Page 21 - Women's Soccer Scene Issue No.10 2022-23

There were just three games in the Premier this weekend and a midweek win for Swansea City
saw Cardiff Met Women slip to third, albeit with a game in hand and with Cardiff City
Women dropping their first points of the season last week, the Archers would have been
hoping to pick up all three points to both take back second place but also further close the gap
to top spot. Cardiff City however took no time stamping their authority on the game with
Rhianne Oakley opening the scoring after ten minutes and getting her brace on half time,
heading home a Seren Watkins’ corner. In the second half, Danielle Broadhurst added a third
for the Bluebirds; Met weren’t down and out however, Erin Murray slotting home a penalty
after Ellie Preece was brought down in the area, but it wasn’t enough to inspire a greater
comeback and it was City who were victorious 3-1.
At the other end of the table, Barry Town Utd headed up the West Coast to
Aberystwyth Town hoping to potentially move into fourth spot, while the hosts were hoping
to build on last week’s win over fellow tailenders Abergavenny. Again the home team wasted no
time in getting the scoring started with Emily Thomas, Shauna Chambers and Rebecca Mathias
all on the scoresheet within the first twenty minutes. Ffiona Evans added a fourth, five minutes
before half time. Mackenzie Olden pulled one back for Barry, before substitute Amy Jenkins put
the match out of doubt to finish 5-1. The win sees Aberystwyth leapfrog Barry into sixth place.
There was action in mid-table, with The New Saints hosting Pontypridd Utd in the
battle for a place in the Championship league in Phase 2; Ponty in prime position on goal
difference. Last week’s hat-trick hero for TNS, Emily Ridge, got the first goal of the day after
half an hour and the first half ended 1-0. Pontypridd came out for the second half with purpose,
Alison Witts levelling and then feeding Jasmine Turner to add a second five minutes later. In a
reverse of their fortune last week, this time
it was Ponty suffering a last minute PREMIER DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD
CARDIFF CITY F.C. 9 8 1 0 29 4 25 25
equaliser as Isobel Redding’s header saw
SWANSEA CITY 8 5 2 1 16 7 17 9
them share the points and a 2-2 draw. CARDIFF MET WOMEN 8 5 1 2 19 11 16 8
On Wednesday night, Cardiff City PONTYPRIDD UTD 8 3 2 3 14 14 11 0
Women hosted Abergavenny Women at the THE NEW SAINTS 8 3 1 4 16 18 10 -2
Cardiff City Stadium and a record crowd of ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 9 3 1 5 14 16 10 -2
BARRY TOWN UTD 9 3 0 6 11 21 9 -10
5,175 was in attendance. City marked the ABERGAVENNY WOMEN 9 0 0 9 8 34 0 -26
occasion to run out 9-0 winners and go
eight points clear at the top. Phoebie Poole Aberystwyth 5 Barry 1; TNS 2 Pontypridd 2; Cardiff City 3 Cardiff
led the scoring with a hat-trick, Rhianne Met 1. (Mid) Cardiff City 9 Abergavenny 0.
Oakley and Eliza Collie added two while NORTH DIVISION P W D L F A Pts 0
Danielle Green and Zoe Atkins were also on WREXHAM 3 3 0 0 20 2 9 18
the scoresheet. CONNAH'S QUAY NOMADS 3 3 0 0 13 1 9 12
LLANDUDNO 3 2 0 1 16 5 6 11
Wrexham have gone top of the
CPD Y RHYL 1879 4 2 0 2 10 15 6 -5
North Division with a 9-0 victory over CPDM Y FELINHELI 2 1 0 1 4 9 3 -5
Airbus UK Broughton. Amber Lightfoot AIRBUS UK BROUGHTON 3 0 0 3 3 17 0 -14
netted four times and Ava Suckley a hat- LLANFAIR UTD 4 0 0 4 1 18 0 -17
trick, with Rebecca Pritchard and TJ Rhyl 2 Llanfair 0; Wrexham 9 Airbus UK 0.
Dickens also on target. CDP Y Rhyl 1879
meanwhile defeated Llanfair Utd 2-0 SOUTH DIVISION P W D L F A Pts GD
thanks to Rebecca Bannister and Niomi BRITON FERRY LLANSAWEL 2 2 0 0 7 2 6 5
Taylor. CASCADE YC 3 2 0 1 8 5 6 3
PONTARDAWE TOWN 3 2 0 1 12 10 6 2
In the South Division, Cascade YC
SWANSEA UNIVERSITY 3 1 0 2 8 10 3 -2
are second following their 4-1 win away to CALDICOT TOWN 3 0 0 3 8 16 0 -8
Swansea University. Annaliese Lewis 0
scored a hat-trick and Sian Rees the other, Swansea Univ 1 Cascade 4.
with Angelika Barris replying.
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