Sunderland 1 Newcastle United 2 women’s team derby triumph – Howay the lasses! | OneFootball

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Howay the lasses!

A great effort on Wearside, as the Newcastle United women’s team win the derby.

A sold out away section saw over 2,500 backing the lasses on Sunday afternoon.

Beth Lumsden the star of the show.

On 28 minutes she cut in from the left and fired United in front.

Then on 48 minutes the NUFC winger scored direct from a corner! Her left-footed delivery eluding everybody and ending up in the back of the net at the far post.

Emily Scarr scored for the home side with 12 minutes remaining to make it ‘interesting’…

Then seven minutes of added time not helping the nerves.

However, the Newcastle United women’s team saw the derby victory through.

Newcastle United women’s team coach Becky Langley summed up what this match meant, ahead of kick-off:

“I don’t buy that it’s just another game.

“Sunderland’s a special match.

“Incredibly important for our region, where you need incredible focus.

“There is always that extra bite in a derby and the girls are saying they don’t want to get beat by the Mackems.

“We have got to be bold.

“We can’t be vanilla.

“Our fans are really loud and travel in such numbers.

“At away games last season they outnumbered the home supporters.

“When we went to London City Lionesses at the start of this season the whole stadium was black and white.

“We all know a north-east team needs to be in the Women’s Super League.