Durham
Sunday 26th January 2025 - 14:00
Maiden Castle
Durham 1-0 Southampton
Championship
|It’s been a while since Saints were featured on the Women’s Championship’s YouTube Channel. I’ve become used to looking at the Saints Website and seeing the disappointing note at the end of the build-up page saying “Unfortunately, Sunday's game will not be live-streamed, but there will be live coverage and plenty of behind-the-scenes access on our dedicated social media accounts... X | Instagram”
Trouble is they don’t give live updates and I’m usually left to follow the game on the BBC Sport site, they don’t give any running commentary, but the do have real time score updates. The YouTube coverage is very good, so we were looking forward to being able to watch this game.
Straight away S said “Look at their ground, and we play at St Marys.” It did look like they were playing at Durham’s equivalent of the Sports Centre. The Saints line up included several of the new loan arrivals, with only Mega Collett the only home grown player starting. They were also still without Rachel Rowe and Lucia Kendall in midfield and Rianna Dean up front.

Saints pre-match team photo. How the team has changed this season