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(above) Truro City striker Katy Barker in a chase for the ball with (above) Arsenal midfielder is closed down by St Nicholas defender Jess Wilson. Kirsty Linnett of Birmingham City. (below) Plymstock Utd’s Catherine Davies takes on Callington Town (below) Shannon Brown of Milton Keynes City tries to prevent Ellie Read defender Kate Fereik (David Potham). of Newbury Ladies from getting through (www.jamesprickett.co.uk).

[email protected] [email protected] West Riding Wiltshire PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD P W D L F A Pts GD FARSLEY AFC 12 11 1 0 54 10 34 LUGERSHALL44 SPORTS 13 11 1 1 66 16 34 50 Hamil Road Ladies are one of a select group of teams that have made an unbeaten BRIGHOUSE SPORTING 10 9 1 0 47 14 28 FC33 CHIPPENHAM 13 9 2 2 54 7 29 47 start to 2014 as they continue to fly high in the Staffordshire County Women's League. HARROGATE RAILWAY 12 9 0 3 50 13 27 SWINDON37 SPITFIRES RES 13 9 0 4 85 29 27 56 The Valiants currently sit fourth in the league and could climb into first position KEIGHLEY OAKS 12 6 1 5 32 23 19 SWINDON9 TOWN RES 13 8 1 4 53 18 25 35 BRADFORD PARK AVENUE 14 5 2 7 30 43 17 -13MARLBOROUGH TOWN 13 7 0 6 51 23 21 28 if they make the most of their fixtures in hand, but the possibility of a title challenge is SILSDEN 12 4 2 6 34 30 14 FROME4 TOWN RES 15 6 1 8 44 54 19 -10 somewhat remarkable considering the team were formed less than two months before BRAYTON BELLES 16 3 3 10 38 46 12 MELKSHAM-8 TOWN 11 6 0 5 37 18 18 19 PONTEFRACT S & SC 13 3 1 9 22 35 10 -13HIGHWORTH TOWN 11 3 1 7 41 49 10 -8 the season started. OSSETT TOWN 13 1 1 11 12 105 4 -93TROWBRIDGE WANDERERS 11 1 1 9 15 71 4 -56 Hamil Road Ladies are the official women's representative team of Port Vale LAVINGTON LADIES 15 0 1 14 15 176 1 -161 Football Club and were formed in July 2013 under the guidance of the Port Vale Brighouse 4 Bradford PA 4. Chippenham 1 Marlborough 0; Frome 7 Lavington 1. Community Trust. The team were developed from scratch and initially had no players, DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD no funding and did not even have access to a strip as manager Martyn Cooke explained. WORTLEY 12 11 0 1 77 20 33 57 ALTOFTS LADIES 13 8 1 4 30 32 25 -2 meanwhile ran out 7-1 winners over SCS "We made a decision at the Community Trust that a professional football club HEMSWORTH M.W. 12 8 0 4 40 17 24 23 Ladies with goals from Ashleigh like Port Vale needed a women's representative team," he said. "However, we literally HEPWORTH 10 8 0 2 43 27 24 16 Scantlebury (2), Stacey Leaver (2), started with nothing and we formed the club without even having any players MOOR 14 4 2 8 39 55 14 -16 Annabel White, Kat Sutton and Sadie TINGLEY ATHLETIC 13 3 1 9 30 49 10 -19 registered. We ran an open day at the end of June which attracted over twenty players Alexander. Elsewhere, Cirencester Town LEEDS MEDICS & DENTISTS 11 2 2 7 19 33 8 -14 and it just took off from there." REPUBLICA INTER 11 1 0 10 17 62 3 -45 Res won 4-2 against Lydney Town. Sheffield & Hallam League The team now have twenty registered players who train twice a week, are Altofts 1 Hemsworth 0; Hepworth 2 Tingley 1. provided with full training strips and who have helped the club to flourish in their debut With a vastly superior goal difference, DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD Sheffield Wednesday Res are realistically season. But Cooke is keen to direct any praise towards his playing squad: "I think that OULTON LADIES 13 10 1 2 74 16 31 58 just one point away from the league title. all the credit should go to the players. We are fortunate enough to have brought HEBDEN ROYD UTD 13 9 3 1 50 22 30 28 Lucy Ridley bagged a second successive together a group of extremely talented, passionate and hard working players at the ILKLEY * 14 9 5 0 48 18 29 30 THORNES 14 6 3 5 45 37 21 8 hat-trick as Wednesday completed their club and it is their effort and hard work which has allowed them to shine this year. DEWSBURY RANGERS 17 6 1 10 37 47 19 -10 home fixtures with a 6-3 victory over "There is a real unity and great team spirit amongst the squad and their attitude BRAYTON BELLES RES 15 6 1 8 23 52 19 -29 Barnsley Development. Kristina Rankine, CASTLEFORD WHITE ROSE RES 8 3 0 5 23 34 9 -11 Niomi Swarray and Becky Hargreaves were and application has been fantastic since day one." ROTHWELL TOWN 13 2 2 9 28 58 8 -30 the other scorers. Current captain Victoria Atherton provides a players' perspective of the club. WORTLEY RES * 12 2 2 8 37 55 5 -18 AMARANTH 9 1 2 6 12 38 5 -26 Oughtibridge were crowned Division Two "The club offered us a friendly environment to play football and develop as players," Champions after extending their 100% she said. "The coaching staff dedicate a lot of time and energy to support and motivate Amaranth 2 Dewsbury 3; Hebden Royd 2 Thornes 2; Wortley 4 record to eleven games, winning 11-1 Rothwell 4. us as players. They give us the courage to take risks, trust our team mates and I against Socrates. Codi Melia was on target believe that the coaching we receive is of a really high standard which allows us to DIVISION THREE P W D L F A Pts GD six times along with Chelsea Burke (2), BRADFORD CITY 11 11 0 0 85 5 33 80 keep learning and developing." WETHERBY ATHLETIC 9 7 1 1 41 5 22 36 Fern Scrivens, Jenny Selman and Bex MIDDLETON PARK 12 7 0 5 39 46 21 -7 Shaw as Oughtibridge recorded a double Hamil Road Ladies are also unique in terms of their philosophy. The club places BRIGHOUSE SPORTING RES 8 6 0 2 22 19 18 3 figure victory for the sixth time and in doing no emphasis on results and instead chooses to focus on developing players. NORRISTHORPE 9 3 2 4 24 22 11 2 so took their goals for tally past the century "We don't put any pressure CROSSLEY 11 3 1 7 24 43 10 -19 mark. Paula Higgins netted a consolation SKIPTON * 9 1 1 7 9 23 -2 -14 on the players to get results," DEIGHTON * 13 0 1 12 15 96 -2 -81 for Socrates. Cooke explains "For us it's all Somerset League about spending time developing Deighton 1 Crossley 7. Portishead opened up a lead of five points players and encouraging them to at the top after winning 6-0 away to Team Mendip. Taylor Gainey led the scoring with a hat-trick and the others came from Amelia Colston, play positive football through the Shannon Holloway and Hayley Porter. Bishop's Lydeard Res meanwhile netted eleven without thirds. reply past Pen Mill, spearheaded by a six-goal haul from Sophie Buck. Courtney Butt weighed in "We try to create a positive with a hat-trick and the tally was completed by Charlotte Cross and Sarah Pearce. environment where the focus is on Yeovil Town 3rds are starting to close in on the Division Two title and moved closer as enjoyment and we provide all our Claire Goodson (2), Kim Short and Kathleen Waterhouse gave them a 4-0 win at Ilminster Town players with a minimum of 45 Res. Brislington Development went two better away to Winsham thanks to hat-tricks from Harriet Gillard and Shania Lindsay-Powell. Merriott & Crewkerne won 3-2 against Taunton minutes of playing time in every Town Development with Zara Gabbidon, Rebecca Knight and an own goal accounting for their match." goals. Team Mendip Res were 1-0 winners at Evercreech and Wellington beat Combe St And what about talk about a title challenge? "It's already been a fantastic Nicholas by the same scoreline. season for us," Martyn replies. "We'll just take it one game at a time!" [email protected] [email protected] DIVISION ONE WEST P W D L F A Pts GD CHICHESTER CITY RES 16 14 1 1 62 8 43 54 Surrey WIVELSFIELD GREEN 15 8 2 5 55 38 26 17 P W D L F A Pts GD WORTHING MINORS 14 8 2 4 31 34 26 -3ABBEY RANGERS 16 13 2 1 57 19 41 38 Northern Division SEAHAVEN HARRIERS 13 7 1 5 24 21 22 AFC3 WIMBLEDON DEV’MENT 14 10 2 2 41 16 32 25 RUSTHALL 11 6 2 3 33 17 20 16CRYSTAL PALACE RES 13 10 1 2 64 14 31 50 Nottingham Forest bounced back from their midweek defeat to win EASTBOURNE 11 5 1 5 34 34 16 EPSOM0 EAGLES 18 10 0 8 48 49 30 -1 3-1 at Blackburn Rovers and move to within four points of Northern BEXHILL UTD RES 14 4 3 7 20 35 15 -15BRITISH AIRWAYS 13 5 3 5 22 17 18 5 HAYWARDS HEATH RES 14 4 1 9 18 38 13 -20GUILDFORD SAINTS 18 5 1 12 22 83 16 -61 Division leaders Sheffield FC. MILFORD & WITLEY 14 2 1 11 15 36 7 -21WIMBLEDON TOWN 14 3 3 8 31 46 12 -15 Blackburn started the game well but it DORKING 14 1 4 9 17 48 7 -31FRIMLEY GREEN 15 3 2 10 18 30 11 -12 SOUTH PARK GIRLS 15 2 0 13 23 52 6 -29 was in-form Forest striker Amber Hughes who Bexhill 1 Rusthall 1; Haywards Heath 1 Seahaven 1; Milford 2 was to score twice in a five-minute spell leading Dorking 2; Wivelsfield 5 Eastbourne 3. South Park 0 Crystal Palace 5, Crystal Palace 3 South Park 1; KENT COUNTY DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDEpsom 3 Abbey Rgs 6; Frimley 0 Guildford 1, Guildford 1 Frimley up to half time to put her side two goals ahead. 0. THANET COLTS 17 13 1 3 72 33 40 39 After the break, Kirsty Allen netted a third for AYLESFORD RES 14 12 1 1 60 19 37 41 Forest before Rovers grabbed a consolation LONG LANE RES 16 10 1 5 62 20 31 42 Sussex WEST KENT 16 10 1 5 46 21 31 25 through Nichol Forster. BARMING 16 7 1 8 44 54 22 -10 P W D L F A Pts GD Stoke City remain in line for a top three SWALE LADIES 15 6 2 7 44 28 20 ADUR16 ATHLETIC 12 11 0 1 56 15 33 41 TEYNHAM GUNNERS 17 6 1 10 30 52 19 -22ROTTINGDEAN VILLAGE 9 7 0 2 38 14 21 24 place after they defeated Leeds Utd 2-1. Leeds SHEPPEY & SHEERNESS UTD 15 5 1 9 28 64 16 -36HORSHAM SPARROWS 9 4 1 4 22 24 13 -2 got off to a great start when Emma Bentley gave CORINTHIANS RES 14 2 2 10 13 34 8 -21WORTHING TOWN RES 10 4 0 6 18 36 12 -18 GRAVESHAM 16 1 1 14 8 82 4 -74POLEGATE GRASSHOPPERS 11 2 1 8 11 35 7 -24 them a sixth minute lead, which they held until PREDATORS 9 1 0 8 8 29 3 -21 half time. Early in the second half, Stoke were Barming 1 Sheppey 3; Long Lane 6 Corinthians 0. Worthing 2 Predators 1. back on level terms when Natasha Tezgel Kirsty Allen scores Nottingham Forest’s third goal headed in from a corner. Another set piece led against Blackburn Rovers. Staffordshire to Stoke going in front, this time through a Thames Valley P W D L F A Pts DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD header from Meg Bowyer, and Nicole Dale twice went close late on as Stoke LFC BURTON ALBION 18 15 1 2 112 19 46 WEALDSTONE 14 12 2 0 65 13 38 52 secured their eighth win of the season. NEWCASTLE LFC 18 13 3 2 67 24 42 HEADINGTON LADIES 13 9 3 1 33 15 30 18 AUDLEY LADIES 19 12 6 1 49 19 42 CARTERTON TOWN 15 9 3 3 31 13 30 18 Sporting Club Albion leapt back into fourth place on the back of a 3-0 HAMIL ROAD 16 11 3 2 66 29 36 CITY BELLES 14 6 4 4 18 18 22 0 victory over Preston North End. Kayleigh Griffiths, Robyn James and Leah Rawle NORTH STAFFS YMCA 17 10 2 5 65 22 32 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 13 4 2 7 26 37 14 -11 BRERETON TOWN 14 9 4 1 67 28 31 BARTON UTD 14 3 3 8 25 37 12 -12 were all on the scoresheet to help their side climb above two teams including their SHREWSBURY TOWN 16 8 1 7 45 45 25 AYLESBURY UTD 12 3 2 7 21 43 11 -22 opponents. NEWCASTLE TOWN 18 7 1 10 54 70 22 BARTON ROVERS 13 2 2 9 6 24 8 -18 STOKE TOWN 20 4 2 14 41 104 14 BRACKNELL TOWN RES 16 1 5 10 17 42 8 -25 Bradford City look to have banished any lingering fears of relegation and TAMEBRIDGE * 18 5 1 12 29 61 13 LEEK LADIES * 19 4 2 13 24 63 11 Barton Rov 0 Bracknell 0; Barton Utd 3 Aylesbury 3; Wycombe 3 will be setting their sights on a top half place following their 2-0 win away to Derby Wealdstone 3. STAFFORD TOWN * 21 3 1 17 28 77 7 County DIVISION TWO NORTH P W D L F A Pts GD . City took the lead with just two minutes on the clock through Charlotte LICHFIELD CITY * 18 1 1 16 20 98 1 Stuart and they wrapped up a fine win midway through the second half when Sarah KIDLINGTON 11 10 1 0 80 6 31 74 Audley 1 Burton 1; Newcastle LFC 4 North Staffs 2; Newcastle T 2 OXFORD CITY NOMADS 12 9 0 3 54 11 27 43 Hamil Road 6; Stafford 2 Shrewsbury 4; Stoke 2 Brereton 7. Danby scored the second goal. CHINNOR 11 8 0 3 21 16 24 5 WEALDSTONE RES 11 6 2 3 32 15 20 17 Southern Division HAZLEMERE SPORTS 11 5 1 5 31 41 16 -10 Cardiff City Ladies held on to the leadership of the Southern Division with a 3-2 Suffolk MARSTON SAINTS 11 2 2 7 21 46 8 -25 AYLESBURY UTD RES 10 1 0 9 9 42 3 -33 victory over Portsmouth, who had started the day level on points with the South P W D L F A Pts SUMMERTOWNGD STARS 11 0 0 11 5 76 0 -71 Wales side. BURY TOWN 6 5 0 1 20 4 15 16 BRANDON TOWN 6 3 1 2 15 8 10 7 Aylesbury 0 Oxford 10; Wealdstone 3 Marston 3. It was Cardiff who led at half time through a seventeenth minute goal from LONG MELFORD 7 3 1 3 18 12 10 6 Lauren Townsend but after the break, Pompey came out strongly and strikes in quick BRANTHAM ATHLETIC 6 2 1 3 13 30 7 -17 WITNESHAM WASPS 5 0 1 4 4 16 1 DIVISION-12 TWO SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GD succession by Gemma Hillier and Lucy Quinn put them ahead. Ten minutes later, WOODLEY UTD RES 12 12 0 0 71 3 36 68 ASCOT UTD RES 14 9 1 4 87 34 28 53 Cardiff were level once again thanks to Michelle Green and with fourteen minutes Bury 5 Brantham 0. WARGRAVE GIRLS 15 8 1 6 51 41 25 10 remaining, an own goal gave Cardiff a precious win against one of their title rivals. P W D L F A Pts STANFORDGD LADIES 14 7 1 6 36 55 22 -19 MAIDENHEAD UTD RES 13 6 3 4 49 34 21 15 IPSWICH VALLEY RANGERS 7 4 2 1 18 9 14 9 Gillingham therefore move back into second place following their 1-0 win BENSON LIONESSES 13 4 2 7 29 50 14 -21 BACTON UTD 6 4 0 2 14 9 12 5 THATCHAM TOWN 14 2 5 7 27 69 11 -42 against Lewes. Nikita Whinnett scored the only goal of the game to keep her side COPLESTON LADIES 7 3 0 4 12 16 9 MAIDENHEAD-4 GIRLS U18 10 1 2 7 18 39 5 -21 one point behind leaders Cardiff and firmly amongst the five contenders. EAST BERGHOLT UTD 6 2 0 4 8 13 6 SANDHURST-5 TOWN 11 1 1 9 9 54 4 -45 Coventry City made it twelve wins in a row in all competitions and are up WAVENEY WANDERERS 6 1 2 3 8 13 5 -5 Maidenhead Girls 0 Stanford 1; Maidenhead Utd 2 Ascot 3; into third place after scoring six without reply against Chesham Utd, who are now Copleston 0 Bacton 2; Ipswich 1 Waveney 1. Sandhurst 1 Thatcham 3, Thatcham 0 Sandhurst 0. [email protected] [email protected] Northamptonshire DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD looking doomed. A four-goal blitz in eleven first half minutes put the Sky Blues firmly OUGHTIBRIDGE 11 11 0 0 101 5 33 96 in control, Ashleigh Neville giving them the lead with Rebecca Anderson and Maz DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GDSTAVELEY MW 12 8 1 3 50 21 25 29 69 BURTON PARK WANDERERS 10 10 0 0 51 4 30 47SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY DEV 11 7 2 2 83 14 23 Gauntlett also on target before Neville netted her second. Anderson then got on the -18 MOULTON LADIES 9 7 1 1 30 13 22 17THORNE UTD 12 6 0 6 39 57 18 -20 scoresheet once again and the midfielder went on to complete her hat-trick midway STEWART & LLOYDS 8 4 2 2 24 16 14 MEXBOROUGH8 ATHLETIC 13 5 1 7 29 49 16 -5 ROADE LADIES 10 3 3 4 16 30 12 -14SHEFFIELD RANGERS 10 5 0 5 25 30 15 through the second half. -40 NETHERTON UTD 9 0 3 6 9 40 3 -31SOCRATES 11 1 0 10 14 54 3 -111 Tottenham Hotspur's upsurge in form continued as they cemented NORTHAMPTON TOWN * 6 1 0 5 7 15 2 -8SWINTON ATHLETIC 10 0 0 10 2 113 0 HAMPTON LFC * 8 0 1 7 10 29 -2 -19 themselves in sixth place by running out 3-0 winners over Brighton & Hove Albion. Oughtibridge 11 Socrates 1. Bianca Baptiste was the heroine for Spurs as she bagged a hat-trick but Brighton's Burton Park 2 Roade 0. miserable recent run has now stretched to a fifth straight defeat.

DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD Somerset West Ham Utd leapt out of the bottom two by beating Keynsham Town 2-1. THRAPSTON TOWN 12 10 1 1 72 16 31 56DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD Both of the Hammers' goals came inside the opening sixteen minutes, Sarah BILLING UTD 13 8 3 2 58 31 27 27PORTISHEAD 14 11 0 3 63 24 33 39 McCrea giving them the lead and then a superb strike from Lily Mellors put them two KETTERING TOWN RES 10 6 2 2 34 32 20 ILMINSTER2 TOWN 10 9 1 0 71 7 28 64 MOULTON LADIES RES 12 5 4 3 43 27 19 16BISHOP'S LYDEARD RES 15 6 2 7 43 47 20 -4 ahead. Keynsham rallied from that point and pulled a goal back after the break when ROTHWELL CORINTHIANS RES 11 4 2 5 32 42 14 -10WELLS CITY 14 6 1 7 34 50 19 -16 Suzanne Grant netted from the penalty spot but West Ham held out under late ROTHWELL CORINTHIANS DEV 11 3 1 7 41 38 10 TEAM3 MENDIP 13 4 3 6 44 38 15 6 THORPLANDS LADIES 13 3 1 9 21 53 10 -32PEN MILL 13 3 1 9 16 67 10 -51 Keynsham pressure for an important victory. WOODFORD UTD * 12 1 0 11 15 77 -1 -62VICTORIA SPORTS * 11 1 2 8 11 49 3 -38 * On Wednesday night, Charlton Athletic stepped up their title challenge by beating

Moulton 1 Rothwell Dev 0; Rothwell Res 4 Thorplands 3; Bishop's Lydeard 11 Pen Mill 0; Team Mendip 0 Portishead 6. Tottenham Hotspur 1-0, thanks to a second half goal from Fran Tye. Thrapston 16 Woodford 1. DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD YEOVIL TOWN 3RDS 12 12 0 0 106 5 36 101 Northumberland BRISLINGTON DEVELOPMENT * 14 10 0 4 65 33 27 32 NORTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD WINSHAM * 13 8 0 5 39 18 23 21 LEADING SCORERS P W D L F A Pts GD SHEFFIELD F.C. 12 11 0 1 54 10 33 44 MERRIOTT & CREWKERNE 12 5 2 5 18 29 17 -11 Amber HUGHES Nottingham Forest 14 BLYTH TOWN 12 12 0 0 80 4 36 76 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 13 9 2 2 36 12 29 24 ILMINSTER TOWN RES 11 5 1 5 20 25 16 -5 NEWCASTLE EAST END 12 8 1 3 31 21 25 10 Jodie MICHALSKA Sheffield F.C. 14 COMBE ST NICHOLAS * 12 4 2 6 24 29 13 -5 STOKE CITY 14 8 2 4 35 30 26 5 ASHINGTON 11 8 0 3 54 11 24 43 Krystle JOHNSTON Sheffield F.C. 12 TEAM MENDIP RES * 13 4 0 9 14 65 11 -51 CRAMLINGTON WOMEN 12 5 1 6 24 25 16 -1 SPORTING CLUB ALBION 16 6 3 7 29 28 21 Beth1 GARDNER Newcastle Utd 11 EVERCREECH 10 3 1 6 6 38 10 -32 BLAKELAW UTD 11 3 2 6 26 51 11 -25 DERBY COUNTY 14 6 2 6 32 34 20 -2 WELLINGTON 10 3 0 7 13 28 9 -15 Robyn JAMES Sporting Club Albion 11 FOREST HALL 11 2 3 6 11 33 9 -22 PRESTON NORTH END 12 6 0 6 28 25 18 Melissa3 JOHNSON Derby County 10 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY 12 2 2 8 15 53 8 -38TAUNTON TOWN DEVELOPMENT 11 2 0 9 12 47 6 -35 WALBOTTLE 13 2 1 10 19 62 7 -43 0 BRADFORD CITY 11 5 2 4 21 22 17 Melissa-1 BALL Preston North End 9 Evercreech 0 Team Mendip 1; Ilminster 0 Yeovil 4; Taunton 2 NEWCASTLE UTD 17 5 2 10 31 59 17 -28Carey HUEGETT Leeds Utd 9 Merriott 3; Wellington 1 Combe St Nicholas 0; Winsham 0 Newcastle Univ 2 Cramlington 1; Ashington 1 Blyth 3; Forest Hall Natalie REAY Derby County 9 Brislington 6. LEEDS UTD 16 4 2 10 29 44 14 -15 1 Newcastle EE 3. Dani SELMES Wolverhampton W. 9 South East Counties WOLVERHAMPTON W. 13 3 2 8 19 33 11 -14 Nottinghamshire BLACKBURN ROVERS 12 3 1 8 18 35 10 -17 PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD P W D L F A Pts GDPARKWOOD RANGERS 15 7 5 3 39 24 26 15 Blackburn 1 Nottm Forest 3; Derby 0 Bradford 2; WOLLATON HALL 15 11 2 2 75 22 35 53BEXHILL UTD 12 7 2 3 29 15 23 14 SC Albion 3 Preston 0; Stoke 2 Leeds 1. CLIFTON LADIES 13 8 4 1 45 15 28 30CROCKENHILL 13 4 6 3 24 25 18 -1 NOTTS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT 14 8 2 4 59 18 26 41AYLESFORD 11 5 2 4 20 16 17 4 -7 SOUTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD NEWARK TOWN 13 4 2 7 31 38 14 ANCHORIANS 12 5 2 5 28 28 17 0 LEADING SCORERS BINGHAM TOWN 14 4 2 8 32 49 14 -17HAYWARDS HEATH 12 5 2 5 18 28 17 -10 CARDIFF CITY LADIES 13 9 3 1 41 14 30 27 Sarah WILTSHIRE Cardiff City Ladies 12 ASPLEY PARK LADIES 13 0 0 13 5 105 0 -100MERIDIAN 12 4 4 4 20 16 16 4 GILLINGHAM 13 9 2 2 35 10 29 25 DARTFORD 15 4 1 10 28 45 13 -17 Charlotte GURR Gillingham 11 COVENTRY CITY 13 8 3 2 27 11 27 16 Wollaton 1 Clifton 5. SOUTH PARK 10 1 4 5 19 28 7 -9 Leanne LAPHAM Keynsham Town 9 PORTSMOUTH 14 9 0 5 31 20 27 Lucy11 QUINN Portsmouth 8 Aylesford 0 Meridian 2; Dartford 1 Parkwood 5; South Park 1 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 14 8 3 3 32 22 27 Kelly9 ALDRIDGE Cardiff City Ladies Crockenhill 1. 7 Sheffield & Hallamshire DIVISION ONE EAST P W D L F A Pts GD TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 16 5 4 7 23 27 19 Kit-3 GRAHAM Charlton Athletic 7 LONG LANE 13 11 0 2 55 23 33 32 WEST HAM UTD 14 4 3 7 21 28 15 Sarah-7 KEMPSON Portsmouth 7 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD HERNE BAY 13 10 2 1 39 9 32 30 LEWES 14 4 3 7 16 28 15 -12Cherrelle ALBERT West Ham Utd 6 CHESTERFIELD 12 7 4 1 28 12 25 16CASTLE COLTS 14 7 1 6 20 23 22 -3 Naomi COLE Lewes 6 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY RES 11 7 3 1 47 13 24 34 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 13 4 2 7 22 20 14 2 PRINCE OF WALES 13 6 0 7 25 24 18 1 Bethan LLOYD Cardiff City Ladies 6 DEARNE & DISTRICT 10 6 1 3 23 18 19 ASHFORD5 LFC 15 4 4 7 26 30 16 -4 KEYNSHAM TOWN 15 4 1 10 32 43 13 -11 BARNSLEY DEVELOPMENT 11 5 3 3 27 20 18 7 FAVERSHAM ELIZABETHANS 14 5 1 8 17 45 16 -28 CHESHAM UTD 17 2 0 15 14 71 6 -57 EDLINGTON ROYALS 12 5 1 6 29 32 16 -3ANCHORIANS RES 13 5 0 8 24 32 15 -8 ANSTON 11 3 0 8 21 43 9 -22CHARLTON ATHLETIC DEV * 11 5 1 5 32 11 12 21 SHAW LANE AQUAFORCE 11 0 0 11 11 48 0 -37EBBSFLEET UTD RES * 16 3 1 12 17 58 7 -41 Cardiff 3 Portsmouth 2; Coventry 6 Chesham 0; Goals scored in league -45 Gillingham 1 Lewes 0; Tottenham 3 Brighton 0; West Sheff Wed 6 Barnsley 3. Anchorians 2 Charlton 1; Prince of Wales 2 Long Lane 5. Ham 2 Keynsham 1. (Mid) Charlton 1 Tottenham 0. matches only [email protected] [email protected] Liverpool P W D L F A Pts GD Birmingham City 1 (Allen 25) Arsenal 0 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GDMERSEY GIRLS 14 12 1 1 58 32 37 26 CMB LADIES 10 8 1 1 37 11 25 26TRANMERE ROVERS RES 13 10 0 3 64 23 30 41 att: 2,671; at Birmingham City FC PRESTON NORTH END RES 11 8 1 2 32 13 25 19ALDER LADIES 14 7 4 3 48 23 25 25 Remi Allen scored a well taken goal on her debut to give MORECAMBE 'A' 13 7 2 4 30 27 23 MERSEYRAIL3 BOOTLE 12 8 1 3 39 23 25 16 Birmingham City the advantage going into the second half of SKEM ATHLETIC 11 5 1 5 36 26 16 10SOUTH SEFTON BOROUGH 13 7 3 3 27 19 24 8 their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter final tie. BLACKPOOL 12 3 2 7 15 37 11 -22ASHTON TOWN 12 7 1 4 49 22 22 27 The win was no less than the Blues deserved and they SOUTHPORT SHORELINE 10 3 1 6 13 30 10 -17MAGHULL 16 6 3 7 30 40 21 -10 PENNINGTON 10 2 3 5 16 23 9 -7 could have won by a bigger margin against Arsenal's new look SOUTH LIVERPOOL 13 3 2 8 28 45 11 -17 WANDERERS RES 13 2 3 8 23 35 9 -12 side which passed the ball around well at times but did not LIVERPOOL FEDS COUNTY 15 3 2 10 21 44 11 -23 manage a shot on target all night. LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY 17 3 1 13 19 76 10 -57 As well as Allen, Blues manager Dave Parker also gave a Pennington 4 Bolton 1; Skem 1 Preston 3. LONG LANE 15 1 2 12 9 45 5 -36 debut to 16-year-old Jess Carter at left back and the youngster DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts AlderGD 1 Maghull 1; Long Lane 0 Tranmere 4; South Liverpool 2 responded with an impressive performance, while Meaghan PENWORTHAM 16 14 0 2 91 20 42 South71 Sefton 2. Sargeant and Hannah Keryakoplis were on the bench. Japanese HASLINGDEN 13 12 1 0 64 10 37 54 duo Yukari Kinga and Shinobu Ohno both made their first starts BURSCOUGH DYNAMO 16 11 2 3 84 39 35 45 for Arsenal whilst made her first appearance in the GOLBORNE LADIES 11 9 0 2 60 13 27 47 Norfolk competition since 2002, the last time she was with the club. shields from . BLACKPOOL WR RES 14 7 2 5 27 24 23 DIVISION3 ONE P W D L F A Pts GD The early stages saw Arsenal dominate possession and CHORLEY & EUXTON 14 7 0 7 31 47 21 THORPE-16 UTD 12 9 0 3 54 18 27 36 win a number of early corners but Birmingham, who had looked very nervous at the start, began to ACCRINGTON DEVELOPMENT 14 6 0 8 23 53 18 WYMONDHAM-30 TOWN 11 8 1 2 36 15 25 21 settle and it took a fine saving tackle from Stoney to prevent Allen from getting in on goal. MILL HILL 15 5 0 10 27 77 15 AYLSHAM-50 TOWN 12 8 1 3 40 24 25 16 GALGATE LADIES 14 4 1 9 10 47 13 BUNGAY-37 LADIES 13 5 2 6 37 28 17 9 Arsenal hit back with Alex Scott breaking down the right and crossing for Ohno to sweep a BARROWFORD CELTIC 13 2 0 11 14 85 6 -71 shot over the bar, but Birmingham were gathering momentum and should really have taken the lead GORLESTON RANGERS 12 5 2 5 30 26 17 4 WIGAN ATHLETIC RES 20 0 0 20 3 19 0 NORWICH-16 CITY DEVELOPMENT 11 5 1 5 31 28 16 3 when Karen Carney's cross was helped on by Allen, was unable to hold under pressure FAKENHAM TOWN 10 2 2 6 25 50 8 -25 and the ball broke for Melissa Lawley with the goal at her mercy but the young winger fired over. Blackpool WR 5 Accrington 0; Chorley 2 Golborne 5; Mill Hill 11 ATTLEBOROUGH TOWN 13 0 1 12 9 73 1 -64 Six minutes later though, Birmingham were ahead. Chelsea Weston's cross into the area Barrowford 3. picked out Allen who hooked her shot over Byrne and into the back of the net. Attleborough 0 Norwich 4; Bungay 1 Aylsham 2; Thorpe 8 Birmingham piled forward in search of a second goal with , who had earlier hit the Leicestershire Fakenham 0. side netting with a free kick, testing Byrne from long range after exchanging passes with Carter. A DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD GD breakthrough almost came as Kirsty Linnett burst into the area and planted her shot past Byrne but P W D L F A Pts MULBARTON BELLES 16 12 3 1 73 19 39 54 Stoney was well placed to clear the ball off the line. Potter again shot wide from distance as BEDWORTH UTD 14 14 0 0 108 4 42 104LONG STRATTON 16 11 4 1 107 19 37 88 Birmingham took their one-goal lead going into the interval. MELTON MOWBRAY 16 14 0 2 92 32 42 60STALHAM TOWN 17 9 4 4 52 20 31 32 The second half was scrappier than the first and both teams were guilty of giving the ball away LOUGHBOROUGH FOXES RES 13 10 1 2 53 30 31 23EARLHAM COLNEY 16 9 1 6 60 39 28 21 OADBY & WIGSTON DYN RES 17 8 2 7 60 67 26 RED-7 ROSE 16 8 2 6 33 30 26 3 at times. Arsenal did produce their best move of the game on the hour mark though, 's FRIAR LANE & EPWORTH 14 7 2 5 40 35 23 5 BOHEMIANS 17 7 4 6 63 29 25 34 pass was nodded down by Scott into the path of Ohno but Aoife Mannion made a great challenge to LEICESTER FOSSE 16 5 2 9 34 49 17 -15 SPROWSTON LADIES 14 6 2 6 30 35 20 -5 keep the Japanese international at bay. ASFORDBY AMATEURS 14 5 0 9 18 59 15 -41 BUCCANEERS LADIES 17 4 2 11 48 120 14 -72 Birmingham responded with Linnett, who had a very impressive match up front, making a COALVILLE TOWN 14 3 2 9 37 45 11 -8 FREETHORPE 15 1 1 13 12 76 4 -64 SYSTON TOWN 16 3 2 11 29 71 11 -42 strong run towards goal before sending in a curling shot which Byrne dived to her left to push away. HARLESTON 16 1 1 14 23 114 4 -91 CROPSTON RANGERS 16 0 1 15 21 100 1 -79 There was a let off for Arsenal when a misjudgement by Kinga allowed Allen to get past her 0 and, despite initially appearing to be tugged back, she made her way through on goal, however she Buccaneers 0 Stalham 8; Long Stratton 11 Freethorpe 0; Red elected to pass instead of taking the ball on and the opportunity was lost. Rose 1 Harleston 2; Sprowston 4 Bohemians 3. Lawley shot wide from the edge of the area but Birmingham were now happy to sit on their lead and prevent any Gunners hopes of an away goal. The chance for Arsenal did come with three minutes left on the clock though, Smith producing Lincolnshire North Riding a sublime piece of skill to trick her way to the line on the left and whipping in a cross but Ohno P W D L F A Pts GD P W D L F A Pts GD volleyed over from around eight yards out. LINCOLN M.R. 8 7 1 0 22 6 22 16REDCAR TOWN 19 16 2 1 99 29 50 70 From that point, Birmingham ran down the clock with Carney and Allen keeping possession WINTERTON RANGERS 9 6 1 2 53 8 19 45YORK CITY RES 19 16 1 2 115 17 49 98 well to preserve their lead going into Sunday's second leg at The Hive. LINCOLN GRIFFINS 10 4 1 5 22 21 13 POPPLETON1 20 13 4 3 60 19 43 41 The Blues were worthy winners on the night with Linnett, Potter and Allen all having excellent UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN 3 3 0 0 15 0 9 15YORK R.I. 19 13 1 5 66 26 40 40 games and their young back four - Chelsea Weston the oldest at just 23 - performed extremely well LINCOLN GRIFFINS RED 7 3 0 4 10 29 9 -19STOKESLEY 19 12 2 5 75 29 38 46 WYBERTON 10 1 2 7 13 31 5 -18GUISBOROUGH TOWN 16 10 1 5 64 37 31 27 against renowned opponents. Arsenal look to be a 'work in progress' at the moment but Ohno looks LOUTH O.B. 9 1 1 7 14 54 4 -40 an excellent acquisition and Stoney had a solid match on her return. Birmingham have matters in BROMPTON LADIES 18 7 0 11 49 64 21 -15 their hands right now, but rule the Gunners out at your peril. CATTERICK GARRISON 20 5 1 14 28 70 16 -42 Lincoln Griffins Red 0 Lincoln MR 5; Louth 7 Lincoln Griffins 1. FISHBURN PARK 18 3 3 12 23 83 12 -60 Birmingham City: Rebecca Spencer, Chelsea Weston, Jess Carter, , Aoife Mannion, HUNTINGTON 20 2 2 16 27 103 8 -76 Kerys Harrop, Melissa Lawley, Remi Allen, Kirsty Linnett (sub Emily Simpkins 78mins), Karen YORK ST JOHN'S * 18 3 1 14 38 94 7 -56 Carney, Jo Potter. Subs not used: Sophie Baggaley, Meaghan Sargeant, Hannah Keryakoplis, Katie EASINGWOLD TOWN RES * 18 3 0 15 19 91 6 -72 Wilkinson, Cristina Torkildsen, Coral-Jade Haines. Arsenal: Emma Byrne, Alex Scott, Emma Mitchell, Jade Bailey, Yukari Kinga, Casey Stoney, Brompton 0 Redcar 8; Catterick 0 York RI 3; Fishburn Park 4 , Shinobu Ohno, Danielle Carter, Kelly Smith, (sub Freda Ayisi Easingwold 0; Guisborough 11 York st Johns 2. 76mins). Subs not used: , Anouk Hoogendijk, , Bianca Bragg, Vyan Sampson, Carla Humphrey. [email protected] [email protected] Camden 3 Alexandra Park 2; Katabella 0 Denham 4, Denham 2 Katabella 1; Tower Hamlets 1 Clapham Kicks 3. Hampshire DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD have had their best season in the North West Women's Regional League, DIVISION TWO SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GDFLEET TOWN 14 11 1 2 44 23 34 21 BROMLEY LFC 13 10 2 1 57 17 32 40WINCHESTER CITY FLYERS * 14 11 1 2 52 15 31 37 winning promotion to the Premier Division. The 2013-14 season has seen an undefeated HAMPTON & RICHMOND 14 10 2 2 39 14 32 25SHANKLIN RES 13 9 1 3 34 17 28 17 Birkenhead Ladies become proud winners of the Division One South title. The final CLAPHAM UTD RES 13 8 4 1 32 17 28 15NEW FOREST 13 9 1 3 28 20 28 8 league game, which was led by captains Kate Anderson and Emma Jones, ended in a CARSHALTON ATHLETIC RES 15 6 5 4 38 28 23 10ALDERSHOT TOWN RES 13 5 1 7 20 32 16 -12 GODALMING 12 5 2 5 28 21 17 QK7 SOUTHAMPTON 10 5 0 5 25 16 15 9 5-0 victory for the Champions against Mossley Hill Res. Nadine Sword scored a AFC PHOENIX RES 13 5 1 7 39 43 16 -4CHRISTCHURCH * 17 7 1 9 22 39 15 -17 remarkable four goals with Charlotte Cloy scoring the other. PANTHERS 15 5 1 9 32 42 16 -10WIDBROOK UTD 12 3 2 7 20 29 11 -9 Birkenhead, formerly Wirral Ladies Football Club, have been playing in the BATTERSEA & WANDSW’TH RES 12 4 2 6 18 20 14 -2FARNHAM TOWN 16 3 1 12 18 42 10 -24 LONDON PHOENIX 16 4 2 10 21 54 14 -33BTC SOUTHAMPTON 14 0 1 13 14 44 1 -30 North West League for 20 years. Over the past twelve years, the women's team have FULHAM COMPTON RES 15 1 1 13 7 56 4 -49 been able to sustain their league position due to the development of the girls section, Farnham 3 Aldershot 0; Fleet 4 Widbrook 1; Shanklin 1 Battersea 2 London Phoenix 0; Carshalton 1 Hampton 1; Clapham Winchester 5. which this season has benefitted from an influx of young players coming through the 2 AFC Phoenix 1, AFC Phoenix 1 Clapham 2; Fulham Compton 0 DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD ranks into the women's team. Such growth is key to the development of the women's Bromley 8. AFC BOSCOMBE ALBION 12 11 0 1 61 12 33 49 team and an opportunity for young players to continue to play the beautiful game. Some DIVISION THREE NORTH P W D L F A Pts GDMUDEFORD PHOENIX 12 8 0 4 34 37 24 -3 ENFIELD TOWN 3RDS 14 11 1 2 68 23 34 45TEAM SOLENT 9 7 0 2 52 12 21 40 players have gained their Coaching qualifications and now coach the younger teams. KIKK TALANG 13 8 3 2 44 9 27 35GOSPORT BOROUGH RES 12 6 2 4 34 40 20 -6 Giving back and helping young players develop their knowledge and skills of football - HACKNEY LACES 16 7 2 7 38 56 23 -18HAMBLE CLUB 14 3 5 6 23 50 14 -27 OLD ACTONIANS RES 16 6 3 7 31 34 21 -3KINGSCLERE LADIES 13 3 3 7 18 40 12 -22 this is what it is all about! TOWER HAMLETS RES 13 3 2 8 33 40 11 -7HORNDEAN 11 2 2 7 18 24 8 -6 The women's team, who have been renamed a few times since 1994, were HACKNEY RES 16 3 1 12 17 69 10 -52WINCHESTER CITY 13 1 2 10 13 38 5 -25 delighted to come under the umbrella of Birkenhead Youth Club in 2010. The club AFC Boscombe 6 Mudeford 1; Hamble 0 Team Solent 4; supports the girls and women's teams and they have access to their fantastic facilities, Winchester 2 Kingsclere 3. particularly the new 3G Astroturf that teams take great pleasure training on. DIVISION THREE P W D L F A Pts GD The squad of 20 players has a good balance of youth and more experienced DIVISION THREE SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GDWARSASH WASPS 15 14 0 1 69 18 42 51 COBHAM LADIES 11 9 2 0 66 10 29 56WINCHESTER CITY FLYERS RES 17 13 0 4 63 30 39 33 players, which has been fundamental to the excellent season so far. Now the league is VICTOIRE LADIES 10 6 3 1 63 15 21 48ALTON UTD 13 10 0 3 55 16 30 39 secured, the club's next task is to focus on the League Plate where they are in the quarter CROYDON ATHLETIC 11 6 3 2 43 16 21 27AFC BOURNEMOUTH 15 9 0 6 35 21 27 14 finals, which will be played on Sunday 6th April. SOUTH LONDON 10 3 2 5 18 34 11 -16BASINGSTOKE TOWN RES 15 7 0 8 36 32 21 4 GREENHOUSE LONDON 11 3 2 6 14 47 11 -33WIDBROOK UTD RES 14 6 2 6 30 25 20 5 Looking forward to next season, Birkenhead is aiming to expand further for their FULHAM DEAF 13 2 3 8 16 58 9 -42ALDERBURY LADIES 13 5 0 8 24 28 15 -4 youth players with an Under-18 girls' development team to encourage young players to ORPINGTON 10 1 1 8 9 49 4 -40SHOLING 14 5 0 9 25 55 15 -30 continue playing and gain experience of 11-a-side football in preparation of playing for BOURNEMOUTH SPORTS 15 4 1 10 15 43 13 -28 TADLEY CALLEVA 13 2 0 11 15 51 6 -36 the open age women's team. The club is also aiming to start over with a young team LIPHOOK LADIES 12 1 1 10 9 57 4 -48 (Under-10 girls), which will be run by qualified coach Chelsey Hodgin, a senior player

Greater Alton 2 Widbrook 1; Basingstoke 5 Liphook 4; Tadley 0 AFC who started with the club as a young player. DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GDBournemouth 5; Warsash 7 Bournemouth Spts 0; Winchester 5 Birkenhead manager Joanne Day told Women's Soccer Scene: "Thank you to MIDDLETON ATHLETIC 8 8 0 0 55 9 24 46Sholing 1. the players (listed below), Assistant Manager Mark James, Fitness Coach Amy Doherty FC UNITED OF MANCHESTER 9 7 0 2 62 13 21 49 and Assistant Coach Chelsey Hodgin, Birkenhead Youth Club, Promoter Richie Day and CHORLTONIANS 10 6 1 3 35 22 19 13 AFC OLDHAM 9 4 1 4 32 26 13 6 Hereford & Worcestershire all the supporters who have watched our games and followed us on Facebook or . BEECHFIELD UTD 10 3 0 7 18 31 9 -13 "I am a very proud Player Manager and excited to be in the Premier Division next UPPERMILL 9 2 0 7 13 40 6 -27 P W D L F A Pts GD HEYSIDE ANGELS 7 0 0 7 9 83 0 -74EVESHAM UTD 16 14 1 1 75 15 43 60 season … well done to you all!" DROITWICH SPA 16 14 0 2 76 18 42 58 If anyone is interested in playing girls or women's football, please contact COOKLEY SPORTS 19 10 3 6 46 28 33 18 Joanne Day, FA Coach/Manager, on (07915) 801193 or visit HEREFORD LC 14 9 2 3 57 32 29 25 LUDLOW LADIES 16 8 4 4 61 41 28 20 www.birkenheadyouthclub.co.uk. BARTESTREE 14 8 0 6 49 27 24 22 Birkenhead squad: Shauna DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GDWYRE FOREST PHOENIX RES 18 5 1 12 39 88 16 -49 Murphy, Megan Jones, Emma OLDHAM ATHLETIC 12 9 1 2 45 27 28 18DRAKES BROUGHTON RGS 17 5 0 12 33 60 15 -27 REDDISH NORTH END 10 9 0 1 57 18 27 39BRIDGNORTH SPARTANS 14 3 1 10 26 73 10 -47 Jones, Kate Anderson, Laura MANCHESTER ROVERS 12 4 0 8 30 43 12 -13WELLAND LADIES 17 2 2 13 35 80 8 -45 O'Brien, Alison Egan, Amy MOORSIDE RANGERS 9 2 1 6 23 35 7 -12AFC WORCESTER OLYMPIC 13 1 2 10 26 61 5 -35 AVROS 9 1 0 8 22 56 3 -34 Smith, Amy Doherty, Chelsey AFC Worcester 1 Wyre Forest 1; Bartestree 12 Ludlow 1; Hodgin, Sarah Christmas, Manchester Rov 0 Oldham 2. Bridgnorth 0 Evesham 7; Cookley 0 Hereford LC 2; Droitwich 10 Joanne Day, Rebecca Swan, Welland 0. Fairclough, Leah Dooley, Chloe Forshaw, Charlotte Cloy, Emma Thomson, Lucy Carlin, Emma O'Looney, Nadine Sword. Photo - Tim Swan [email protected] [email protected] DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts DIVISIONGD TWO P W D L F A Pts GD CONSETT BELLES 17 14 2 1 90 15 44 WRITTLE75 LADIES 7 7 0 0 61 1 21 60 BILLINGHAM TOWN 16 12 2 2 90 25 38 HOLLAND65 & CLACTON 9 6 1 2 43 26 19 17 The battle is on for top spot in the Nor ther n Division and leader s Bradford City completed DARLINGTON SPRAIRE LASSES 17 9 2 6 56 42 29 ISLAND14 LADIES 8 6 0 2 50 11 18 39 their fixtur es with a 3- 0 victor y away toLeeds Utd. Melanie Gar side- Wr ight scor ed a hat- tr ick COXHOE UTD 13 9 1 3 56 27 28 LITTLE29 THURROCK DYN RES 12 4 1 7 34 60 13 -26 to give Br adfor d a winning finish to their campaign and they must now wait and see whether SUNDERLAND PLAINS FARM 15 8 1 6 59 42 25 WICKFORD17 TOWN 9 1 2 6 13 64 5 -51 SOUTH SHIELDS 14 7 0 7 28 41 21 VALLEY-13 GREEN 11 0 4 7 13 52 4 -39 it will be enough. Nottingham Forest r equir e BISHOP AUCKLAND 14 6 1 7 52 42 19 10 seven points fr om their final thr ee games to be NORTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD FARRINGTON DETACHED 15 3 1 11 30 92 10 Valley-62 Green 1 Wickford 1. sur e of over taking them, following their 2- 1 win BRADFORD CITY 13 9 3 1 40 20 30 20 SWALWELL LADIES 13 0 1 12 6 73 1 -67 NOTTINGHAM FOREST 11 8 3 0 28 10 27 18 WASHINGTON LADIES 14 0 1 13 18 86 1 -68 against Newcastle Utd . Taylor Thompson's SHEFFIELD F.C. 14 8 3 3 39 22 27 17 fir st half goal for For est was cancelled out after LEEDS UTD 12 6 2 4 24 23 20 1 Gloucestershire Billingham 5 Washington 0. the br eak by Jade Ander son, but Thompson DERBY COUNTY 12 4 2 6 35 28 14 7 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD NEWCASTLE UTD 10 3 3 4 26 20 12 6 CHELTENHAM CIVIL SERVICE 15 15 0 0 70 4 45 66 was to have the final say as she scor ed the HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 13 1 1 11 17 51 4 -34 OLDLAND ABBOTONIANS 16 11 3 2 69 18 36 51 winner with thr ee minutes r emaining. SHEFFIELD UTD COMMUNITY 11 0 1 10 12 47 1 -35 East Riding LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS 14 7 3 4 26 27 24 -1 BRISTOL & WEST 14 7 2 5 16 18 23 -2 Midland Division leader s Cardif f City GD DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts LONGLEVENS GREYHOUNDS 14 6 4 4 31 19 22 12 Ladies saw their winning r un halted as they Nottm Forest 2 Newcastle 1. COURTS CITY 14 13 0 1 50 15 39 35CHELTENHAM SPA CS 15 6 0 9 26 36 18 -10 HESSLE RANGERS 16 11 0 5 48 26 33 22 wer e held to a 1- 1 dr aw by Leicester City MIDLAND DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD DURSLEY TOWN * 15 5 3 7 34 39 15 -5 AFC PRESTON 16 7 6 3 21 21 27 WOOTTON0 BASSETT TOWN 13 3 5 5 23 25 14 -2 Women. Robyn Washington did find the net CARDIFF CITY LADIES 9 8 1 0 38 5 25 33 HUNMANBY 14 8 1 5 53 41 25 12AEK BOCO 14 2 4 8 33 35 10 -2 WOLVERHAMPTON W. 10 7 1 2 30 8 22 22 for Leicester but Annie Pritchar d's goal keeps KINGSTON HARRIERS 15 5 2 8 34 39 17 -5QUEDGELEY WANDERERS * 16 0 0 16 2 113 -9 -111 COVENTRY CITY 8 6 1 2 34 10 19 24 SOUTH CAVE 14 5 1 8 29 25 16 4 Car diff well on cour se. Wolverhampton LEICESTER CITY WOMEN 12 4 4 4 25 22 16 3 Wanderers ar e now their near est r ivals after AFC TICKTON 15 3 5 7 22 41 14 -19Cheltenham CS 5 Cheltenham Spa 0; Oldland 3 Bristol & West 2; STOKE CITY 10 4 2 4 29 14 14 15 HESSLE TOWN RES 12 2 5 5 30 39 11 -9Wootton Bassett 2 AEK Boco 2. beating Coventry City 2- 0, cour tesy of LOUGHBOROUGH STUDENTS 12 2 3 7 22 39 9 -17 PINEFLEET WOLFRETON 16 0 4 12 23 63 4 -40 second half goals fr om Louise Price and LEICESTER CITY LADIES 12 0 0 12 10 90 0 -80 DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD Jor dan Timmins- Ray. CHELTENHAM TOWN DEV'MENT 14 10 2 2 59 15 32 44 Coventry 0 Wolves 2; Leicester WFC 1 Cardiff 1. ALMONDSBURY UWE 14 9 4 1 53 6 31 47 Everton ar e the new leader s of the FA DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GDST NICHOLAS RES 15 9 3 3 57 17 30 40 SOUTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD WSL Development League Nor ther n Division GILBERDYKE PHOENIX 14 13 1 0 88 12 40 76ABBEYMEAD ROVERS 16 9 3 4 47 24 30 23 BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 10 7 3 0 24 5 24 19 on goal differ ence following their 7- 0 victor y VICTORIA DOCK 16 11 2 3 60 31 35 29MITCHELDEAN 15 8 3 4 51 25 27 26 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 10 7 2 1 28 12 23 16 AFC TICKTON RES 13 9 1 3 33 27 28 CIRENCESTER6 TOWN RES 16 6 1 9 43 58 19 -15 against Durham Women . Ker r i Welsh and PORTSMOUTH 10 3 3 4 14 25 12 -11 HORNSEA SPORTING 15 7 1 7 49 56 22 -7SCS LADIES 13 3 0 10 19 72 9 -53 Millie Tur ner each hit hat- tr icks with Mar ley WEST HAM UTD 10 2 3 5 14 21 9 -7 HUNMANBY RES 16 6 2 8 25 21 20 LYDNEY4 TOWN 12 2 0 10 8 58 6 -50 For ster adding the other goal. Previous TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 8 1 2 5 0 15 5 -15 FILEY LADIES 15 6 2 7 44 48 20 -4BISHOP'S CLEEVE * 13 0 0 13 5 67 -6 -62 GILLINGHAM 8 1 1 6 12 24 4 -12 HULL UNIVERSITY 14 6 0 8 28 26 18 2 leader s Aston Villa wer e beaten 1- 0 by HOLME ROVERS 15 4 1 10 22 115 13 -93Abbeymead 7 SCS 1; Lydney 2 Cirencester 4; St Nicholas 3 Sunderland whose goal came fr om Elizabeth HEDON RANGERS 16 0 0 16 6 19 0 -13Cheltenham Dev 0. McCubbin. Notts County ar e just one point off AFC Tickton 3 Hull Univ 2; Hunmanby 3 Gilberdyke 3. Greater London the pace after an Emily Rober ts br ace ear ned FA WSL Development DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD them a 2- 1 win against Manchester City, who NORTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD BRENTFORD 17 15 0 2 104 25 45 79 r eplied thr ough Chelsea Flanagan. Liverpool EVERTON 7 5 1 1 19 9 16 10 Essex AFC PHOENIX 16 10 4 2 37 16 34 21 ASTON VILLA 9 5 1 3 14 12 16 6 PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDPETTS WOOD 17 10 1 6 29 26 31 3 meanwhile hit five without r eply at Doncaster NOTTS COUNTY 8 5 0 3 16 15 15 1 CLAPHAM UTD SOUTHENDIAN LADIES 12 12 0 0 70 3 36 67 19 9 3 7 50 39 30 11 MANCHESTER CITY 9 4 1 4 19 12 13 7 Rovers Belles, thanks to a goal apiece fr om LITTLE THURROCK DYNAMOS 11 7 2 2 33 12 23 21COMETS 15 8 1 6 34 26 25 8 LIVERPOOL 7 4 1 2 15 9 13 6 Eve Kenner ley, Shannon Beckwith, Olivia LAWFORD 13 6 2 5 26 30 20 -4ENFIELD TOWN RES 16 7 2 7 35 34 23 1 SUNDERLAND 8 3 2 3 9 10 11 -1 BILLERICAY TOWN RES 11 5 2 4 24 33 17 -9HACKNEY 17 6 2 9 26 33 20 -7 Wild, Hannah Dale and Beth Donoghue. BIRMINGHAM CITY 6 2 2 2 11 7 8 0 SILVER END UTD 11 4 1 6 23 25 13 -2NORTHWOOD 19 5 5 9 46 61 20 -15 Arsenal DONCASTER ROVERS BELLES 7 1 1 5 7 19 4 -12 ar e now six points clear in ASSANDUN VIKINGS 7 3 1 3 7 20 10 -13GARSTON 15 6 1 8 24 29 19 -5 DURHAM WFC 7 0 1 6 9 26 1 -17 the Souther n Division following their 3- 2 win BEACON HILL ROVERS 12 1 5 6 13 30 8 -17LUTON TOWN HATTERS 16 5 1 10 20 37 16 -17 away to Oxf ord Utd . Amber Gaylor , Car la 0 HUTTON RES 10 2 1 7 19 48 7 -29KNAPHILL 15 0 0 15 11 90 0 -79 Doncaster 0 Liverpool 5; Everton 7 Durham 0; Notts County 2 Man FC CLACTON 7 0 0 7 2 16 0 -14 Humphr ey and Frances Steele scor ed for the City 1; Sunderland 1 Aston Villa 0. (Mid) Birmingham 4 Aston Villa AFC Phoenix 3 Clapham 0; Brentford 4 Luton 1; Comets 2 Gunner s with Natasha Caswell and Kayleigh 0. Northwood 1; Hackney 1 Enfield 4. SOUTHERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD Beacon Hill 0 Southendian 3. Hines r esponding for the home side. Chelsea DIVISION TWO NORTH P W D L F A Pts GD ARSENAL 7 6 0 1 32 7 18 25 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD and Bristol Academy finished level at 1- 1, CLAPHAM KICKS 15 10 2 3 48 16 32 32 CHELSEA 7 3 3 1 17 12 12 5 TAKELEY 11 8 1 2 52 16 25 36 TOWER HAMLETS 14 10 1 3 45 25 31 20 Kar in Muya netting for Chelsea with MILLWALL LIONESSES 5 3 1 1 15 6 10 9 WALTHAMSTOW EAGLES 12 8 1 3 32 24 25 8 18 Academy's r eply coming fr om Gabr iella BRISTOL ACADEMY 6 3 1 2 13 11 10 2 CHELMSFORD CITY 8 7 0 1 33 7 21 26HAMPSTEAD 14 10 1 3 32 14 31 BROOK HOUSE 15 8 4 3 34 16 28 18 4 2 2 0 8 6 8 2 TIGERS 9 5 1 3 24 22 16 2 Simmons- Bir d. Millwall Lionesses ar e in thir d 6 READING FC WOMEN 5 1 2 2 13 10 5 3 WALDEN 8 4 1 3 13 15 13 -2DENHAM UTD RES 14 7 0 7 46 40 21 CAMDEN TOWN RES 18 6 3 9 46 52 21 -6 after winning 3- 2 at Yeovil Town . Watf ord OXFORD UTD 7 1 1 5 11 22 4 -11 EKCO WHITECAPS 12 2 2 8 18 38 8 -20 6 and Reading Women battled out a 2- 2 dr aw, YEOVIL TOWN 5 1 0 4 6 20 3 -14 ESSEX ALLSTARS 8 2 1 5 8 18 7 -10ISLINGTON BOROUGH 14 6 1 7 30 24 19 HEADSTONE MANOR 12 5 1 6 26 29 16 -3 Paige Logie and Sar ah Wiltshir e netting for the WATFORD 6 0 2 4 6 27 2 -21 SOUTHEND TOWN 12 0 1 11 4 44 1 -40 0 ALEXANDRA PARK 13 2 1 10 13 44 7 -31 KATABELLA 15 1 0 14 14 74 3 -60 Golden Gir ls while Gemma Sims bagged a Chelsea 1 Bristol Academy 1; Oxford 2 Arsenal 3; Watford 2 br ace for the Royals. Reading 2; Yeovil 2 Millwall 3. [email protected] [email protected] DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD CASTLE DONNINGTON * 13 9 2 2 38 17 26 21 DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD LFC BUXTON 14 7 4 3 34 22 25 12 COUNTY BLUES 12 9 1 2 43 15 28 28 ASHBOURNE LADIES 12 7 1 4 37 18 22 19 WALLASEY WANDERERS 10 6 1 3 36 27 19 9 Milton Keynes City 1 Newbury Ladies 2 WIRKSWORTH COLTS 11 7 1 3 19 9 22 10 STOCKPORT COUNTY HNR 12 6 1 5 30 21 19 9 Newbury Ladies clinched promotion to the Southern Region WOODLANDS 13 7 1 5 32 45 22 -13 URMSTON MEADOWSIDE 9 5 1 3 26 15 16 11 AFC DRONFIELD 11 4 1 6 30 25 13 5 League Premier Division with their eleventh League victory in VAUXHALL LADIES * 11 5 1 5 27 32 15 -5 BRAMPTON AFC 12 1 3 8 19 31 6 -12 a row to land the Division One title with a game to spare. WYTHENSHAWE AMATEURS 11 2 2 7 13 43 8 -30 BELPER TOWN 14 0 3 11 15 57 3 -42 They were made to work hard to secure the points CHESTER CITY RES 9 0 1 8 9 31 1 -22 needed to outdistance the last of their rivals by a spirited Brampton 2 Buxton 3. Milton Keynes City team who levelled the scores with fifteen Wallasey 2 Urmston 3. minutes to go, threatening to delay the champagne Devon celebrations. DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD Fittingly a superb late strike by skipper Leanne Creese CREWE ALEXANDRA 16 14 0 2 88 5 42 PREMIER83 DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD saw the visitors home and ensured a happy Newbury group WARRINGTON WOLVERINES 13 12 0 1 76 13 36 AFC63 PLYMPTON 14 13 1 0 100 18 40 82 could enjoy their moment of triumph at Tattenhoe Lane 12 9 0 3 46 30 27 FENITON16 13 7 2 4 47 25 23 22 playing fields. EXETER & TEDBURN RANGERS 12 6 1 5 35 37 19 -2 WILMSLOW TOWN 14 8 1 5 52 25 25 27 In truth, only a disaster would have prevented Newbury RUNCORN LINNETS 13 7 2 4 35 28 23 HEAVITREE7 SOCIAL 10 5 2 3 38 22 17 16 HESWALL LADIES 15 4 2 9 37 88 14 BIDEFORD-51 12 5 1 6 25 50 16 -25 from winning the league after such a stunning set of results, UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 8 3 1 4 25 37 10 -12 with Fleetlands needing seven wins out of seven and BLACON YOUTH 12 3 1 8 18 38 10 -20 Sophie Self rises above Michelle Morrall and -12 AFC STOCKPORT 15 3 1 11 32 67 10 UNIVERSITY-35 OF PLYMOUTH 9 2 3 4 17 29 9 Newbury to lose their two final matches for their huge lead to Roxy Karbownik (www.jamesprickett.co.uk). IRBY F.C. 13 2 1 10 22 76 7 EXMOUTH-54 AMATEURS 8 1 1 6 13 46 4 -33 be overturned. With a strong breeze blowing across the pitch WHITCHURCH ALPORT 13 1 2 10 19 55 5 ILFRACOMBE-36 TOWN 10 1 0 9 19 45 3 -26 both teams took a while to settle, the only threats at either end coming from well delivered corners Bideford 0 Univ of Exeter 5; Exeter Rgs 2 Univ of Plymouth 3; causing last ditch defending in the opening ten minutes. Heswall 2 Altrincham 7; Whitchurch 0 Crewe 6; Wilmslow 2 Heavitree 0 Feniton 3. Gradually Newbury started to threaten the City goal from open play. Leanne Saunders had a Runcorn 2. long range effort well held by City keeper Sara Madden-Connor who was then quick off her line to DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD clear from Nicole Beesley. Ellie Reed got in a powerful header from a Creese corner but Madden- ACTIVATE 11 9 0 2 52 20 27 32 Connor again showed good handling on 26 minutes. At the other end, Stacy Ellett tested Chloe Hunt BUDLEIGH SALTERTON 9 8 0 1 28 10 24 18 Cornwall from 20 yards as MK City had a decent share of the ball through the midfield. P W D L F A Pts GDTAVISTOCK 10 6 0 4 28 17 18 11 PLAINMOOR 10 4 1 5 24 24 13 0 Newbury nearly took the lead as first the keeper then covering defender Laura Geyton did well NEWQUAY CELTIC 11 9 1 1 46 8 28 38 MORLEY RANGERS 7 2 1 4 27 48 7 -21 ST AGNES 9 8 0 1 35 6 24 29 to block goalbound efforts on 36 minutes. However. the best move of the half saw Newbury in front BRIXHAM VILLA 8 1 0 7 22 41 3 -19 PENZANCE 10 6 0 4 18 26 18 -8 four minutes later. A lovely pass by Rachel Panting released Read on the right and her low cross was BARNSTAPLE LADIES 7 0 0 7 9 40 0 -31 ILLOGAN LADIES RES 8 3 0 5 8 11 9 -3 turned in by Lorna Parr from close range. ST TEATH 10 2 3 5 10 21 9 -11 Read nearly doubled the lead from outside the area but the ball struck the bar and although ST BREWARD 9 2 1 6 12 36 7 -24Brixham 2 Budleigh 3; Tavistock 0 Activate 2. Roxy Karbownik went close for City just before the break, Newbury deserved their interval lead. MULLION 11 1 1 9 8 29 4 -21 The hard fought nature of the match continued and it was not until the hour that Newbury's Sam Atkins went close with a shot just over the bar. Beesley then lobbed the keeper but the ball fell Penzance 1 Newquay 7; St Breward 1 St Agnes 6. Dorset wide of goal where Panting fired a cross shot inches wide of the far post. Milton Keynes worked a good opening for Dani Metcalfe but Hunt did well to block her shot at the edge of the area. P W D L F A Pts GD DORCHESTER TOWN 13 12 1 0 77 11 37 66 Encouraged by this, the hosts started to build pressure and a run and cross by Shannon Brown P W D L F A Pts GD PORTLAND UTD 14 11 1 2 99 25 34 74 brought about the equaliser. Michelle Morrall challenged Hunt and the ball looped over the keeper REDS 11 7 4 0 49 21 25 28 AFC BOURNEMOUTH 15 8 0 7 51 38 24 13 and into the net on 75 minutes. ABBEYTOWN 9 6 3 0 48 10 21 38 BERE REGIS 16 6 0 10 76 104 18 -28 Both teams went for the victory as the clock wound down but it was a fine moment of quality CROWN NEWLAITHES 11 5 3 3 52 23 18 POOLE29 TOWN RES 10 3 0 7 34 37 9 -3 BARROW CELTIC 9 4 1 4 32 23 13 9 which settled the match. There seemed little danger when Creese received the ball 40 yards from QUEEN BEES 12 3 0 9 20 55 9 -35 goal on the right. Cutting infield past one challenge, the Newbury skipper worked enough space to CITY 9 1 1 7 15 47 4 POOLE-32 BOROUGH 12 2 0 10 15 102 6 -87 KESWICK 9 0 0 9 1 73 0 -72 -22 hit a drive which flew into the bottom right corner of Madden-Connor's net from 25 yards for the winning goal. The City keeper was injured in diving to try to stop the shot but recover to deny Read Bere Regis 18 Poole Borough 0. with another instinctive save from close range in added time. Milton Keynes City, in their first season at this level since promotion from the Thames Valley Derbyshire Durham County League, are having a good season in Division One. After a poor start,. including a 5-1 home defeat by today's opposition, Newbury have embarked on a title winning streak which has lasted DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GDDIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD UNDERWOOD VILLA 11 10 1 0 60 15 31 45BOLDON 9 9 0 0 39 6 27 33 since late October in the league. After several years in Division One in which they have not LITTLE EATON 11 7 1 3 34 19 22 15DARLINGTON R.A. 10 6 1 3 31 18 19 13 challenged for promotion, Newbury will get to test themselves regularly against local teams who they MACKWORTH ST FRANCIS 11 6 1 4 33 18 19 15SOUTH DURHAM & CESTRIA RES 10 4 1 5 18 20 13 -2 have only met in Cup competitions. DRONFIELD TOWN 6 3 1 2 15 10 10 WILLINGTON5 9 4 1 4 20 36 13 -16 Milton Keynes City: Sara Madden-Connor, Dani Metcalfe, Steff Crook, Stacy Ellett, Michelle GLOSSOP NORTH END 10 2 0 8 23 42 6 -19SEATON CAREW 10 4 0 6 20 24 12 -4 Morrall, Shannon Brown, Laura Geyton, Mia Skaarup, Danielle Relph, Roxy Karbownik, Aimee HASLAND LADIES 7 1 0 6 10 34 3 -24RUTHERFORD RAVENS 10 3 2 5 14 17 11 -3 Barrable. Sub: Gemma Taylor. CONSETT 12 2 1 9 26 47 7 -21 ST GEORGE'S 6 0 0 6 3 40 0 -37 Newbury Ladies: Chloe Hunt, Lorna Parr, Naomi Purviss, Sophie Self, Leanne Saunders, Leanne Creese, Kirsty Parfett, Sam Atkins, Ellie Read, Seaton 0 Boldon 1. Rachel Panting, Nicole Beesley. Subs: Gemma Burnett, Sam McConnon, Sue Hewett. [email protected] [email protected] DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire RUSHALL UTD 18 14 2 2 79 19 44 60 Scotland women's national coach, , senses a feel-good factor around the national DIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GDHALESOWEN LADIES 15 13 2 0 72 12 41 60 SANDWELL LADIES 15 12 2 1 62 18 38 44 teams, as she announces her squad for another crucial FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying ST ALBANS CITY 10 7 3 0 29 13 24 16 ATTLEBOROUGH MILLS 16 9 2 5 47 46 29 1 FLITWICK LADIES 11 6 3 2 45 22 21 23 double-header. PERRYWOODS UTD 17 5 2 10 25 49 17 -24 OFFLEY & STOPSLEY 9 6 1 2 52 13 19 39 WEDNESBURY WILDCATS 14 5 1 8 34 47 16 -13 Scotland currently sit top of Group 4 with maximum points from their first four games. WOOTTON BLUE CROSS 12 6 1 5 28 36 19 -8 BIRMINGHAM MEDICS 9 3 0 6 18 27 9 -9 The squad goes in to the matches against Poland and Bosnia on the back of a successful SHARNBROOK 13 6 0 7 32 33 18 -1 WOOD STAR RANGERS 13 2 2 9 18 55 8 -37 HARVESTERS 11 4 1 6 19 26 13 -7 Women's Cup, in which Scotland were unbeaten against , The and SANTIAGO BELLES 13 2 1 10 14 36 7 -22 BEDFORD LADIES & GIRLS 11 3 1 7 24 29 10 -5 WALSALL DEVELOPMENT SWIFTS 14 0 0 14 8 68 0 -60 Australia, only losing on penalties to Korea Republic in the final placing match. AFC DUNSTABLE BLUES 9 0 0 9 6 63 0 -57 The Poland match will be played at , Motherwell on Saturday 5th April (5.30pm) Attleborough 6 Santiago 0; Halesowen 0 Sandwell 0; Wood Star 0 and the match will also be shown live on BBC ALBA. Scotland then travel to Bosnia-Herzegovina Harvesters 0 Sharnbrook 4; Wootton BC 0 St Albans 3. Rushall 5. to play their next game five days later at Bilino Polje, Zenica. DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD Anna insists that the positivity around the national teams is very much by design. She DIVISION TWO P W D L F A Pts GD ST MARTINS 13 11 2 0 59 11 35 48 STOURBRIDGE 16 14 1 1 106 10 43 96 told www.scottishfa.co.uk: "Yes, there is a lot of positivity around the national squads at the LEVERSTOCK GREEN WHITES 9 7 1 1 50 15 22 35 BLACK COUNTRY BELLES 16 12 0 4 49 36 36 13 SANDY LADIES 11 6 3 2 39 16 21 23 moment. We have recorded some very good results recently, as have the men's squad. COUNDON COURT 12 10 1 1 36 10 31 26 SHERRARDSWOOD 11 6 2 3 26 26 20 0 "Our women's under-17s reached the Euro finals in November and the under-16s won FC ELITE 14 10 1 3 46 23 31 23 WATTON LADIES 13 5 2 6 29 30 17 -1 HILLCREST 15 7 2 6 34 25 23 9 the Victory Shield. All of the women's and men's youth squads have been playing well and BISHOP'S STORTFORD 11 4 1 6 34 16 13 18 WARWICK LADIES 13 5 1 7 35 38 16 -3 ARLESEY TOWN RES 11 2 2 7 21 43 8 -22 winning matches, including the under-17s in their first elite round qualifier last night. ALVECHURCH LADIES 12 4 0 8 26 35 12 -9 CRAWLEY GREEN LADIES 12 1 4 7 21 50 7 -29 "That is down to a lot of hard work by the coaches and national team staff, but the URBAN KICKZ 15 3 0 12 33 39 9 -6 KINGS LANGLEY 11 0 1 10 15 87 1 -72 investment in the performance strategy has been crucial. RUBERY LADIES RES 12 2 0 10 19 69 6 -50 -97 "In terms of the women's national teams, we now have a bigger programme of training Arlesey 0 Watton 4; Bishop's Stortford 4 Crawley Green 1; Kings GILLWAY LADIES 15 0 0 15 12 109 0 Langley 1 St Martins 8; Leverstock 2 Sandy 2. camps and matches. Keeping up this level of intensity has been very important for our Black Country 2 Coundon 1; Hillcrest 4 Gillway 2; Rubery 0 development at all age groups. DIVISION THREE P W D L F A Pts GDAlvechurch 12; Urban 0 Stourbridge 6. "A key benefit for the senior women's squad has been our partnership with the Scottish LETCHWORTH GARDEN CITY 15 14 1 0 94 13 43 81 Institute of Sport, which has transformed our strength and conditioning training and led to the BIGGLESWADE LADIES 16 12 2 2 95 30 38 65 WOBURN LIONESSES 19 12 2 5 52 36 38 16 S-Tech Cambridgeshire players becoming fitter than ever." TODDINGTON ROVERS 14 8 2 4 51 30 26 21 Scotland go into their next two qualifiers looking to stay ahead of group favourites, EVERGREEN EAGLES 15 8 0 7 49 36 24 13 WELWYN GARDEN CITY 17 7 2 8 51 63 23 -12NORTH DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD Sweden, who are currently three points behind Scotland, with a game in hand. GARSTON 15 6 0 9 41 42 18 -1DOWNHAM TOWN 11 9 1 1 52 12 28 40 Anna said: "We defeated both Poland and Bosnia in the first half of the campaign, so LEIGHTON UTD VIXENS RES 14 5 0 9 20 52 15 -32DEEPING DIAMONDS 10 8 1 1 60 8 25 52 we have an idea of what we will be up against. We will be prepared for two very tough matches. EVERGREEN LADIES 16 3 2 11 18 54 11 -36WISBECH ST MARYS 10 6 2 2 38 14 20 24 BEDMOND LADIES 14 3 1 10 28 48 10 -20WISBECH TOWN 8 6 0 2 21 11 18 10 Bosnia lost only one goal, a penalty, when they hosted Sweden so we know it will be a difficult AFC KEMPSTON TOWN & BC 15 0 2 13 12 108 2 -96MARCH TOWN UTD 12 4 2 6 15 27 14 -12 place to go to, but we need to focus on keeping our momentum going." BOURNE LADIES 12 4 0 8 25 24 12 1 Bedmond 3 Toddington 5; Biggleswade 3 Leighton 1; Garston 2 OUTWELL SWIFTS 13 3 0 10 18 46 9 -28 SCOTLAND SQUAD v. POLAND & BOSNIA-H'GOVINA Woburn 3; Welwyn GC 0 Letchworth 7. HOLBEACH LADIES * 12 1 0 11 9 96 0 -87 NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS March 1 Outwell 2. Celtic 170 - Birmingham Hibernian 11 - Montpellier HSC 79 20 PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts SOUTHGD DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD KINGSHURST SPORTING RES 15 10 3 2 52 23 33 29 Emma BLACK City 42 1 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 11 10 0 1 112 9 30 103 TAMWORTH LADIES 14 9 2 3 36 25 29 FULBOURN11 BLUEBIRDS 11 8 1 2 67 23 25 44 Bristol Academy 56 - RUBERY LADIES 12 8 2 2 27 10 26 HUNTINGDON17 TOWN 10 7 1 2 125 12 22 113 Notts County 61 9 FOLLY LANE 12 8 2 2 33 17 26 CAMBRIDGE16 WOMEN RES 11 7 1 3 110 15 22 95 Ifeoma DIEKE Vittsjo GIK 93 - ATHERSTONE RANGERS 12 8 1 3 43 26 25 EXNING17 LADIES 8 6 1 1 39 7 19 32 SOLIHULL MOORS VIXENS 16 8 1 6 34 35 25 -1 Glasgow City 7 - ISLEHAM UTD * 11 4 0 7 27 28 9 -1 CONTINENTAL STAR 14 6 1 7 36 32 19 CAMBRIDGE4 RANGERS 11 3 0 8 23 102 9 -79 Suzanne LAPPIN Glasgow City 9 3 REDDITCH LADIES 14 6 1 7 36 33 19 MILTON3 LADIES 14 2 0 12 19 136 6 -117 Vittsjo GIK 55 8 HALAS HAWKS 13 5 0 8 31 33 15 SPORTS-2 F.C. 11 0 0 11 3 193 0 -190 Seattle Reign 95 32 TIPTON TOWN 12 2 2 8 13 35 8 -22 ERDINGTON LADIES 13 2 0 11 23 47 6 -24 Glasgow City 145 7 RUGBY TOWN 14 0 1 13 15 63 1 -48 Emma MITCHELL Arsenal 30 5 Hibernian 32 1 Atherstone 3 Kingshurst 4; Halas 3 Redditch 0; Rubery 1 Folly Lane 0; Solihull 2 Continental 1; Tamworth 0 Tipton 0. Glasgow City 105 9 Megan SNEDDON Rangers 123 4 Arsenal 26 2 FFC Turbine Potsdam 32 9 Vittsjo GIK 67 26 [email protected] [email protected] Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire League Hibernian continue to set the early pace in the Scottish Women's St Albans City returned to the top of the league after a Holly Sheridan double and Megan Kiff gave Premier League and they scored seven times without reply for them a 3-0 win away to Wootton Blue Cross. Offley & Stopsley went second by scoring eight the second successive week, this time against City. without reply past AFC Dunstable Blues, Emma James hitting a hat-trick along with Emma Collins, Holly Flynn, Rachel Lewis, Charlene Moreton and Stacey Smith. Sharnbrook ran out 4-0 The two sides had recorded the two biggest wins on the victors at Harvesters, courtesy of a Sian Flemons hat-trick and Zoe Wright. opening day but it was Hibs who produced a strong display to St Martins stretched their lead at the top of Division Two after winning 8-1 away to Kings stay on top of the fledgling table. Caroline Heron, Elliss Jenkins Langley. Tamara Bayne and Karis Richardson each netted twice along with Stacey Hardacre, and Lucy Graham each scored twice with Frankie Brown - Shannon Pratt, Natasha Ridley and Stephanie Hettie. Nearest rivals Leverstock Green Whites and Sandy Ladies battled out a 2-2 draw, Cally Salter scoring twice for Leverstock with Amber playing her last match before joining Bristol Academy in the WSL Willett and Kayleigh Bennett replying. Watton ran out 4-0 winners away to Arlesey Town and - adding the other goal. Bishop's Stortford Town defeated Crawley Green 4-1 with doubles from Rebekah Coppen and Celtic slot into second place after beating Hutchison Vale 2-0. Celtic were Elle Georgiou. made to work hard for the points but a double ensured they made it Division Three leaders Letchworth Garden City scored seven without reply away to two wins from two and they are yet to concede a goal so far. Welwyn Garden City, goals coming from Hannah Nolan (2), Lottie Cartwright, Emily Jamieson, Tayla Murray, Alyce Williams and Rhiannon O'Donaghue. Jade Eaton netted twice and Kelsey Glasgow City complete a trio of clubs on six points following their 4-1 victory Hagland the other as Biggleswade Ladies defeated Leighton Utd Vixens Res 3-1 to stay second away to Hamilton Academicals. A brace from Suzanne Lappin, along with goals on goal difference from Woburn Lionesses, who won 3-2 at Garston thanks to Catriona from Abbi Grant and Julie Nelson, gave City the points with the Accies' consolation Roxburgh, Christie Pulford and Georgia Edwards. Faye Moxon and Natalie Stafford both hit coming through Gillian Inglis. However the win was marred for City as young striker doubles with Ella Swan adding the other for Toddington Rovers in their 5-3 victory over Alyshia Walker was stretchered off with what appeared to be a serious injury. Bedmond Ladies. Rangers and Spartans had both recorded victories in their opening Westward Developments Devon League matches and both remain unbeaten after their meeting ended in a closely fought In the Premier Division, the University of Exeter continued their winning run, which dates back to the start of the year, with a convincing 5-0 away win against Bideford. Ruth Bowerman scored for goalless draw. the second week running along with Coryn Sexton (2), Izzie Harvey and Alicia Gibbs. University Aberdeen meanwhile registered their first points of the season with a 3-1 of Plymouth also won for the second consecutive week, this time 3-2 away to Exeter & Tedburn victory away to Buchan Ladies. Rachael Small scored a goal in each half and a Rangers. Feniton followed up their draw with champions AFC Plympton, to collect all three second half strike from Hermans wrapped up the win for the Dons. points by beating Heavitree Social 3-0, thanks to a Natalie Matthews hat-trick. In Division One, Brixham Villa were unable to hang on to a 2-1 lead, conceding twice in the Newly promoted Queen's Park picked up their first point as they battled out last ten minutes to lose 3-2 to high flying Budleigh Salterton. Sarah Smith and Vanessa May a 2-2 draw with Forfar Farmington. Ceara McIntyre and Valentina Mazzoni were scored for Villa who were undone by Dominae Weeks, Molly Jacobs and an own goal, who gained on target for the Spiders with Forfar replying via an Amy Gallacher double. another three points to apply pressure on Activate. The west Devon derby at Tavistock resulted This Sunday, the early leaders Hibernian make the trip north to take on in a 2-0 win for visiting Activate, who kept up their own chase for promotion with goals from Aberdeen. However the standout fixture this weekend is likely to be the first Old Wensdy Wise and Jodie Martin. Firm clash of the season with Rangers playing host to Celtic. Glasgow City, the Essex League other team still with a 100& Little Thurrock Dynamos made it through to the semi finals of the League Cup after a 6-1 win record after the opening two P W D L F A Pts GD over Holland & Clacton. They will now entertain Writtle who went to Hutton Res and enjoyed a HIBERNIAN 2 2 0 0 14 1 6 13 10-0 victory. matches, have a difficult away CELTIC 2 2 0 0 7 0 6 7 Southendian Ladies now have a ten point cushion at the summit in the Premier Division, game at Spartans. GLASGOW CITY 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 5 following their 3-0 success away to Beacon Hill Rovers. The two teams who sit at 2 The bottom two teams in Division Two met each other and could not be separated on the RANGERS 2 1 1 0 3 1 4 the foot of the table also come 1 day as both Valley Green and Wickford Town shared the points with a 1-1 draw. SPARTANS LFC 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 Gloucestershire League face to face with Hutchison Vale INVERNESS CITY 2 1 0 1 6 7 3 -1 taking on Buchan Ladies. The ABERDEEN 2 1 0 1 3 6 3 -3 Cheltenham Civil Service clinched the league title with a 5-0 victory over local rivals Cheltenham QUEEN'S PARK 2 0 1 1 3 5 1 -2 Spa CS. Beth Tovey scored twice with Kelly Churchley, Debra Harris and Gemma Riley adding two newly promoted clubs - FORFAR FARMINGTON 2 0 1 1 3 9 1 -6 the others to put their side beyond the reach of the others with three games still to play. Oldland Inverness City and Queen’s HAMILTON ACADEMICALS 2 0 0 2 2 6 0 -4 Abbotonians look lively to finish as runners-up after beating Bristol & West 3-2. Amy Nicholson Park - meet each other and -4 scored twice and Jess Cole the other for Oldland with Becky Billing and an own goal replying. HUTCHISON VALE 2 0 0 2 1 5 0 Forfar Farmington entertain -8 Wootton Bassett Town and AEK Boco finished level at 2-2, Laura Jefferies and Laura Ball BUCHAN LADIES 2 0 0 2 1 9 0 scoring for Wootton Bassett with Kelly Cutler and Jade Scammell replying. Hamilton Academicals in the Division Two leaders Cheltenham Town Development were jolted as they were beaten other game. Buchan 1 Aberdeen 3; Celtic 2 Hutchison Vale 0; Hamilton 1 3-0 by St Nicholas Res for whom Lara Ferris (2) and Poppy Coles scored. Abbeymead Rovers Glasgow City 4; Hibernian 7 Inverness 0; Queen's Park 2 Forfar 2; Rangers 0 Spartans 0. [email protected] [email protected] regular football. I'm really excited to build on the success [of the club] from last season. I'm joining a strong squad and I want us as a team to be successful in all competitions." Earps joins England Under-23 colleagues Northern Combination and Jaz Matthews at Bristol Academy and manager Dave Mossley Hill have gone three points ahead following their 3-2 win away to Sheffield Edmondson is excited for the future for these three promising Utd Community. Carmen Triaono was on target twice and Megan Brodie added the young players. "Mary fits Bristol perfectly as she is a young ambitious goalkeeper, eager to develop herself as a player over other as the club continue to try and stretch the pace. the next two seasons," he said. "Mary is a young goalkeeper with Huddersfield Town are now second and have three games in hand on Mossley many positive attributes and huge potential. Her work ethic and Hill after they defeated Middlesbrough 5-3. Town captain Kate Mallin had a great day determination to succeed coupled with the intensive training she in front of goal, scoring four times in all, with Emily Heckler also finding the net to help will get from goalkeeper coach, John Granville, will help Mary develop into a vital member of the Bristol team. secure a vital win for her side. "Mary has shown undoubted qualities as a goalkeeper both in her time at Doncaster Belles Tranmere Rovers continue to finish the season well and they have leapfrogged and Birmingham which have elevated her into the Under-23 and now senior England squads. She Liverpool Feds into sixth place after winning their local derby clash 3-0. Rachel is keen, as are we, to further develop her as a goalkeeper and to provide her the platform to Davison, Lindsey Smith and Beth Woolley were all on the scoresheet as Tranmere enhance her international standing with consistent performances at club level." recorded their fifth victory in a row. Nettleham seeking new manager Nettleham Ladies FC are looking for a new manager next season due to the retirement of current Rae Taylor, Amy Kelly, Rachel Kay and Lisa Garbutt were all on the scoresheet boss Paul Durrands at the end of the present campaign. for Chester-le-Street Town who were 4-0 victors away to Leeds City Vixens. The club is having a very good season, currently lying in second place in the Premier Division Wakefield registered their second league victory of the season and boosted of the East Midlands League as well as having reached the Lincolnshire County Cup Final and their hopes of climbing off the bottom as they won 4-1 against Cheadle Heath League Cup semi finals. Paul will be conducting the interviews himself and will talk to anyone who believes they have Nomads. Danielle Middleton netted twice for the Yorkshire side along with Danielle the experience needed to manage the club, with the word 'experience' being essential. Coaching Biglin and Laurie Millington. badges of Level 2 and above is required but not essential, but 'experience' can balance this out. Midland Combination Please contact Paul Durrands on (07706) 661906 or e-mail him at [email protected] with a CV. Copsewood (Coventry) have dominated the league table all season and they Millwall announce season ticket prices confirmed themselves as Champions by beating Leicester City Ladies 3-2. Nicola Millwall Lionesses kick off their debut campaign in the Women's Super League 2 at The Den - and Foskett netted two of the goals, including a late winner, with Kirstie Deacon also on you can be there every step of the way. The Lionesses joined the new Women's Super League in target. April 2013 and will compete alongside nine top class teams in the newly expanded FA WSL 2. 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The Canaries IF SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU! can still have a say in the title race but will probably need maximum points from their [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] remaining games to stand any realistic chance. Brentwood Town meanwhile won for the first time this season and are off the AFC Plympton manager Barry Metters was full of praise for his team after they clinched the bottom at the expense of Luton Town after beating them 3-2. Sophie Lovell grabbed Westward Developments Devon League title. two of the goals for Brentwood, with Rachel Armstrong adding the other. Plympton put themselves beyond the reach of their rivals with a 2-2 draw against Feniton last Sunday and Metters told Women's Soccer Scene of his delight at the team's achievement. South West Combination "We have had a great season, winning all our first 13 games, most of them quite easily," Swindon Town are still six points clear at the top following their 2-2 draw with Larkhall he said. "The hardest two games were by far against Feniton who we struggled to beat 4-3 at home Athletic but it needed a late equaliser to keep their title hopes alive. Chynna Collings and then drew 2-2 away, this being the point that gave us the title in our fourteenth game with two and Ellie Maynard scored the goals for Swindon, who are starting to run out of games, league games still to play. We also still have the league cup semi final to play so are still on for the while Larkhall's strikes came from Lizzie Barratt and Kate German. double. "Our only defeat so far this season was a 3-1 loss to Exeter City in the Devon Women's Plymouth Argyle stay second after notching up a 5-0 victory away to Senior County Cup semi final. This was a great performance against a team who play three leagues Southampton Saints. Ezme Wells scored twice for Argyle along with Emily Mousley, above us." Laura Perrett and Rebekah Rose. As for the key to his team's success, Barry insists that consistency has been a big factor. Helen Kukor hit a hat-trick and Tash Knapman weighed in with the other two "The main reason the team have done so well this season is due to the reliability of the girls, with goals as Exeter City maintained their recent winning run with a 5-2 success against many of them playing in every game this season," he said. "Although we have scored over 100 Shanklin, which keeps them in third place. goals in all competitions with the strikers all getting double figures (Samantha Metters 29, Chez Chichester City meanwhile suffered a setback to their challenge as they were Phillips 26, Maisie Williams 21 and Chelsea Robinson 18), credit must go to our strong defence led by captain Codie-Al Cleugh and goalkeeper Taylor Mathews. beaten for the first time, 1-0 by Forest Green Rovers. The game was settled by a late "Most of the girls have played together or against each other in junior football in the penalty from Charlotte King for a win which takes her side back above City and into Plymouth area so have found it an fourth place. easy step when they reach the age of Newquay boosted their chances of climbing out of the bottom two by beating 16 to join the ladies team." Keynsham Development 2-0. Plympton will be promoted to the South West League next Northern Combination Midland Combination season and Metters is confident that P W D L F A Pts GD P W D L F A Pts GD the team can acquit themselves well. MOSSLEY HILL 20 13 3 4 60 31 42 COPSEWOOD29 (COVENTRY) * 16 14 2 0 50 11 46 37 "With this being our fifth season and HUDDERSFIELD TOWN 17 13 0 4 60 32 39 LEICESTER28 CITY WOMEN 18 11 3 4 52 18 36 34 enjoying two promotions in this time, CHORLEY 19 12 1 6 54 35 37 ROTHERHAM19 UTD 20 11 2 7 57 33 35 24 STOCKPORT COUNTY 18 11 2 5 60 34 35 LEICESTER26 CITY LADIES 20 11 2 7 45 37 35 10 the next step will be moving up to the MIDDLESBROUGH 19 9 3 7 39 43 30 LOUGHBOROUGH-4 STUDENTS * 19 9 2 8 54 35 32 19 South West League for a new TRANMERE ROVERS 17 9 1 7 38 32 28 LEAFIELD6 ATHLETIC 17 8 4 5 35 31 28 4 challenge. LIVERPOOL FEDS 19 7 5 7 35 36 26 LOUGHBOROUGH-1 FOXES * 18 8 2 8 47 47 28 0 "Although we are losing 3 CHESTER-LE-STREET TOWN 16 7 2 7 45 32 23 MANSFIELD13 TOWN * 19 4 3 12 25 58 18 -33 LEEDS CITY VIXENS 17 6 2 9 18 38 20 SOLIHULL-20 LADIES * 20 2 5 13 22 42 14 -20 or 4 of the girls next season as they SHEFFIELD UTD COMMUNITY 19 5 3 11 33 53 18 CURZON-20 ASHTON 17 4 2 11 24 54 14 -30 move away to university, AFC Back row (L to R): Charlie Nicholson, Stacey Gill, Ellie Simpson, Codie-Al Cleugh, Taylor Mathews, CHEADLE HEATH NOMADS 16 2 2 12 21 54 8 RADCLIFFE-33 OLYMPIC * 18 4 3 11 11 58 2 -47 Plympton have a strong girls set up Hannah Yates, Lauren Boyle, Charlotte Jeffery, Jodie Lobb. WAKEFIELD 19 2 0 17 26 69 6 -43 so girls are ready to step up and Front row (L to R): Beth Mitchell, Samantha Metters, Rhiannon Dumper, Rebecca Pepperell, Curzon 6 Radcliffe 1; Leafield 2 Mansfield 3; Leicester LFC 2 Maisie Williams, Chelsea Robinson, Francesca Phillips, Stacey Jeffrey. Cheadle Heath 1 Wakefield 4; Leeds 0 Chester-le-Street 4; Copsewood 3; Solihull 1 Loughboro Foxes 2. (Mid) Copsewood 3 replace any departing players." The team is managed by Barry Metters with Lee Metters as assistant and Julie Metters as Secretary. Middlesbrough 3 Huddersfield 5; Sheffield Utd 2 Mossley Hill 3; Leicester LFC 1. Tranmere 3 Liverpool Feds 0.

South East Combination South West Combination Academy sign P W D L F A Pts GD P W D L F A Pts GD Bristol Academy have announced the signing of goalkeeper Mary Earps. Mary joins the Vixens from C & K BASILDON 18 13 3 2 52 18 42 SWINDON34 TOWN 19 11 2 6 45 22 35 23 Birmingham City where she spent one season with the Blues, having signed for them in 2013 from QUEEN'S PARK RANGERS 17 12 4 1 52 11 40 PLYMOUTH41 ARGYLE 13 9 2 2 41 15 29 26 Doncaster Rovers Belles. NORWICH CITY 14 10 0 4 41 24 30 EXETER17 CITY 12 9 1 2 43 21 28 22 MILTON KEYNES DONS 17 8 4 5 23 20 28 FOREST3 GREEN ROVERS 14 8 1 5 40 27 25 13 Mary will be the No.1 at the club and is already looking forward to getting started. She said: DENHAM UTD 18 8 4 6 35 33 28 CHICHESTER2 CITY * 13 9 3 1 42 17 24 25 "I'm relishing the challenge of being Bristol's number one in the WSL and in the Champions league." ENFIELD TOWN 17 8 3 6 31 24 27 LARKHALL7 ATHLETIC 15 7 2 6 34 28 23 6 Mary made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut in 2013 against Russian side FK Zorkiy IPSWICH TOWN 17 3 7 7 26 36 16 SHANKLIN-10 14 4 3 7 14 22 15 -8 at St Andrew's in front of a crowd of 1,062 and is now ready for the Champions League challenge EBBSFLEET UTD * 16 5 3 8 20 29 15 SOUTHAMPTON-9 SAINTS 15 5 0 10 29 39 15 -10 with her new club. CAMBRIDGE WOMEN 17 3 3 11 26 35 12 KEYNSHAM-9 DEVELOPMENT 16 3 5 8 29 43 14 -14 At international level, Earps has represented England at Under-15, Under-17, Under-19 and BRENTWOOD TOWN 17 1 4 12 13 57 7 NEWQUAY-44 18 4 1 13 18 45 13 -27 Under-23 level, reaching the European finals with the Under-19s in 2012. More recently Mary has LUTON TOWN 14 1 3 10 18 50 6 UNIVERSITY-32 OF PORTSMOUTH * 15 3 0 12 9 64 8 -55 been selected for 's next training camp with the England senior squad. Exeter 5 Shanklin 2; Forest Green 1 Chichester 0; Newquay 2 Brentwood 3 Luton 2; Basildon 5 Ebbsfleet 0; Cambridge 0 Denham Mary is looking to progress on the international stage and in the WSL and said: "I came to Keynsham Dev 0; Southampton 0 Plymouth 5; Swindon 2 Larkhall 2; Enfield 1 Norwich 4; Ipswich 2 QPR 2. (Mid) Norwich 4 Ipswich 0. Bristol for development purposes and for regular game time. It's important for me to be playing 2. [email protected] [email protected] A scintillating first half display by Laura Hibernian have got off to a good start in the Scottish Harris-Steers put Woodley United Reserves Women's Premier League with two victories in their on their way to retaining the Berks & Bucks opening two games, scoring seven times in each. County Girls Under-18 Cup at Abingdon Hibs midfielder and Scottish international Joelle United FC on Sunday. Murray told Women's Soccer Scene about her delight with The Woodley winger scored twice and the way they have started and looked ahead to what she then set up Sarah Lawrence and Rosie believes will be a closer title race this season: Page-Smith to put United four up against How pleased are you with the start the team has made Wargrave in the first 26 minutes. A 25-yard this season? drive by Morgan Merryweather and a goal in I’m really happy with our start to the season. We have six injury time from Rosie Page-Smith rounded points out of six and have scored 14 goals so we couldn’t off a 6-0 win. Woodley thus added the county cup really ask for more. We were annoyed to concede against Forfar so to keep a clean to the Thames Valley League Division Two South title they had secured - with a 100% record sheet against Inverness was very pleasing. - seven days before. Manager Marc Surtees and much of his squad can now boast a hat-trick Is it particularly satisfying that you have scored seven in both games? of Berks & Bucks cups, having lifted the Under-16s trophy in 2012. Seven seems to be the magic number just now! We missed a lot of goalscoring United already had two league wins over Wargrave under their belt, but still wanted an chances against Forfar so although we scored seven, we were slightly disappointed at early goal to settle any cup final nerves and they got exactly that. Barely two minutes had been some of the finishing. However that said, seven goals in any game is very satisfying so played when Lawrence played a perfectly weighted pass through Wargrave's high defensive to score the same amount against Inverness was very pleasing. We have a team full line and Harris-Steers scampered from halfway to draw the keeper and score. of goalscorers, some players who are very instinctive and some who have incredible Woodley were soon threatening again, Lawrence and Page-Smith exchanged passes power and accuracy so we all chip in with our fair share of goals. neatly but the Wargrave keeper came out to smother the threat at Lawrence's feet, whilst Ellen You have added new players to the squad as well as the young players that are Surtees shot narrowly wide from a corner. But United did not have long to wait for the second coming through, how have they settled in so far? goal, in the 16th minute Lawrence was again Harris-Steers' provider, slipping the ball inside The new players we have added settled in very quickly, we are a very welcoming team the Wargrave left back for the winger to slam her shot high into the net. Ten minutes later, Harris-Steers deftly kept the ball in play on the flank, skipped away and look to make new additions feel comfortable as quickly as possible. The young from her full back yet again and crossed to the top of the area for Lawrence to shoot into the players who were integrated into the squad last year have grown so much and now corner. Shortly after that, Page-Smith sent Harris-Steers away down the right, where she have a year's worth of SWPL experience under their belts, which sets them up nicely raced into the middle to meet a low cross and sidefooted home. for the challenges they face this season. Woodley were home and hosed - and then hailed on! The bright sunshine in which the Is there real belief amongst the squad that this could be your year in the league? game had kicked off was replaced by rain, which turned to hail as the fourth goal went in from We have a very talented team and great coaches who guide us and continually push short range by Page-Smith and then it pelted down for several minutes. The weather, a string us to do better and improve. For me personally, this is the best and most talented group of substitutions and perhaps a sense of satiation slowed Woodley up and no more goals of players I have played with. I believe we have a very strong chance in the league this followed before half time, although Page-Smith and Gemma Bloor went close and Harris- year. However we have our feet firmly on the ground and take one game at a time, we Steers almost completed a hat-trick, shooting just over from the corner of the area. focus on us and what we can do opposed to looking at other teams in the league. Wargrave, meanwhile, had threatened little as the starting back four for Woodley - Ruth Can you see the league being a more open race this year? McKee, Sophie Farrell, Emma Davies and Bloor - were as tight as always, barring one early mix up between Farrell and goalkeeper Louise Fell. I think the league this year will be very open, I don’t think the gap between the top, The sun came out again for a second half that was much more even. Woodley second or third teams will be as big as it was last year. dominated the early possession, with Jemma Garrett and Bonnie Messitt always causing Wwho do you think the main contenders will be this time? trouble for the Wargrave defence, even if United lacked their early ruthlessness. But Wargrave I don’t want to focus on any one team as there are a few who could potentially win the looked a good deal tighter, and asked more questions of their own. They might have had a league. Obviously Glasgow City have a winning mentality and although having lost a penalty kick when the ball hit Farrell's hand in the area, but the referee gave nothing, the ball few experienced players, still have a very strong squad. Celtic, Rangers and Spartans did fall to a Wargrave player who blasted over from a good position. With 15 minutes left, they will definitely be in the mix too so it’ll be all to play for. put together their best move of the match and created a fine chance but Fell saved well. This week you travel to play Aberdeen and, with due respect to your previous Four minutes later, United reasserted themselves with Merryweather's piledriver, the opponents, do you see this as being your toughest match so far? pick of their goals. They kept pressing for another, which arrived in added time. Page-Smith No disrespect to Inverness or Forfar but Aberdeen will be our toughest opponents so tried her luck from the edge of the area, the keeper saved low down only to see the ball squirm far. They have always caused us problems as they are a very hard working team out of her grasp and over the line. That was hard on a keeper who had thwarted Woodley littered with players who have represented Scotland at various age levels. several times in the second half, but Woodley were worthy of a comfortable victory. [email protected] [email protected] NORTHAMPTONSHIRE F.A.CUP FINAL LEICESTERSHIRE LEAGUE Chelsea duo Hannah Blundell and joined Stewart & Lloyds 2 Kettering Town 0 LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINALS presenter Jeff Stelling to officially open a Cropston Rangers 0 Loughborough Foxes Res 7 new third generation (3G) artificial grass pitch (AGP) on SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE F.A.CUP FINAL Friar Lane & Epworth 1 Oadby & Wigston Res 0 P.O.Box 72, Patchway, Bristol behalf of the Matthew Arnold School on Friday. Sheffield FC 5 Steel City Wanderers 1 Leicester Fosse 0 Bedworth Utd 5 BS34 8HT. The Chelsea Foundation has a long standing Melton Mowbray 5 Syston Town 1 relationship with the school, running a unique BTEC CORNWALL F.A.CUP SEMI FINALS Tel: (0117) 9694544 academic and football programme in association with SEMI FINALS Bedworth Utd v Friar Lane & Epworth Fax: (0117) 9694544 Matthew Arnold College Academy, as well as a Bude Town 0 Dobwalls 1 Melton Mowbray v Loughborough Foxes Res E-Mail: Saturday morning programme for all local youngsters Callington Town 2 Launceston 0 to come and enjoy the facilities. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE LEAGUE [email protected] The new surface was made possible thanks to a HAMPSHIRE F.A.CHALLENGE CUP LEAGUE PLATE Premier League and The FA Facilities Fund grant of Website: £254,438 and now means the Staines-based school SEMI FINAL Newark Town 3 Bingham Town 5 www.WomensSoccerScene.co.uk Basingstoke Town 0 Portsmouth 7 can provide a year-round football facility in the form of their 3G AGP. Upon opening the new surface and SUSSEX LEAGUE watching the Chelsea Foundation coaches in action, SOMERSET F.A.JUNIOR CUP LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP Editors: Stelling said: "We hear so much about the so-called gulf SEMI FINALS SEMI FINALS Neil Brown that exists between the elite level and the grassroots Nailsea Utd 0 Ilminster Town 1 Horsham Sparrows 1 Adur Athletic 0 game but Chelsea, who one of the biggest clubs in Taunton Town 0 Brislington 3 Polegate Grasshoppers 0 Rottingdean Village 2 Mark Brown world football, are helping to bridge that gap and are keeping kids involved with the very top of the game. SOUTHERN REGION LEAGUE WEST RIDING LEAGUE "This is a really wonderful facility, it's a high CHAIRMAN'S CUP SEMI FINAL LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINALS Contributors: quality space to play football on all year-round. Sites Mansfield Road 1 Andover New Street 2 Norristhorpe 0 Harrogate Railway 3 James Prickett like this are crucial to improving the grass roots game Pontefract S & SC 2 Farsley AFC 1 and enabling more people to play the game - and that DERBYSHIRE LEAGUE LEAGUE SHIELD SEMI FINALS (www.jamesprickett.co.uk) can only help us develop the next generation of home CHALLENGE CUP SECOND ROUND REPLAY Brayton Belles 2 Bradford City 5 Julian Barker grown talent." Hasland 1 Ashbourne Ladies 0 Wetherby Athletic 3 Ossett Town 3 In addition to the full size 3G AGP, the site also boasts a smaller 3G AGP which the Premier League QUARTER FINALS KIPAX (www.kipax.com) and The FA Facilities Fund helped to refurbish with an Little Eaton 2 Dronfield Town 1 Jessica Fishlock £88,000 grant. The work also included replacing the St George's 3 AFC Dronfield 6 WILTSHIRE LEAGUE Patrick Higgins existing fencing and the instillation of sports equipment. 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LANCASHIRE LEAGUE LEAGUE CUP SEMI FINAL Issue no. 548 Haslingden P-P CMB Ladies Front cover photo: Arsenal defender Yukari Kinga and Remi Allen of Birmingham City battle for the ball during the Blues’ 1-0 UEFA Women’s Champions League quarter final first leg win (www.jamesprickett.co.uk) [email protected] [email protected] East Midlands League Cardiff Met Ladies were narrow 2-1 winners as they With the top two not in action, Peterborough Northern Star caught up some ground by winning met Swansea City in a dress rehearsal for the 5-0 away to Arnold Town. Catriona Flory hit a brace with others from Donna Nicholls, Chanade forthcoming FAW Women's Cup Final. Henderson and Jodie Bartle. Long Eaton Utd follow on in fourth after a Nicola Smyth hat-trick The meeting was an important one in the and Kim Harford gave them a 4-0 victory over Rise Park. Natalie Loughenbury grabbed the only Shared Access Welsh Premier Women's League and goal of the game as Sandiacre Town won 1-0 against AFC Trinity. the result keeps the university side ten points clear at Notts County Development look certain to take the runners-up spot in Division One the top of the table. Ellie Sargent netted a goal in each half North following their 7-0 win against Ruddington Village. Lauren Yeomans led the scoring with to earn Cardiff Met the result despite an Abbie Morrissey a hat-trick and the others came from Jasmin Bear (2), Robyn Henton and Courtney Walters. own goal gave Swansea late hope. Amy Jones and Abbey-Jay Roberts were on the scoresheet as Mansfield Hosiery Mills beat Cardiff City FC stay in second place after they Teversal 2-0. also recorded a 2-1 victory against Wrexham. Danielle In Division One South, Helen Busby hit a double along with Laura Toon and Louise Ward Broadhurst gave City the lead in the second minute and for Lutterworth Athletic in their 4-1 victory over Heather St Johns. Raunds Town meanwhile although Ashley Hayes equalised midway through the first defeated Rothwell Corinthians 5-1 thanks to braces from Karen Britchford and Tyler Davison, half, Hannah Lewis settled matters with the winning goal just with Tash Applegate adding the other. before half time. Eastern Region League PILCS kept themselves in the running with a 4-0 Premier Division leaders Lowestoft Town received a setback as they went down to a 3-1 success away to Port Talbot Town. Lyndsey Davies defeat at the hands of Leighton Utd Vixens, who scored through Shanice Sanderson (2) and opened the scoring on seventeen minutes and midway Hayley Fuller. Sophie Hopkin and Becky Charter were on target as Great Shelford beat through the second half, two goals in the space of a minute Billericay Town to go second, ahead of Stevenage Borough who were beaten 2-1 by put the match firmly in PILCS' favour. First, Davies grabbed Kim Broadbent of Caernarfon Town battles with her second goal and then moments later Shauna Pentney Aberystwyth Town’s Kelly Thomas Bedford Ladies, Bex Haworth and Rebecca Vass scoring the goals. Barking ran out 8-1 (Photos - www.atfc.org.uk). winners over Peterborough Sports, Carly Vigors bagging a hat-trick with one apiece from put her side three goals ahead. Kate Jeremiah wrapped up Carly Copplestone, Abbie Dell, Jordan Ferdinand, Hayley Piggott and Liane Prior. Colchester the win for PILCS with the final goal, five minutes from time. Town meanwhile defeated Sawbridgeworth Town 3-0 with goals from Annie Hickey (2) and Llanidloes warmed up for this week's League Cup Final by sharing a 2-2 draw with Georgia Box. Llandudno Junction. It was Llandudno who took the lead in the third minute through Sofie Owen, AFC Sudbury returned to the top of Division One North once again with a 2-0 victory at with Nia Davies levelling from the penalty spot just after the half hour. Owen scored her second Witham Town, thanks to Charlene Roach and Kayleigh Steed. Haverhill Rovers meanwhile on the hour mark but Llandudno's lead lasted for just seven further minutes, until Jemma Lloyd ran out 5-2 winners over Ipswich Wanderers, Rachael Mann netting twice along with Julie ensured her side picked up a point. Brown, Ceri Harris and an own goal. The two sides at the foot of the table met each other in a vital clash and it is Division One South leaders AFC Dunstable were held to a 1-1 draw by Stevenage Aberystwyth Town who can breathe a little easier after beating Caernarfon Town 1-0. The Borough Res. Chelsea Forde netted a late equaliser for Dunstable, who now lead by three match was settled in the twelfth minute when Kelly Thomas scored the only goal of the game for points, to cancel out Jade Finch's early goal. Second placed C & K Basildon Res went down Aber. to a 1-0 defeat to Royston Town, Joanne Rutherford scoring the only goal of the game. Becky The fixture list for this Sunday is dominated by one match - the League Cup Final Scola, Charlotte Grogan, Kristina O'Connell and Natasha Crick were on target for Hoddesdon between Cardiff Met Ladies and Llanidloes which Owls in their 4-1 victory over Baldock Town whilst Hutton won for the second time, 2-1 against takes place at the GenQuip Stadium, Port Talbot, West Billericay courtesy of Jennifer Baldock and Danielle Styles. with a 2.30pm kick off. London & South East League P W D L F A Pts GD London Corinthians have now gone four points clear at the top of the table after they defeated CARDIFF MET LADIES 14 13 1 0 77 8 40 69 Kikk Utd 4-2. Westfield meanwhile went into third by beating Eastbourne Town 3-1. CARDIFF CITY F.C. 14 9 3 2 33 19 30 14 Hassocks ran out 3-1 winners over Hemel Hempstead whilst Old Actonians notched up a 3-0 PILCS 12 9 1 2 59 16 28 43 victory over AFC Wimbledon with goals from Rosie Stone (2) and Hannah Olofsson. SWANSEA CITY 14 7 4 3 39 13 25 26 Carshalton Athletic have picked up the pace in Division One (London) once again, LLANIDLOES 12 6 2 4 26 33 20 -7 extending their lead to six points via a 3-0 success away to Regents Park Rangers. Second PORT TALBOT TOWN 15 5 4 6 21 31 19 -10 placed Watford Development were beaten 2-1 by Queen's Park Rangers Development who WREXHAM 15 3 5 7 23 28 14 -5 are now just one point behind them. Camden Town follow on after a 1-0 victory against NEWCASTLE EMLYN 11 3 3 5 22 21 12 1 Battersea & Wandsworth whilst Colne Valley and Tottenham Hotspur Development battled LLANDUDNO JUNCTION 14 2 3 9 20 48 9 -28 out a 1-1 draw. ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 13 2 0 11 9 42 6 -33 North East League CAERNARFON TOWN 12 1 0 11 14 84 3 -70 Norton & Stockton Ancients made a swift return to the top of the league after winning 1-0 Aberystwyth 1 Caernarfon 0; Cardiff City 2 Wrexham 1; Cardiff against Scunthorpe & Bottesford. Previous leaders York City were beaten 3-2 by Guiseley Aberystwyth Town’s Emily Thomas pressed by Ceri Slaney Met 2 Swansea 1; Llanidloes 2 Llandudno 2; Port Talbot 0 of Caernarfon Town. PILCS 4. [email protected] [email protected] North West League West Midlands League for whom Bethan Smith (2) and Tanya Rich were on target. Hull City stay in touch after a 10-1 victory over Barnsley which was spearheaded by a four-goal haul from Rebecca Beech. Zoe PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDPREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD Mitchell weighed in with a hat-trick and the tally was completed by Joanne Symington (2) and MORECAMBE 13 12 1 0 77 14 37 63B & WM POLICE 16 10 3 3 60 21 33 39 Katie Rowland. Peterlee St Francis picked up an important 3-2 win against Castleford White CREWE ALEXANDRA 13 10 1 2 49 16 31 33FC REEDSWOOD 12 11 0 1 38 13 33 25 BLACKPOOL WREN ROVERS 12 10 0 2 49 14 30 35COVENTRIANS 11 6 1 4 26 21 19 5 Rose and Lepton Highlanders came away from Hessle Town with a 2-1 victory. BOLTON WANDERERS 14 9 0 5 54 29 27 25TNS LADIES 10 6 1 3 25 21 19 4 Lowick Utd have one hand on the Northern Division title after they beat second placed CITY OF MANCHESTER 14 8 2 4 43 35 26 HEREFORD8 PEGASUS 14 6 1 7 38 47 19 -9 Tynedale 4-1. Michelle Stewart (2), Mel Darling and Jenny Patterson netted the goals to take GIRLS & LADIES 12 7 1 4 32 22 22 10LEAMINGTON LIONS * 11 8 0 3 29 13 18 16 CHESTER CITY 14 6 1 7 24 25 19 ALLSCOTT-1 14 5 2 7 38 42 17 -4 their side twelve points ahead at the top. Birtley St Josephs' chances of a top two finish took BLACKPOOL 16 4 4 8 35 41 16 WALSALL-6 10 2 2 6 30 31 8 -1 a knock as they lost 2-0 to Kader FC, Sophie Cox and Ashleigh Leighton were on target. NORTHWICH VIXENS 15 4 1 10 22 58 13 -36KINGSHURST SPORTING 13 2 1 10 25 49 7 -24 Middlesbrough Lionesses pulled further away from the bottom with a 3-0 victory over PRESTON NORTH END * 16 0 3 13 12 58 2 -46WEDNESFIELD TOWN 15 1 1 13 17 78 4 -61 Easingwold Town. WIGAN ATHLETIC 17 0 2 15 14 99 2 -85 Allscott 2 Hereford 0; Coventrians 4 Kingshurst 3; Reedswood 6 Brighouse Town sewed up the Southern Division Championship after a solitary goal Blackpool WR 3 Northwich 0; Bolton 1 City of Manchester 2; Walsall 0; TNS 3 B & WM Police 2. from Sonya Sweeney earned them a 1-0 win away to Sheffield Wednesday. Handsworth are Crewe 1 Blackpool 1; Morecambe 5 Chester 0. off the bottom after coming from two goals behind to draw 2-2 with Malet Lambert. Alexandra Bwardshaw scored twice for the visitors in the first half before Handsworth hit back through

DIVISION ONE NORTH P W D L F A Pts DIVISIONGD ONE NORTH P W D L F A Pts GD Alicia Wasnidge and Charlotte McCourt. BLACKBURN COMMUNITY 17 15 2 0 110 14 47 WEST96 MERCIA 17 12 2 3 52 26 38 26 North West League MANCHESTER CITY 'A' 19 15 2 2 96 26 47 WYRLEY70 LADIES 15 9 2 4 48 24 29 24 ACCRINGTON GIRLS & LADIES 17 12 1 4 63 30 37 BILBROOK33 16 8 4 4 59 33 28 26 Morecambe continue to blaze a trail at the top and lead by six points following their 5-0 victory STOCKPORT COUNTY RES 16 10 2 4 61 21 32 PELSALL40 VILLA 13 7 4 2 44 24 25 20 over Chester City. Crewe Alexandra stay in second place despite being held to a 1-1 draw by KENDAL TOWN * 15 5 2 8 43 50 16 LICHFIELD-7 DIAMONDS 17 7 4 6 38 32 25 6 Blackpool, one point ahead of Blackpool Wren Rovers who defeated Northwich Vixens 3-0. LEIGH RMI 17 4 4 9 39 64 16 FLORENCE-25 13 6 3 4 36 32 21 4 City of Manchester moved to within a single point of fourth placed Bolton Wanderers after PENRITH AFC * 14 4 4 6 23 40 14 SHREWSBURY-17 LADIES 15 4 5 6 29 41 17 -12 CARLISLE UTD 16 2 3 11 38 60 9 CRESSWELL-22 WANDERERS 15 4 2 9 25 50 14 -25 beating them 2-1. PADIHAM * 11 3 1 7 29 35 7 COSELEY-6 TOWN 14 1 4 9 20 44 7 -24 Manchester City A moved themselves level on points with Division One North leaders WOOLTON * 15 1 3 11 11 80 4 COTTAGE-69 FARM RANGERS 11 0 0 11 11 56 0 -45 Blackburn Community after beating Padiham 3-2 but Blackburn still require four points from BURY GIRLS & LADIES * 13 2 0 11 14 117 0 -103 Coseley 2 Florence 3; Shrewsbury 2 Pelsall 0; Wyrley 5 Cottage three games to clinch the title. Accrington Girls & Ladies cemented themselves in third with Kendal 2 Woolton 1; Padiham 2 Man City 3; Penrith 0 Accrington Farm 0. a 4-0 win away to Penrith AFC. Kendal Town are in the top half of the table after they defeated 4. Woolton 2-1. Division One South title winners Birkenhead completed their successful season with a DIVISION ONE SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GDDIVISION ONE SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GD 5-0 victory over Mossley Hill Res, to round off an unbeaten campaign. They currently lead the BIRKENHEAD 18 15 3 0 68 19 48 49CRUSADERS 16 12 3 1 43 16 39 27 table by twenty points from Liverpool Feds Res who were beaten 4-0 by Ellesmere Port LIVERPOOL FEDS RES 17 9 1 7 35 43 28 KNOWLE-8 17 11 3 3 37 22 36 15 Town. Winsford are off the bottom following a 2-1 win against AFC Liverpool. ELLESMERE PORT 16 8 2 6 60 34 26 26MARSTON GREEN 14 9 4 1 41 13 31 28 MACCLESFIELD TOWN 15 7 5 3 43 32 26 11MALVERN TOWN 15 7 4 4 37 24 25 13 South West League MANCHESTER STINGERS 16 7 4 5 32 35 25 COVENTRY-3 DEVELOPMENT 15 6 6 3 40 20 24 20 St Nicholas plough on at the top of the Premier Division and came from behind to record a vital MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY * 14 7 1 6 31 24 16 KENILWORTH7 TOWN 13 7 2 4 39 23 23 16 2-1 win over Truro City. Katy Barker gave Truro a first half lead which was cancelled out by AFC LIVERPOOL 15 5 1 9 29 37 16 WYRE-8 FOREST PHOENIX 18 6 3 9 50 42 21 8 AFC URMSTON MEADOWSIDE 13 4 2 7 29 32 14 WORCESTER-3 UTD 15 5 2 8 31 37 17 -6 Jade Gamlin, before Joanne Gay scored a late winner to preserve her side's nine point lead. WINSFORD 15 2 1 12 19 55 7 -36LYE TOWN 13 4 0 9 19 29 12 -10 Karyn Coombs, Ria Salleh and Hayley Huckin gave second placed Swindon Spitfires a 3-2 MOSSLEY HILL RES * 17 4 0 13 27 62 4 -35STUDLEY 12 3 2 7 25 45 11 -20 victory over Bridgwater Town but Cheltenham Town remain St Nicholas' main rivals, they SOLIHULL LADIES RES 17 3 1 13 22 53 10 -31 Birkenhead 5 Mossley Hill 0; Ellesmere Port 4 Liverpool Feds 0; REDDITCH UTD 15 2 0 13 18 77 6 -59 won 3-1 at Downend Flyers thanks to a Charlie Griffin hat-trick. Kirsty Campbell and Imogen Winsford 2 AFC Liverpool 1. Pearce gave Stoke Lane Athletic a surprise 2-1 success at Bristol Ladies Union whilst Coventry Dev 2 Malvern 2; Crusaders 2 Marston 1; Kenilworth 1 Cleeve West Town notched up their first victory, 3-0 against Weymouth Town with goals from Knowle 1; Redditch 1 Worcester 7; Wyre Forest 9 Studley 3. Sarah Meredith, Natasha Crew and Nicola Hoare. Poole Town are up into second place in the Eastern Division after scoring seven without reply against a depleted Bitton side. Chloe Newton and Bev Symes each netted twice along with Stacey Ayling, Sasha Paynter and Faye Hawkins. Justine Carrard bagged a brace and Emma Summerill the other for Keynsham Town Res as they defeated Bishop's Lydeard 3-1. Western Division leaders Torquay Utd conceded points for the first time this season as St Nicholas defend a corner late on they drew 1-1 with second placed Marine Academy Plymouth. Louisa Stentiford-Crook was against Truro City. on target for Torquay with Georgie Talbot replying. The result was a good one for third placed Alphington who won 2-0 at Charlestown thanks to Laura Burwood and Jenny Harris. Hayley Ranachan bagged herself a five-goal haul and Dionne Igalawuye added the other for Plymstock Utd in their 6-2 success away to Callington Town and the game between Bude Town and Dobwalls finished level at 2-2, Katherine Bryant and Samantha Honey on target for Bude with Coral Smith netting twice in reply. [email protected] [email protected] Southern Region League Eastern Region League South West League Andover New Street are through to the Final of the Chairman's Cup following a 2-1 semi final PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDPREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD victory over Mansfield Road. Louise Banton and Nikki Barnes netted their goals with Lucie LOWESTOFT TOWN 16 12 0 4 56 30 36 26ST NICHOLAS 18 14 2 2 46 17 44 29 Bowden replying. GREAT SHELFORD 18 10 1 7 53 37 31 16SWINDON SPITFIRES 17 11 2 4 45 21 35 24 In the Premier Division, second placed Aldershot Town were beaten 3-1 by Bracknell STEVENAGE BOROUGH 17 10 1 6 44 39 31 5CHELTENHAM TOWN 13 11 0 2 40 14 33 26 LEVERSTOCK GREEN 13 10 0 3 43 27 30 16TRURO CITY 14 9 1 4 54 29 28 25 Town for whom Sarah Davern netted twice and Caroline Paterson the other. Olivia Buzaglo (2), BILLERICAY TOWN 13 9 2 2 41 15 29 26DOWNEND FLYERS 19 8 3 8 44 29 27 15 Louise Ekins and Lucy Smith steered Maidenhead Utd to a 4-2 victory at Oxford City and BEDFORD LADIES 12 9 1 2 49 20 28 29BRISTOL LADIES UNION 17 8 3 6 46 33 27 13 Parley Sports defeated Basingstoke Town 3-1 thanks to a Rachel Anderson brace and BARKING 15 7 4 4 38 24 25 14BRIDGWATER TOWN 14 7 0 7 23 34 21 -11 Philippa Holden. LEIGHTON UTD 16 5 3 8 31 40 18 -9FROME TOWN 15 4 2 9 23 32 14 -9 PETERBOROUGH SPORTS 15 4 2 9 29 47 14 -18WEYMOUTH TOWN 17 3 3 11 19 52 12 -33 Newbury Ladies are the winners of the Division One title after Lorna Parr and Leanne COLCHESTER TOWN 18 4 2 12 28 48 14 -20STOKE LANE ATHLETIC * 18 3 5 10 23 48 11 -25 Creese gave them a 2-1 win away to Milton Keynes City (see match report). Niomi Collins, SAWBRIDGEWORTH TOWN 16 2 1 13 12 52 7 -40CLEEVE WEST TOWN 18 1 1 16 12 66 4 -54 Stephanie Fettes and Jodie Webb were the scorers as Ascot Utd defeated Southampton HARINGEY BOROUGH 15 1 1 13 13 58 4 -45 Bristol Union 1 Stoke Lane 2; Cleeve WT 3 Weymouth 0; Women 3-0 whilst Marlow and Chesham Utd Res shared six goals. Abi Canvin, Samantha Barking 8 Peterborough 1; Colchester 3 Sawbridgeworth 0; Great Downend 1 Cheltenham 3; St Nicholas 2 Truro 1; Swindon Jackson and Amy Pollard netted for Marlow with Laura Bradley, Kate Harvey and Priya Bhatti Shelford 2 Billericay 1; Leighton 3 Lowestoft 1; Stevenage 1 Spitfires 3 Bridgwater 2. replying. Bedford 2. EASTERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD BRISLINGTON 15 12 2 1 78 20 38 58 DIVISION ONE NORTH P W D L F A Pts GD West Midlands League POOLE TOWN 14 10 1 3 39 14 31 25 League leaders B & WM Police went down to a 3-2 defeat away to TNS Ladies and they have AFC SUDBURY 16 10 3 3 37 19 33 BISHOP'S18 LYDEARD 17 10 1 6 51 34 31 17 ACLE 14 10 0 4 45 26 30 GLOUCESTER19 CITY 12 10 0 2 47 19 30 28 now been caught by FC Reedswood who netted six without reply against Walsall. BAR HILL 12 7 2 3 31 20 23 BITTON11 17 9 1 7 48 46 28 2 Coventrians now occupy third place after edging out Kingshurst Sporting by the odd goal in HAVERHILL ROVERS 14 6 1 7 39 42 19 KEYNSHAM-3 TOWN RES 17 6 1 10 42 54 19 -12 seven and Allscott were 2-0 winners over Hereford Pegasus. NORWICH CITY RES 15 5 2 8 33 38 17 NAILSEA-5 UTD * 15 6 3 6 25 25 18 0 WITHAM TOWN 14 4 3 7 28 43 15 -15 Wyrley Ladies kept the title race alive in Division One North after they defeated Cottage FOREST GREEN ROVERS RES 16 4 1 11 31 57 13 -26 IPSWICH WANDERERS 13 1 1 11 15 40 4 -25CIRENCESTER TOWN 18 3 2 13 23 62 11 -39 Farm Rangers 5-0. Pelsall Villa however lost further ground when going down to a 2-0 reverse FOREST OF DEAN 15 1 2 12 15 68 5 -53 away to Shrewsbury Ladies. Florence stay in mid-table following their 3-2 success at Coseley Haverhill 5 Ipswich 2; Witham 0 AFC Sudbury 2. 0 Town. Bitton 0 Poole 7; Keynsham 3 Bishop's Lydeard 1. Crusaders have edged three points clear at the top of Division One South as they inflicted a first defeat on Marston Green, beating them 2-1 whilst second placed Knowle drew DIVISION ONE SOUTH P W D L F A Pts GDWESTERN DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD 1-1 with Kenilworth Town. Coventry Development and Marston Green follow on after AFC DUNSTABLE 17 11 5 1 52 17 38 35TORQUAY UTD 14 13 1 0 63 13 40 50 sharing four goals whilst Wyre Forest Phoenix ran out convincing 9-3 winners over Studley. C & K BASILDON RES 17 10 5 2 32 15 35 17MARINE ACADEMY PLYMOUTH 17 11 2 4 47 26 35 21 Redditch Utd remain at the bottom following a 7-1 defeat at home to Worcester Utd. HODDESDON OWLS 15 7 3 5 40 25 24 15ALPHINGTON 16 9 5 2 33 20 32 13 WEST BILLERICAY 12 6 1 5 29 20 19 9CHARLESTOWN 16 9 1 6 33 19 28 14 ROYSTON TOWN 13 6 1 6 20 20 19 0DOBWALLS 19 6 5 8 25 31 23 -6 STEVENAGE BOROUGH RES 14 3 3 8 23 39 12 -16PLYMSTOCK UTD 16 7 1 8 35 43 22 -8 Brighouse Town travelled to struggling Sheffield Wednesday on Sunday, knowing a point would BALDOCK TOWN 13 3 1 9 20 34 10 -14CALLINGTON TOWN 17 5 4 8 31 34 19 -3 HUTTON 17 2 3 12 16 62 9 -46TAUNTON TOWN 15 4 4 7 26 37 16 -11 secure the North East League Southern Division title, but despite their current league standing LAUNCESTON 16 4 2 10 24 41 14 -17 which Town boss Rob Mitchell described as 'a false position', Wednesday would prove to be no AFC Dunstable 1 Stevenage 1; Basildon 0 Royston 1; Hoddesdon BUDE TOWN 13 3 3 7 28 52 12 -24 pushovers. 4 Baldock 1; Hutton 2 West Billericay 1. ILLOGAN LFC 17 2 2 13 25 54 8 -29 The game started well for Town who made good use of the quality surface to put Bude 2 Dobwalls 2; Callington 2 Plymstock 6; Charlestown 0 together a couple of good moves but seemed to force the ball in the final third leaving everyone Alphington 2; Torquay 1 Marine 1. a little frustrated. At times the play seemed a little rushed as both sides looked to take the initiative but neither could make the breakthrough in the early exchanges. Cue Sonni Sweeney, Town's top scorer who was looking in fine form and her movement London & South East League was causing all kinds of problems. She managed to give her side the lead when Yasmin Ayub PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDDIVISION ONE (LONDON) P W D L F A Pts GD played a superb ball inbetween two defenders, Sweeney drew the keeper before expertly LONDON CORINTHIANS 19 14 3 2 66 26 45 40CARSHALTON ATHLETIC 15 12 1 2 46 21 37 25 slotting in at the near post to give her side the lead and take her tally to 34 competitive goals for MAIDSTONE UTD 19 13 2 4 51 23 41 28WATFORD DEVELOPMENT 13 10 1 2 34 14 31 20 WESTFIELD 19 12 2 5 66 30 38 36QPR DEVELOPMENT 13 9 3 1 32 14 30 18 the season. CRAWLEY WASPS 17 11 3 3 47 22 36 25CAMDEN TOWN 15 6 2 7 37 27 20 10 Brighouse failed to add to their lead despite controlling for long periods of the game. CRYSTAL PALACE 14 12 0 2 39 19 36 20COLNE VALLEY 14 5 3 6 29 30 18 -1 Wednesday themselves struggled to find a way past the Town defence who were looking KIKK F.C. 17 9 2 6 47 36 29 11TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR D'MENT 15 5 1 9 20 30 16 -10 organised and gave keeper Erin Boswell very little to do. Town nearly added a second when OLD ACTONIANS 19 8 3 8 42 30 27 12BATTERSEA & WANDSWORTH 12 5 0 7 15 29 15 -14 HASSOCKS 18 5 3 10 35 60 18 -25CHERTSEY TOWN 13 3 0 10 14 41 9 -27 Sweeney's initial shot was spilled by the keeper but the in-form forward was unable to direct the FULHAM COMPTON O.B. 17 3 2 12 17 32 11 -15REGENTS PARK RANGERS 12 0 1 11 8 29 1 -21 rebound in to a team mate's path with the goal gaping. Jayne Smith also came close but EASTBOURNE TOWN 16 2 3 11 13 41 9 -28 -75 miscued her shot from close range. Wednesday cranked up the pressures with a couple of HEMEL HEMPSTEAD 16 3 0 13 31 75 9 -44Camden 1 Battersea 0; Colne Valley 1 Tottenham 1; Regents Park 0 Carshalton 3; Watford 1 QPR 2. corners in quick succession that were well dealt with by the Town defence. Brighouse led 1-0 AFC WIMBLEDON 17 0 1 16 14 74 1 -60 at the break against a youthful Sheffield side who, despite playing some good stuff, couldn't Eastbourne 1 Westfield 3; Hassocks 3 Hemel Hempstead 1; quite find an opening. Corinthians 4 Kikk 2; Old Actonians 3 AFC Wimbledon 0. The second half was more of the same, plenty of good passing football without an end [email protected] [email protected] East Midlands League North East League product and a lack of quality in the final third, Sheffield were now starting to counter really well but a change in system seemed to nullify the threat and give Town more attacking options PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDPREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD themselves as Sue Elrington moved up front to support Sweeney. STEEL CITY WANDERERS 13 13 0 0 54 8 39 46NORTON & STOCKTON 16 11 5 0 48 23 38 25 The change also seemed to spring Kayleigh Bamforth in to life down the right with a NETTLEHAM 14 12 0 2 66 13 36 53YORK CITY 19 12 1 6 42 22 37 20 PETERBORO NORTHERN STAR 17 11 1 5 54 30 34 24HULL CITY 16 11 1 4 61 23 34 38 couple of darting runs which were causing problems, the first of which saw Bamforth beat her LONG EATON UTD 17 6 2 9 30 45 20 -15GUISELEY 16 9 3 4 43 31 30 12 marker in a race before rounding the keeper only to foiled at the last second by a recovering ARNOLD TOWN 18 6 2 10 20 51 20 -31BARNSLEY 17 6 3 8 30 39 21 -9 defender. The second saw a cross in to Sweeney who narrowly fired wide from close range. REAL UTD 16 5 4 7 30 45 19 -15WHITLEY BAY 13 5 5 3 19 21 20 -2 ELLISTOWN WFC 16 5 3 8 26 50 18 -24CASTLEFORD WHITE ROSE 19 6 1 12 41 55 19 -14 Wednesday nearly got back in the game but with plenty of Town bodies back behind the SANDIACRE TOWN 13 5 1 7 25 27 16 -2HESSLE TOWN 15 4 2 9 44 44 14 0 ball a couple of close range efforts were blocked and once more dealt with. They then had their AFC TRINITY * 14 3 3 8 21 35 9 -14PETERLEE ST FRANCIS 12 3 4 5 22 33 13 -11 first real opportunity of the RISE PARK 14 0 4 10 10 32 4 -22LEPTON HIGHLANDERS * 14 4 1 9 16 30 10 -14 game and perhaps should have SCUNTHORPE & BOTTESFORD * 17 3 0 14 14 59 6 -45 AFC Trinity 0 Sandiacre 1; Arnold 0 Peterborough 5; Rise Park 0 done better when a cross from Long Eaton 4. Guiseley 3 York 2; Hessle 1 Lepton 2; Hull 10 Barnsley 1; Peterlee the right was met by Danielle 3 Castleford 2; Scunthorpe 0 Norton 1. Harrison, the substitute

DIVISION ONE NORTH P W D L F A Pts NORTHERNGD DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD smashing her effort just over SOLAR LADIES 17 14 3 0 64 18 45 LOWICK46 UTD * 16 14 1 1 63 17 40 46 the bar with some power. Town NOTTS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT 17 12 2 3 85 20 38 TYNEDALE65 12 9 1 2 50 19 28 31 then began to run the clock SLEAFORD TOWN 17 10 3 4 55 37 33 BIRTLEY18 ST JOSEPHS 16 9 1 6 43 25 28 18 down and keep possession until RUDDINGTON VILLAGE 16 9 0 7 54 39 27 PRUDHOE15 TOWN 16 7 2 7 26 44 23 -18 MANSFIELD HOSIERY MILLS 16 7 2 7 35 33 23 WHICKHAM2 FELLSIDE 16 6 4 6 26 39 22 -13 the final whistle sounded and GRIMSBY TOWN 12 7 1 4 50 29 22 REDCAR21 ATHLETIC 17 6 3 8 24 26 21 -2 Town could celebrate winning TEVERSAL LFC 15 4 3 8 22 37 15 KADER-15 F.C. 14 6 2 6 20 23 20 -3 the title. ALFRETON TOWN 15 4 0 11 35 52 12 EASINGWOLD-17 TOWN 16 5 2 9 24 43 17 -19 WEST BRIDGFORD 17 3 2 12 27 61 11 MIDDLESBROUGH-34 LIONESSES 15 3 2 10 18 27 11 -9 RETFORD UTD 14 0 0 14 9 110 0 -101BIRTLEY TOWN * 16 2 2 12 17 48 2 -31 -20 -20 Kader 2 Birtley St Josephs 0; Lowick 4 Tynedale 1; Middlesbrough Jarmo Matikainen has named his Wales squad for the two FIFA Women's World Cup matches Ruddington 0 Notts County 7; Teversal 0 Mansfield 2. 3 Easingwold 0. away to Turkey and home to the in April. The game in Turkey will be on 4th April with the Ukraine match taking place five days DIVISION ONE SOUTH P W D L F A Pts SOUTHERNGD DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD later at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli. GEDLING TOWN 12 8 3 1 42 19 27 BRIGHOUSE23 TOWN 17 16 1 0 62 19 49 43 OADBY & WIGSTON DYNAMO 10 8 1 1 27 12 25 WETHERBY15 ATHLETIC 17 14 1 2 59 26 43 33 Both matches will be important ones as Wales look to build on their good start in the KETTERING TOWN 9 4 2 3 21 14 14 MALET7 LAMBERT Y.C. 16 9 2 5 42 33 29 9 qualifying group. As part of their build up, they played a double header of friendlies against LUTTERWORTH ATHLETIC 9 4 1 4 29 24 13 DONCASTER5 BELLES 18 8 3 7 52 34 27 18 Romania earlier this month and both ended in draws. HEATHER ST JOHNS 8 3 2 3 19 20 11 ROVERS-1 FOUNDATION LADIES 18 5 3 10 26 48 18 -22 RAUNDS TOWN 10 3 1 6 29 29 10 MILLERS0 LADIES * 17 6 1 10 35 46 16 -11 Watford duo Josie Green and Megan Wynne have been recalled to the squad along ROTHWELL CORINTHIANS 11 2 2 7 15 30 8 OSSETT-15 ALBION 18 5 1 12 26 71 16 -45 with Yeovil Town's Amy Wathan. LOUGHBORO STUDENTS 2006 11 2 0 9 17 51 6 HANDSWORTH-34 16 4 3 9 35 42 15 -7 WESTELLA0 & WILLERBY 17 4 3 10 25 38 15 -13 WALES SQUAD v. TURKEY & MONTENEGRO SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 16 4 2 10 36 41 14 -5 Lutterworth 4 Heather 1; Raunds 5 Rothwell 1. NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS Handsworth 2 Malet Lambert 2; Sheff Wed 0 Brighouse 1. Nicola DAVIES Reading Women 56 - Alice EVANS Yeovil Town - - Rhian CLEVERLY Bristol Academy 1 - Nicola COUSINS Cardiff City Ladies 22 - Southern Region League Kylie DAVIES Millwall Lionesses 37 - PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GDDIVISION ONE P W D L F A Pts GD Loren DYKES Bristol Academy 57 3 WOODLEY UTD 12 10 2 0 45 12 32 33NEWBURY LADIES 17 13 2 2 50 25 41 25 Carys HAWKINS Perth FC 8 - ALDERSHOT TOWN 17 8 3 6 32 24 27 MARLOW8 16 8 3 5 38 24 27 14 GOSPORT BOROUGH 11 8 2 1 35 15 26 20STONY STRATFORD TOWN * 14 7 2 5 48 21 22 27 Bristol Academy 44 2 MAIDENHEAD UTD 11 8 0 3 33 17 24 16MILTON KEYNES CITY 15 6 4 5 45 29 22 16 Hayley LADD Coventry City 21 1 BRACKNELL TOWN 13 7 0 6 34 29 21 TOWER5 HILL 16 6 4 6 30 32 22 -2 Helen BLEAZARD Yeovil Town 19 - BASINGSTOKE TOWN 14 4 1 9 26 31 13 BANBURY-5 UTD 16 7 1 8 25 34 22 -9 Jessica FISHLOCK Seattle Reign 75 22 MANSFIELD ROAD 14 4 1 9 20 49 13 -29FLEETLANDS 12 7 0 5 35 32 21 3 Josie GREEN Watford 4 1 PARLEY SPORTS * 13 4 2 7 28 32 12 SOUTHAMPTON-4 WOMEN 13 4 1 8 11 28 13 -17 OXFORD CITY * 13 4 0 9 12 34 11 -22ASCOT UTD 14 3 2 9 28 47 11 -19 Michelle GREEN Cardiff City Ladies 88 5 ANDOVER NEW STREET 14 2 3 9 13 35 9 -22CHESHAM UTD RES 15 2 3 10 22 60 9 -38 Bristol Academy 30 4 Angharad JAMES Bristol Academy 24 1 Aldershot 1 Bracknell 3; Oxford City 2 Maidenhead 4; Parley 3 Ascot 3 Southampton 0; Marlow 3 Chesham 3; MK City 1 Newbury Basingstoke 1. 2. 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Park FC Chippenham v Lugershall Sports Cambridge Women Res v Riverside Rovers Wetherby Athletic v Sheffield Wednesday Halas Hawks v Folly Lane Carshalton Athletic Res v London Phoenix Wollaton Hall v Notts County Development League: Sawston v Witchford NORTH WEST LEAGUE Kingshurst Sporting Res v Erdington Ladies Godalming v Battersea & Wandsworth Res SHEFFIELD & HALLAMSHIRE LEAGUE Lavington Ladies v Trowbridge Wanderers WILTSHIRE F.A.CUP SEMI FINALS LEAGUE CUP SECOND ROUND Redditch Utd v Solihull Moors Vixens Panthers v Clapham Utd Res Melksham Town v Highworth Town Marlborough Town v Wootton Bassett Town Northwich Vixens v Accrington Girls & Ladies Rubery Ladies v Atherstone Rangers DIVISION ONE DIVISION THREE NORTH Anston v Dearne & District Swindon Spitfires v Swindon Town QUARTER FINALS Rugby Town v Tamworth Minor Hackney Res v Tower Hamlets Res Shaw Lane Aquaforce v Sheffield Wednesday Res NORTHERN COMBINATION Burnley Girls & Ladies v Crewe Alexandra DIVISION ONE Kikk Talang v Hackney Laces Chester-le-Street Town v Mossley Hill Macclesfield Town v Morecambe Attleborough Mills v Birmingham Medics DIVISION TWO DIVISION THREE SOUTH Sheffield Rangers v Socrates Chorley v Stockport County Padiham v Blackburn Community Halesowen Ladies v Santiago Belles Cobham v South London Sheffield Wednesday Development v Oughtibridge Liverpool Feds v Leeds City Vixens LEAGUE PLATE SECOND ROUND Walsall Development Swifts v Wood Star Rangers Croydon Athletic v Fulham Deaf Swinton Athletic v Thorne Utd Sheffield Utd Community v Huddersfield Town Kendal Town v Winsford Wednesbury Wildcats v Sandwell Ladies Victoire Ladies v Orpington SOMERSET LEAGUE Tranmere Rovers v Cheadle Heath Nomads QUARTER FINALS DIVISION TWO LEAGUE Wakefield v Middlesbrough Leigh RMI v Mossley Hill Res Alvechurch v FC Elite DIVISION ONE CHAMPION ACCOUNTANTS CHALLENGE CUP Ilminster Town v Portishead MIDLAND COMBINATION Manchester City A v Stockport County Res Black Country Belles v Gillway Ladies QUARTER FINAL Pen Mill v Team Mendip Curzon Ashton v Leafield Athletic Wigan Athletic v Preston North End Rubery Ladies Res v Coundon Court Don’t forget to AFC Oldham v Middleton Athletic Victoria Sports v Bishop's Lydeard Res Loughborough Foxes v Leicester City Women PREMIER DIVISION Warwick Ladies v Stourbridge DIVISION TWO LEAGUE CUP QUARTER FINAL DIVISION TWO Radcliffe Olympic v Copsewood (Coventry) Blackpool Wren Rovers v Bolton Wanderers S-TECH CAMBRIDGESHIRE LEAGUE put your clocks Reddish North End v Manchester Rovers Team Mendip Res v Brislington Development SOUTH EAST COMBINATION DIVISION ONE NORTH SOUTH DIVISION DIVISION TWO Wellington v Evercreech Brentwood Town v Queen's Park Rangers Bury Girls & Ladies v Penrith AFC Cambridge Rangers v Exning forward by one Moorside Rangers v Oldham Athletic Yeovil Town 3rds v Winsham Cambridge Women v Ebbsfleet Utd Carlisle Utd v Woolton Sports FC v Fulbourn Bluebirds HAMPSHIRE LEAGUE SOUTH EAST LEAGUE Denham Utd v Enfield Town DIVISION ONE SOUTH CHESHIRE LEAGUE hour on Sunday! DIVISION ONE PREMIER DIVISION Ipswich Town v Luton Town AFC Liverpool v Manchester University DIVISION ONE Farnham Town v Shanklin Res Anchorians v Meridian SOUTH WEST COMBINATION SOUTH WEST LEAGUE Stockport County Blues v Vauxhall Ladies Fleet Town v New Forest Haywards Heath v South Park Chichester City v Exeter City PREMIER DIVISION Wallasey Wanderers v Chester City Res QK Southampton v Widbrook Utd DIVISION ONE EAST Forest Green Rovers v Keynsham Development Bridgwater Town v Bristol Ladies Union DIVISION TWO DIVISION TWO Herne Bay v Anchorians Res Larkhall Athletic v Shanklin Downend Flyers v Weymouth Town AFC Stockport v Heswall Mudeford Phoenix v Team Solent Long Lane v Charlton Athletic Development Plymouth Argyle v University of Portsmouth Frome Town v Cheltenham Town Altrincham v Runcorn Linnets Winchester City v Gosport Borough Res Prince of Wales v Faversham Elizabethans Southampton Saints v Newquay Truro City v Stoke Lane Athletic Whitchurch Alport v Irby FC DIVISION THREE Wilmslow Town v Crewe Alexandra DIVISION ONE WEST AFC Bournemouth v Liphook Eastbourne Ladies v Dorking [email protected] [email protected]