A crowd of 15,387 were in attendance, comfortably eclipsing the 11,137 that turned out to watch Sheffield United take on London City Lionesses two years ago, making it the largest attendance at a Women's Championship game. When, midway through the first half, Newcastle's wonderfully two-footed Beth Lumsden swivelled away from Jessica Brown and evaded the reach of the helpless home goalkeeper Demi Lambourne, courtesy of a rising, angled shot, the majority home contingent fell silent.
The backdrop to this derby may have lacked the blaring police sirens, beer-fuelled barrages of expletives and van loads of additional constabulary shipped in from neighbouring forces but local pride was still very much at stake.
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