It was a record-breaking weekend for Southampton FC Women as the Premier League side’s female team played out to their highest ever attendance for a game, and the match itself was one of pure entertainment.
#SaintsFC Women treated a record-breaking crowd to goals on Sunday afternoon!
Watch them all back and tell us your favourite… pic.twitter.com/seXExZDGrZ
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) November 18, 2019
The Saints swept aside Bournemouth 7-1 in a thrilling victory over the Cherries which sees Southampton progress to the next round of the Hampshire Cup in a weekend that saw the highest attendance for a WSL game take part in England as Arsenal took on Tottenham in the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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And the result impressed plenty of the supporters of the men’s senior team, with fans taking to social media to praise the women’s side in what was an incredible fixture for the club that will seemingly inspire Saints followers to pay more attention to the female squad this season.
Here’s what Southampton fans had to say about the women’s side incredible 7-1 win against Bournemouth…
Well all you can say is…….fantastic girls. About time st marrys got the girls in. Playing like this they deserve a game or two at st Mary’s. Also we can say we have seen saints win at home. Well done girls .we will one day see you play at st Mary’s.
— Nick Graham (@nicksfc73) November 18, 2019
Awesome job ladies! Keep up the good work.
— Phil Stout (like the beer) (@PhilStoutMI) November 18, 2019
Play them against Arsenal this weekend.please
— thelma wheeler (@snport) November 18, 2019
Absolutely brilliant. The only team we currently have at saints actually playing for the shirt
— ben clift (@benclift1) November 18, 2019
The overall theme, though, was supporters wanting to see the women’s side one day play a fixture at St. Mary’s…
Great effort, why don’t they play at St Marys?
— Shaun Williams (@tansitman1964) November 19, 2019
We should let these ladies Play in the stadium least we’d get our money‘s worth lol
— marc baddams (@marcbaddams) November 18, 2019
Perhaps we should start supporting the woman’s team then as at least they win games!
— chappeor (@chappeor) November 19, 2019
I might start watching the women’s team over the men’s team at the moment
— julie barrett (@juliebarrett3) November 18, 2019
With Southampton’s men side taking on Arsenal on the weekend, it is likely that there will be more fans than usual at the women’s fixture instead of travelling to north London.
