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FA Women’s Championship

Liverpool further strengthened their position at the top of the FA Women’s
Championship and have a lead of seven points after their 1-0 victory over
Watford.
The visitors’ resistance was broken with seven
minutes remaining, when Katie Stengel scored the only
goal of the game to hand the Reds a fourth straight win.
London City Lionesses are now the team in
second place following a 3-1 wiwin against
Sunderland. Atlanta Primus put the Lionesses in front
after five minutes and Karin Muya made it two on the
half hour. Amy Rodgers sewed up the points for her side
with the third after the break, before Keira Ramshaw
grabbed a late consolation for the Wearsiders from the
penalty spot.
Crystal Palace were another team to make it
four wins on the trot, a 3-2 success away to Durham
Women, which takes them into third place. Beth
Hepple got the Wildcats off to a great start with an eighth Sheffield Utd celebrate their opening goal from
minute opener but Palace hit back strongly with goals from Georgia Roberts (www.jamesprickett.co.uk).
Molly Sharpe and Lizzie Waldie, before Kathryn Hill
ensured that the scoreline was level going into the interval. Six minutes into the second half,
Siobhan Wilson put Palace back in front again and this time they held out to pick up three valuable
points, which putting a dent in Durham’s challenge.
Bristol City are also gathering momentum in fifth place, thanks to a 11-0 win at
Blackburn Rovers. Abi Harrison settled matters
by scoring her seventh league goal of the season, the Durham Women 2 (Hepple 8, Hill 35)
only goal of the game after sixteen minutes. Crystal Palace 3 (Sharpe 14, Waldie 31, Wilson 51)
Three teams managed to record 1-0 victories -
on Sunday, the third of which was Charlton Blackburn Rovers 0
Athletic at the expense of Lewes in their mid- Bristol City 1 (Harrison 16)
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table clash. Elise Hughes scored the solitary goal of Charlton Athletic 1 (Hughes 34)
the match for the Addicks, eleven minutes ahead of Lewes 0
half time. -
Sheffield Utd recovered their winning Liverpool 1 (Stangel 83)
form with a 3-1 victory against Coventry Utd, who Watford 0
made a welcome return back on the pitch again. All -
of the goals came in the final twelve minutes of the London City Lionesses 3 (Primus 5, Muya 31,
game, Georgia Roberts opening the scoring for the Rogers 61)
Blades. Courtney Sweetman-Kirk then netted twice Sunderland 1 (Ramshaw pen 90)
in eight minutes to sew up the points for her side, -
with Coventry scoring an injury time equaliser Sheffield Utd 3 (Roberts 78, Sweetman-Kirk 81,88)
through Mollie Green. Coventry Utd 1 (Green 90)
CHAMPIONSHIP P W D L F A Pts GD
LIVERPOOL 12 9 2 1 23 5 29 18
LONDON CITY LIONESSES 11 7 1 3 15 10 22 5 LEADING SCORERS
CRYSTAL PALACE 11 6 3 2 23 18 21 Leanne KIERNAN Liverpool 10
5
4
DURHAM WFC 12 7 0 5 18 14 21 Abi HARRISON Bristol City 7
9
BRISTOL CITY 11 6 2 3 21 12 20 Beth HEPPLE Durham Women 5
5
CHARLTON ATHLETIC 12 6 2 4 16 11 20 Courtney SWEETMAN-KIRK Sheffield Utd 5
2
LEWES 11 5 1 5 15 13 16 Lucy WATSON Sheffield Utd 5
-1
SHEFFIELD UTD 12 4 3 5 14 15 15 Millie FARROW Crystal Palace 4
SUNDERLAND 11 3 3 5 10 15 12 -5
BLACKBURN ROVERS 13 3 1 9 11 25 10 -14
WATFORD 12 1 3 8 11 26 6 -15
COVENTRY UTD * 12 1 3 8 12 26 -4 -14
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