Cheltenham Town can take plenty of positives from their defeat away at Portsmouth, despite the big scoreline.
There was a sense of inevitability as Cheltenham travelled to the south coast, with the Robins coming up against full-time footballers, in Portsmouth.
Pompey boasted one of the most stern defences in the Women’s National League, with Blues keeper Hermione Cull only picking the ball out of the net on one occasion.
But Cheltenham managed to get on the scoreboard three times, with goals from Chloe Snook and Leo Joyce, taking both strikers tallies to eight in all competitions for the season.
“I thought it was a really good team performance,” Snook said, “Another two goals to my tally, I’m buzzing about, I love scoring goals and helping the team out.”
Head coach Tom Davies added, “There are huge positives to take. We scored three, against a team that had only conceded one all season.
“We defended really well in large parts of the game too, it’s just little moments of quality, little moments of indecision that have cost us the opportunity to take something from the game.”
Town will have the opportunity to rewrite the wrongs next week, with the Robins set to travel back to Fratton Park next week in the first round of the FA cup.
“There are plenty of positives to take,” Snook added, “Hopefully we can come here next week, with them a bit more scared of us, get some more goals and get through to the next round.”
Davies continued, “We have the privilege of being able to play the same fixture next week. We will take those learnings and apply them with the same effort, commitment and quality that we did on Saturday.”
The Robinesses make the trip black to the south coast on Saturday, with tickets still available. before hosting,
