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FA Women’s Championship

Liverpool continue to power away as leaders of the FA Women’s
Championship and stay seven points after winning 4-0 at Crystal Palace.
The home side had started the day in third place after four straight wins but
two Yana Daniels goals, either side of a strike from
Katie Stengel, put Liverpool three ahead at the break
and Rachel Furness added a fourth midway through
the second half.
London City Lionesses keep hold of
second place following their 1-0 win away to
Coventry Utd. The home side’s resistance was
broken nine minutes from time, Kenni Thompson
scoring the only goal of the game to give the
Lionesses a fourth victory in five matches.
Charlton Athletic complete the top three,
thanks to a 2-0 victory at Bristol City. Lois
Heuchan opened the scoring with a superbly struck Bristol City’s Aggie Beever-Jones gets in a cross
half volley midway through the first half and Elise past Lois Roche of Charlton Athletic
Hughes wrapped up the win with the second goal, (Will Cheshire).
seventeen minutes from time.
Durham Women slip back a place to fourth after battling out a 1-1 draw with
Sheffield Utd, who continued their improvement in form. Beth Hepple gave the Wildcats a
25th minute lead from the penalty spot, which they held until five minutes remaining, when
Rebecca Rayner netted the equaliser for the
Blades. Durham Women 1 (Hepple pen 25)
Lewes are only four points behind the Sheffield Utd 1 (Rayner 85)
top three following their 2-0 victory over - Coventry Utd 0
Sunderland at the Dripping Pan. The London City Lionesses 1 (Thompson 81)
Rookettes got off to a great start with Isobel -
Dalton putting them in front after five minutes, Crystal Palace 0
and Ellie Mason added the second goal shortly Liverpool 4 (Daniels 15,33, Stengel 24, Furness 68)
before half time. - Lewes 2 (Dalton 5, Mason 40)
A crucial match at the foot of the table Sunderland 0
saw Watford play host to Blackburn Rovers. -
Both teams had opportunities but neither could Watford 0
make a breakthrough, producing a goalless draw Blackburn Rovers 0
which means that Blackburn were able to - Bristol City 0
preserve their four point advantage over Charlton Athletic 2 (Heuchan 25, Hughes 73)
Watford, although they have played a game more.
CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
LIVERPOOL 13 10 2 1 27 5 32 22
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 12 8 1 3 16 10 25 6 LEADING SCORERS
7
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 13 7 2 4 18 11 23 Leanne KIERNAN Liverpool 10
4
DURHAM WFC 13 7 1 5 19 15 22 Abi HARRISON Bristol City 7
CRYSTAL PALACE 12 6 3 3 23 22 21 Beth HEPPLE Durham Women 6
1
7
BRISTOL CITY 12 6 2 4 21 14 20 Elise HUGHES Charlton Athletic 5
LEWES 12 6 1 5 17 13 19 Courtney SWEETMAN-KIRK Sheffield Utd 5
4
SHEFFIELD UTD 13 4 4 5 15 16 16 Lucy WATSON Sheffield Utd 5
-1
SUNDERLAND 12 3 3 6 10 17 12 -7
BLACKBURN ROVERS 14 3 2 9 11 25 11 -14
WATFORD 13 1 4 8 11 26 7 -15
COVENTRY UTD * 13 1 3 9 12 27 -4 -15
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