Winchester City Flyers 3-3 Reading Women: Match Report
Emma Pearmine has once again assembled a competitive Winchester City Flyers side, and one that looks more than capable of challenging for the league title after finishing second in the 2025/26 campaign, just a single point behind Wycombe Wanderers.
Key points
- Sunday’s draw, and disappointment at the end of the match, highlights the continued improvements and expectations of the team, with Reading finally taking points off their ‘thorn in the side’ rivals.
- The two Ellies combined when Luscombe’s delivery into the box found Szekeres, whose left-footed effort was saved by goalkeeper Ellie Parker to win Reading their first corner of the match.
- The Flyers have certainly proved to be something of a nemesis for Reading over the Royals’ last two seasons in tier five, having won all four of their previous meetings.
Although the resulting set-piece came to nothing, Winchester City’s first corner proved costly for the Reading defence.
Additional details
- The Reading manager made three changes from the side which drew 1-1 against Southampton Women last weekend.
- Alice Curr’s eighth goal of the season began the revival before Bogi Tramontini struck to bring the Royals level – in a deserved comeback – with Reading wondering how they weren’t ahead at the break with the scores locked at 2-2.
- Reading continued to push after the break and were rewarded just after the hour mark when Tramontini broke through to grab her second goal of the afternoon, completing a remarkable turnaround to put the Royals 3-2 ahead.
- I am sure that, come Tuesday morning (allowing for Ed Jackson-Norris’ 24 hours of ‘wallow time’), the focus will turn towards the positives to take from the performance, alongside addressing the areas of weakness exposed during the match.
- While Sunday’s result will undoubtedly feel like two points dropped after such a determined comeback, at the end of the season, this hard-earned point against one of the league’s strongest teams may prove to be a valuable one in Reading’s promotion challenge.
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