Forest Ladies manager Lisa Dawkins hopes to make history.
Barnet Ladies v Nottingham Forest LFC
The FA Women's Cup sponsored by E.ON
Sixth Round Proper
2pm, Sunday 28 February 2010
Reynolds Field, Hanwell Town FC
Winning clubs will receive £1,250 from The FA prize fund
Fixtures The Nottingham Forest Ladies manager, Lisa Dawkins, believes the prospect of playing at the City Ground offers an additional incentive for her players to continue on their fine Cup run.
For the third time in four seasons The FA Women's Cup sponsored by E.ON Final is scheduled to be hosted at the home of Forest's men's team and Dawkins would love her side to get there.
"It would be a dream for our players to play at the City Ground," she said. "A number of the girls are season ticket holders and it is definitely an added motivation. For now, though, we are just concentrating on the game with Barnet and progressing to the next round is motivation enough.
"It would be brilliant to reach The Final, but right now, and I know it's an old cliché, we are taking each game as it comes."
Despite the fact Sixth Round opponents Barnet are a League below them Dawkins believes her side cannot afford to rest on their laurels going into the game.
"We are not going to take Barnet lightly. We haven't played each other for a while, but they are going well in their League and we can't afford to underestimate them.
"They have a very good manager and are heading in the right direction. We mustn't get ahead of ourselves. We have to concentrate on doing the best we can in the quarter-final."
Should Forest successfully negotiate their way past Barnet then they face a tough Semi-Final with last year's FA Women's Premier League runners-up Everton. It would represent the first time the club had reached the Semi-Final stage and a landmark achievement for the club.
"We have only reached the quarter-final once before," said Dawkins. "To reach the Semi-Final, let alone The Final, would be fantastic. It would certainly be nice to make a bit of history."
