Derbyshire Ladies League

Pride In Defeat

Pride Park 0-4 Draycott Victoria Above: Pride Park’s Rachel Weaver, who had an impressive performance on Sunday. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. By Doug Outt (13/4/22) Pride Park knew the Derbyshire Ladies League Division One leaders will have been stung by their first defeat of the season at their hands last week and – whilst, in allContinue reading “Pride In Defeat”

Tash Allderidge: Pride Park Through And Through

Pride Park captain and record appearance holder Tash Allderidge spoke to Impetus‘ Ben Gilby about her footballing journey and life at the Derbyshire Ladies League Division One club (7/4/22). Above: Tash Allderidge (left) strides forward with the ball for Pride Park. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. Tash Allderidge first played for Pride Park in December 2006 andContinue reading “Tash Allderidge: Pride Park Through And Through”

Full of Pride As Park Send League Leaders To First Defeat

Pride Park 2-0 Draycott Victoria By Doug Outt (5/4/22) Above: Beth Jones wheels away after opening the scoring for Pride Park. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. It was top versus second at Moorways on Sunday. Despite occasional sunshine there was a chill in the wind, which was blowing down the length of the pitch. With four missingContinue reading “Full of Pride As Park Send League Leaders To First Defeat”

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”

Pride For Park As They Hit Five

Belper Town 3-5 Pride Park Above: Maja Znamirowska completes the scoring for Pride Park with her fourth goal of the afternoon at Belper Town. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. By Doug Outt (15/3/22). Pride Park overcame the odds to end a run of five games without a win with victory at Belper Town on Sunday in theContinue reading “Pride For Park As They Hit Five”

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”

Maja Znamirowska: Aiming To Be Pride Park’s First To A Hundred

Above: In full flight – Maja Znamirowska in action for Pride Park. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. Pride Park FC’s all-time record goalscorer talked to Ben Gilby about her footballing journey from Gdynia in Poland to the Derbyshire Ladies League Division One (10/2/22). Maja Znamirowska made her debut for Pride Park almost six years ago, and sinceContinue reading “Maja Znamirowska: Aiming To Be Pride Park’s First To A Hundred”

Pride In Adversity As Park Go Down Battling

Pride Park 1-3 Sandiacre Town Above: Pride Park’s Bleu Lewis-Wilson (right – 18) captured on her return to action on Sunday. Photo: Shaun Hardwick. By Boot Room (1/2/22) In the 15 or so years since the origins of this team, Pride Park have never failed to fulfill a fixture, but there was a risk ofContinue reading “Pride In Adversity As Park Go Down Battling”

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”