It’s Pompey v Saints ... twice in just four days!

Pompey Women can now look forward to the mouthwatering prospect of two south coast derbies against their bitter rivals in the space of just four days next month.

Jay Sadler's Blues have been drawn to face Women's National League Southern Premier Division rivals Southampton FC in the Women's FA Cup at Westleigh Park on Sunday, December 12.

Incredibly, that third round tie comes just a few days before Pompey were already scheduled to welcome Southampton to Fratton Park for a league meeting on Wednesday, December 15.

Goals from Shannon Albuery and Evie Gane - her first for the Blues - fired Sadler's side to a 2-1 second round Women's FA Cup triumph over AFC Bournemouth at Westleigh Park on Sunday.

Sadler said: ‘I don’t know how to take it, really, because obviously we’re playing them twice in four days now.

‘The players were already talking about that big game at Fratton Park under the lights. But before that we’ve got a game in the League Cup at QPR on Sunday.

‘Now to be given two bites of the cherry against Southampton is still exciting, it’s something we can’t wait for, but our focus is on Queens Park Rangers.’

Lower division Bournemouth included four former Pompey players in their starting line up at Havant Molly Clark, Becki Bath, Katie James and Jade Bradley.

All three goals would arrive in a lively opening 37 minutes, with Lucy Cooper levelling on eight minutes to cancel out Albuery's opener.

Defender Gane would grab her first Pompey goal eight minutes before the break to win it.

Pompey won the last meeting between the arch rivals, edging Southampton FC on penalties to be crowned last season’s Women’s Hampshire Senior Cup champions at Westleigh Park.