Pre-Season Friendlies: Chelsea Women Draw at Ajax, Durham Beat Liverpool Women

Chelsea Women drew with Ajax, while Durham beat Liverpool Women in Pre-Season Friendlies on Sunday 17 August.

Guro Reiten had Chelsea one up away to Ajax but the hosts hit back with a late leveller from Danique Tolhoek.

Beth Hepple struck from 20 yards out in the latter stages, as Durham beat Liverpool 1-0 at Melwood.

Ajax 1-1 Chelsea
Bishops Lydeard 3-3 Feniton
Bootle 1-7 Vauxhall Motors
Cardiff City 11-0 AEK-BOCO
Chasetown 1-0 Redditch United
Chessington & Hook 1-6 Carshalton Athletic
Farnham Town 4-1 Reading
Handsworth 1-4 Grimsby Town
Heddon United 2-3 Whitehaven
Ilkley Town 1-5 Harrogate Town 
Liverpool 0-1 Durham

More valuable minutes in the tank 🔋

— Durham Women FC (@DurhamWFC) August 17, 2025

Martham 0-6 Lowestoft Town
Odd Down 2-1 Bishops Cleeve
Redditch Borough W-L Alvechurch
Royal Wootton Bassett Town 0-3 Forest Green Rovers
Saltash United 0-1 Plympton
Shrewsbury Up & Comers 1-4 Wrexham Foresters
Sittingbourne 1-9 Margate
Thackley 6-0 Huddersfield Town Development
The New Saints 2-1 Port Vale
Washington 0-2 South Shields

Wilf Frith

Wilf Frith is a women’s football news editor who works for Her Goal Magazine and had been with all its predecessors since 1996, becoming a founding team member after running Sunday Kicks. He has also held previous long-term roles as press officer for the Cornwall Women’s Football League and Penzance Ladies FC.

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