Tegan’s wonder goal rounds off a perfect league campaign for champions Flint Town United

NORTH WALES WOMEN’S LEAGUE EAST DIVISION – MARCH 28, 2024

Flint Town United 4 (Rosie Hughes, Zoe Stopford 2, Tegan Crockett)
Northop Hall 1 (Ellen Sharps)

Played 12, Won 12, Scored 66, Conceded 10 – champions by a country mile.

Raise your hats for The Invincibles – Flint Town United!

Thursday night saw Elliott Hale’s heroes rounded off their league campaign by completing a perfect set of 12 straight victories.

Most of the time they have won comfortably; on other occasions they had to battle hard to beat the likes of Kinmel Bay, Berriew and Northop Hall – but they always found a way to win.

Flint will now chase a treble with the North Wales Women’s League play-off final against West champions Pwllheli and the Betty Pickering Cup in their sights.

Whatever happens for the rest of this term, nothing can detract from the fact this team which only formed last season has made remarkable progress in the past 12 months.

In their debut 2022-23 campaign, Flint’s record was: Played 22 Won 6 Drawn 1 Lost 15 Goals For 36 Goals Against 82 Position: 9th.

Last season was a learning curve. This season, with many of the same squad and a few quality additions, Flint have been a team transformed.

Thursday’s goals:

19th minute: Rosie Hughes initially took the ball away from goal, turned and let fly with her right foot from the edge of the box, the shot blazing into the net over the keeper.
35th minute: Zoe Stopford finishes from close range after great set-up work from Tegan Crockett
48th minute: Hard-working Northop Hall get back in it when Ellen Sharps scores to make it 2-1
58th minute: Zoe Stopford scores her 23rd goal in all competitions this season. Jennifer Haynes slots a lovely ball through the defence into the path of Stopford, who finishes into the bottom-right corner.
88th minute: What an amazing way to finish off the league campaign! Tegan Crockett scores with a wonderful volley from a Rosie Hughes corner for her 17th goal in 16 games. Icing on a delicious cake!

DYNAMIC DOZEN – HOW THE TITLE WAS WON

1 – September 3, 2023
Flint Town United 3 (Tegan Crockett, Rosie Hughes, Kaelyn Williams)
Kinmel Bay 0

2 – September 10, 2023
Denbigh Town 3
Flint Town United 6 (Zoe Stopford pen, Daisy Hughes 2, Tegan Crockett, Kaelyn Williams, Ruby Hastings)

3 – October 1, 2023
Northop Hall 1
Flint Town United 3 (Kaelyn Williams 2, Tegan Crockett)

4 – October 15, 2023
Flint Town United 16 (Rosie Hughes 4, Tegan Crockett 3, Zoe Stopford 2, Ruby McGilloway 2, Daisy Hughes 2, Jasmine Edwards 2. Jennifer Haynes)
Bellevue 0

5 – December 10, 2023
Flint Town United 3 (Rosie Hughes 2, Zoe Stopford)
Berriew 1

6 – January 21, 2024
Berriew 0
Flint Town United 2 (Rosie Hughes, Ruby Hastings)

7 – January 28, 2024
Kinmel Bay 0
Flint Town United 1 (Zoe Stopford)

8 – February 4, 2024
Flint Town United 11 (Ruby Hastings, Tegan Crockett, Jennifer Haynes 3, Rosie Hughes 2, Ruby McGilloway, Zoe Stopford, Kaelyn Williams 2)
Denbigh Town 2

9 – February 25, 2024
Welshpool Town 0
Flint Town United 5 (Ruby Hastings, Tegan Crockett, Daisy Hughes, Zoe Stopford 2)

10 – March 3, 2024 – LEAGUE TITLE SECURED!
Bellevue 0
Flint Town United 4 (Daisy Hughes, Smith OG, Zoe Stopford, Rosie Hughes)

11 – March 17, 2024
Flint Town United 8 (Zoe Stopford, Daisy Hughes 2, Jennifer Haynes, Ruby McGilloway, Tegan Crockett, Jasmine Edwards, Erin Heathcote)
Welshpool Town 2

12 – March 28, 2024
Flint Town United 4 (Rosie Hughes, Zoe Stopford 2, Tegan Crockett)
Northop Hall 1

LEAGUE RECORD

PLAYED 12
WON 12
GOALS FOR 66
GOALS AGAINST 10
POINTS 36

GOALSCORERS (league only)

12 – Zoe Stopford, Rosie Hughes
10 – Tegan Crockett
8 – Daisy Hughes
6 – Kaelyn Williams
5 – Jennifer Haynes
4 – Ruby Hastings, Ruby McGilloway
3 – Jasmine Edwards
1 – Erin Heathcote
1 – Own Goal