BUCKLEY STAYING

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Doncaster Belles manager John Buckley has said that he will not be leaving the club after their relegation into the second tier of women’s football. The English FA recently announced the decision to demote the club, but Buckley has said that he will remain with the club and will work towards getting them back into the top flight. The women’s super league will be splitting into two from next season onwards. The English FA had demoted them into the second tier of this league, and Belles had appealed against this decision. However, this appeal has come out and successful for the club.

This decision means that Belles will be dropping out of the first division for the first time in 22 years. Even though the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal have overtaken them with massive influx of funds, Belles still remains as one of the pioneering clubs after having lifted major trophies during the initial years of their formation. The English FA decided to demote Belles after analysing the club for several factors like financial stability, quality of facilities, management, and staff quality. Manchester City ladies will be replacing Belles from next season onwards.

However, manager Buckley is confident of getting promotion into the top flight once again.

“I’ve been here a long time. I just need to sit down with the players and make sure they stay focused on everything we need to do, this season and next season. I’m just so disappointed it’s unbelievable, but we just have to deal with the issues that follow it now. There is a possible legal route we can pursue, but we are a club that has to work within a budget. We’ve not got a massive budget, but we manage the budget we have quite well,” said the manager, who used to play for Doncaster Rovers.

LIVERPOOL LADIES WIN

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Liverpool Ladies recently managed to beat Sunderland 2-1 in the FA women’s cup, which ensured their progress into the semifinals of the competition. However, Liverpool captain Gemma Bonner has said that there is still a lot of room for improvement within the team. She has said that the team are certainly not the finished article yet. Liverpool signed as much as 12 players during the transfer window in order to strengthen the team. Gemma Bonner was one of the high-profile rivals to the club in the winter.

They have done this raft of signings in order to improve the team, which has been struggling in the FA Women’s Super League. As a result of the huge number of signings, there are expected to challenge for the title this season. Bonner was signed from Chelsea after two successful seasons with the West London outfit. The 21-year-old has said that there is still a long way to go before Liverpool can be considered as title contenders. Since the start of the new season, the club has managed to victories and a draw.

However, the victory against Sunderland was a hollow one because they were playing against a team one division below them, but they still could not dominate the match. Liverpool’s England midfielder Fara Williams has said that the team struggled to take the opportunities against Sunderland.

“I think we’ve a long way to go yet. Against Sunderland we weren’t at our best, but we’ve come away with the result. We need to push on and improve to get the best out of us. I don’t think we approached the game any different. Sunderland are a great side and are used to winning games. So all credit to them, they gave us a test. We needed to stand up and be counted and we stuck at it and we came away with the result,” said Bonner.