AFC Varsity, Long Itchington and Redditch Borough all came out on top in high-scoring Regional League thrillers.
EASTERN – Perfect Dozen for Histon
Premier – Stevenage stayed top with a 5-0 defeat of Dussindale & Hellesdon Rovers, Royston Town second after a 3-1 result at Harpenden Town. Wroxham are third following a 2-1 victory over Hutton which came thanks to Hannah Fuller’s brace. Haringey Borough put five past Watford Ladies Development, Atletico London edged Enfield Town with a Rea Laudat double.
1 North – Histon have a dozen wins in a row after scoring five goals at Fulbourn Institute Bluebirds, while Real Bedford Reserves put six past Stevenage Development to replace them in second on goal difference. Hitchin Belles moved into the top half with a 2-0 win over Colney Heath, and Newmarket Town were held to a 1-1 draw at home by basement side Cambridge City.
1 South – Top side Hashtag United Reserves beat Stanway Pegasus 5-2, Hertford Town scored five times against Wormley Rovers to get off the bottom at their expense, while Needham Market scored both goals of the game at Southend United.
League Cup 3rd Rd – St Albans City came from behind to beat Colchester United 4-1, and in the last eight will now visit Bowers & Pitsea, who won 4-2 at Chelmsford City.
League Plate 2nd Rd – Brentwood Town went through 3-2 over Toby FC, to set up a home quarter-final with Colney Heath.
EAST MIDLANDS – Sapphire Sparkles With 12-Minute Treble
Premier – Leaders Chesterfield FC netted seven goals against Gainsborough Trinity, with Evie Carter bagging a hat-trick. Loughborough Foxes Vixens scored all three in their win at Stamford, while Mansfield Town moved up to fourth with a 2-1 victory away to Anstey Nomads.
1 Central – Sarah Brown’s first-half treble set up Asfordby Amateurs for a 5-0 win over Melbourne Dynamo, a fifth win in five games that put them in pole position.
1 North – Grimsby Town’s seventh straight win came 8-0 at Newark Town, where Demi Barai and Bethany Wharton each scored three times. Lincoln United Development had Elise Gray dismissed during a 2-1 home reverse to Chesterfield CT, Belper Town drew 1-1 with Dronfield Town, Notts County Development had a single-goal success at Cleethorpes Town.
1 South – Leaders Leicester City LFC were held 3-3 at home by Northampton Town Development, Dunton & Broughton United closed in on them with a 3-1 result over Thrapston. Netherton United beat Brackley Town with Andreia Oliveira’s effort, New Bradwell St Peter were 6-3 victors at Stanground Cardea Sports aided by the 12-minute treble from Sapphire Rohan
LONDON & SOUTH EAST – Six-Goal Brentford Hit Summit
Premier – Brentford thrashed Millwall Lionesses 6-0, with Ashley Cheatley scoring half the goals as they replaced Saltdean United at the top. Sutton United sit third after a 4-0 win at Ashford Town, while Barking are fifth following a 2-0 victory at Dorking Wanderers.
📂 -> Brentford v Millwall
📂 -> Cheat Codes 🎮
📂 -> Hat-trick unlocked 🔓 pic.twitter.com/utglgUbHKy— Brentford FC Women (@BrentfordFCW) December 8, 2025
1 North – Top-of-the-table Hammersmith defeated Dulwich Hamlet Reserves 5-0, Camden Town took the points 2-1 at third-placed Clapton CFC. Hackney went down at home to AFC Greenwich Borough’s three goals in the last 11 minutes, while elsewhere it ended Herne Bay 1-2 Actonians Reserves, Soccer Elite Football Academy 1-3 Ashford United.
1 South – Saltdean United Development went top with a 4-1 win at Steyning Town, second-placed Eastbourne Borough were held 2-2 at home by Leatherhead, Ashmount Leigh are fourth having got the sole goal at Montpelier Villa.
League Cup 3rd Rd – Saltdean United will host Ashmount Leigh in the quarter-finals, with Dartford unable to fulfill the 3rd Round fixture due to a virus among the squad.
NORTH EAST – Super Sub Sophie Sends Alnwick Through
Premier – Harrogate Town’s 2-0 victory over bottom side Wallsend BC lifted them two places to fifth.
1 North – Melissa Scott scored a six-minute treble in the closing stages of Gateshead Rutherford’s 8-0 win over Wallsend BC Reserves.
1 South – Rossington Main drew 2-2 with Altofts, whose Nicola Smith bagged a second-half brace.
League Cup 3rd Rd – Alnwick Town progressed 2-1 at Ponteland United aided by a goal from substitute Sophie Greener, South Shields’s 4-0 elimination of Spennymoor Town featured Annece Legg’s three first-half goals. Results elsehere were: Washington 0-2 Sunderland West End, Birtley Town 3-0 i2i International Soccer Academy, Farsley 0-8 Bradford City, Handsworth 3-2 Millmoor, Ilkley Town 2-5 York City Development.
NORTH WEST – O’Neill Scores Five of Chester’s Six Goals
Premier – Mancunian Unity beat Bury 5-0 to take over at the top from Fylde, West Didsbury & Chorlton are third after a 3-2 defeat of Darwen helped by a four-minute brace by Naomi Lawrence. Crewe Alexandra were 3-0 winners over Fleetwood Town Wrens, FC United of Manchester overcame Curzon Ashton 5-1.
1 Central – FC St. Helens are up to second with a 10-1 score at Radcliffe, Rochdale rising to third after a 5-2 result at Pilkington. MSB Woolton’s 4-1 win over Wigan Athletic included Tilly Wright’s first-half hat-trick scored in just 18 minutes.
1 North – Accrington Stanley’s Melissa Adamson scored twice but they were held to a 4-4 home draw by Chorley Development.
1 South – Sophia O’Neill scored all but one of Chester’s six goals against Wirral Phoenix, AFC Crewe left Runcorn Linnets with a 2-1 result after Sara Noori’s 83rd-miute decider. Nantwich Town got both goals at Macclesfield, Manchester Laces the only one at Altrincham.
⚽️ 𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡!
Our sixth goal this afternoon has now been credited to Sophia O’Neill, which means she found the net an astonishing five times today. https://t.co/5S1Yuo7P5Q
— Chester FC Women (@CFCWomens) December 7, 2025
SOUTHERN – Royals Halt Wanderers
Premier – Wycombe Wanderers were denied victory for the first time as mid-table Reading held them to a goalless draw. Beaconsfield Town suffered a heavy 6-1 defeat at home to Oxford City.
1 North – Denham United defeated Penn & Tylers Green 3-2 helped by a Liana Horwood double, as they extended their 100% record to a seventh match. Chesham United Development moved up three spots to fourth with a 7-2 sinking of Kidlington, Henrietta Cunnison notchig a 10-minute treble.
1 South – Bursledon’s Isobel Pouncy scored a hat-trick in their 4-1 win on the trip to Guernsey. AFC Varsity’s Kayleigh Mackay netted the winner in a 4-3 victory at Shaftesbury, while Wimborne Town’s Lucy Roberts sealed the decider in a 3-2 triumph at Bemerton Heath Harlequins.
League Cup 3rd Rd – Farnham Town made the quarter-finals with a 5-1 result over Ascot United Reserves.
Shield Services Group SOUTH WEST – Ten-Player Sherborne Go Top
Premier – Sherborne Town took over from AEK Boco at the top thanks to a Chloe Snook winning goal in their 2-1 victory at Gloucester City, despite substitute Charlotte Harmer being sent off. Forest Green Rovers sit third after Rhian Robbins’ double secured a 3-2 win at Frampton Rangers, while Poole Town scored four against Saltash United to move into fourth place.
1 South – Weston-super-Mare won 2-1 at leaders Yeovil Town, leaving them four points behind with a game still in hand. Weymouth’s withdrawal from the league has reduced the division to just five teams.
WEST MIDLANDS – Leek Make Cup Progress in Added Time
Premier – Leaders Redditch Borough edged Port Vale 5-4 as Daisy-Mai Clements got three of their goals and Alisha Sheridan two. Shrewsbury Town beat Leek Town 2-1 with a Madison Jones winner watched by a crowd of 203. Lye Town defeated Alvechurch 3-1.
Signing off with Maddie Jones’s superb winner from today’s game… 😮💨
🔷🔶 #salop pic.twitter.com/79g5HyY8nK
— Shrewsbury Town Women (@shrewswomen) December 7, 2025
1 North – Chasetown overcame Leek Town Reserves 10-1 helped by four goals from Lauren Walker, as they climbed to third place.
1 South – Leamington lead by three points after their 4-0 win at Kingfisher, coupled with Redditch United restricting Knowle to a 4-4 draw. Long Itchington took a 4-3 victory at Hereford Pegasus helped by a Lucy Dale hat-trick, Hereford FC lost 5-2 at home to Droitwich Spa, Worcester City Reserves went down 3-0 at home to Halesowen Town.
League Cup 1st Rd – Leek Town progressed 3-2 at Port Vale in midweek, with substitute Sydney-Marie Gillan striking in stoppage-time. Their reward is a home tie with Lichfield City.
