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Credit Graham Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The team that have made themselves local celebrities in the town of Worksop, continued their rise through the ranks as SJR Worksop claimed this years League Plate with a dramatic 3-2 victory over Mansfield.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But how did they get there? SYWF spoke to SJR Worksop manager Lee Scott to get a round-by-round rundown of the team\u2019s path to glory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what were the thoughts heading into the Cup, and how had the season gone to that point?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe way the Plate works is that everyone is drawn against each other, and how you do in the first round determines whether you\u2019re placed into the League Cup, or the League Plate.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately we were drawn to play on a week where we had a lot of players away against Leicester City.<\/a> We struggled to fill the side going there and ultimately we ended up being put in the Plate, but that actually ended up being the better of the deal for us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs for the season to that point, last year we won the League below and got promoted, and so coming into a new League, winning our first couple of games, it was like \u2018wow, okay\u2019 and then reality set in a bit. I don’t think we were equipped enough for the division. We were lacking in a lot of areas and we found the level of football a bit beyond what we had within the squad at the time.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe did a little bit of scouting, moved some players on, got some new ones in. One of the biggest signings was ex Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Emily Hallam. She had made a massive difference coming into the club.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Round 2 – SJR Worksop 11-1 Belper Town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe game came at a point where we had just started to turn a corner with our last couple of performances. We beat Basford which was the turning point of our season because that actually took us above them [Basford], which then built confidence within the club and the team.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSaying that, we\u2019d not kicked a ball for a couple of weeks going into the game so we felt a bit rusty. But we went on the pitch and it was just unbelievable. It felt like we\u2019d gotten a breath of fresh air, we were pinging the ball around, moving it from side to side, passing moving, we just took them apart.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think it was 8-0 before halftime and in the second half, it was just a case of getting the job done. They shut up shop but we kept going.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLaura Ferguson grabbed herself a hat-trick in only her second game for the club, Lauren Brogen stood out coming out from the back, so all the new faces we\u2019d brought in were starting to click.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe performance and scoreline itself were a huge boost for the rest of the season because it reminded us that, yes we do deserve to be at the level we are, and that yes there is a big gulf from us to the level below.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n