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Danske Bank NI Women’s Premiership

With Glentoran Ladies not playing until Friday night, Cliftonville Ladies had the
chance to replace them on top of the Danske Bank NI Women’s Premiership and further
their Championship challenge, which they duly did with a 2-1 victory over Crusaders
Strikers.
The Reds took an early lead in the derby match, Marissa Callaghan heading them
in front with four minutes on the clock. The Crues hit back after the break though and got
back on level terms when Amy McGivern headed in from a free kick. With fifteen minutes
remaining, Yasmin White was fouled in the area and Callaghan slotted home from the
penalty spot, and Cliftonville held on for three important points.
The other match saw Sion Swifts host Derry City and move themselves to within
three points of Crusaders after winning 1-0. Kelly Crompton scored the only goal of the
game for Sion, midway through the second half.
Glentoran will be in action on
Friday when they take on Linfield P W D L F A Pts GD
CLIFTONVILLE LADIES 18 15 1 2 65 22 46 43
Ladies and a win would see them
GLENTORAN 17 14 1 2 60 13 43 47
return to the top of the table. The CRUSADERS STRIKERS 18 8 1 9 29 27 25 2
league will then return to action SION SWIFTS 18 7 1 10 29 33 22 -4
LINFIELD LADIES 17 4 2 11 29 50 14 -21
following the international break and
DERRY CITY 18 2 0 16 11 78 6 -67
this will see the eagerly anticipated
clash between Cliftonville and Cliftonville 2 Crusaders 1; Sion 1 Derry 0.
Glentoran in what could turn out to be
a title decider.
Larne to play host to qualifier

Northern Ireland’s senior women’s team will begin their quest for a place at the next
Women’s World Cup in Larne.
It was confirmed this week that Inver Park, home of Larne FC, will host Northern
Ireland’s first game of their FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 qualification campaign next
Friday (17 September).
Luxembourg are set to be their opponents in the European Qualifying Group D
clash – and it will be Luxembourg’s first ever fixture in a full qualifying stage for a major
tournament.
Tickets have gone on sale and are priced at £10 (adults) and £2 (children, aged
under 16), while GAWA Official members will get a half price discount code.
The game in Larne is the first of a Group D double header for Kenny Shiels’ side as
they will also face Latvia at the National Football Stadium at Windsor Park the following
Tuesday (21 September). Both matches will kick off at 19.45.
Shiels is set to announce his 23-strong squad for the two home qualifiers on Friday
morning.
The other teams in European Qualifying Group D are England, Austria and North
Macedonia.
After the two games this month Kenny Shiels will prepare his side for a trip to
Wembley where they are due to face top seeds England on 23rd October and then it’s back
home for a qualifier against Austria, the second seeds in the group, on 26th October.
(irishfa.com)
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