WOKINGHAM & EMMBROOK LADIES FC returned to the field with their first pre-season match as they gear up for competitive action.
The newly reformed team has been training since last October with a handful of players and has seen the squad grow considerably since its inception with a squad of 19 players, which is expected to increase when two further players join once they finish university in the summer.
The squad has an age range between 16 and 40, and is made up of one current W&E U17 player, with the rest of the squad split roughly in half between ladies playing football for the first time ever and the other half being players who are returning to the sport after anywhere between three and 18 years away from it.
As well as the current U17 player, one other player came through the youth section at the club, with the two due to join from university, also being former club youth players.
Thus, showing there is now a way forward for girls currently playing in the youth section, to carry on their football journey within the club.
The side is managed by Stuart Greig, who is being assisted with the coaching by Shai Humphries, who was the first player to come along to the introduction sessions last summer and has gone on to recently complete her first coaching badge.
