A highlight of the new FA Women’s National League season was Doncaster Rovers Belles incredible late turnaround at Lincoln City.
Northern Premier Division
Boldmere St Michaels 1-7 Huddersfield Town (Att: 60)
Derby County 2-3 Burnley (Att: 523)
Fylde 0-0 Brighouse Town (Att: 100)
Liverpool Feds 1-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Att: 181)
West Bromwich Albion 0-6 Nottingham Forest (Att: 135)
Loughborough Lightning 0-3 Stoke City
Mixed results for the promoted teams, as Liverpool Feds held defending champions Wolves. Huddersfield sank Boldmere 7-1, with trebles for Laura Elford and Dawn Mallin but a red card for Beth Ibbotson
Southern Premier Division
Billericay Town 1-2 London Bees (Att: 181)
Cheltenham Town 3-1 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 70)
Crawley Wasps 1-6 Milton Keynes Dons
Ipswich Town 0-3 Portsmouth (Att: 520)
Oxford United 2-0 Bridgewater United (Att: 259)
Watford 3-2 Gillingham (Att: 330)
Cheltenham made a winning debut as Izzy Cook netted twice past Plymouth, Portsmouth pulled off a fine result at Ipswich where Sophie Quirk got a couple.
Division 1 Midlands
Leafield Athletic 4-2 Leek Town (Att: 85)
Lincoln City 3-4 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 1,003)
Northampton Town 1-4 Wem Town
Sheffield FC 2-0 Stourbridge (Att: 91)
Solihull Moors 9-0 Long Eaton United (Att: 63)
Sporting Khalsa 2-0 Peterborough United (Att: 60)
Doncaster dramatically hit two very late goals to overturn Lincoln’s lead, in front of a bumper attendance at the LNER Stadium. Tilly Hallam-Potts got both goals for Sheffield FC against newcomers Stourbridge, debut defeat for Northampton too at home to Wem.
Division 1 North
Bradford City 2-1 Middlesbrough
Chorley 0-4 Barnsley (Att: 105)
Leeds United 1-0 Hull City (Att: 208)
Merseyrail 1-4 Newcastle United (Att: 110)
Norton & Stockton Ancients 1-1 York City (Att: 200)
Stockport County 0-0 Durham Cestria
York City began their new challenge with a draw at Norton but Merseyrail were beaten 4-1 by Newcastle.
Division 1 South East
AFC Wimbledon 0-0 Hashtag United (Att: 150)
Actonians A-A Chesham United (Att: 50)
Cambridge City 4-2 Queens Park Rangers
Cambridge United 1-4 Norwich City
Wymondham Town 1-2 London Seaward (Att: 62)
Norwich City’s Natasha Snelling hit a hat-trick at the Abbey Stadium, Actonians led 3-1 when their match was abandoned after 68 minutes due to a serious injury.
Division 1 South West
AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AFC St Austell (Att: 175)
Cardiff City LFC 7-1 Portishead
Exeter City 7-0 Keynsham Town (Att: 204)
Larkhall Athletic 0-1 Southampton Women’s (Att: 60)
Selsey 3-1 Swindon Town (Att: 75)
Seven up for Cardiff City LFC and Exeter City, debutants St Austell were beaten by three second-half goals at Bournemouth.
