London City Lionesses let a two-goal lead slip at title rivals Birmingham City but the draw was enough to secure them promotion from the Barclays Women’s Championship.
Birmingham City 2-2 London City Lionesses
Blackburn Rovers 1-5 Newcastle United
Durham 2-0 Bristol City
Southampton 0-2 Charlton Athletic
Sunderland 2-1 Sheffield United
Birmingham City had to win to take the title from London City but Izzy Goodwin fired the Lionesses ahead from 25 yards and Chantelle Boye-Hlorak doubled the lead. Emily van Egmond got the Blues back in it and Cho So-hyun volleyed them level in the dying minutes to spark a frantic finish.
Charlton Athletic’s 2-0 victory at Southampton sealed them third place, Beth Roe ad Katie Bradley with a quickfire double.
Durham were fourth after beating Bristol City by the same score, as Beth Hepple ad Mollie Lambert netted.
Newcastle United ended fifth with a 5-1 success at Blackburn Rovers that featured a Shania Hayles hat-trick.
Sunderland finished level on points with Bristol in sixth after defeating Sheffield United 2-1, with goals from Eleanor Dale and Emily Scarr.