Sunday 23rd April
FA PREMIER LEAGUE
NORTHERN DIVISION
Newcastle United 1-4 Derby County
Nottingham Forest 1-0 Fylde (Att: 56)
West Bromwich Albion 4-1 Bradford City (Att: 35)
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Cardiff City LFC 12-1 Queens Park Rangers (Att: 65)
Coventry United 1-0 Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur 2-3 Charlton Athletic (Att: 67)
Swindon Town 0-3 C&K Basildon (Att: 51)
MIDLANDS DIVISION 1
Loughborough Foxes 3-2 Radcliffe Olympic (Att: 38)
Loughborough Students 2-8 Birmingham & West Midlands (Att: 15)
Solihull 0-0 Leicester City LFC (Att: 40)
Sporting Khalsa 4-0 Steel City Wanderers (Att: 20)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 Rotherham United (Att: 40)
NORTHERN DIVISION 1
Blackpool Wren Rovers 2-3 Guiseley Vixens (Att: 20)
Chorley 2-6 Brighouse Town (Att: 105)
Morecambe 1-2 Hull City (Att: 28)
SOUTH EAST DIVISION 1
Cambridge United 7-0 Denham United (Att: 65)
Gillingham 7-1 Actonians (Att: 74)
Luton Town 5-1 Ipswich Town (Att: 28)
Norwich City 0-2 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 56)
SOUTH WEST DIVISION 1
Brislington 0-8 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 39)
Cheltenham Town 0-4 Chichester City (Att: 55)
Exeter City 3-3 Basingstoke Town
Larkhall Athletic P-P Shanklin
Maidenhead United 1-2 Keynsham Town (Att: 30)
Southampton Saints 2-0 St Nicholas (Att: 20)
Northern Division: Forest Foil Fylde
Nottingham Forest are up to ninth after a single goal saw them defeat third-placed Fylde. Rebecca Kemp finished a cross well into the bottom corner on 18 minutes and that proved enough for the three points.
Derby are one of three teams on 25 points following their 4-1 victory at Newcastle., which was achieved despite conceding first to a Beth Diamond goal. Lauren Cresswell equalised and Lisa Giampalma made it 2-1 early in the second half. In the last 11 minutes Melissa Johnson netted after Ellie May’s effort was parried, with the latter then getting the last.
West Brom are level on points with Bradford after beating them by a similar scoreline. Olivia Mitcham scored in the opening seconds, Lowri Walker contributed a double, with Laura Elford on target for the Bantams inbetween before Trina Greaves got the Baggies’ fourth.
(Photo: @CAFCWomen)
Southern Division: Charlton Check Spurs Run
Newly-crowned Southern champions Spurs were given a gaurd of honour by second-placed Charlton, who proceeded to send them to their first defeat. An unfortunate own-goal by Grace Coombs had Tottenham one up but Daisy Monaghan’s clever flick put Gemma Shepherd in to level. Kit Graham fired the Addick in front on 55 minutes and then set up Avilla Bergin for the third, with Anoria Georgiou pulling one back. The sides clash again in the Capital Senior Cup final on Tuesday 25th April at Wingate & Finchley FC, kick-off 7.45pm.
Cardiff crushed injury-hit bottom of the table QPR 12-1. Emily Allen got the first, Jean Sseninde conceded an own-goal and Chloe Lloyd made it 3-0 before Neetha Haridas replied for Rangers. Hope Suominen netted three times, Chloe Chivers, Laura Williams, Cori Williams and Kerry Bartlett once each, with Allen adding her second.
Coventry are six points ahead of Crystal Palace after winning the fourth versus fifth match by the only goal. Alison Hall headed in from a corner but Maz Gauntlett missed a penalty that would have doubled the advantage.
Swindon stay three points off the bottom after a 3-0 reverse to C&K Basildon,
Midlands Division 1: Foxes Stage Fightback
Midlands leaders Loughborough Foxes looked to be having a blip in form at home to Radcliffe Olympic, to whom they trailed 2-0 before fighting back with three goals. Chloe Young got a couple and Charlotte Cooper netted inbetween.
Pictured – Loughborough Foxes celebrate (Becky Knight)
Wolves did what they could to keep up the chase with a 4-1 win over Rotherham. Esme Moran’s opener was added to in the last 14 minutes by Mae Butler, Jenni Anslow and Harriet James. Wolves host the Foxes in a massive title ‘six-pointer’ this midweek.
Sporting Khalsa are close to sealing third spot after a 4-0 success against Steel City.
Loughborough Students are relegated after a 8-2 thrashing at the hands of Birmingham & West Midlands, who rise to fourth. Leah Seivwright and Emily Painter both got a couple, Justine Buckmire, Charlie Fisher, Maimee Morris and Shannie Jennings one each.
Leicester City Ladies remain in the drop zone having finished 0-0 at Solihull.
Northern Division 1: Guiseley Going Up
Guiseley (pictured top) clinched the Northern Division 1 title with three games to spare, returning from Blackpool Wren Rovers as 3-2 winners. Sarah Danby bagged a brace and Alana Fuller the Vixens’ other goal, Nikki Berko got both for Rovers.
Hull City’s 2-1 result at Morecambe has them still very much in the chase for the runners-up spot. Jo Symington and Katie Thompson were on target for the Tigers, while the visitors missed a penalty.
Brighouse’s impressive run continued with a fine 6-2 win away at fifth-placed Chorley. Charlotte Proud hit a hat-trick, Jodie Redgrave got a couple and Danielle Brown a single.
South East Division 1: Gibbons Gets Four For Gills
Unbeaten Gillingham need only one win from three to take the South East title after sending Actonians to a 7-1 defeat. Fliss Gibbons got four goals including a penalty – missing another – Charlotte Gurr netted twice and Jade Keough Gills’ other goal, Actonians replying late on.
Cambridge United also hit seven against Denham to prolong the pursuit. Evie Gallop got four of them, Laura Mills, Ashleigh Deacon and Becky Taylor were also on the scoresheet.
MK Dons are up to third with a 2-0 victory at Norwich, who stay in the drop zone. Heather McDonnell and Charley Clarke scored againt the hard-workng Canaries.
Luton posted a 5-1 scoreline at home to Ipswich, Erica Byron, Jess McKay, Dionne Manning, Joanne Rutherford and Josie Southby sharing the spoils.
South West Division 1: Chichester In Late Goal Spree
Chichester are still on course for the South West championship thanks to a 4-0 win at Cheltenham. It took 70 minutes to make the breakthrough but then all the goals came in 10 minutes through Jess Lewry (2), Charley Wilson-Blakeley and Cherelle Khassal.
Plymouth continue to assert some pressure, doubling that score at Brislington. Tori Marks claimed half the tally, Tash Knapman two, Katie Middleton and Jessie Boston one apiece.
Third-placed Keynsham had to come from behind in their 2-1 result at Maidenhead, where Justine Lorton-Radburn and Keka Vega got their goals.
Southampton Saints sent St Nicholas to a 2-0 defeat, Becky Bath and Catherine Browning scoring in the first half.
Exeter shared six goals with Basingstoke to bank their fourth point of the season. Amber-Guy Kemp got a brace and Kate Finch one, as they came from 2-0 down to take earn a draw.
