She Kicks Magazine
·12 October 2023
She Kicks Magazine
·12 October 2023
MK Dons celebrate their winner. (Chris Foxwell Photography)
Milton Keynes Dons made it consecutive wins over FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division leaders with a 1-0 result against nine-player Rugby Borough.
Northern Premier Division
Burnley 2-0 Halifax Stourbridge 7-2 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 410) Derby County 1-2 Stoke City (Att: 340)
Burnley moved six points clear with victory over Halifax, Aimee Kelly scoring in either half. Stoke went third after a second-half fightback to win at Derby, with goals from Saffron Jordan and Shannon Stamps. Stourbridge leapfrogged West Brom with a big win over the Baggies in a Black Country derby.
Southern Premier Division
Chatham Town 0-0 London Bees Billericay Town 1-2 Hashtag United (Att: 358) Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Rugby Borough (Att: 289)
Hashtag United are back on top after victory in an Essex derby in which Gemma Baker scored a decisive second. MK Dons edged morning leaders Rugby by a Zoe Creaney goal, after Borough had Demi Walker sent off in the first half, followed by a red card for Angelina Nixon on 73 minutes. London Bees got off the mark with a goalless draw in the basement battle at Chatham.
Division 1 Midlands
Notts County 2-4 Peterborough United (Att: 162) Solihull Moors P-P Leafield Athletic Sutton Coldfield Town 1-1 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 135)
Peterborough went second when winning at Notts County, Sporting Khalsa are up to third after a draw at Sutton Coldfield, whose early opener from Lois Jefferies was cancelled out on 17 minutes by Lowri Walker.
Division 1 North
Norton & Stockton Ancients 2-2 Durham Cestria (Att: 287) Chorley 1-4 Stockport County (Att: 110) Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-4 York City (Att: 153) Leeds United 4-1 FC United of Manchester (Att: 189) Middlesbrough 1-0 Chester le Street Town (Att: 233)
Leeds beat FC United to move back level on points with the top two, York City edged above Doncaster on goal-difference when beating them 4-0 away, Jessica Gillin got a brace in the opening seven minutes as Stockport won at Chorley, Norton’s Sophie Hodgson struck a quick double into the last 16 minutes to wipe out Durham Cestria’s advantage. Eve Marshall got the only goal as Middlesbrough beat Chester le Street.
Division 1 South East
Cambridge City 1-1 AFC Sudbury (Att: 79) Haywards Heath Town 0-4 AFC Wimbledon Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Actonians (Att: 78)
AFC Wimbledon went second with all four goals of the game at Haywards Heath, three for Ashlee Hincks and one by Emma Plewa. Actonians won a west London derby with late goals by Meila D’Santos and Tori St Clair to move above QPR into the top half. Cambridge City’s Rosy Wadhams scored as they gained a first point from a draw with AFC Sudbury, for whom Jessica Allen levelled.
Division 1 South West
AFC Bournemouth 7-1 Moneyfields Bridgwater United 1-0 Torquay United Exeter City 5-0 Portishead Town (Att: 181) Selsey 0-3 Southampton Women (Att: 62) Swindon Town 4-0 Maidenhead United (Att: 62)
AFC Bournemouth scored seven goals aided by a Gemma McGuinness hat-trick for a seventh straight win, Exeter City five for a sixth victory in a row. Swindon Town moved up to third, Southampton Women’s first win came at Selsey and Bridgwater beat Torquay with a Holly Tappin goal.