Let's try this again, shall we?! Sunday (10th September) was the start of the 23/24 Women's FA Cup. When looking down the fixture list for a match to attend, I look out for interesting venues as well as eye catching games, such as derby's or potential 'giant killings' etc. Nothing was really jumping out at me at first until I saw that Rochdale AFC Women were playing MSB Woolton Women at The Crown Oil Arena for this first qualifying round tie. This is the first time the Rochdale women's team were to play at the main stadium, so a trip over to the north west was in order!
511 fans were in attendance which is fantastic to see at this level of the women's game (Rochdale currently play at county level) and the atmosphere was really great. The game was fantastic with some brilliant players in both teams, though it deservedly finished 2-1 to the hosts, who will play AFC Darwen Ladies in the next round.
As usual, you check out my full match gallery on Flickr and I'll post some images down below for good measure!
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