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Nottingham Forest celebrate against Burnley. (Photo: @NFFCWomen)

Nottingham Forest go second in the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier Division, Exeter City cause cup upset.

NORTHERN PREMIER DIVISION

Nottingham Forest 2-1 Burnley (Att: 624) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Stoke City (Att: 565)

Nottingham Forest leapfrogged Burnley into second place, four points behind leaders Newcastle United. Mai Moncaster netted a crucial second Forest goal in added time, with the Clarets then pulling one back. Wolves missed a chance to go fourth when held at home by Stoke City, only rescuing a point with Ellie Wilson’s stoppage-time header.

SOUTHERN PREMIER DIVISION

Milton Keynes Dons 1-0 Cheltenham Town Plymouth Argyle 0-4 Oxford United (Att: 179)

Oxford United did go fourth in their table with four unanswered goals at Plymouth, three of them from Zoe Barratt. MK Dons are six points ahead of Cheltenham, following victory in the mid-table match thanks to Zoe Creaney’s late goal.

DIVISION 1 MIDLANDS

Loughborough Lightning P-P Boldmere St Michaels Peterborough United 0-5 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 271) Leek Town 1-1 Leafield Athletic (Att: 43) Solihull Moors 0-0 Sheffield FC

Sporting Khalsa took third position from Peterborough United, as they stormed to a 5-0 result away to the Posh. The bottom two picked up a precious point each, Leafield at Leek and Sheffield FC at Solihull.

DIVISION 1 NORTH

Chester le Street Town 2-0 FC United of Manchester (Att: 55) Chorley 1-4 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 104) York City 0-1 Stockport County (Att: 65)

Stockport County’s Emily Bradshaw scored the only goal at York City, Doncaster Rovers Belles won at Chorley to leapfrog them into seventh spot, Chester le Street did likewise in getting off the bottom at the expense of FC United.

Chorley v Doncaster Rovers Belles. (Photo: John Shirras)

DIVISION 1 SOUTH EAST

AFC Sudbury 2-0 Worthing (Att: 73) Ashford Town (Middx) 1-1 London Seaward (Att: 33) Chesham United 2-1 Haywards Heath Town (Att: 65) Norwich City 4-1 Actonians (Att: 364) Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Cambridge City (Att: 101)

AFC Sudbury had a fine 2-0 win over Worthing, who lost second place to Norwich City following the Canaries victory over Actonians, QPR gained ground on the south coast side. Chesham had an important win over bottom-of-the-table Haywards.

Ashford Town’s Lavana Neufville and London Seaward’s Shamoy Campbell. (Photo: www.jamesprickett.co.uk)

DIVISION 1 SOUTH WEST

Abingdon United 1-0 Bridgwater United Keynsham Town 3-1 Torquay United (Att: 75) Portishead Town 1-1 Moneyfields (Att: 53) Southampton Women 0-1 Swindon Town (Att: 50)

There were single-goal success for Swindon and Abingdon United, the latter going fourth as Moneyfields were held at Portishead. Keynsham beat relegation-threatened Torquay.

LEAGUE CUP QUARTER-FINALS

AFC Fylde 1-4 Newcastle United Halifax 3-2 Huddersfield Town Hashtag United 3-1 London Bees Ipswich Town 1-2 (aet) Portsmouth

Fylde v Newcastle United. (Photo: Colin Lock)

Nicole Barrett fired a long-range effort into the top corner to see Portsmouth progress past Ipswich after extra-time, Halifax fought back from 2-1 down at the break to beat Huddersfield 3-2, Hashtag United and Newcastle United also made it through to Monday evening’s semi-final draw.

Halifax’s Lucy Sowerby (centre) scores against Huddersfield Town. (Sean Chandler / SPP)

LEAGUE PLATE QUARTER-FINALS

Barnsley WFC 3-3 Hull City (Barnsley WFC won 4-2 on pens) Billericay Town 0-2 Exeter City Maidenhead United 0-1 Cambridge United Sutton Coldfield Town 0-5 Derby County (Att: 67)

Exeter City eliminated higher division hosts in Billericay with goals from Sarah Stacey and Beth Ireland, Barnsley WFC edged out Hull City on penalties, Cambridge United and Derby County also won through to the final four.

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