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21-02-2025
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Cherries face Bridgwater while Sports host Southampton in National League
THE Cherries will travel to Keynsham to face Bridgwater United while Bournemouth Sports host Southampton Women in the National League this Sunday. Table topping Cherries will be aiming to extend their winning streak to 14 out of 14 games against the team placed in seventh in the table. Steve Cuss's side beat their hosts 7-0 just a couple of weeks ago, thanks to goals from Helen Bleazard, Kenni Thompson, Amber Treweek and braces from Eloise Hall and Gemma McGuinness. The game this weekend has been moved to Keynsham Town's home, the AJN Stadium, at the request of the hosts after it was due to be played at Fairfax Park in Bridgwater. And the Cherries have a good recent record at Keynsham, beating Town 3-0 there at the start of the month, just a week before they beat Bridgwater at home. Sports face a huge game in their fight to avoid relegation from the National League Division One South West. (Image: Bournemouth Sports FC) They face bottom-placed Southampton, who have avoided defeat in just two of their 17 games this season, winning once and drawing once. Sports are just outside the relegation zone, two points clear of Portishead Town, after they were beaten by Bristol Rovers last weekend. The Cherries were due to play in the Hampshire Senior Cup quarter final last weekend, but Bursledon withdrew from the competition. Cuss's team will visit Moneyfields in the semi final of the cup at the John Jenkins Stadium on Sunday, March 16, with the winners set to face either Sholing or Southampton U21s in the final. This is a repeat of last year's semi-final, which the Cherries won on penalties after a goalless draw, before Bournemouth beat Southampton U21s at the EBB Stadium in Aldershot in the final to lift the cup. The two sides will meet in the league on Wednesday March 5, before the semi-final.
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14-02-2025
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Cherries host Bursledon to begin cup defence as Sports host Bristol Rovers
THE Cherries begin their Hampshire Senior Cup defence at home against Bursledon FC at the Ringwood Community Hub. AFC Bournemouth were due to start their cup campaign away at Southampton FC Women in December, but the Cherries' opponents withdrew from the competition. Steve Cuss's side will be aiming to win the trophy for the third consecutive season. They beat Southampton FC's U21s to take their third title in a row in May 2023, after a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw at Fratton Park, with Kelly Fripp netting for Bournemouth. The Cherries come into the game on fine form, extending their winning run in the National League to 13 games with a comfortable 7-0 win over neighbours Bournemouth Sports. They went past 100 goals in the season to date in that win, and Erin Foley kept her tenth clean sheet in a row in the league, meaning she has not conceded a goal in the National League for more than 16 hours. The visitors to the Ringwood Community Hub on Sunday play in the Southern Region Division One South and they sit in seventh in the league. Bursledon beat QK Southampton in the last round of the cup to reach this stage against the Cherries. Sports, meanwhile, will be aiming to bounce back from their defeat to the Cherries at home against Bristol Rovers in the National League. Ninth-placed Sports will be aiming at extending their gap to the relegation zone, which currently stands at two points at Fawcetts Field Sports Ground in New Milton. Both games kick off at 2pm on Sunday, February 16.
