Captain's Blog
Captain Bex: I’m so happy
Published by Gillingham Ladies Media on April 9, 2010
Last night was proof that dreams really can come true for Gills Ladies Captain Becky Lyon as she lifted the Kent Cup for the second time.
It capped a fairytale season for the Ladies skipper as she scored the winning goal, and is one of just two players who played the last time they lifted the trophy.
Talking about the victory the delighted captain said: “Nine years after we last one the Kent Cup Final, I tell you what though all the girls deserved that today.
“I said to the girls at the beginning of the game that it is not just going to fall at us, we had to put everything we had got and you cannot fault them. Every single player on that pitch put in everything that they have got and we really deserved it.”
Bex grabbed the winning goal but she was quick to praise her team mates who created the opportunity for her to score.
She added: “To be fair Rachel and Laura did all the hard work and it kind of just hit me but I will take the goal. You have to be in it to win it and to be credited with the goal is even better.
“I am amazed by it and I am so happy right now, at the beginning they put us under a lot of pressure and we proved what a good team we are.”
As soon as team mate Ashlee Hincks went off injured the team instantly rallied together to win it for her.
She said: “As soon as Ash went off and we went into the changing rooms at half time we said that we had to win it for her. She has played such a massive part in our success this season.
“Nat worked her backside off against Millwall, I think if Ash was with her as well those two together would have been a nightmare. I would hate to have been playing against them, and I think we would have won a lot more comfortably. Nat did her job up there and all credit to Ash she has done it the whole way through and we did it for her.”
As the game came to a close the Gills were put under an enormous amount of pressure at the back but Becky and her defence stood firm.
Talking about that pressure, she added: “They really wanted it as much as what we did but it just proves that we wanted it that bit more.
“They put us under a lot of pressure at the end and we played about nine minutes extra time when we are meant to play three. We held out did our jobs and got the win so happy days.
“It is the first time that we have won the cup in nine years and we deserve it thought. Martin and Ian and everybody at the club we all deserve it. Not just the players that have played tonight but the club as a whole.
“As a club we need to push on now that is just the first of three. We have got the League which can be won in the next couple of games. Then we have the League Cup in May and everyone is buzzing right now they want it so much.”