Scarborough Ladies U15s fight back for win at Fulford to regain top spot

Scarborough Ladies Under-15s visited Fulford hoping to continue their unbeaten York League run, and fought back superbly to win a nine-goal thriller.

Scarborough were first on the scoreboard after a great Maddie Dunn crossfield pass found Mia Morris on the corner of the box, who turned the defender and carried the ball into the before her shot across the keeper found the back of the net. Moments later Morris received another pass to rifle home a stunning shot from the edge of the box into the top corner, giving Scarborough a two-goal lead.

Fulford steadily grew into the game, applying pressure with a good pressing game and maintaining possession with some neat passing. This gained them a corner which Scarborough couldn’t clear from the box, allowing Fulford to score a short-range effort. .Shortly after this, another high press forced Scarborough to clear the ball from their box, only for it to fall to Fulford player to calmly fire home a long-range effort when noticing the Boro keeper out of position after the clearance.

The score was 2-2 at half-time.

Soon after the break, a Fulford long ball over the defence found an excellent strike that drew an outstanding stretched save from Scarborough’s Lexi Watson, who was then just beaten to it by a Fulford player following up for a tap-in.

This was quickly followed by another Fulford strike from the edge of the box that gave them a 4-2 lead.

Anna Donbavand rattled the crossbar with a powerfully-struck shot but Scarborough had to find something to get back into the game, and they did so with the play of the game.

A slick series of passing on the right wing from the defence and midfielders found Chloe McArthur in space and allowed her to supply a beautifully weighted pass, which helped Milly Bowes show her strength to beat the last defender and slot her first goal of the game past the Fulford keeper.

Soon after this, Bowes beats the offside trap and had the pace to beat the Fulford defenders to pick up a long ball over the top and chip the rushing keeper to score the equaliser.

These Scarborough Ladies are never satisfied with dropped points and McArthur sealed the comeback, the win, and all three points by picking up a pass on the edge of the Fulford box and driving home the winner.

Martha Stockill got girl of the game for her constant challenges in midfield showing great strength, determination to win the ball back, and also for the match winning assist.

The win sees Scarborough Ladies U15s return to the top of the table and their unbeaten run this season continues.

Watch the exciting full footage on the U15's team page or on YouTube on the Scarborough Ladies FC channel.