20-03-2025
On the brink of glory - success spreading through Cherries
While Andoni Iraola's side are 10 days away from an FA Cup quarter-final against Manchester City, Bournemouth are also on the precipice of promotion to the third tier of the women's football pyramid after a remarkable Cherries, managed by Steve Cuss, beat their nearest challengers Moneyfields 2-1 on Wednesday to extend their record in the FA Women's National League Division One South West to played 17, won Gilroy scored direct from a corner and Ellie Strippel doubled Bournemouth's lead, before Brooke Garcia pulled one back for Portsmouth-based was only a penalty save in stoppage time by teenage keeper Erin Foley, keeping Shannon Albuery at bay, that preserved the 100% win record for Bournemouth, whose goal record stands at scored 80 and conceded only three in those 17 now require only one win from their last five games to clinch the title and the division's sole promotion place - and it could have not been stage-managed better as their next game is at Vitality Stadium on Sunday, with Bristol Rovers the than 5,000 tickets have already been sold for the fixture, with hopes of eclipsing the crowd of over 6,000 which watched their last game at the men's ground, a 4-0 success over Swindon in November - attendance figures which would compare favourably with the men's team when they were last in the fourth tier, having averaged 5,720 in League Two in 2009-10.
