Dartford FC Women played their first pre-season friendly against Moneyfields FC Women, from Portsmouth who last year finished runners-up to a very high-spending AFC Bournemouth who didn't lose a league game all season.
Moneyfields play in the FA Women's National League South West (Tier 4) and on a hot afternoon at Princes Park ran out winners 3-2.
Moneyfields got off to a flying start, 1-0 up after only 4 minutes and 2-0 after 8 minutes they played a smooth inter-passing game and also showed great awareness of how to play the ball into danger areas in Darts' defence.
Dart's were slow to settle but there were many changes from last season and some players were still away on their holidays, so was a good opportunity to introduce some new players into the squad.
More information on new players coming in and those who have left during the summer will be made available over the next week or so.
Due to a heavy knock that 'keeper Jade took after half-an-hour it was decided by the referee to break the game up into three 30 minutes 'halves' - although it was quite apparent that many of the crowd were unaware of this, and were a little taken aback by the timings. Soon Moneyfields got a third and Darts' backs were against the wall.
However, Dart's best period of the match was in the final 30 minutes when they finally took the game to Moneyfields and Shauni Griffiths scored just inside the penalty area to reduce the deficit and eight minutes later Lizzie Adams coolly lobbed the keeper after a great back-header assist from Shauni.
A great thunderous shot from a young trialist saw Money's keeper pull off a tremendous tip-over-the-bar save
Before the game, a group of (infamous) Darts' fans had clubbed together and bought this latest flag.
It's a great addition to the stadium, so well done to all concerned. (we know who you are!)
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1.00 pm - Dartford FC Community Pitch DA1 1RT. Don't miss the fun! Come support us! 
Up the darts!