Posh Women travel to Rugby Borough Women in the Adobe Women’s FA Cup Second Round.
Peterborough United Women are in Adobe Women’s FA Cup action on Sunday afternoon (2pm) as they travel to Nationwide Windows Arena to face Northern Premier Division side Rugby Borough in the second round.
Jake Poole’s side will be looking to bounce back from their 2-0 loss against Northampton Town Women in the FAWNL Division One Midlands last weekend on their return to Abbey Lawn.
Opponents, Rugby Borough Women, currently sit fourth in the Northern Premier Division with seven wins and a draw from their opening ten matches. They most recently won 12-0 in the County Cup in Solihull Sporting Ladies before beating Hull City 4-0 in the league.
Team News
Speaking to Posh+ ahead of Sunday’s game, Poole confirmed he will have several players unavailable for the fixture. Hannah Dawbarn joins Ellie York and Jess Stanford on the sidelines following a knee injury she sustained against Leafield Athletic. Poole also confirmed that Kayleigh Hines is cup tied.
New signing Marthina Aguirre could make her debut for the club whilst Kayleigh Hines is cup-tied for this weekend having already featured for former club earlier this season.
From The Gaffer
Speaking to Posh+, Jake Poole said: “This weekend gives us the opportunity to learn from the mistakes we made last week as well as against Nottingham Forest who are a Northern Premier side too. The Billericay game was a benchmark for us; we were true to our side and showed our identity which bought out the best in us, whereas against Forest we probably changed too much.”
One To Watch
Yasmin Mosby and Angelina Nixon currently lead Rugby Borough’s goalscoring charts with ten goals from 12 and 11 games respectively.
Last Time In The FA Cup
Peterborough United Women secured their place in the second round with a penalty shoot-out win against Billericay Town earlier this month. Goals from Niamh Connor, an injury time equaliser from Niamh Reynolds and multiple saves from Neive Corry sent Posh to a penalty shoot-out where they won 4-2.
Ticket News
Tickets can be purchased in advance online (https://www.rugbyboroughfc.co.uk/women/ticket-information/ ) and on the gate at Nationwide Windows Arena.
Tickets are priced at £5 for adults and £3 for concessions and children.
Live Updates
Updates of the game will be available on The Posh Women’s X account (@theposhwomen), with post-match reaction also on the website.