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Meira Ashby seals dramatic comeback for Wycombe Wanderers

Rebecca Perez Taylor

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Wycombe Wanderers made a dramatic comeback with two goals from Meira Ashby, the second of which put her side ahead in the 63rd minute.

Winchester’s Chelsie Hay opened the scoring in the 16th minute and doubled the lead shortly after, giving the flayers a comfortable 2-0 lead and the hope of being able to equal in points with the opponents in the league table. 

HT: Winchester City Flyers 2 – 0 Wycombe Wanderers 

A first goal for the visiting team came in the 57th minute through Kayla Potter, giving the Wanderers a renewed belief in being able to win the game. Just minutes later, Meira Ashby struck twice, in the 61st and 63rd minutes, completing the turnaround and securing the comebackthat keeps the Wanderers comfortably at the top of the table. 

FT: Winchester City Flyers 2 – 3 Wycombe Wanderers 

The Winchester Flyers take the loss and remain behind Wycombe Wanderers in the league standings, meanwhilethe wanderers stay in first place for yet another week. The result adds pressure on Winchester to keep pace, while it further strengthens Wycombe’s position as title contenders.

Next up for Winchester is another home fixture, this time against Southampton Women’s FC 

Waycombe Wanderers will face Abingdon United FC in their next match.

Both teams head into their upcoming fixtures with very different momentum.  Winchester will be looking to regroup and be able to keep their first-half performance into the full 90 minutes, while Wycombe will aim to keep building on what they have been doing and maintain their place at the top of the table

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Ivan Juric leaves Southampton after earliest ever relegation

Lennie Teague

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Ivan Juric has left his role as Southampton first team manager following the club’s relegation on Sunday.

The Croatian joined the Saints on an 18-month deal in December following Russell Martin’s dismissal but lasted just 107 days in charge.

Juric oversaw just two victories in his 16 matches in charge with Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to Tottenham confirming Southampton’s relegation to the Championship.

With seven matches still to play, Saints’ relegation is the earliest in Premier League history, breaking the joint-record set by Derby County and Huddersfield Town in 2007-08 and 2018-19 respectively, who both went down after 32 games.

The club confirmed the process of searching for a new manager is now under way and said: “With relegation to the Championship now confirmed, we believe it is important to give fans, players and staff some clarity on the future as we head into a very important summer.”

First team coach Simon Rusk is set to take charge of the team for the remainder of the season with player Adam Lallana to act as his assistant.

Southampton currently sit on 10 points at the bottom of the league and require a further two points to avoid breaking the record-low set by Derby County, who finished the 2007-08 season with 11 points.

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Meet the football superfan who fell in love with Winchester City

Guy Nicklinson

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Robert Conway, an Eastleigh-based football fanatic has visited more than 730 football grounds across 14 countries.

He has been to 2,030 matches and counting.

A passionate fan who will attempt to watch any and every match. Eight matches in one weekend is his current record.

Robert has completed “the 92”, meaning that he has attended a match at all English football grounds in the top four divisions. He has also seen matches at all 56 professional German League grounds.

Robert has quite the collection of football memorabilia, with more than 200 scarves and 469 football shirts from the 733 grounds he has visited.

Robert’s passion for football was ignited by Blackburn Rovers in the 1990s, when Alan Shearer fired them to the Premier League title in 1995.

‘Community feeling’

Living in the south of England and travelling up to Ewood Park every other week was unfeasible for Robert, so he turned his attention to his local club, Winchester City.

Robert has been going to watch Winchester City every week, home and away for nine years and he will only miss a match if he has absolutely no choice.

Since attending his first match against Laverstock and Ford one Tuesday night, he has never looked back.

Robert “loves the community feeling” and says in a positive way that it is “just different supporting a non-league club”.  

Being closer to the action comes with its benefits as Robert says he knows the manager and the players and that they all know him.

Robert describes his strong association with the club from the position of a fan as a “nice fit”.

He feels like a “very small part of the club” and that his support has an influence at Winchester City’s matches.

Fourth Division Alemannia Aachen is the German club that has also captured Robert’s heart and he is the founder of their UK supporters club.

With over 20,000 fans on average at home matches last season, it is no surprise Robert has many friends in Germany.

The greatest game

Attending their matches is “so much fun”, especially at only €12 a ticket.

The best match Robert has ever attended was Eintracht Frankfurt’s 4-4 draw at home to Hertha Berlin in December 2014.

Frankfurt fell three goals behind but then managed to salvage a point thanks to two last-gasp stoppage time goals from local hero Alex Meier, who Robert said would “forever be my favourite player”.

“The place just went absolutely crazy.”

Frankfurt even had a final chance right at the end to win the match which went a yard wide.

Robert said that if it had gone in, he would have “never been able to go to a game ever again as nothing would have ever compared”. 

Having been to the San Siro, Signal Iduna Park and Como’s ground, Borussia Neunkirchen is now the dream destination that Robert has yet to visit.

He has been trying to get to their “fantastic, massive, old, crumbly, concrete stadium”, for many years.

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