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Danske Bank NI Women’s Premiership

Glentoran Ladies rounded off their title winning season in style as they ran out 9-1
winners against Derry City on the final day of the campaign. Lauren Wade led the scoring
with a four-goal haul, Caragh Hamilton weighed in with a brace and also on target for the
Glens were Nadene Caldwell, Danielle Maxwell and Cora Morgan, whilst Caroline Gallagher
grabbed a consolation for the Candystripes.
Runners-up Cliftonville Ladies also ended on a winning note, beating Sion
Swifts 6-2. Louise Daniel gave the Reds a first half lead before Kirsty McGuinness scored
twice and sister Caitlin McGuinness also got on the scoresheet, with Erin McLaughlin
replying at the other end. Caoirse Doherty pulled another one back for Sion after the break
but Cliftonville went on to seal the victory with two further goals from Fionnula Morgan.
Linfield Ladies meanwhile won 2-1 against Crusaders Strikers but it was not
quite enough to take them up a place in
P W D L F A Pts GD
the table. Both of their goals came in the
GLENTORAN 20 17 1 2 81 16 52 65
opening twelve minutes, Rebecca CLIFTONVILLE LADIES 20 16 1 3 73 27 49 46
Bassett giving them a fifth minute lead CRUSADERS STRIKERS 20 9 1 10 32 30 28 2
-9
and Vicky Carleton adding the second SION SWIFTS 20 7 6 1 2 12 32 41 22 -26
12 35 61 20
20
LINFIELD LADIES
from the penalty spot, Danielle
DERRY CITY 20 2 0 18 13 91 6 -78
McDowell reduced the arrears for the
Crues early in the second half but Cliftonville 6 Sion 2; Glentoran 9 Derry 1; Linfield 2 Crusaders 1.
Linfield held on for their sixth win of
the season.
England Under-17 squad
Lydia Bedford has named a 20-player squad for England women's under-17's three matches
in Poland this month. England WU17s met up on Wednesday and flew out to Poland on
Friday before this week's triple header.
First up was Russia at Stadion Miejski in Inowroclaw on Monday, with kick off at
2.30pm BST (3.30pm local time). On Thursday they will head to the Bydgoszcz Stadium to
face Belgium at 2.30pm BST (3.30pm local time) before taking on the hosts Poland at the
same venue on Sunday 10th October at 10am BST (11am local time).
Head coach Bedford's coaching staff will include her assistants, former Watford
Ladies manager John Salomon and ex-Millwall Lionesses boss Daniel Mlinar, and
goalkeeping coach Jamie Annerson, who used to play for Sheffield United and Rotherham
among others.
Along with the below squad who will be travelling to Poland, there were also four
players who were part of a training squad this week. They were Sheffield United duo Ruby
Clarke and Jennifer Handy, Manchester City's Beth Strutton and Rebecca Ferguson of
Newcastle United.
England Women's under-17 squad:
Grace Pilling (Manchester City), Hannah Poulter (Reading FC Women), Daisy Burt
(Sunderland & Gateshead College), Isabel Milne (Chelsea), Evie Rabjohn (Aston Villa),
Katie Ramsden (Leeds Utd), Jessica Simpson (Manchester Utd), Mackenzie Smith
(Leicester City), Ella Wilson (Sunderland & Gateshead College), Jemima Dahou
(Manchester City), Ruby Doe (Arsenal), Maddy Earl (Arsenal), Grace Ede (Sunderland &
Gateshead College), Keira Flannery (Arsenal), Shauna Guyatt (Chelsea), Keira Barry
(Manchester Utd), Aimee Claypole (Chelsea), Mia Enderby (Sheffield Utd), Freya Godfrey
(Arsenal), Ginny Lackey (Manchester City).
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