Watford Women and Moneyfields Go Top of their Tables

Watford Women and Moneyfields Go Top of their Tables
Alethea Paul (22 Burnley) controls the ball during the match with Derby County at Turf Moor. (Sean Chandler / SPP)

Watford Women have gone top in the FA WNL Southern Premier, while Moneyfields now lead Division 1 South West.

Northern Premier Division
Burnley 2-0 Derby County (Att: 900)
Halifax 0-1 Liverpool Feds
Middlesbrough 1-2 Hull City (Att: 287)
Sporting Khalsa 1-3 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 143)
Stoke City 0-1 Rugby Borough (Att: 102)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-2 Loughborough Lightning (Att: 601)

Burnley beat Derby with two second-half goals at Turf Moor to stay in pole position, while Wolves needed an added-time strike from Amber Hughes to overcome next-to-bottom Loughborough. Rugby substitute Ebony Wiseman netted a 95th-minute winner at Stoke, Liverpool Feds’ Emily Cole came off the bench and scored the only goal at Halifax just five minutes later. Hull came from a goal down to win 2-1 at Middlesbrough, with Ellie Tanser and Hope Knight on target.

Southern Premier Division
Billericay Town 1-4 Lewes
Exeter City 2-0 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 232)
Oxford United 0-1 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 286)
Real Bedford P-P AFC Bournemouth
Hashtag United 1-0 Cheltenham Town
Watford 7-0 Gwalia United (Att: 124)

Watford sank Gwalia 7-0 to go top of the table, Maddie Perry hitting a hat-trick. Plymouth’s win with Arabella Suttie’s goal at Oxford put them just two points behind second-placed AFC Bournemouth. Exeter saw off Wimbledon to climb to fifth, while Lewes moved into the top half after their win at Billericay. Hashtag overtook Cheltenham on goal difference with a 1-0 result against them courtesy of a Honor Norton effort.

Division One Midlands
Barnsley Women 0-0 Peterborough United (Att: 257)
Lincoln United 1-3 Sutton Coldfield Town (Att: 61)
Northampton Town 0-1 Stourbridge
Worcester City 1-4 Sheffield FC (Att: 302)
Boldmere St Michaels 2-0 Kidderminster Harriers
Leafield Athletic 1-0 Notts County (Att: 60)

Northampton Town v Stourbridge - FA Women's National League Division One Midlands 25/26
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Shameral Ogunbameru of Stourbridge moves with the ball past Linda Jespere of Northampton Town. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

The top-two clash betwee Barnsley and Peterborough was goalless, allowing Leafield to go second by edging Notts County with substitute Anita Gaspar’s stoppage-time goal, while Boldmere rose to third with victory over Kidderminster. Sutton Coldfield’s Reia Henry netted two of their three first-half goals at Lincoln. Sheffield FC struck three times in a seven-minute spell around the hour mark to secure the points at Worcester. Stourbridge leapfrogged Northampton out of the drop zone with a win away to them.

Boldmere St Michaels v Kidderminster Harriers 16th November 2025
Boldmere St Michaels v Kidderminster Harriers. (Photo: clivejonespr.com)

Division One North
Chester le Street Town 4-0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 61)
Chorley 0-0 Huddersfield Town (Att: 102)
Leeds United P-P York City
Stockport County 0-1 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 167)
Wythenshawe 2-0 Blackburn Rovers (Att: 162)

Imogen Porteous-Williams’ early penalty at Stockport saw Cheadle stay top, Wythenshawe beat Blackburn to stay level on points with the leaders. Chorley are up to fifth following a 0-0 draw with Huddersfield in third, Chester le Street put four past Doncaster to move as many points ahead of them.

Division One South East
Chesham United 1-5 Actonians (Att: 92)
London Bees 3-1 Cambridge United
Queens Park Rangers 2-2 Luton Town (Att: 2,307)
Chatham Town 2-3 Norwich City (Att: 156)

Norwich City moved to within a point of leaders Fulham as Tasha Snelling struck the decider at Chatham, third-placed London Bees beat Cambridge United aided by a Shamoy Campbell brace, QPR let slip a 2-0 lead at Loftus Road with Luton battling back for a draw, and Actonians put five past basement side Chesham.

Division One South West
Bournemouth Sports 0-1 Portishead Town (Att: 43)
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Moneyfields (Att: 100)
Keynsham Town 0-0 Ascot United

Moneyfields knocked Swindon Town off the top with a win at third-placed Bristol Rovers, where Shannon Albuery netted a first-half header. Portishead climbed off the bottom with their first victory of the campaign.

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