Lianne Norman

[Zingari]

not keen on women kickin' balls, they might start dreamin' about it in bed or summat

[Thracian]

not keen on women kickin' balls, they might start dreamin' about it in bed or summat

Yes, it's a small but significant step from lickin' to kickin'.

[Finnegan]

It kinda gets on my tits when people slate women's football by comparing the quality to pro football.

Like women have somehow less right to play the game because the ones playing for Arsenal Ladies aren't as good as the multi-million pound professionals in the blokes team. End of the day, I imagine most of them play because they enjoy it, why the need to belittle it? Confuses me, really.

[filbertway]

It kinda gets on my tits when people slate women's football by comparing the quality to pro football.

Like women have somehow less right to play the game because the ones playing for Arsenal Ladies aren't as good as the multi-million pound professionals in the blokes team. End of the day, I imagine most of them play because they enjoy it, why the need to belittle it? Confuses me, really.

So you've never taken the mick out of someone who wasn't very good at football?

I don't slate them for wanting to play, or playing, I just find the mistakes funny

[Koke]

I don't quite get it either. People play it for enjoyment, and its quite evident at our ladies enjoy playing the game, so I don't see the need to constantly make silly jokes about them.

Some of them would probably teach us a lesson at our annual FT game.

[Bryn]

It kinda gets on my tits when people slate women's football by comparing the quality to pro football.

Like women have somehow less right to play the game because the ones playing for Arsenal Ladies aren't as good as the multi-million pound professionals in the blokes team. End of the day, I imagine most of them play because they enjoy it, why the need to belittle it? Confuses me, really.

I liken it to the sort of banter you'd get in a pub rather than any genuine slight towards women playing football. It was for me anyway.

[Flynny]

Yes, it's a small but significant step from lickin' to kickin'.

Ahahahahahaha.

[Zingari]

best ever goal by a lady

( probably been posted before but worth another look )

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ac_1198668549

[Guest]

By the way lads, not that you're interested but you'd be suprised if you actually watched Leic Women. Shame you are all up your own arses though really as you will never be open minded about things like that. Nevermind hey..

It kinda gets on my tits when people slate women's football by comparing the quality to pro football.

Like women have somehow less right to play the game because the ones playing for Arsenal Ladies aren't as good as the multi-million pound professionals in the blokes team. End of the day, I imagine most of them play because they enjoy it, why the need to belittle it? Confuses me, really.

I tried to play women's football, and it's shit. Having watched the men's game all my life, I modelled myself too much on a style of play that was not conducive to the women's game. I found the women's game too slow, and too focused on trying to prove something it was never going to achieve. I would rather, and have done, play in a kick about with blokes than take up the women's game again.

[Fox You Forest]

best ever goal by a lady

( probably been posted before but worth another look )

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6ac_1198668549

Thats hilarious.

[Finnegan]

So you've never taken the mick out of someone who wasn't very good at football?

I don't slate them for wanting to play, or playing, I just find the mistakes funny

But the equivalent is going down your local pub league side and taking the piss out of them for not being very good. I don't want to turn tables and ironically end up being accused of being disparaging myself, but there's A. A much smaller talent pool being drawn from, B. Generally less coaching standards, C. Far less players who've been playing day in day out since they were about five years old and little really competitive organization at kiddies level. Yes, it's getting bigger, it's clearly growing, but the current generation of adult women's footballers didn't get anything like the opportunities available to young girls who want to play these days.

The only reason women's football gets moaned about as much as it does is because it gets broadcast on the TV masquerading as professional sport that it isn't. People massively take for granted how good the pro game and the English leagues are. You ever sat and watched Linfield play Cliftonville? Or Crusaders play Glentoran? Jesus fook. You get more excitement watching a corpse and more football quality in the Foxestalk U21s.

I liken it to the sort of banter you'd get in a pub rather than any genuine slight towards women playing football. It was for me anyway.

Yeah it's easy to say that as a bloke though isn't it? It's like saying jokes about Indian corner shop owners are "just a bit silly" when you're all sat around your pints. Ain't really nice is it?

[Sparky]

Welcome to Foxestalk

I believe the FT O21 are looking for some quality for their end of season game perhaps you can blagg yourself a start.

PS I assume the picture is of you but you never know with the OS

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Norman Hits Five!

Posted on: Thu 03 Feb 2005

Oadby & Wigston Ladies 1 Leicester City Women 12

Another emphatic win for Leicester City Women who remain unbeaten in the County Women's League.

City took the lead with barely 30 seconds on the clock, a long ball from Louise Ward found Lianne Norman who made no mistake as she coolly slotted the ball past the Oadby keeper.

Katherine Glass doubled the lead on 8 minutes, Cath Fox supplying a great ball for Glass to fire into the back of the net. Glass then turned provider for the third as Norman netted her second minutes later.

Glass claimed City's fourth on 17 minutes tapping in the rebound after Norman's shot was parried by the Oadby keeper, and Rachel Williams hit her first and City's fifth three minutes later with a tremendous solo effort.

Norman had two great chances but fired wide with Sherrie Williams and Glass seeing their shots follow suit. However on the half hour a Caz Toone corner found Rachel Williams who powered her header into the top corner.

Linzie McCormick should have added to City's score, her thunderous shot hit the bar and Glass was on hand but just couldn't angle the rebound.

Rachel Williams did make it seven just before half time. One on one with the goalkeeper Williams, she finished clinically.

Oadby could find no answer to City's onslaught with the first half being played entirely in the Oadby half.

City continued to push forward in the second half, Norman and Glass both shot wide in the opening minutes and Caz Toone saw her effort hit the side netting.

On the hour Oadby finally managed to get into the Leicester half and secured a corner kick but stout defending from Stacey Agnew made sure that City keeper Jess Casey was not troubled. Agnew's clearance set up Norman to claim her hat-trick in style, firing low and hard into the bottom right hand corner.

An intercepted goal kick five minutes later put Norman through again to take City's tally to nine and then an uncharacteristic slip in the City goal gifted Oadby's Kirstie Abbott a consolation goal.

The goal lifted Oadby's spirits but a couple of timely tackles by Fox and Agnew made sure their attacks were limited.

"Stormin" Norman took City to double figures on 82 minutes, her first shot was superbly saved by the Oadby keeper, but there was no stopping the rebound. Sherrie Williams made it eleven minutes later tapping from a Caz Toone cross.

Rachel Williams wrapped the game up in style on 90 minutes, a fantastic run from just inside the half way line was sealed a ferocious shot into the right corner that left the Oadby keeper stunned.

Yeah more than welcome