Saints Women - the ones to watch

[OneBeat]

Forget those useless men, Saints Women began their season with a 5-1 away win at Poole Town. And that's with their best player out with an ACL injury.

[saintsfan73]

Are they having to play in the same division as last season? (despite them seeming to win every game 10-0?)

[channonite]

Sept 21, 2020 10:02:10 GMT saintsfan73 said:

Are they having to play in the same division as last season? (despite them seeming to win every game 10-0?)

That is almost exactly what I was just wondering.

I see that the OS report on the game comes under the general heading "FA Womens National League Div One South West"

[saintsfan73]

Sept 21, 2020 10:30:27 GMT channonite said:

Sept 21, 2020 10:02:10 GMT saintsfan73 said:

Are they having to play in the same division as last season? (despite them seeming to win every game 10-0?)

That is almost exactly what I was just wondering.

I see that the OS report on the game comes under the general heading "FA Womens National League Div One South West"

Looks like that's the same division which is kinda pointless. I assume last season was 'expunged'... Seems silly to keep them in that league as they will win every game by multiple goals.

OneBeat provided us with this explanation last season:

Tier 1 – FA Women’s Super League
Tier 2 – FA Women’s Championship
Tier 3 – FA Women’s National League - Northern Premier Division / Southern Premier Division
Tier 4 – FA Women’s National League – Division 1 North, Midlands, South East, South West

[Mandochris]

The season wasn't finished so no promotion or relegation.
Women's football is not as important as men's football. Obviously.

[jickster]

Rightly or wrongly, the massive scorelines do give a negative impression of the women's game from the outside and the authorities do need to work on making sure there's a better balance. If that meant making executive decisions to promote teams without necessarily basing it on completed seasons then they should have done.

[saintsfan73]

Sept 21, 2020 11:23:33 GMT Mandochris said:

The season wasn't finished so no promotion or relegation.
Women's football is not as important as men's football. Obviously.

Yet more Fake news Donald.

The situation was the same for both the men's and women's game.......

Laurence Jones, The FA’s Head of National League System, has explained the process and decision behind ending the 2019/20 season at Steps 3-7 and making the campaign null and void.

The request to end the 2019/20 season was taken to The FA Council by the representatives of the relevant committees having been fully supported by The FA Board. The FA Council’s vote was overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the decision.

The FA Council ratified the decision to conclude the 2019/20 season across Steps 3-7 of the National League System, Tiers 3 to 7 of the women’s football pyramid and the wider grassroots game

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, The FA has been working collaboratively with the leagues within the National League System , the Women’s Football Board, the Women’s Football Conference, and the wider grassroots game to identify the most appropriate way to conclude the 2019/20 season at each level.

[OneBeat]

Sept 21, 2020 10:02:10 GMT saintsfan73 said:

Are they having to play in the same division as last season? (despite them seeming to win every game 10-0?)

Yep, same division. Last season was just wiped. 

They had a youngster from the development squad playing yesterday as their best player, Ella Morris, did her ACL training with England just before lockdown.