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BBC News
24-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Forest boss Davies eyes double after 'elation' of cup win
Head coach Carly Davies says Nottingham Forest were "elated" to reclaim the Women's National League Cup, and what the Reds hope is the first piece of a trophy Reds overcame Stoke City 3-1 in Saturday's final at Bescot Stadium to claim the cup for the second time in three who are top of the National League Northern Premier Division, are now well placed to emulate what they did in 2023 when they won the cup and league double."That is one of two now, and hopefully we can go and win the league," Davies told BBC Radio Nottingham. "We are on for the double." Unlike 2023, however, the league title will guarantee promotion back to the second tier first the time time since who have a game in hand on second-placed Wolves, are two points clear at the summit with four matches still to Reds are yet to be beaten in the league and have won 15 of their 18 matches in the third tier since first moving towards full-time professionalism last have conceded just five league goals in 18 matches so far, and scored 60 of their own."Momentum is really important," Davies added. "We are unbeaten in the league and that is an unbelievable feat."Winning is a habit and you have seen that again today [in their cup final win]."I'm elated. We found a way to win. It was probably not our best performance but when you are not at your best and still score three goals, that shows the quality of this team."
BBC News
21-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Forest want trophies after 'astronomical progress'
Captain Lyndsey Harkin wants Nottingham Forest to turn the "astronomical progress" the club have made into Reds' first chance to collect a trophy this season comes on Saturday as they meet Stoke City in the Women's National League Cup final at Walsall's Bescot could be the first piece of a league-and-cup double for Forest, who are five points clear at the top of the National League Northern Premier Division table with four matches remaining."We just have to keep pushing on," Harkin told BBC East Midlands Today. "We have beaten Stoke twice in the league but we are not going to be complacent because we know a cup final brings different things. It's a nothing to lose sort of game, we have to go for it."We know they can play football, but so can we. They are aggressive, but so are we." The Reds are yet to be beaten in the league and have won 15 of their 18 matches in the third tier since first moving towards full-time professionalism last is the club's longest serving player, having made more than 300 appearances for the side either side of a six-year spell with Doncaster Rovers Belles, where she featured in the Women's Super has already captained Forest to a double, with the club clinching the National League Cup in 2023 before going on to win the league league success, however, did not bring automatic promotion, as it now does, and they went on to lose their promotion play-off final against Watford."The progress the club has made has been astronomical," Harkin said."With the players we have signed and where the club is at now, it's just amazing."The next step is that we want to get promoted."
Yahoo
26-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Forest beat Hashtag to reach FA WNL cup final
Nottingham Forest reached the FA Women's National League Cup final for the second time in three seasons as they beat holders Hashtag United 1-0. Charlie Wellings scored a late winner from the penalty spot after Nat Johnson had been fouled in the box. And Forest will now face Stoke City in the final at Walsall in March after they saw off Plymouth Argyle 3-0. The match at Hashtag's ground in Aveley in Essex pitted the leaders before kick-off of the Women's National League Southern and Northern Premier divisions against each other - although Wolves' win in the league at the same time on Sunday saw them move ahead of Forest. And it proved to be a tight semi-final in windy conditions, with few clear-cut chances after Sammy Rowland shot just wide of the far post for the home side in the 10th minute. Amy Sims played in Melissa Johnson as 2023 winners Forest pressed after the break, but she was denied by keeper Frankie Angel. Johnson also saw a shot deflected just over the bar before a Freda Ayisi free-kick for Hashtag - who included Derby County and Ipswich Town among their victims in reaching the semi-finals - was well saved by Forest's Emily Batty low to her left. The penalty followed two minutes later and and Hashtag, who beat Newcastle United in last year's final, could not an equaliser in the closing moments. "We competed very well. They're a full-time professional outfit, but this game, if you were to say which was the full-time team, you wouldn't put a lot between us," Hashtag boss Jason Stephens told BBC Essex Sport. "The one negative thing for us was when we were in possession of the ball, our final pass - whether that was affected by the wind - probably could have been a little bit better." The competition features teams in the third and fourth tiers of the English women's game. Forest women set to go full-time professional Hashtag United stun Newcastle to win cup final Get the latest WSL news on our dedicated page
