Swindon Town Women stars Polly New and Helena Diaz-Butcher both hailed the superb team performance which saw their side earn a first victory of the season on Sunday.
A thrilling encounter at Swindon’s County Ground in front of a record crowd of 336 saw Town’s Women secure a 4-3 win against Poole Town Ladies.
Town however were forced to show character as they bounced back from falling a goal behind to claim three precious points in the FA Women’s National League Division 1 South West.
Goals from Alice Telling, Suze Berry, Sarah Doige and Helena Diaz-Butcher secured victory for Town, who also had to survive a late fight back from Poole, who made it 4-3 with a few minutes remaining.
Skipper New praise her side’s team performance, saying: “Obviously we deserved the win. It was going to be a tough game, we knew that.
“We created chances after chances and we deserved the three points.
“Overall I think it was a great team performance but at the end of the day it is a win and we go again at the weekend and we have to up our game one more time.”
Player of the match, Diaz-Butcher added: “We’re very pleased with the whole team performance. We played really, really well.”
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Interviewed by Your Sport’s George Stratford.
