the back of three straight defeats, following three consecutive victories, YM had lost their last two games, having won the two preceding that. This was the fourth time we’d faced YM this season – our third visit to Gorings Mead - and with one win apiece from these three matches, the other was a 3-3 draw, it was nigh-on impossible to predict which way this game would be likely to go. Well, right up until the match kicked off, that is. While to say the Dockers absolutely dominated proceedings from the outset may be slightly overstating things, it’s more than fair to say that it was a game that they never looked likely to lose. In what has been a season of ups and downs, this was as comfortable a 90-minutes as Newhaven supporters have...

It’s no great secret that women’s football is currently thriving in the UK. The Lionesses European Championship victory over the summer has brought the sport into the mainstream spotlight in a way that’s never been seen before in this country. The early weeks of the new Women’s Super League season has witnessed increased crowds – over 47,000 attended the North London derby this past weekend – while Sky Sports and the BBC are currently giving far more airtime to women’s football than ever before. But it’s not just at the highest echelons of the game where women’s football is becoming increasingly popular. At grassroots level the game is enjoying a resurgence, too. From girls’ football to non-league, to development squads, more and more women are playing (and watching) football with each passing week.   One only needs to look at the FA Cup to see just how much the game has grown in a relatively short period. When the competition was launched back in 1970, just 71 teams ente...

Want to know what the Docker's players really think about one another? Then you've come to the right place! Over the course of the season, I'll be asking players from both the men's and women's sides to tell us all about the people they share the dressing room with. First up for Newhaven Ladies is Abi Turner.  Who is the coach’s pet? Steph (Harrison). Which teammate is most likely to pull out of a team night out at the last minute (or go home first)? Duch (Elle Duchossoy). Who would be in your ultimate Newhaven 5-a-side team (using current squad and coaches)? Rip (Paige Ripley), Lucy (Collinson – also assistant manager), Markham (Charlotte Markham), Annie (Mills) and Andy (Cook – manager). Who do you not want on the opposing team at training, and why? Lauren (Smith – team captain). She kicks the ball too hard! Someone offers you £100 if one of your teammates can hit the crossbar first time. Who are you choosing? Markham. Which teammate do you thi...