Fifth-placed Southampton welcomed 10th-placed Durham to Eastleigh’s Silverlake stadium with 3 points between the two sides.
Third-placed Saints (not often you can write that) welcomed Nottingham Forest to Saint Mary’s for a WSL2 match. Former Saints midfielder Rachel Rowe was on the bench for Forest, as was last season’s loan player Vivianne Lia. As this was the Remembrance match for the women, we had the Last Post and a minute’s silence before the match. The silence was almost impeccably observed, just a couple of seats banged and one small kid crying and wailing, “I want to leave, I want to leave…”. I’m not sure if the kid thought that this was another outing for the men’s team, or if it was an omen for the match ahead, possibly driven by an in-depth knowledge of Nottingham Forest’s tactical approach.
Mid-table Southampton travelled to St. Andrews to face league leaders Birmingham City in the WSL2, while I sat on the sofa watching the match on YouTube. This looked like it would be a tough fixture. Last season, the Blues narrowly missed out on promotion, and when they came to St Mary’s, they were comfortably better than the Saints.
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