Wolves Women lead the FA WNL Northern Premier Division having secured victory at Hull City with a goal rush after the break.
Northern Premier Division
Hull City 1-7 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool Feds 4-1 Loughborough Lightning (Att: 145)
Sporting Khalsa 0-1 Derby County (Att: 80)
Stoke City 2-0 Middlesbrough (Att: 275)
West Bromwich Albion P-P Burnley
Halifax 0-5 Rugby Borough (Att: 176)
Wolves sank hosts Hull 7-1 to go top, with Burnley’s fixture postponed. Beth Merrick’s first-half brace gave them a 2-1 interval lead, before they ran riot after the restart. Rugby edged into second spot with five goals at Halifax. Shannon Stamps’ double saw Stoke beat Middlesbrough, Georgia Stevens’ goal gave Derby victory at Sporting Khalsa, Liverpool Feds’ third win came 4-1 over Loughborough.
Southern Premier Division
AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Cheltenham Town (Att: 256)
AFC Wimbledon 0-1 Gwalia United (Att: 190)
Exeter City 6-0 Hashtag United (Att: 160)
Lewes 0-4 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 453)
Real Bedford 4-1 Oxford United (Att: 212)
Watford 5-0 Billericay Town (Att: 170)
AFC Bournemouth held onto the leadership on goal-difference from Watford, Georgia Wilson’s late goal ensuring a Cherries win, but the Hornets edged closer with a 5-0 result aided by a Freda Ayisi treble. Plymouth are third following an excellent 4-0 win at Lewes, Real Bedford also had an impressive clear victory over Oxford. Sophie Gillies’ second-half hat-trick helped Exeter hit Hashtag for six, Beth McGowan struck as Gwalia took the points at Wimbledon.
Division One Midlands
Barnsley Women 4-0 Kidderminster Harriers (Att: 158)
Lincoln United 0-1 Stourbridge (Att: 51)
Northampton Town 2-2 Sheffield FC
Worcester City 2-6 Peterborough United (Att: 220)
Boldmere St Michaels 1-0 Notts County (Att: 52)
Leafield Athletic 4-0 Sutton Coldfield Town
Peterborough’s fifth win on the spin came 6-2 at Worcester, Boldmere kept pace with them after netting the only goal of the game with Notts County. Barnsley Women defeated Kidderminster 4-0, Stourbridge got off the mark with a solitary goal at Lincoln. Lexie Butterworth scored on 86 minutes to put Sheffield FC 2-1 up over Northampton, before Amber Dredge levelled deep into added time.
Division One North
Chester le Street Town 0-2 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 37)
Chorley 0-0 York City (Att: 108)
Leeds United 7-0 Blackburn Rovers (Att: 168)
Norton & Stockton Ancients 0-5 Huddersfield Town (Att: 134)
Stockport County 6-1 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Wythenshawe 2-1 Durham Cestria (Att: 145)
Cheadle made it five wins from five to stay top by three points from Huddersfield and Stockport, who both recorded big victories. Leeds top-scored with seven though, as six different players found the net.
Division One South East
AFC Sudbury 1-2 Actonians
Chesham United 1-3 Cambridge United (Att: 88)
London Bees 1-2 Norwich City
Milton Keynes Dons 0-2 Luton Town (Att: 474)
Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Dulwich Hamlet
Chatham Town 1-2 Fulham (Att: 157)
Fulham are up to five straight wins after Gandee Morgan’s brace at Chatham, holding a three-point lead at the top from Norwich and Cambridge. Freya Symonds got both goals for the Canaries, as they retained the lead despite having a player stretchered off. Actonians, Dulwich and Luton made it a day of six away wins.
Division One South West
Bournemouth Sports 2-1 Marine Academy Plymouth (Att: 45)
Bridgwater United 3-0 Portishead Town
Bristol Rovers 1-0 Abingdon Town (Att: 150)
Keynsham Town 1-4 Swindon Town (Att: 69)
Maidenhead United 2-3 Ascot United
Worthing 1-4 Moneyfields
Swindon’s 4-1 result at Keynsham has them on maximum points after five matches now, top by two points from Moneyfields – who won by the same score – and Bristol Rovers, who saw off Abingdon with a single Laura Barrett goal. Emma Whall’s 46th-minute goal gave Bournemouth Sports victory over Marine Academy, Ascot twice came from behind at Maidenhead before grabbing the decider.
