The Islanders meet Sheffield United Ladies at the the 33,000-seater stadium on Sunday, and Brennand, named in matchday squads against the Navy and Cumberland FA last year, comes in to plug gaps left by player unavailability. She joins 14 players picked to fight for Island Games gold in Gotland.
The Blades are on the brink of clinching the East Midlands Women’s Regional League title after a run of ten consecutive wins, but Jersey’s player-manager Jodie Botterill says the travelling Reds will put up a fight.
‘We are expecting a battle because they’ve just been promoted from their league, but we’ve played teams in and around that standard before and we’re not there just for a showpiece,’ she said.
More in Saturday’s JEP.
