Several members of the team are students at Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge, and their educational and sporting commitments mean that free time is at a premium.

“We train twice a week and some of us also play matches twice a week. Traveling to and from university takes a lot of time, traveling to and from training takes a lot of time, so it’s quite difficult to balance it all.” MacLeod said.

“But we’re all doing pretty well, we all manage to keep up with everything.”

Midfielder Natasha Coe adds: “Any free time I have is spent on coursework. I meet most deadlines so it’s fine and the teachers are very understanding about it too.”

Despite spending so much time together, there is no desire to move away from each other and do something different.

“It’s nice to have company in and out of school. We see each other all the time, so we’re really close,” says forward Faith Harrison, 16, who scored one of the penalties at 4-1. beat Wormsley after the tie ended in a 1-1 draw.

She also scored the goal in a 3–0 win at Woodbridge Town in the second qualifying round, the stage at which they entered the competition (the other goals came from Lily Horsler and Phoebe Newman), also 16.

Those wins have so far earned the club £7,000 and, depending on the result against Stevenage, they will add an extra £6,000 if they win, or £1,500 in the event of a defeat – a lot of money, indeed, for a club at their level.