Women’s pre-season friendlies round-up: Rovers beat Reds

Women’s pre-season friendly results brought mixed outcomes for Merseyside rivals, with Everton hitting Brighton for six but Liverpool losing to Blackburn Rovers.

Sunday 15 August

Abergavenny 2-0 Cascade
AFC Oldham 1-3 Accrington Stanley XI
AFC Varsity 2-2 Bournemouth Sports Res
Anstey Nomads 0-7 Northampton Town
Ascot United 2-3 Dorking Wanderers
Ashford Town (Middx) 8-3 Oxford United DS
Badshot Lea 5-3 Woodley United
Birtley Town 1-4 Sunderland West End
Boro Rangers 4-2 Darlington
Bradford Park Avenue 3-6 Ripon City
Brett Vale 2-2 Chelmsford City

Bristol City fought back from two down to draw 2-2 with Lewes. Freda Ayisi and Ellie Hack scored for the Rooks, Abi Harrison hitting back with two goals in as many minutes. The Robins would have completed the comeback but Brooke Aspin’s late header was ruled out for offside.

Bristol Rovers DS 6-0 Gloucester City
Burnley Belvedere 3-2 Runcorn Sports
Burley Trojans 5-0 Leeds City
Caldicot Town 4-2 Oldland Abbotonians
City of Stoke 0-5 Crewe Alexandra
Consett 1-7 Spennymoor Town
Curzon Ashton 3-2 AFC Darwen

Everton beat Brighton & Hove Albion 6-1, Megan Finnigan, Toni Duggan and Nicoline Sørensen netting before Lee Geum-min pulled one back on the stroke of half-time. Izzy Christiansen made it 4-1 at the start of the second half and Claire Emslie came off the bench to bag a brace.

Farsley Celtic JFC 2-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Great Bradfords 11-0 Broomfield
Grimsby Borough 0-11 Lincoln United
Helston 1-2 Bishops Lydeard DS
Hastings United 9-0 Ashmount Leigh
Huddersfield Town DS 4-2 Ossett United
Knebworth 3-2 Biggleswade United
Langford 0-4 AFC Dunstable Blues
Leeds United U-23s 1-5 Harrogate Town

Blackburn Rovers were 2-0 winners away to Liverpool, where Megan Hornby and Ellie Leek scored in the second half.

London City Lionesses lost by the only goal of the game to West Ham United, Grace Fisk chipping the ball over for Mel Filis to net on the half-hour.

Malvern Town 1-11 Kidderminster Harriers

Manchester United were 2-0 winners over Aston Villa at Carrington on Saturday, as both Martha Thomas and Kirsty Hanson scored inside the opening 17 minutes.

Marine Academy Plymouth 1-1 Bridgwater United U-21s
Merseyrail 7-0 Bolton Wanderers
Merthyr Town 1-7 Port Talbot Town
Millwall Lionesses 10-0 Borough Green
Milton Keynes Dons DS 2-2 Northampton Town DS
Oakwood 1-7 Littlehampton Town
Pen y Bont 3-6 Coed Duon

Queensbury Celtic 1-11 York Railway Institute
Rutherford 11-0 Bedlington Belles
St Clere’s 2-10 Lawford
Saltash United 0-2 Torquay United
Sherborne 1-1 Bournemouth Sports
Sir Tom Finney 0-3 Wythenshawe Amateurs
Sir Tom Finney DS 0-6 Accrington Stanley XI
South Shields 3-1 Wallsend BC
Swindon Town DS 5-0 Cirencester Town
United Services Portsmouth 2-2 Bursledon

There was a twelve-goal thriller as Wakefield Trinity won against Chesterfield, thanks mainly to a four-goal haul from Emily Heckler.

Wantage Town 2-10 Penn & Tylers Green
Westfields 0-15 Stourbridge
Wigan Athletic 2-3 Penrith
Woodingdean Wanderers 20-1 Southwick Rangers