Stroud Ladies 1

Bourton 5

STROUD faced a long journey to Bourton-on-the-Water for an afternoon pushback.

Bourton opened the scoring within the first 10 minutes. Stroud didn’t let their heads drop and were awarded with a penalty flick, which was converted by Amy Lloyd-Jones.

Stroud’s defence absorbed continued pressure from the Bourton forwards, but eventually scored from a short corner just before the half-time whistle.

The second-half saw Stroud continue to push into the Bourton half with some strong running from Freya Robb down the right-wing. Stroud managed to win another penalty flick, but Amy Lloyd Jones’s strike was disallowed. Bourton came back fighting and managed to scored a further three goals.

Star Player: Freya Robb.

Stroud Ladies 2nds 0

East Glos 5

MOLLY Combe, Elaine Noone, Sophie Payne and Mopsy Voss - worked incredibly well from the start, East Glos only managing to get one beyond keeper and star player, Ella Bullock in the first-half.

Buoyed by their performance, Stroud attacked hard in the second-half - Elaine Noone, Victoria Sharpe, Esme Clarke, Freya Wallace, Ellie Freer, ML French and short corner taker Voss, only just missing out.

Debut player Aimee Robb did find the goal, but her slap in was taken from just outside the D. East Glos took advantage of Stroud's attacking play and scored four more in the second half, all on the break.