Page 30 - Womens Soccer Scene Issue No.5 2022-23

Wolverhampton Wanderers returned to the top of the Northern Premier Division on Wednesday
night with a 3-1 local derby victory over West Bromwich Albion. Phoebe Warner did give Albion a
first half lead but Wolves hit back to lead through an Anna Morphet penalty and Jade Cross, before
Amber Hughes sealed the win late on. Wolves now lead by a single point from previous leaders
Burnley FC Women who drew 1-1 with Brighouse Town. Millie Ravening was on target for
Burnley whilst Brighouse, who have now drawn four of their eight matches, netted through Monique
Watson. Nottingham Forest are up to third after a Charlotte Greengrass double, Georgia Hewitt
and Sophie Domingo gave them a 4-1 win against Loughborough Lightning, who grabbed a late
consolation through Chloe Young. Boldmere St Michaels produced a fine result in winning 2-1
away to Stoke City thanks to Lauren Da Casto and an own goal, with Meg Bowyer replying, whilst
two late goals from Paige Cole and Rachel Darbyshire earned Liverpool Feds a point from a 2-2
draw with Fylde Women, who had gone ahead through Faye McCoy and Cara Fields.
There was also a change of leadership in the Southern Premier Division, with Watford going
top after winning 4-0 at Crawley Wasps. Allison Murphy and Poppy Wilson put them two ahead at
the break, before they added further goals through Gemma Davison and Ellie Head. Zoe Rushen, Jess
King and Lucy Jones were on target for Billericay Town as they beat Gillingham 3-1 and they
move up to fifth place. Emily Owen was on target for Cheltenham Town in their 1-1 draw against
Bridgwater Utd, who scored through Laura Holden.
Leeds Utd remain as Division One North leaders after Newcastle Utd, who would have
gone top with a win, were beaten 2-1 by Durham Cestria. Poppy Pritchard and Sarah Burn scored
the goals for Durham, who are now in second place, whilst Newcastle's consolation came from Ellie
Dobson. Only five points now cover the top eight teams and this includes Stockport County, who
continued their climb up the table as Kenedy Owen scored the only goal of the game against Chorley.
Merseyrail Ladies meanwhile claimed their first National League win and took their unbeaten run
to four games, lifting themselves off the bottom when a Charlotte Tyres goal gave them a 1-0 victory
at Bradford City.
Stourbridge have further extended their Division One Midlands lead with a 6-0 victory away
to Wem Town. Niamh Deasy, Zoe Clarke, Lyndsey Glover, Millie Rogers and Megan Hadley all
scored for the Glassgirls along with an own goal. Second placed Solihull Moors meanwhile drew 2-2
with Leafield Athletic; Chloe Shirley and Leonie Joyce had put Leafield two goals ahead at one
stage, before Moors battled back for a share of the spoils with strikes from Cheyanne Jarvis and
Lyndsey Ross-Baker. Sporting Khalsa meanwhile moved themselves into the top three by beating
Long Eaton Utd 7-2. Olivia Woolston and Isabelle Austin-Short each scored twice for Khalsa along
with Becky Hall, Stacey Garnham and Steph Weston. A late equaliser from Kier Perkins earned
Peterborough Utd a 1-1 draw against Northampton Town, who had earlier taken the lead
through Alex Dicks, and first half goals from Jessica Rousseau and Lucy Farrow gave Lincoln City a
2-0 win over Sheffield FC, which takes them out of the bottom two.
The Division One South East table has had to be recalculated following the withdrawal of
Wymondham Town, but Hashtag Utd will still have a lead of three points after a crushing 13-2
victory against Chesham Utd. Brooke Cairns netted four times whilst Malika Apindia Gille and
Samantha Rowlands each added a further two, and they were joined on the scoresheet by Kelly
Wealthall, Emma Samways, Cerys Adams, Amy-Leigh Abrehart and Grace Gillard. Norwich City
made sure of keeping on the Tags' heels as Kathryn Stanley and Megan Todd gave them a 2-1 win over
Cambridge City, whose consolation came from Shannon Shaw. AFC Wimbledon defeated Lon-
don Seaward to replace them in third and Queen's Park Rangers were 2-1 winners against
Ashford Town (Middlesex), Brogan Moore and Nicole Leys netting their goals with Millie Con-
stantine replying.
Exeter City held on to top spot in Division One South West after a Sarah Stacey brace and
Connie Pengelly took them to a 3-0 victory away to Portishead Town. Cardiff City Ladies remain
one point behind in second, they ran out 5-0 winners over Larkhall Athletic. Emily Poole was on
target twice for Cardiff along with Cori Williams, Ruby Scahill and Kerry Bartlett. Lucy Cooper (2),
Helen Bleazard and Becky Barron accounted for the goals as AFC Bournemouth defeated South-
ampton Women 4-0 and Moneyfields stay unbeaten following their 3-1 success away to Selsey
Women. Kayleigh Tonks, Roxanne Lee-Stewart and Jade Widdows all netted for the Moneys, with
Nicky Lake replying. Swindon Town meanwhile won 4-0 against Keynsham Town, Annabelle
Colston netting twice along with Steph Bent and Megan Attenborough.
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