#FAWNL: Fylde back on top after beating Nottingham Forest Women

Fylde were 2-1 winners over Nottingham Forest
Photo: Nigel Broster)

Fylde beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 to return to the top of the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division.

Northern Premier Division

Brighouse Town 2-3 Stoke City
Fylde 2-1 Nottingham Forest (Att: 100)
Loughborough Lightning 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 118)

Fylde went from third to first after edging fifth-placed Nottingham Forest. Stoke had a good 3-2 victory at Brighouse, Loughborough are four points from danger following a win over West Brom.

Loughborough Lightning v WBA
Loughborough Lightning defeated West Brom 2-1. (Photo: Andy Smith)

Southern Premier Division

Bridgwater United 0-2 Southampton FC (Att: 184)
Cardiff City LFC 3-2 Milton Keynes Dons
Chichester & Selsey 3-1 Keynsham Town (Att: 59)
Gillingham 3-2 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 41)
London Bees 1-2 Oxford United (Att: 89)
Crawley Wasps A-A Ipswich Town (Att: )

Ipswich scored a swift second-half double to lead 2-0 at Crawley but the match was abandoned on 62 minutes, as the pitch had become unplayable. Oxford went within striking distance of leaders Ipswich with a win at London Bees, Southampton FC also stepped up the pressure as Sophia Pharoah and Ella Pusey were on target at Bridgwater.

Division 1 Midlands

Boldmere St Michaels 3-1 Peterborough United (Att: 35)
Leafield Athletic 3-2 Sporting Khalsa
Long Eaton United 1-0 Wem Town (Att: 30)

Boldmere St Michaels’ 3-1 defeat of Peterborough United put them top on goal-difference ahead of Doncaster Rovers Belles.

Division 1 North

Alnwick Town 1-4 FC United of Manchester
Durham Cestria 0-1 Liverpool Feds (Att: 50)
Stockport County 2-1 Chester le Street Town

Liverpool Feds returned to the top of the table with the only goal of the game at fourth-placed Durham Cestria.

Division 1 South East

AFC Wimbledon 2-0 Stevenage (Att: 81)
Actonians 0-0 Enfield Town (Att: 25)
Harlow Town 2-3 London Seaward
Hashtag United 5-0 Cambridge United (Att: 34)
Norwich City 3-0 Kent Football United (Att: 108)
Queens Park Rangers 1-1 Cambridge City (Att: 109)

Hashtag United opened up a four-point lead over Billericay Town with five goals against Cambridge United, London Seaward went sixth with an away win over Harlow, Norwich City are now only in the drop zone on goal-difference having defeated Kent Football United 3-0.

Division 1 South West

Chesham United 2-0 Poole Town

Chesham moved up to third spot when seeing off basement side Poole.

All other games were postponed.

Wolves won through to the FAWNL Reserve Cup Final
Enfield Town Res v Wolves Res. (Photo: @MikeyTheTowner)

Wolves will play Southampton FC in the Reserve Cup Final, after Wanderers ran out 5-0 winners at Enfield and the Saints came through 3-1 at Huddersfield.

There was just the one goal as Keynsham Town secured a place in the Plate Final by edging out Watford, while  Stockport County came out on top 6-4 in a goalfest with Loughborough Lightning.

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