Four of the seven FA Women’s National League fixtures on Thursday 12 October were decided by just the one goal each.
Northern Premier Division
AFC Fylde 2-2 Liverpool Feds (Att: 160)
Huddersfield Town P-P Nottingham Forest
Fylde picked up their second point of the season when drawing against Liverpool Feds, who move up to fifth place. Paige Cole bagged a brace for Feds but the home side forced a late equaliser.
Southern Premier Division
Cheltenham Town 0-1 Oxford United (Att: 169)
Sixth-placed Oxford United won by the only goal of the game at eighth in the table Cheltenham Town, Leah Burridge finding the net in first-half added time.
👊 Leah Burridge on her winning goal this evening
🟡🔵 #OUWFC | #COYY pic.twitter.com/uCsNjszHlB
— Oxford United WFC (@OfficialOUWFC) October 12, 2023
Division 1 Midlands
Leek Town 0-1 Loughborough Lightning (Att: 56)
Northampton Town 1-0 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 194)
Sheffield FC 2-2 Lincoln City
44′ GOALL
Short corner finds Hines who crosses it into the box and finds the head of Langford who buries it in the back of the net!@leektownladies 0 – 1 Lightning#lightningstrikes⚡️💜 pic.twitter.com/0fLWpYY9vQ
— Loughborough Lightning Football (@Lightningfootbl) October 12, 2023
Loughborough Lightning lead by four points after getting the only goal at Leek Town with a Hannah Langford header. Northampton Town rose to seventh when edging fifth-placed Boldmere with Victoria Barrett’s 69th-minute breakthrough. Basement side Sheffield FC fought back from 2-0 down to hold Lincoln City. Stacey Buxton and Tilly Hallas-Potts replied to first-half goals by Katie Williams and Toni McHamilton.
Division 1 North
Hull City 1-2 Barnsley WFC
Barnsley WFC won the top of the table clash to go three points clear, Amy Beck’s second of the night coming nine minutes from the end, after Rachael Ackroyd had levelled for a previously unbeaten Hull City.
21′. Gooooooal. Amy Beck.
1-0 pic.twitter.com/3JPVhsdTNo— Barnsley Women’s Football Club (@BarnsleyWFC) October 12, 2023
Division 1 South East
London Seaward 0-1 Cambridge United (Att: 85)
Cambridge United are level on points with fourth-placed Ashford Town (Middx) after Bella Simmons scored with a bicycle kick at London Seaward.
