Fantastic news regarding Sarah Gregorius and Liverpool Ladies - they won the FA Women's Super League for the first time in the club's history (after ten consecutive national titles to Arsenal !) yesterday (this morning NZ time) after beating closest rivals Bristol Academy 2-0.
Liverpool had five players playing for England on Thurs. night + Gregorius racing back from Football Ferns duty.
46 goals in 14 games. 12 wins, 2 losses, no draws.Finished bottom previous two seasons - but new manager, new players...
Top-scorer Natasha Dowie (19 goals) is the niece of former Northern Ireland, West Ham & Southampton striker Iain Dowie.
Telegraph: "The Gunners have traditionally had by far the best financial backing from their parent club, but they have been overtaken in cash terms this year by Liverpool, whose investment is close to the £1 million mark, and Chelsea. Next season Manchester City, set to replace Doncaster Rovers Belles in the WSL, will up the ante still further..."
A "red letter day" for Kiwi women's football expert Jeremy "Scouse Kiwi" Ruane !!!
Gregorius came on as a second half sub - team details: http://www1.skysports.com/football/live/match/303020/teams
Footage of game featuring Sarah (#21): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XbB57AdBzQ
Celebrations and trophy presentation featuring Sarah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLVy7ULuB0g
Sarah with winner's medal celebrates with team: http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/70181000/png/_70181958_mmftbwsllivvbri.png
FA Women's Super League You tube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/fawsl/videos
A feast of stories on the Liverpool FC website (and on Liverpool FC TV channel):
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/search/q/ladies
and all over the English media:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/liverpool-ladies-lift-trophy-after-6111726 (nice photo gallery, incl. Gregorius)
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/29/liverpool-bristol-academy-match-report
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24324071
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/media-watch/telegraph-liverpool-end-arsenal-dominance

