It felt slightly bittersweet.

Although it was great getting back into the women?s football coverage for 2024, it’s never nice seeing games being abandoned, especially given how much time in the game had passed.

For those that don’t know, their game against Cambridge United was abandoned after 87 minutes when the U’s Brooklyn Cheal-Ferris suffered a serious injury. It goes without saying that all of us here at MyFootballWriter wish her all the best and a speedy recovery.

Despite how late on into the game it was, it was unquestionably the right decision to abandon it.

Football may be the beautiful game that we all love, but player safety is of paramount importance and ultimately makes and result on the pitch irrelevant.
When Cheal-Ferris? injury occurred, City were leading 3-2 in what had been a nail-biting contest.

The Canaries were 2-0 up within the first 25 minutes through Ellie Smith and Natasha Snelling from the spot.

Both attackers started the year as they mean to go on, with the pair becoming ever-reliable in front of goal last year and a big reason for City being where they are in the league standings.

The bond between the two is evident as both goals came from the Cambridge United keeper trying to play out from the back. After rounding Lauren Webb in the U?s goal after 13 minutes, Smith then turned provider after a crucial tackle on the edge of the area saw City regain possession and Smith giving Snelling a chance she couldn?...