Page 5 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.6 2021/22

FA Women’s Championship

Durham Women have gone to the top of the FA Women’s Championship
after their 2-0 victory over Lewes. Both goals came during the first half, Ellie
Christon giving the Wildcats a sixteenth minute lead and Bridget Galloway
netting the second, shortly before half time.
Previous leaders Sheffield Utd are back in second
place after battling out a goalless draw with Crystal
Palace. Both teams went close to scoring during the
course of the game but the point was a good one for Palace,
the result also bringing a halt to United’s three-match
winning run.
Liverpool’s season is beginning to gather pace as
they claimed their third win in four matches, beating
Coventry Utd 2-0. After Coventry had been reduced to
ten players during the first half, two goals in a five minute
spell after the break from Leanne Kiernan settled matters
in Liverpool’s favour on the day.
There was late drama at Blackburn Rovers
where an injury time goal gave visitors London City
Lionesses a 2-1 victory. After a goalless first half, the Bristol City’s Satara Murray and Abbey Joice of
Lionesses took the lead through Atlanta Primus five Sunderland (Will Cheshire).
minutes after the restart. Saffron Jordan looked to have
earned Blackburn a share of the spoils when she scored from a free kick but the game was to have
a late sting in the tail, when Amy Rodgers grabbed the winner for the Lionesses, to send them up
to fourth in the table.
Charlton Athletic maintained their impressive start to the season on Saturday with a 4-0
victory away to Watford, which had actually taken
them joint top with Sheffield Utd at the time. The Watford 0
Addicks got off to a flying start to the game with Charlton Athletic 4 (Filbey 3, Hughes 9,54,pen 58)
Anna Filbey giving them a third minute lead and -
Elise Hughes making it two shortly afterwards. Durham Women 2 (Christon 16, Galloway 40)
Hughes scored her second after the break and the Lewes 0
Welsh international striker completed her hat-trick -
from the penalty spot just before the hour, after Blackburn Rovers 1 (Jordan 79)
Filbey had been fouled in the area. London City Lionesses 2 (Primus 50, Rodgers 90)
The last remaining unbeaten record in the -
division came to an end as Sunderland lost for Crystal Palace 0
the first time, beaten 2-1 by Bristol City. Melissa Sheffield Utd 0
Johnson gave City the lead from the penalty spot - Coventry Utd 0
just before the hour mark and six minutes later, Liverpool 2 (Kiernan 69,73)
Aimee Palmer made it two via a 40-yard free kick. -
A late header from Charlotte Potts gave Sunderland Bristol City 2 (Johnson pen 58, Palmer 64)
renewed hopes but the Robins held on for their Sunderland 1 (Potts 85)
second win of the season.
CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
DURHAM WFC 5 4 0 1 9 4 12 5
SHEFFIELD UTD 5 3 1 1 9 3 10 6 LEADING SCORERS
3
LIVERPOOL 5 3 1 1 7 4 10 Lucy WATSON Sheffield Utd 4
2
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 5 3 1 1 7 5 10 Beth HEPPLE Durham Women 3
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 4 3 0 1 9 3 9 Elise HUGHES Charlton Athletic 3
6
2
SUNDERLAND 5 2 2 1 6 4 8 Rianna JARRETT London City Lionesses 3
BRISTOL CITY 5 2 1 2 7 8 7 -1
Ella RUTHERFORD Charlton Athletic 3
BLACKBURN ROVERS 5 2 0 3 6 7 6 -1
Courtney SWEETMAN-KIRK Sheffield Utd 3
CRYSTAL PALACE 5 1 2 2 7 8 5 -1
LEWES 4 1 1 2 4 6 4 -2
COVENTRY UTD 5 0 1 4 3 11 1 -8
WATFORD 5 0 0 5 4 15 0 -11
Issue no. 6 - 7 October 2021 news@womenssoccerscene.co.uk