A Classic Game Of Two Halves

Amber Valley 3-5 Pride Park by Boot Room (13/10/22) Above: Pride Park’s two-goal hero Fran Critchley-Watson. Photo: Bleu Lewis-Wilson. Pride Park, buoyed by a strong first half-performance, ran out winners at Amber Valley in the tier seven Derbyshire Ladies League Division One on Sunday. After losing the toss and Pride Park being given the pronouncedContinue reading “A Classic Game Of Two Halves”

Pride In Performance On The Road

Wirksworth Colts 1-5 Pride Park By Boot Room (22/3/22) Above: Eliot Sayavong shoots from the edge of the area for Pride Park at Wirksworth Colts on Sunday. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. Wirksworth’s pitch is a beautiful setting for a game of football, made all the better on Sunday by the Spring sunshine. This fixture is one of the more unpredictableContinue reading “Pride In Performance On The Road”

Hannah Gets The Nod

Pride Park 1-1 Sandiacre Town Above: Pride Park goalscorer Hannah Kwiatek in action. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. By Boot Room (15/2/22). For the second successive League game, Pride Park hosted Sandiacre Town at the newly named Moorways Sports Village, welcoming back several players that missed the previous encounter. There was, however, another casualty to add toContinue reading “Hannah Gets The Nod”

Third Defeat On The Spin But Improved Performance

Pride Park 2-3 Borrowash Victoria By ‘Boot Room’ (25/1/22). There can’t be a report on this match that avoids the ‘elephant in the room’, so let’s deal with that so we can file it away and move on to the match. Technically this was our first game against Borrowash Victoria, although only technically, as thisContinue reading “Third Defeat On The Spin But Improved Performance”

Pride Park Back At Last

Wirksworth Colts 5-2 Pride Park By ‘Boot Room’ (18/1/22) Neither team had played in a month before Sunday’s Derbyshire Ladies League Division One (tier seven) game – and Park’s last game in the first half of December was the only game we’d played since before the end of October. After an overnight frost caused theContinue reading “Pride Park Back At Last”

Pride Park Preview

‘Boot Room’ provides us with a full preview of Impetus Partner Club Pride Park’s Derbyshire Ladies League Division One encounter with Chesterfield Inspire Blues. This weekend brings a first up for Pride Park, with a home fixture against Chesterfield Inspire Blues. The teams have never met previously, so represent something of an unknown quantity. TheContinue reading “Pride Park Preview”

Battling Pride Take The Points

Belper Town 1-2 Pride Park By Boot Room Above: Eliot Sayavong (14, centre) slots home the winner for Pride Park. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. The teams fought out an extremely close and competitive game at Moorways only two weeks ago, with Belper coming away with the points thanks to a late penalty in a 3-2 win.Continue reading “Battling Pride Take The Points”

Park Prepare To Welcome Wirksworth

By ‘Boot Room’ Above: Pride Park’s Annie Laight (9) is foiled by a combination of the Colts ‘keeper and defender when the two sides met at Wirksworth in April 2021. Photo: Shaun Hardwick This weekend, Pride Park host Wirksworth Colts in the Derbyshire Ladies League Division One at Moorways (Sunday, 1.30pm). Both teams have hadContinue reading “Park Prepare To Welcome Wirksworth”

Pride Park Prepare For The New Season

The return of a club favourite and the publication of their league fixtures emphasize that a new campaign is just around the corner for Impetus partner club Pride Park. ‘Boot Room’ reports. Above: Hannah Roberts, who is returning to Pride Park. Photo: Pride Park FC. Tier Seven Derbyshire Ladies League Division One side Pride ParkContinue reading “Pride Park Prepare For The New Season”

Laight Goal Decides Close Encounter

Pride Park 1-0 Chesterfield Development By Boot Room The Ladies welcomed Chesterfield Development to Moorways on Sunday. Pre-match heavy drizzle left the pitch wet on top, but as the rainclouds disappeared the temperature rose and the sun put in an appearance, drying out the surface and making it a warm and muggy afternoon. After beingContinue reading “Laight Goal Decides Close Encounter”