The FA Women’s National League Cup semi-finals saw Nottingham Forest defeat Portsmouth and Watford win against Wolves.
League Cup Semi-Finals
Nottingham Forest 5-0 Portsmouth (Att: 429)
Watford 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Att: 266)
Becky Anderson bagged a brace for Forest, Olivia Cook, Charlotte Greengrass and Mai Moncaster with one apiece. Watford won through to the final on Sunday 23 April at Burton Albion FC, with first-half goals from Andria Georgiou and Faye Brough on her first start.
Northern Premier Division
Burnley 5-1 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 111)
Derby County 2-1 Huddersfield Town (Att: 272)
Liverpool Feds 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 65)
Stoke City 3-0 Loughborough Lightning
Burnley sealed victory over Boldmere with three goals after the break, to go second in the table. Derby County extended their winning run to six games thanks to a late goal by substitute Camille Jenkins.
Southern Premier Division
Bridgwater United 1-2 Billericay Town (Att: 70)
Ipswich Town 3-0 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 505)
London Bees 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 78)
Oxford United 6-1 Crawley Wasps (Att: 526)
Gillingham 2-1 Cheltenham Town (Att: 192)
Oxford United and Ipswich Town overtook Portsmouth to go first and second respectively. Carly Johns and Daisy McLachlan both scored hat-tricks for the U’s, Anna Grey got two of Town’s three.
Division 1 Midlands
Northampton Town 1-0 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 1,025)
Sheffield FC 1-1 Leek Town
Stourbridge 2-0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 245)
Wem Town 1-0 Long Eaton United (Att: 33)
Solihull Moors 4-0 Peterborough United (Att: 38)
Stourbridge downed Doncaster with second-half goals from Mil Rogers and Alex Nicklin, to move three points clear of them at the top. Northampton defeated third-placed Sporting Khalsa in front of their record crowd of over 1,000 at Sixfields Stadium.
Division 1 North
Chorley 1-2 Bradford City (Att: 90)
Hull City 0-2 Durham Cestria
Merseyrail 1-1 Middlesbrough (Att: 12)
Newcastle United 2-0 Leeds United (Att: 579)
Norton & Stockton Ancients 0-6 Barnsley (Att: 43)
York City 0-2 Stockport County (Att: 45)
Leaders Durham Cestria won 2-0 away, Faye Dale and Poppy Pritchard with a goal and an assist each.Second-placed Newcastle beat Leeds by the same score hand as Kacie Elson struck twice.
Division 1 South East
AFC Wimbledon 4-1 Chesham United (Att: 529)
Cambridge City 0-2 Actonians (Att: 40)
London Seaward 0-2 Ashford Town [Middx] (Att: 38)
Hashtag United 4-1 Norwich City (Att: 85)
Hashtag held top spot when defeating Norwich 4-1, a scoreline matched by second-placed Wimbledon against Chesham at Plough Lane.
Division 1 South West
AFC St Austell 0-1 Swindon Town (Att: 72)
Cardiff City LFC 2-0 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 100)
Keynsham Town 2-0 Maidenhead United (Att: 48)
Larkhall Athletic 0-4 Exeter City (Att: 60)
Moneyfields 1-1 Southampton Women (Att: 93)
Portishead Town 1-0 Selsey (Att: 52)
Exeter City remained four points ahead of Cardiff City Ladies in the title race but from two games more. The Grecians got four goals at Larkhall, Cardiff saw off third-placed Bournemouth.
