#FAWNL: Fylde lead Forest on goals scored in Northern Premier

Leeds Utd Women v Chester Le Street
Leeds United drew 0-0 with Div 1 North leaders Chester le Street. (Photo: Stephen Gaunt/Touchlinepics.com)

Fylde beat Hull City 4-2 to lead the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier narrowly ahead of Nottingham Forest.

FA WNL results –  Sunday 4 October 

NORTHERN PREMIER

Derby County 4-2 West Bromwich Albion  (Att: 171)
Fylde 4-2 Hull City
Huddersfield Town 3-0 Sunderland
Middlesbrough 2-1 Burnley (Att: 150)
Sheffield FC 3-1 Loughborough Foxes
Stoke City 2-3 Nottingham Forest (Att: 65)

SOUTHERN PREMIER

Gillingham 2-3 Watford (Att: 71)
Keynsham Town 2-3 Yeovil United (Att: 50)
Milton Keynes Dons 4-0 Hounslow (Att: 125)
Oxford United 3-1 Crawley Wasps
Plymouth Argyle 1-3 Chichester & Selsey (Att: 50)

DIVISION 1 MIDLANDS

Bedworth United 1-0 Long Eaton United (Att: 70)
Holwell Sports 0-3 Doncaster Rovers Belles
Wolverhampton Wanderers 9-0 Burton Albion

DIVISION 1 NORTH

Leeds United 0-0 Chester le Street Town (Att: 80)
Newcastle United 1-0 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 86)

DIVISION 1 SOUTH EAST

Actonians 0-0 Enfield Town (Att: 28)
Ipswich Town 4-0 Cambridge City
Stevenage 0-2 Kent Football United (Att: 64)

DIVISION 1 SOUTH WEST

Chesham United 7-0 Brislington
Exeter City 1-1 Southampton Women’s
Larkhall Athletic 3-3 Cheltenham Town (Att: 50)
Poole Town 0-4 Buckland Athletic (Att: 23)

All other games postponed

Leeds and Chjester le Street drew 0-0
Leeds v Chester le Street. (Photo: Stephen Gaunt/Touchlinepics.com)

Northern Premier – Fylde narrowly in front of Forest

Fylde’s 4-2 victory over Hull City has them top by virtue of goals scored, ahead of Nottingham Forest who took the points at Stoke 3-2 with Becky Rayner scoring twice. Middlesbrough beat Burnley with a second-half decider, Katie Nutter’s brace helped Huddersfield sink Sunderland 3-0, Derby defeated West Brom 4-2 and Sheffield FC got off the mark with a 3-1 success against Loughborough.

Southern Premier – Fourth straight win for Watford

Watford lead the table by three points after a 3-2 result at Gillingham, second-placed Oxford United downed Crawley Wasps 3-1. Yeovil are up to third following their 3-2 score at Keynsham, Chichester & Selsey picked up the points 3-1 at Plymouth and MK Dons put four past Hounslow.

Division 1 – Wolves continue goal-scoring spree

Wolves lead the Midlands by five points with another big win, 9-0 over Solihull as Jade Cross scored four times in 20 minutes. Doncaster went third with a 3-0 win at Holwell, Bedworth got going with a single-goal success over Long Eaton.

There were just two games played and one goal scored in the Northern, Leeds United holding leaders Chester le Street and Newcastle banked their first points with a narrow win over Norton, Georgia Gibson the scorer.

Newcastle United beat Norton
Newcastle United go for goal against Norton. (Photo: Colin Lock)

Ipswich recorded a third win in a row 4-0 versus Cambridge City, Paige Peake with two of the goals. Kent Football United’s opening victory came 2-o at Stevenage.

Chesham are level on points with South West leaders Southampton FC, netting seven times against Brislington. Exeter slipped to third after being held 1-1 at home by Southampton Women’s for the visitors first point, Rhian Robbins got a couple as Larkhall shared six goals with Cheltenham.

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