Burnley win clash of FA Women’s National League Northern Premier top two, over 2,600 see Exeter City clinch an important victory.
Northern Premier Division
AFC Fylde 2-2 Stoke City
Huddersfield Town 2-0 Liverpool Feds (Att: 84)
Loughborough Lightning 0-2 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 155)
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Brighouse Town (Att: 80)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Burnley (Att: 387)
Burnley replaced Wolves at the top after beating them 3-1 in front of nearly 400 at Telford, Huddersfield rose to third place as a late Kate Mallin goal made sure of the points against Liverpool Feds.
Southern Premier Division
Bridgwater United 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 107)
Ipswich Town 3-0 Crawley Wasps (Att: 302)
London Bees 2-4 Cheltenham Town (Att: 61)
Oxford United 1-1 Watford (Att: 249)
Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Gillingham (Att: 81)
Portsmouth 5-0 Billericay Town (Att: 346)
Oxford United remain unbeaten thanks to a 94th minute equaliser from Leah Burridge, after Watford’s Andria Georgiou was sent off. Portsmouth beat Billericay to go within a point of the leaders. Cheltenham hit three second-half goals to win at London Bees, Plymouth came from behind to edge Gillingham with a winner from substitute Beth Ireland.
Division 1 Midlands
Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-3 Stourbridge
Leafield Athletic 0-0 Peterborough United (Att: 67)
Lincoln City 1-2 Solihull Moors
Northampton Town 7-0 Long Eaton United (Att: 167)
Sheffield FC 1-2 Sporting Khalsa
Leek Town 2-2 Wem Town (Att: 40)
Stourbridge stayed top with victory at Doncaster, Alexandra Dicks hit a hat-trick as Northampton sank Long Eaton 7-0.
Division 1 North
Barnsley 0-1 Stockport County (Att: 140)
Bradford City 1-2 Leeds United
Chorley 2-4 York City (Att: 52)
Durham Cestria 3-0 Middlesbrough (Att: 100)
Merseyrail 0-0 Hull City (Att: 162)
Norton & Stockton Ancients 0-1 Newcastle United (Att: 379)
Ella Ritchie’s 13th-minute goal gave Stockport an impressive win at top-of-the-table Barnsley, Newcastle are level with them on points after victory at Norton, while third-placed Leeds beat hosts Bradford with a Laura Bartup brace.
Division 1 South East
AFC Wimbledon P-P Wymondham Town
Ashford Town 0-3 Actonians (Att: 64)
Cambridge City 0-1 Hashtag United
Cambridge United 7-0 Chesham United (Att: 35)
London Seaward 2-1 Queens Park Rangers
Norwich City 7-0 Hounslow
Hashtag United remain top but now just by one goal, after Grace Gillard gave them the win at Cambridge City and Norwich City put seven past Hounslow.
Division 1 South West
AFC St Austell 4-6 Keynsham Town (Att: 102)
Cardiff City LFC 5-0 Maidenhead United (Att: 100)
Exeter City 3-1 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 2,621)
Larkhall Athletic 0-3 Selsey (Att: 72)
Moneyfields P-P Swindon Town
Portishead 3-0 Southampton Women (Att: 62)
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— Exeter City Women FC (@ExeterCityWFC) October 2, 2022
Cardiff City LFC made it five straight wins with as many goals against Maidenhead, Exeter beat Bournemouth watched by over 2,500 at St.James’s Park, while even a Bethany Everson treble could not deliver St Austell a first point at this level as visitors Keynsham hit six.
