1996/97
Elmore Eagles

Elmore were in their 2nd season, and what a fantastic season.



League Results
League Division 3
01/09/1996 Home Bristol & West 28-0 Maxine 10 Becky 7 Sarah D 3 Anita 2 Lisa 2 Jo T
Jo K Rachel W Og      
08/09/1996 Home Pilton 14-0 Maxine 5 Becky 4 Sarah D 2 Anita 2p's Rachel W  
15/09/1996 Away Clevedon 10-0 Becky 6 Kate 4        
22/09/1996 Home Bath City 1-1 Becky           
03/11/1996 Away Bridgwater 10-1 Rachel W 4 Sam 2 Danielle 2 Sarah D Becky  
17/11/1996 Away Bristol & West 12-0 Sam 6 Rachel W 5 Becky      
19/01/1997 Away Weston Super Mare 6-1 Becky 3 Sarah D Sam  Lisa     
26/01/1997 Away Pilton 6-0 Sam 4 Sarah D Maxine      
02/02/1997 Home Axmouth 20-0 Rachel W 5 Becky 4 Jo K 2 Sam 2 Anita 2 Lisa
Sarah  Danielle Maxine      
02/03/1997 Home Weston Super Mare 7-1 Becky 3 Lisa 2 Sam (p) Anita    
30/03/1997 Away Bath City 1-1 Becky          
03/04/1997 Home Bridgwater 12-0 Sam 5 (1p) Becky 4 Danielle  Rachel W Lisa   
06/04/1997 Home Clevedon 11-0 Becky 3 Sam 4 Maxine 2 Danielle Rachel W  
Axmouth withdrew from the league 

Final Table



League Cup Results

Division 3 Cup
15/12/1996 Home R1  Bristol & West 19-0 Anita 4, Rachel W 4, Becky 3, Maxine 3, Lisa C 2, Danielle 2, Sam
16/03/1997 Away SF Bridgwater 6-0 Sam 2 Rachel 2 Anita Sarah    
20/04/1997 Final  Bath City 2-1 Anita 2       At Wellington
Elmore were League Cup Winners in 1996/97


Women's FA Cup

Women's FA Cup
29/09/1996 Home R1  CableTel Newport 0-4 :          


Pat Sowden Cup

Pat Sowden Cup
05/10/1996 Away R1 Clevedon 8-0 Rachel W 4 Becky 2 Danielle Sian    
08/12/1996 Away R2 Freeway 6-0 Anita 3 Rachel  Sam Lisa    
23/02/1997 Home R3 CableTel Newport 4-2 Rachel 2 Becky 2        
06/03/1997 Home QF Bridgwater 7-1 Becky 3 Rachel 2 Sam Anita    
23/03/1997 Home SF Cardiff County 3-2 Becky 2 Danielle        
27/04/1997 Final Plymouth 0-1 :       At Crediton 



Devon County Cup

Devon County Cup
12/01/1997 Away R1 Brixham Belles 12-0 Becky 4 Sam 4 (2p's) Rachel W 2 Anita  Maxine  
16/02/1997 Home R2 North Prospect Brunos 6-2 Becky 4 Rachel Sarah D      
09/03/1997 Home SF Torbay Girls 3-0 Becky Rachel Anita      
13/04/1997 Final Plymouth 3-1 Becky Sam Lisa   At Newton Abbot
Elmore were Devon County Cup Winners in 1996/97



Players apperances and goals

Name League WFA Pat Sowden Cup Div 3 Cup Devon C Cup Totals
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Maxine Badcock 13 19 1 0 6 0 3 3 4 1 27 23
Becky Batten 13 38 1 0 5 9 2 3 4 10 25 60
Hayley Broad 13 0 1 0 5 0 3 0 4 0 26 0
Anita Carroll 10 7 0 0 5 4 3 7 4 2 22 20
Lisa Clark 11 7 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 1 19 11
Sarah Diplock 13 9 1 0 5 0 2 1 3 1 24 11
Clare Duff 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Alison Ganfield 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 9 0
Jo  Kingwell 12 3 1 0 5 0 3 0 4 0 25 3
Sian Morgan 11 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 3 0 21 1
Rachel Powell 11 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 4 0 25 0
Jo Tretheway 8 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 14 1
Kirsty Veen 11 0 1 0 6 0 3 0 3 0 24 0
Danielle Woodbury 12 5 1 0 6 2 3 2 3 0 25 9
Kate Newton 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 4
Rachel Watts 13 18 1 0 6 9 3 6 4 4 27 37
Sam Cox 9 25 0 0 6 2 3 3 4 5 22 35
Own Goal   1   0   0   0   0 0 1
Totals 13 138 1 0 6 28 3 27 4 24 27 217



Season Summary

Elmore Eagles ended their second season unbeaten in the League, having played 12 games winning 10 and drawing 2. They opened the League  season with a huge 28-0 victory against Bristol and West.

It wasn't until late September that they lost their first game in the Women's FA Cup against Cable-tel of Newport. They had their revenge against the Newport team in the 3rd Round of the Pat Sowden Cup in February,  winning by 4-2.


They reached 3 cup finals winning two.

In the space of two weeks in April 1997 Elmore won the Devon County Cup final by defeating Plymouth, who were leagues above the Eagles, 3-1 at Newton Abbot on the 13th of April.

Seven days later they won their 2nd final by defeating Bath City, a team they failed to beat in the League, in the SWWFL Division 3 Cup by 2-1 at Wellington. Closely followed by their first cup final defeat by 1-0 in a closely fought game against Plymouth at Crediton in the Pat Sowden Cup Final. 

Becky Batten lead the scoring with 60 goals in all competetions, including 38 in 13 league games which included 12 games where she scored 3 or more goals. Sam Cox and Rachel Watts scored 35 and 37 goals respectively. In total the Eagles scored 217 goals in 27 competetive games. 

5 players were ever present in the league and Maxine and Rachel played every game. Lisa Clark would have played all 13 league games, but she was called upon to Referee the game against Bridgwater on the 3rd of November.

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