Sunday 7th May
FA PREMIER LEAGUE
NORTHERN DIVISION
Leicester City WFC 5-4 Bradford City (Att: 109)
Nottingham Forest 1-2 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 64)
SOUTHERN DIVISION
C&K Basildon 0-2 Lewes (Att: 70)
Cardiff City LFC 1-2 Coventry United (Att: 175)
Portsmouth 3-2 Queens Park Rangers (Att: 367)
MIDLANDS DIVISION 1
Birmingham & West Midlands 1-1 Radcliffe Olympic (Att: 25)
Leicester City LFC 2-1 Solihull (Att: 45)
Steel City Wanderers 1-5 Wolverhampton Wanderers
The New Saints 3-5 Loughborough Foxes (Att: 72)
NORTHERN DIVISION 1
Guiseley Vixens 6-2 Hull City
Leeds 1-2 Morecambe (Att: 68)
Liverpool Marshalls Feds 2-3 Chester le Street Town (Att: 77)
SOUTH EAST DIVISION 1
Actonians 0-2 Ipswich Town (Att: 30)
Cambridge United 1-2 Gillingham (Att: 102)
Denham United 2-4 Norwich City
Enfield Town 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 55)
Lowestoft Town 0-3 Luton Town (Att: 79)
SOUTH WEST DIVISION 1
Basingstoke Town 2-0 St Nicholas (Att: 20)
Cheltenham Town 0-3 Southampton Saints (Att: 58)
Exeter City P-P Shanklin
Keynsham Town 1-3 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 25)
Maidenhead United 4-5 Brislington (Att: 50)
Northern Division: Leicester Go Third
Leicester City Women went third when winning a nine-goal thriller with Bradford. They have gone 3-0 up in a dozen minutes through Mo McIntosh, Sophie Domingo and Rosie Axten but the Bantams cancelled that lead out by the 69th minute. Hayley James and Zoe Boote then gave Leicester a two-goal cushion, with Bardford making for a tense finish with their fourth on 83 minutes.
West Brom moved into the top half of the table after a 2-1 success at Nottingham Forest. Abi Cottam converted from the spot on 13 minutes after a foul on Kelly Darby, with Olivia Mitcham heading home from a corner for their second, 3 minutes after the interval. Catherine Beaver halved the deficit with a 61st-minute penalty, with Katie Lowder going close to an equaliser but denied by keeper Bec Thomas.
Action from Coventry’s recent game with Cardiff. (clivejonespr.com)
Southern Division: Coventry Strengthen Position
Coventry United are now favourites to finish runners-up, following a 2-1 victory at rivals Cardiff. They had gone behind to a Chloe CHivers goal but Alison Hall levelled and Amber Hughes grabbed the winner.
Lewes leapfrogged C&K Basildon into sixth spot when beating them 2-0 away. Sian Heather opened the scoring and Georgia Bridges was set up for the second by Leeta Rutherford.
Portsmouth won 3-2 over QPR at Fratton Park, a result which looks certain to condemn Rangers to last place. Samantha Quayle scored twice for Pompey in the first quarter, Tash Stephens got the third, with QPR pulling one back by the break through Nicki Waterman. Rangers had late hope with their second goal on 85 minutes by Sara Lopez but they were unable to rescue a point.
Portsmouth at Fratton Park. (Jordan Hampton)
Midlands Division 1: Title Rivals Both Win
Loughborough Foxes maintained their leadership with a 5-3 result at TNS but are just a point ahead from a game more.
Wolves stayed a point behind with a 5-1 scoreline at Steel City. Amber Quick netting the first of her hat-trick in the opening seconds and Jade Cross making it 3-0 on 22 minutes. City got one back at 4-1 but Cross doubled her tally in the second half.
Birmingham & West Midlands finished all square at 1-1 with Radcliffe Olympic, Kennesha Nanette getting the eualiser for the hosts.
Leicester City Ladies have got out of the relegation zone – at the expense of Rotherham United – with one game to go, having beaten Solihull 2-1.
Northern Division 1: Hull Hold Second Spot
Champions Guiseley are a massive 13 points clear after hitting second-placed Hull for six, Chantelle O’Hara getting half the tally. Sarah Danby, Natalie Brace and Danica Roberts also scored for Vixens, while substitute Alice Stewart marked her Tigers debut with a late goal.
Liverpool Feds still trail Hull by 2 points in the chase for second place, having gone down at home to Chester le Street. Although the visitors netted a first-minute penalty and went 2-0 up in 4 minutes, the Feds were level by half time through Laura Bartup and Lynsey Longhurst. However, Town’s third goal on 54 minutes was enough for the victory.
Morecambe’s 2-1 win at Leeds has made sure of seventh place for the Shrimpers. Veatriki Sarri had brought the home side back level but a second for the visitors took the points back to Lancashire.
South East Division 1: MK Dons Move Second
Gillingham are 14 points clear having won 2-1 at Cambridge, where Fliss Gibbons and Charlotte Gurr both scored in a three-minute spell late in the game. But the unbeaten Gills had trailed at half-time, after Evie Gallop set up Laura Mills to volley home off the bar.
MK Dons moved into second position with a 2-1 result at Enfield. Hannah Barrett and Tayla Duffy scored as the Dons came from behind.
Luton were 3-0 winners at basement side Lowestoft, Asia Brown volleying in the first and Jess McKay bagging a brace.
Norwich City’s survival hopes were boosted by beating Denham 4-2, while Ipswich took maximum points with two unanswered goal at Actonians, Sophie Welton and Jade Henry their scorers.
South West Division 1: Plymouth Finish Runners-up
Plymouth (pictured top) took the points at fourth-placed Keynsham to make sure of the runners-up spot. Behind to a Steph Souza goal, Argyle hit back with a 21-minute hat-trick from Tori Marks.
Southampton Saints’ 3-0 win at Cheltenham saw them finish their fixtures by rising to third.
Rachel Panting’s hat-trick for Maidenhead was all in vain, as Brislington won the nine-goal thriller 5-4.
Basingstoke are a dozen points clear of the bottom two after a 2-0 result over St Nicholas, with Helen Ogle getting both.
