MATCH REPORT: Millers book final spot with dominant display

Rotherham United Women can look forward to a shot at silverware at the end of the season after a four-some display sank Chesterfield.

The Millers booked their spot in the final of the East Midlands Women’s Regional Football League Plate with a dominant display in a 4-0 victory.

Every member of the 16-strong matchday squad played her part as Rotherham outfought and outclassed their hosts at a soggy Staveley Miners’ Welfare.Jessie Broadhurst curled in a beauty to give the Millers the edge at the break and they turned the screw in the second half, adding three more goals and keeping Chesterfield’s usually-dangerous attack at arm’s length. Alesha Gale capped a fine debut by scoring second, racing onto a lofted ball from Amy Nowell and clinically slotting home.

Lauren Winter made it three when she nodded home the rebound from a Sidni Simmons free kick and Lauren Brogan added a gloss with a calm finish in the dying moments. Beyond the goals, this was a victory born out of defensive solidity and midfield authority, with the central trio of Lauren Winter, Sidni Simmons and Rachel Hale controlling the game and exploiting the pace of Gale, Broadhurst and Delia Hurdiss up front.

Manager Pete Jarvis was full of praise for his side, saying: “It was a superb performance. Right from the first whistle, we were really on top. That’s the best performance since I’ve been at the club. “I’m really proud of the girls. We’ve come a long way and they really deserve that today. “The intensity of everything we did today was fantastic.

“We had 16 players all pulling in the same direction and the encouragement from the bench kept driving us on, too.

“I’m really looking forward to the final and it will be a really good opportunity to show how far we’ve come as a team.

“To lift some silverware would really help with rewarding the girls for everything they’ve put in over the past season.”

The Millers will face Northampton Town or Kettering in the final on May 26.