AFC Bournemouth Women, Belles and Leafield beat divisional leaders

Chorley v Leeds United, FA Women's National league
Goalmouth melee during the match between Chorley and Leeds United. (Photo: John Shirras)

AFC Bournemouth, Doncaster Rovers Belles and Leafield Athletic all defeated FA Women’s National League divisional leaders.

Northern Premier Division

Derby County 3-0 Stourbridge (Att: 257)
Liverpool Feds 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Rugby Borough 4-0 Hull City (Att: 132)
Sporting Khalsa 1-3 Burnley (Att: 80)
Halifax 0-4 Stoke City
West Bromwich Albion 0-2 Nottingham Forest

Leaders Wolves grabbed a last-minute winner at Liverpool Feds, as Racheal Quigley met Amber Hughes’ cross to head home, Melissa Johnson and Mollie Green scored as second-placed Nottingham Forest won at West Brom.

Rugby put four past Hull to stay third on goal-difference ahead of Burnley and Stoke who both won away, the latter at Halifax, who were down to ten late on after a red card.

Derby rose to seventh after sending Stourbridge to a 3-0 defeat, capped by Ella Hilliard’s 30-yard free kick.

Southern Premier Division

Billericay Town 0-3 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 150)
Cheltenham Town 0-7 Ipswich Town
Milton Keynes Dons 0-7 Lewes (Att: )
Plymouth Argyle 4-3 Gwalia United (Att: 511)
Watford 5-2 Exeter City (Att: 143)
Hashtag United 2-0 Oxford United

Freda Ayisi added to Holly Turner’s opener at the death as Hashtag won the top-of-table clash with Oxford United, to go three points clear.

Natasha Thomas netted three of Ipswich’s seven at Cheltenham as they climbed into second, Lois Roche did likewise as Lewes also sunk MK Dons 7-0.

AFC Wimbledon went fourth with a three-goal win, Watford also won well by a similar margin, while Plymouth came from 3-1 down to defeat Gwalia 4-3 as Ellie Sara completed her hat-trick.

Division 1 Midlands

Lincoln United 0-4 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 82)
Loughborough Lightning 3-0 Sutton Coldfield Town (Att: 110)
Northampton Town 7-1 Solihull Moors (Att: 172)
Notts County 4-0 Lincoln City (Att: 39)
Worcester City 2-5 Barnsley Women (Att: 202)
Leafield Athletic 2-1 Peterborough United (Att: 75)

Loughborough Lightning v Sutton Coldfield Town, FA Women's national League
Loughborough Lightning leap over a Sutton Coldfield Town challenge. (Photo: Andy Smith)

Leafield replaced Peterborough at the top as they ended their unbeaten run with a stoppage-time goal from Hemans, who had only come off the bench three minutes beforehand.

Northampton and Loughborough won to close in on the Posh, Fay Noble netting a first career hat-trick for the Cobblers.

Division 1 North

Barnsley FC 4-1 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 69)
Cheadle Town Stingers 0-0 Huddersfield Town (Att: 72)
Chorley 2-3 Leeds United (Att: 75)
Doncaster Rovers Belles 3-0 Middlesbrough (Att: 371)
Durham Cestria 4-0 AFC Fylde (Att: 60)
York City 4-3 Stockport County (Att: 134)

Doncaster stunned Middlesbrough, as Cheadle and Leeds both moved within a point of the leaders, with a draw against Huddersfield and win at Chorley respectively where Drew Greene added to Sian Gibrill-Keating’s brace.

Ruby Shaw scored moments after coming off the bench, netting the decider in York City’s 4-3 win over Stockport County which lifted them off the foot of the table.

Division 1 South East

Ashford Town (Middlesex) 0-5 London Bees
Cambridge United 0-4 Queens Park Rangers (Att: 327)
Chesham United 1-3 Chatham Town (Att: 72)
Dulwich Hamlet 1-2 AFC Sudbury (Att: 741)
London Seaward 1-7 Real Bedford (Att: 53)
Norwich City 1-2 Actonians (Att: 360)

Actonians increased their lead with victory at Norwich, who are down to fourth after being overtaken by both Real Bedford and Chatham following their away wins.

Division 1 South West

Maidenhead United 5-0 Keynsham Town (Att: 32)
Abingdon United 4-0 Southampton Women (Att: 91)
AFC Bournemouth 4-0 Swindon Town (Att: 6,054)
Bridgwater United 3-0 Bournemouth Sports (Att: 154)
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Worthing (Att: 65)
Moneyfields 5-1 Portishead Town (Att: 97)

Over 6,000 watched AFC Bournemouth beat leaders Swindon Town to move within a point of them, Bristol Rovers and Moneyfields are third and fourth respectively after both were victorious.

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