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Congratulations to Leicester City who have secured the FA Women's
Championship title with a 2-0 victory over London City Lionesses on
Sunday and will play in the Barclays FA WSL next season for the first time
in their history.
Jonathan Morgan’s side went into the game knowing that a win would put them
beyond the reach of second placed Durham Women, who did not have a game.
Leicester needed to be patient against a well organised Lionesses side, but a chance
came on 33 minutes when they were awarded a penalty. The kick had been awarded against
Lionesses goalkeeper Shae Yanez but she was to make amends, saving from Charlie Devlin.
The game remained goalless until midway through the second half, when Sam Tierney fired
home a rebound after her original shot had been blocked. Leading scorer Natasha Flint
made the points safe seven minutes later as she volleyed in from close range.
Durham need to win one of their remaining two games to take the runners-up spot
but the two chasing teams still have a mathematical chance. After they sported identical
records going into their matches, Sheffield Utd are now third after winning 3-0 away to
Crystal Palace. Katie Wilkinson gave the Blades a seventeenth minute lead, with Rebecca
Rayner adding a second on the half hour. Wilkinson rounded off the scoring in the second
half with her eighteenth league goal of the season.
The result actually took United above Liverpool after they had beaten Lewes 2-0
earlier in the day. The Rookettes approached the match in good form but found themselves
a goal behind after seven minutes, the unfortunate Nicola Cousins heading a corner into
her own net. A quickly taken free kick led the Liverpool’s second after the break, Ashley
Hodson crossing for Meikayla Moore to head firmly home.
Charlton Athletic can look forward to
Championship football again next season Liverpool 2 (Cousins og 7, Moore 55)
following their 3-1 victory over London Bees, Lewes 0
who are destined to finish at the bottom. The -
Addicks took the lead just before half time whe Blackburn Rovers 0
Lois Heuchan poked in from a corner and Coventry Utd 1 (Davies 38)
Elisha Sulola made it two after the hour. - Charlton Athletic 3 (Heuchan 42, Sulola 63, Clifford
Charley Clifford sealed the win from the penalty pen 75)
spot, before the Bees grabbed an injury time London Bees 1 (og 90)
consolation through an own goal. -
Coventry Utd also achieved safety, Crystal Palace 0
thanks to a 1-0 success away to Blackburn Sheffield Utd 3 (Wilkinson 17,59, Rayner 30)
Rovers. The all-important goal for Coventry -
came shortly before half time, as Keeley Davies Leicester City 2 (Tierney 68, Flint 75)
London City Lionesses 0
seized onto a headed back pass to lob home.
CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
LEICESTER CITY 18 15 2 1 50 15 47 35
DURHAM WFC 18 11 6 1 26 12 39 14 LEADING SCORERS
22
SHEFFIELD UTD 18 10 5 3 35 13 35 Katie WILKINSON Sheffield Utd 18
LIVERPOOL 18 10 5 3 34 13 35 Nat Leicester City 16
21asha FLINT
-3
LEWES 18 7 4 7 17 20 25 Bianca BAPTISTE Crystal Palace 8
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 19 6 5 8 17 17 23 Bet 0h HEPPLE Durham Women 8
BLACKBURN ROVERS 18 4 6 8 17 26 18 Lachante PAUL Leicester City 6
-9
-7
CRYSTAL PALACE 18 4 5 9 23 30 17 Emily ROBERTS Durham Women 6
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 18 3 7 8 17 24 16 -7
COVENTRY UTD 18 4 1 13 15 42 13 -27
LONDON BEES 19 2 2 15 11 50 8 -39
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