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\u00a0With Buckland Athletic LFC sitting comfortably at the top of the South West Women\u2019s League Western Division and almost certain to be promoted to join Torquay United in the Premier Division next season, the Yellows are yet to find their level.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Main picture: Leading goalscorer Laura Gough on the ball in Buckland’s 6-1 victory over Plympton Ladies on 18th December. (c) MiraclePR.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The next step up would be the Women\u2019s Premier League South West Division One and they have already had a taste of competition at that level with their FA Cup and County Cup ties against Keynsham Town and Exeter City respectively, the first ending in narrow defeat, the second seeing Buckland make it through to the semi-finals (where they will play another Premier League side \u2013 Plymouth Argyle \u2013 on 22nd January).
\nSo how far could Buckland Ladies ultimately get. Fisher\u2019s ambitions are about as lofty as they get:
\n\u201cThe dream for the team and the football club is that we get to the top and become a Women\u2019s Super League side,\u201d Fisher revealed. \u201d People laugh and doubt it but with the facilities we have at this club, the backing we have from the committee and the various sponsors we have there is no reason why we can\u2019t become a very, very good established side in the women\u2019s football pyramid. Doing it week in, week out will be our hardest task but our real ambition is to strive to be the best and to get into that Super League.\u201d
\nTo achieve his ultimate dream, Fisher believes that building a pipeline of talent through the club from the youngest age groups right through to the women\u2019s first team is vital. It is something he is endeavouring to bring into Buckland Athletic with the introduction of two more junior sides next season to complement the existing Under-12 girls\u2019 team.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s about us giving a progression to girls right the way through to ladies,\u201d explained Fisher. \u201cI think there\u2019s fabulous players in Devon across the whole of Devon. You look at Plymouth Argyle at the moment, they\u2019re doing well in their league; Torquay have got a side; Exeter have got a side; Plympton have got a side. What I fail to see is progression from youngsters right the way through to adult ladies football and that\u2019s what we want to provide.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s not about necessarily having the best talent always but we want a team culture, give the girls great coaching and try and progress players into our first team. Part of the dream is that we create our own players every season. I struggle to find teams that progress their own players; they take from here and take from there but we want to try and change that to make it that they join us at ten and they finish with us at 40.
\n\u201cThat is again part of the big dream and the big picture.\u201d
\nFirst team captain Maria Warman is also convinced that building such a progression is the way forward.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s massive because we have some girls in their thirties and they\u2019re not going to be playing forever and they know that. They\u2019re brilliant players and they\u2019re experienced so you need those younger girls coming up, playing with those older girls, absorbing that experience, watching them, envying them and wanting to be like them.
\n\u201cI think the earlier on you get that, the better player you are going to be in the long run because you\u2019re learning from such a young age and you can absorb it all and take that into your later years. Over the years it will build a really firm, strong core of players.
\n\u201cOn the development side, we\u2019ve had a few girls that have come up and played with us and the younger girls train before us and we get to stay and watch them. So for a club, if you\u2019re going to keep going and keep expanding, especially if you want to move forward, development really is one of the key things. If you don\u2019t have that the team falls apart really doesn\u2019t it? If you lose those experienced players and you\u2019ve got nothing to back them up with you end up falling because you can\u2019t even pull 11 girls together to play football so it\u2019s huge.\u201d
\nThe men\u2019s team, with three adult sides and numerous junior teams, are already reaping the results of such club progression and by building a similar structure into the women\u2019s set-up Fisher is hoping the club can benefit from the growth in the women\u2019s game.
\n\u201cThere is no doubting women\u2019s football has come on in leaps and bounds,\u201d re-iterated Fisher. \u201cEvery season women are becoming better, stronger and more physical and I think that\u2019s shown in the women\u2019s game with England doing really well.
\n\u201cI think in time as more money comes into it and teams have better facilities, better organisation, strength and conditioning coaches, etc., they will get better as we\u2019ve seen in the Super League with Man City and teams like that; it\u2019s a real professional set up now and that\u2019s all for the better of women\u2019s football.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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