AFC Bournemouth Women went top of the FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division, while Burnley needed an added-time goal to stay in pole position in the North.
Burnley narrowly defeated Liverpool Feds with Aimee Kelly’s stoppage-time goal to remain at the top of the Northern Premier under pressure from Wolves. Rugby’s win kept them in third, Middlesbrough secured fourth place by beating Halifax with a Lauren Robson brace and Stoke climbed to fifth with a victory over Derby as Evie Priestley and Abby Clarke scored in a comeback.
90+2 🤩
Burnley Football Club 🤝 last minute winners pic.twitter.com/TExH7oyTkE
— Burnley FC Women (@BurnleyFCWomen) October 29, 2025
AFC Bournemouth went top of the Southern Premier on goal difference by edging Oxford United 2-1 in front of nearly 6,000 fans at the Vitality Stadium, while Watford were held at home by Real Bedford after Chloe Logie’s late leveller. Plymouth drew with Exeter, Argyle substitute Tianna Teisar replying to Sophie Gillies’ 100th goal for City. AFC Wimbledon secured three goals and three points at Lewes, and Hashtag thrashed Billericay 7-0.
Sophie Quirk. That’s it. That’s the tweet. pic.twitter.com/JUja765N94
— AFC Bournemouth Women (@AFCBournemouthW) October 29, 2025
Worcester City’s Sophie Griffiths scored the only goal of the game against Kidderminster to leapfrog them into fifth spot in Division One Midlands on goals scored.
Wythenshawe won the Division One North top-of-the-table clash with Cheadle, ending their 100% record and moving within two points of them. Huddersfield and Leeds both kept up the pressure on the leading pair with clear wins.
The winning moment 💙💙#FAWNL #UpTheAmmies pic.twitter.com/RFjVft95XH
— Wythenshawe FC Women (@WythenshaweFCW) October 29, 2025
Chatham thrashed Dulwich 6-0 to move up to fourth in Division One South East, QPR became the first team to take points off leaders Fulham, and MK Dons held Cambridge to a 2-2 draw.
The Division One South West fixture between Maidenhead and Abingdon ended one apiece.
Northern Premier Division
Burnley 3-2 Liverpool Feds
Derby County 1-2 Stoke City (Att: 175)
Middlesbrough 2-1 Halifax (Att: 281)
Rugby Borough 3-1 West Bromwich Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 436)
Southern Premier Division
AFC Bournemouth 2-1 Oxford United (Att: 5,850)
Exeter City 1-1 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 1,673)
Hashtag United 7-0 Billericay Town (Att: 83)
Lewes 0-3 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 603)
Watford 1-1 Real Bedford (Att: 170)
Division One Midlands
Worcester City 1-0 Kidderminster Harriers (Att: 463)
Division One North
Leeds United 4-0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 156)
Stockport County 0-3 Huddersfield Town (Att: 156)
Wythenshawe 2-1 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 253)
Division One South East
Chatham Town 6-0 Dulwich Hamlet (Att: 157)
Milton Keynes Dons 2-2 Cambridge United
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Fulham
Division One South West
Maidenhead United 1-1 Abingdon United (Att: 75)