Oxford United Women Secure Seventh Straight Win in the WNL

Oxford United Women made it seven straight wins in the FA WNL, while Bridgwater United and Leeds United each clocked up their sixth victory in a row.

Northern Premier Division

Derby County 2-1 Hull City (Att: 727)
Liverpool Feds 0-3 Stoke City (Att: 203)
Middlesbrough 1-1 Norwich City (Att: 303)
Peterborough United 3-2 Huddersfield Town (Att: 173)
West Bromwich Albion 3-1 Loughborough Lightning
Rugby Borough 5-1 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 194)

Rugby Borough overcame an early setback to hand Boldmere a 5-1 defeat, and go four points clear at the top.

West Brom trailed to Loughborough at half-time, but a Monique Robinson treble, completed from the spot, saw the Baggies secure all three points and climb to second spot.

Stoke City’s 3-0 victory over Liverpool Feds lifted them to third on goal difference, while Peterborough struck Huddersfield with three first-half goals before holding off a fightback.

Derby had to come from behind to defeat Hull at Pride Park, Georgia Stevens and Emily Joyce scoring in a six-minute spell.

Middlesbrough took a point at home against Norwich, with Armani Maxwell replying to Freya Symonds’ spot-kick.

Southern Premier Division

AFC Bournemouth 1-2 Fulham
Cheltenham Town 4-1 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 150)
Exeter City 1-4 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 266)
Lewes 5-0 Real Bedford (Att: 541)
Oxford United 1-0 Swindon Town (Att: 559)
Hashtag United 0-0 Portsmouth (Att: 108)

Shaunna Jenkins’ 19th-minute goal was enough for Oxford United to beat Swindon Town and make it seven wins from seven.

Fulham’s Sophie Gillies scored both their goals to secure a big three points at Bournemouth, as they leapfrogged them into second spot.

Hashtag finished goalless with Portsmouth for their fourth draw in seven games, Ellie Dorey scored twice in two first-half minutes as Wimbledon ran out 4-1 winners at Exeter, with Freda Ayisi also bagging a brace.

Lewes had five different scorers against Real Bedford, and Cheltenham Town earned their first league win of the season against Plymouth Argyle.

Division 1 North

Blackburn Rovers 0-2 AFC Fylde (Att: 132)
Chester Le Street Town 5-1 Bradford City (Att: 82)
Chorley 2-5 Durham Cestria (Att: 185)
Halifax 4-1 York City
Leeds United 2-0 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 271)
Thornaby 0-3 Stockport County (Att: 70)

Leeds United defeated Norton 2-0, for a sixth straight win, with both goals scored from the penalty spot by Amy Woodruff and Drew Greene.

Fylde stayed unbeaten with both goals at Blackburn, while Halifax’s 4-1 win over York City included a hat-trick from Farah Crompton.

Stockport moved three points ahead of fifth-placed Thornaby, where they won 3-0.

Chester-le-Street posted a 5-1 result over Bradford City, who saw Molly Wilcock depart after a late second caution, while Durham Cestria also netted five at Chorley.

Division 1 Midlands

Kidderminster Harriers 4-1 Northampton Town
Lye Town 6-0 Sheffield FC (Att: 43)
Notts County 3-2 Wythenshawe (Att: 53)
Sutton Coldfield Town 0-3 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 78)
Worcester City 0-0 Chesterfield (Att: 169)
Leafield Athletic 1-0 Barnsley Women

Leafield moved three points clear at the top after edging Barnsley Women with a lone goal from Charlie Stanford, while the visitors saw Aaliyah Nolan sent off in added time.

Sporting Khalsa climbed to second with a 3-0 result at Sutton Coldfield aided by a Ruby Millington double, while Notts County fought back to beat Wythenshawe, helped by a Shoniqua Barnes brace, and overtook them to move into fourth place.

Kidderminster claimed an important first victory over Northampton, likewise Lye Town who hit Sheffield FC for six as Tasha Baptiste got three of them, while Worcester and Chesterfield drew 0-0 in their mid-table meeting.

Division 1 South East

Dartford 0-0 Chatham Town (Att: 181)
London Bees 8-1 Billericay Town
Luton Town 0-1 Actonians (Att: 82)
Milton Keynes Dons 1-3 Dulwich Hamlet (Att: 135)
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Stevenage
Saltdean United 4-1 Cambridge United (Att: 85)

Leaders London Bees thrashed Billericay, with Niamh Cashin and Grace Stanley both notching trebles.

Stephanie McCaffrey scored the sole goal as Actonians won at Luton to go second, as QPR drew with Shannon Albuery’s late goal cancelling out Sarah Wiltshire’s opener for Stevenage.

Saltdean United beat Cambridge 4-1 to go fourth, Dulwich Hamlet’s Cruz Fuller Fagan scored two goals in as many minutes to set up a win at MK Dons, while Dartford and Chatham played out a 0-0 draw.

Division 1 South West

Abingdon United 0-2 Bristol Rovers (Att: 85)
Ascot United 0-6 Wycombe Wanderers (Att: 54)
Bournemouth Sports 0-3 Torquay United (Att: 50)
Gwalia United 2-2 Keynsham Town (Att: 225)
Maidenhead United 1-1 Marine Academy Plymouth (Att: 55)
Moneyfields 2-4 Bridgwater United (Att: 34)

Bridgwater fought back from two goals down to claim a 4-2 victory at Moneyfields, making it six wins in a row and going six points clear of their hosts at the top.

Wycombe’s six goals at Ascot pushed them up to third ahead of Bristol Rovers, who claimed the points with a 2-0 win at Abingdon.

Gwalia United’s Benedicte Håland was sent off after 75 minutes, and Mia Mugford’s resulting penalty earned Keynsham a 2-2 draw.

Torquay scored three without reply at Bournemouth Sports, Maidenhead denied Marine Academy Plymouth victory with Izzy Stockton’s 94th-minute equalizer, coming in reply to Sam Drewery’s early goal.