LONDONBEES OFFICIAL MATCHDAY PROGRAMME 2020/21 v BLACKBURN ROVERS WOMEN FC 25 • 04 •2021 K.O. 2:00PM At the Heart of Our Community, with Community at Our Heart At Canons High School we are thrilled to be official supporters of the London Bees for the 2020/2021 Season of the FA Women's Championship. We believe in the importance of developing great partnerships that provide potentially life-changing opportunities for our students, confident that by engaging these young people partners will benefit too. If you are interested in seeing how over a thousand incredibly talented children and young adults can work with your organisation and, in doing so, develop new skills for lifelong learning then contact us on [email protected] today. Shaldon Road, Edgware, HA8 6AN Tel: 020 8951 5780 www.canons.harrow.sch.uk LONDONBEES AMBULANCE G3 G4 G5 G5B ENTRANCE G4 G5 G6 G6 LEGENGS W1-W6 W1 LEGENDS W7 LEGENGS W1-W6 ENTRANCE W2 W8 ENTRANCE Respecting our BAR G6B G6B W3 LEGENDS W9 STAND 66 BT G5B ENTRANCE ENTRANCE W4 W10 W5 STAND CONTROL G7B G7 G7 Neighbours ROOM G3 S2 S1 W6 G7B N4 N3 Here at The Hive London, N2 N1 we wish to minimise the impact we have on our neighbours. AWAY We respectfully ask that TERRACE TICKET OFFICE when around our site or in the immediate vicinity, AND 66 (AWAY) visitors dispose of their MAIN CAR PARK T G2B G2B rubbish in the bins that BEES S BAR 66 are provided. G8B G8B G9C G9C G9B E4 E5 G1 E1 E2 Thank you, your co- G2 G2 G1 BUMBLE’S FAMILY ZONE EAST STAND A & B EAST STAND operation is greatly B.F.Z ENTRANCE E3 ENTRANCE G9 G8 appreciated. HOME THE TICKET OFFICE FIRST AID HIVE BAR G9B G9 G8 LONDON BEES FC LTD FIRST TEAM SAFETY NOTICE Chairman: Anthony A Kleanthous Manager: Sian Osmond General Manager: Natasha Kleanthous Head Physio: Luigi Cerullo Property Advisor: Graham Slyper Club Doctor: Dr Christian Kleanthous Spectators must not stand in seated areas. This is for your own safety The Hive London, Camrose Avenue, and that of others. You may also be Edgware, HA8 6AG PROGRAMME TEAM obscuring their view. Failure to comply with this Safety Tel: 020 8381 3800 Contributing Editor: Adam Rowe Notice renders you liable to being Designed By: Rickesh Patel ejected from the stadium Shop – Matchdays Only Sponsorship: Regular Contributors: Adam Rowe & In the event of an emergency please [email protected] Josh Palmer leave the ground in an orderly Ticket & Memberships – Option 5 fashion by the exit gates indicated Email: [email protected] Image Contributor: Edward Payne. on the diagram. You will be directed to the gates by both the tannoy and the club stewards. Please do not TRIAL REQUESTS: run, but leave as quickly as possible. Thank you. [email protected] Website: www.londonbeesfc.com THE MANAGER Sian Osmond From the Manager HELLO EVERYONE AND I HOPE YOU ARE ALL KEEPING WELL Ahead of our final game of the 20/21 FA Women’s Championship season. I would also like to extend a warm welcome to all the players and staff from Blackburn Rovers for what will be an entertaining match. The last few matches have of course been tough opponent. They are physical and have disappointing, and we’re gutted that we pace in attacking areas, which is something haven’t been able to pick up some more for us to weary about this afternoon. points in those crucial games. However, Despite this I firmly believe we have plenty you cannot fault the effort of the girls and of quality in our squad and we have the they have given absolutely everything for determination to finish the campaign with a the badge, the team and for themselves in big three points. these past few weeks. Whilst it’s been tough, I really feel that we can learn from these Lastly, on behalf of all of my staff, I want to experiences and be stronger in the future. thank you for all of your support from home this season. It has been over a season and I really want us to finish on a high, the a half since we had you with us and we are players deserve to finish with that winning really missing you. Have a great summer feeling and so do the supporters, I really and we will see you for the new season in hope we can give you something to smile August. about. Blackburn have had an impressive second season in the league and they’ll be a Come on you Bees!! Sian JOIN THE LIONESSES SUPPORTERS CLUB Get access to exclusive competitions, priority tickets and the latest England news. TheFA.com/joinLSC 19645_LSC PROGRAMME AD_170x246.indd 1 04/09/2020 08:48 CAPTAIN Merrick Will From the Captain HI ALL AND I HOPE ALL OF OUR AMAZING FANS ARE KEEPING WELL AHEAD OF OUR FINAL MATCH OF THE 20/21 SEASON. It’s been a difficult season, but the girls are really hoping to finish on a high and with three points at The Hive this afternoon. We’re obviously disappointed with how the season has played out and we were desperate to finish higher up the table. The girls have given everything they have this season and I hope our fans can see all the effort everyone’s put in on and off the pitch this year. Whilst it’s been difficult, I hope we still have made all the Bees fans proud this season, despite some challenging results. I just wanted to thank firstly Lee for his effort during his time with us and give a massive thank you to Sian, Craig, Karl, Connor, Adam, Dimi and Luigi for all of their efforts behind the scenes this season. They work tirelessly for us and work so hard to give us everything so that we can be prepared for each match. They are a credit to the Club and they deserve a good rest over the summer! Lastly, I just want to thank the fans for all of their support, we’ve really missed having you in the stadium over these past 18 months and it’s been really difficult playing without you. In the meantime, have a great summer, keep safe and hopefully we’ll see you soon. Come on you Bees! Mez EVERY GOAL EVERY CELEBRATION EVERY MOMENT EVERY TEAM FREE FOLLOW THE ACTION LIVE ON faplayer.thefa.com What’s the Josh Palmer Buzz? Last weekend saw the fourth round of the FA Cup take place, with some notably high scoring ties. Chelsea, winners of the competition in 2015 and 2018, won 5-0 against London City Lionesses, holders Manchester City demolished WSL rivals Aston Villa 8-0, whilst Birmingham City were 5-1 victors over West Midlands rivals Coventry United. West Ham United smashed 11 past Chichester and Selsey without reply, Liverpool, winners in 1994,1995 and 1996, lost 1-0 away at Leicester City, third tier Middlesbrough succumbed to a 9-0 home defeat to Sheffield United, whilst Manchester United claimed a 6-0 win at Burnley. Everton beat Durham 2-1, Huddersfield Town beat Derby County 3-2, our stadium tenants Tottenham Hotspur won 3-2 at Reading after extra time, and former WSL side Oxford United lost 2-1 at home to Charlton Athletic. Arsenal netted 10 times without reply against Gillingham, whilst fourth tier Southampton won 2-1 away at south coast rivals Championship side Lewes, making them the lowest ranked side to make it into the fifth round, Brighton and Hove Albion were victorious over Bristol City, winning 1-0, whilst Blackburn Rovers won 5-2 at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Details of the final tie played, our 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace, can be found elsewhere in this programme. The draw for the football tournament at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo this summer has been made this week. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be represented by one Team GB side, rather than four individual sides, and will only be competing in the women’s side of the competition, and not the men’s. The draw will see GB take on hosts Japan, as well as Canada and Chile in group E. Meanwhile, group F has pitted together China, Brazil, Zambia and the Netherlands, group G Sweden, USA, Australia and New Zealand. The winners and runners up of all three groups will qualify for the quarter finals, alongside two out of the three third place sides. UEFA’s head of women’s football Nadine Kessler has said that the idea od a Women’s European Super League would be “devastating” for the women’s game. Last weekend the announcement of a new competition set to feature some of the continents’ top men’s teams was released, but this plan had also included a women’s version too, which was a much lesser reported aspect by the media. The plans were largely discarded later in the week, when several clubs announced their pulling out of the competition due to backlash from fans. This week has also seen Olympique Lyonnais Feminin’s dominance of the Champions League stage come to an end. The French outfit have held the trophy for the past five years, having won each edition of the competition since 2016, however their dreams of a sixth were crushed at the hands of rivals Paris Saint Germain. Having been 1-0 in the first leg, the reigning champions fell to a 2-1 defeat at home to Paris, despite having been a goal up early in the match, resulting in PSG winning 2-2 on away goals.