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First Pre-Season Minutes For Foxes At Belvoir Drive

LCFC Women beat Rugby Borough 2-0 behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon, to get vital minutes in the legs ahead of our Barclays WSL 2 opener next month.

2026-08-01T15:00+01:00

by Matthew Temple

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First Pre-Season Minutes For Foxes At Belvoir Drive

LCFC Women beat Rugby Borough 2-0 behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon, to get vital minutes in the legs ahead of our Barclays WSL 2 opener next month.

Matthew Temple

2026-08-01T15:00+01:00

First Pre-Season Minutes For Foxes At Belvoir Drive

LCFC Women beat Rugby Borough 2-0 behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon, to get vital minutes in the legs ahead of our Barclays WSL 2 opener next month.

Matthew Temple

2026-08-01T15:00+01:00

First Pre-Season Minutes For Foxes At Belvoir Drive

LCFC Women beat Rugby Borough 2-0 behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon, to get vital minutes in the legs ahead of our Barclays WSL 2 opener next month.

Matthew Temple

2026-08-01T15:00+01:00

First Pre-Season Minutes For Foxes At Belvoir Drive

LCFC Women beat Rugby Borough 2-0 behind closed doors on Saturday afternoon, to get vital minutes in the legs ahead of our Barclays WSL 2 opener next month.

Matthew Temple

2026-08-01T15:00+01:00

Our competitive campaign kicks off against Sheffield United on Sunday 6 September at Bramall Lane, but for Rick Passmoor’s side, the immediate aim is building match fitness.

Taking on local third-tier side Rugby Borough, the match consisted of two 40-minute halves under the intermediate summer sun, as goals from new signing Jess Ziu and Asmita Ale in the second half made the difference.

Jess Ziu opened the scoring in the friendly.

Also included in the first half line-up was fellow new recruit Jessie Stapleton, while Emilia Pelgander, who spend the 25/26 season on loan, was also given minutes.

During a tight contest, our best chance in the first half came from Academy winger Beau King, who cut inside before sending a curling effort just too close to the Rugby ‘keeper, who was able to make the stop.

A handful of changes in the second half saw Sarah Mayling, Simone Sherwood, Ale, Alisha Lehmann and Sam Tierney, who recently committed her future to the Club with a new deal, all introduced.

Asmita Ale doubled our advantage.

Looking more front-footed after the break, we took the lead when a looping cross from Ale went over the opposing ‘keeper, allowing Ziu to head it into an open net.

The full-back then turned goalscorer with the pick of the afternoon, cutting inside and curling her effort into the top-right corner from the edge of the box, which brought an end to a positive first pre-season match for the Foxes.

First half XI: Clark; Payne, Stapleton, Thibaud, James; Pelgander, McLoughlin; King, Ziu, Goodwin; Draper.

Second half XI: Clark; Mayling, Sherwood, Thibaud, Ale; Tierney, Pelgander; Palmer, Ziu, Lehmann; Draper.

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