Newcastle United beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Women’s National League Cup, Halifax and Huddersfield Town edged seven-goal thrillers.
League Cup 2nd Round
AFC Fylde 4-2 Durham Cestria
Hashtag United 2-1 Rugby Borough
Leeds United 3-4 Halifax
London Bees 2-0 Norwich City
Milton Keynes Dons 0-1 Portsmouth
Newcastle United 3-0 Nottingham Forest
West Bromwich Albion 3-4 Huddersfield Town
Cardiff City LFC P-P Ipswich Town
Newcastle knocked out holders Nottingham Forest, Georgia Gibson and Amber Keegan-Stobbs on target in the first half, Kacie Elson completing the scoring at the end.
Halifax conceded two late goals to Leeds United’s Jessica Rousseau and had Isobel Dean dismissed in the 90th minute but progressed 4-3 past their Yorkshire rivals.
Feiruz Abdullahi bagged a brace as Huddersfield edged West Brom 4-3 away, Fylde saw off Durham Cestria 4-2 with a Ginny Lackey hat-trick, Alisha Clarke-Mainwaring pulled two goals back but was sent off in added time.
Hashtag United eliminated Rugby Borough 2-1 with Hayley West’s 90th-minute finish, Portsmouth got the only goal at MK Dons through Emma Jones with 15 a quarter of an hour left, London Bees beat Norwich City 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals.
League Plate 2nd Round
Barnsley WFC 4-0 Sheffield FC
Cambridge United 2-1 (aet) Keynsham Town
Exeter City 2-0 London Seaward (Att: 212)
FC United of Manchester 0-6 Hull City
Haywards Heath Town P-P Maidenhead United
Northampton Town 2-5 Derby County
Southampton Women P-P Billericay Town
Sutton Coldfield Town P-P York City
Derby went through 5-2 at Northampton Town, with Rams’ club captain Hannah Ward making her 300th appearance.
Barnsley WFC beat Sheffield FC 4-0, set up by Brooke Marsden’s first-half double, Hope Knight struck three times as Hull City hit hosts FC United for six.
Exeter City scored twice in the latter stages to defeat London Seaward, Cambridge United beat Keynsham Town with a Ruth Fox goal in extra time.
All in this together 🙌 #CamUTD | #CamUTDW pic.twitter.com/gGp0WPoawo
— Cambridge United Women (@CambridgeUtdWFC) October 29, 2023
Division 1 Midlands
Lincoln City P-P Sporting Khalsa
Peterborough United 1-0 Solihull Moors (Att: 254)
Peterborough United scored the sole goal against Solihull Moors, Kier Perkins with the 85th-minute breakthrough that put the Posh a point behind leaders Loughborough Lightning.
Division 1 North
Chester le Street Town P-P Doncaster Rovers Belles
Division 1 South East
AFC Wimbledon 5-0 Worthing (Att: 1,084)
Actonians 3-3 AFC Sudbury
Ashford Town P-P Chesham United
AFC Wimbledon put five past Worthing in front of over 1,000 at Plough Lane, to move four points clear at the top. Actonians and AFC Sudbury shared six goals.
Three goals for our Number 22! ⚽️⚽️⚽️#AFCW #AFCWWomen #FAWNL pic.twitter.com/Nt69KQ3I7l
— AFC Wimbledon Women (@afcw_women) October 29, 2023
Division 1 South West
Abingdon United 2-1 Torquay United
Moneyfields 8-0 Bridgwater United
Selsey P-P Swindon Town
Moneyfields thrashed Bridgwater United 8-0 to go fifth, Abingdon United are sixth after a 2-1 win over fellow newcomers Torquay United,
