Captain's Blog
Captain’s Blog: It hasn’t sunk in yet
Published by Gillingham Ladies Media on April 28, 2010
I still can’t believe that we are League Champions. In the first half against Norwich Ian said go out there and get the early goal and that is exactly what we did. We sat back off them a little bit but I think first half we were all over them.
AJ on the wing i thought was amazing, every single time she had the beating of that left back but on the balance of play we deserved it. We gave away a lead but we knew we only needed a draw which I think was at the back of our minds, but we got the job done and we are now the champions, and two out of three isn’t bad.
At two-nil i thought we were going to start banging them away then, but we just sat off them a little bit and I don’t know why. We missed a lot of chances and I think everyone knowing that we only needed a draw was definitely at the back of everyone’s minds for certain.
Everyone worked hard and everyone really wanted it and that is why we have got it but it could have been very different. I think if the referee played any more extra time than he already did I think it would have been different.
I think Norwich may have come with the wrong attitude as they are fifth and on their day nowhere near us on our day when we play as good as we know we are. I think we sort of proved that I know they got two goals but I think towards the end we got a little bit nervous and started to panic a bit.
If we had just put our foot on the ball and played it simple but that is something that having Ash back as well will settle us all down a bit more. It was nice to have everyone there as well and the Reserves have a good chance of winning their League as well which would be immense. It could be happy days all-round.
Martins face when we done it, i looked straight over and he was so happy but everyone is really chuffed.
We made a lot of changes for the Fleet game as it gave a few people a rest for the cup final on Sunday. It gave people that are normally on the bench like Nell and Chabs the chance to get more game time under their belts after stepping in to help the Reserves our over the weekend too.
They had the chance to show Ian what they can do and they deserved that chance to show him what they are about. They have been with us throughout the whole season so they got the chance to show just what they can do.
The treble is still on but I don’t think it has sunk in yet still that we have won the League, I just can’t believe it. I am so so happy about it and I still can’t believe we let the lead go against Norwich I really can’t.
The feeling of knowing that we have done it is amazing, at half time me and Whit walked back out absolutely praying that we could hold onto it. When Amy scored that goal I thought that is it, we have done it. As they started getting back into it panic started to set in, we were just throwing everything we had at it in the end.
Rachel that challenge she did at the end she clearly won the ball and even the Lino was saying it so how the ref gave that I do not know. We have done it now and it is pointless with if buts or maybes we got the result we messed it up against Spurs and fixed it against Norwich.
When Martin and Ian said at the beginning of the season this is what we are going to win I was like alright, and you get your hopes up a little bit but it is all coming together. I don’t know how to react and I am not sure what to do with myself but it is really really good.
Going up to the next level the pitches will be of a higher standard and we will be able to play our football as well. Like when we went to Brighton the way we played was unreal and hopefully by getting some new players in as well next season I can see us right up there.