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Nottingham Forest celebrations away to Burnley. (Photo: @NFFCWomen)

Nottingham Forest are looking good for the FA Women’s National League Northern Premier title after winning at Burnley while Wolves dropped points at Hull City.

Northern Premier Division

Burnley 0-2 Nottingham Forest Hull City 3-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Liverpool Feds 2-1 Derby County (Att: 225) Rugby Borough 0-1 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 190) Stoke City 4-0 Stourbridge Halifax 0-1 Sporting Khalsa

Sophie Domingo and Freya Thomas scored first-half goals as Forest won away to Burnley, thereby moving eight points clear of one of their title rivals. Wolves are two points behind the leaders from a game more, Stoke City trailing similarly but from two matches more. Wanderers were twice losing at Hull City before going 3-2 up, only for Hope Knight to make it 3-3 in added time. Millie Ravening bagged a brace in the Potters 4-0 defeat of Stourbridge.

Courtney Willis and Ellie Fletcher struck as Liverpool Feds defeated Derby County, West Brom had a good win at Rugby Borough where Liv Rabjohn scored early on. Sporting Khalsa got the only goal of the game through Tiana Russell-Cartwright in a relegation ‘six-pointer’ at Halifax, who had a player sent off in stoppage-time.

Southern Premier Division

AFC Wimbledon 0-3 Ipswich Town (Att: 1,136) Billericay Town 5-1 Milton Keynes Dons Gwalia United 0-0 Lewes (Att: 185) Oxford United 0-1 Exeter City (Att: 452) Hashtag United 3-1 Cheltenham Town (Att: 84)

Hashtag United came out 3-1 on top against Cheltenham Town, despite having gone behind to a Henna Butcher goal. Malika Apindia replied twice before her late dismissal, Frankie Finlayson netting direct from a corner kick. Ipswich Town are still six points behind the leaders with three games in hand, after winning 3-0 against AFC Wimbledon in front of over 1,100 at Plough Lane. Megan Wearing scored twice for the Tractor Girls.

Exeter City won 1-0 away to Oxford United to leapfrog them into third spot, Gwalia and Lewes drew 0-0, Billericay Town won the basement battle with MK Dons to get out of the drop zone at the expense of Plymouth Argyle, who have two games in hand.

Division 1 Midlands

Lincoln City 0-4 Barnsley Women Northampton Town 5-1 Lincoln United (Att: 759) Sutton Coldfield Town 2-3 Peterborough United (Att: 65) Worcester City 1-1 Loughborough Lightning (Att: 102) Leafield Athletic 4-1 Notts County (Att: 70) Solihull Moors 0-5 Boldmere St Michaels

Loughborough Lightning’s lead is down to goal-difference only after a draw at Worcester City but with two games in hand, while Northampton Town were 5-1 winners over Lincoln United. Peterborough United came through 3-2 at Sutton Coldfield to sit a point short of the leaders but again having played two more games. Leafield Athletic’s 4-1 defeat of Notts County kept them within two points of the Posh, Barnsley Women won at Lincoln City to move into the top half, Jade Formaston and Leonie Joyce each scored twice in Boldmere’s five goals at Solihull Moors.

Paige Ridley of Northampton Town rises to head the ball away from Piper O’Neill of Lincoln United. (Photo by Pete Norton/Getty Images)

Division 1 North

AFC Fylde 0-1 Huddersfield Town Chorley 4-1 Barnsley FC (Att: 62) Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-3 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 186) Leeds United 3-0 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 110) Middlesbrough 4-0 Stockport County (Att: 395) York City 3-2 Durham Cestria (Att: 150)

Cheadle stayed three points clear at the top with as many goals in the first 26 minutes at Doncaster, Middlesbrough went one better against Stockport County to remain second with a game in hand, Chorley beat Barnsley FC 4-1. Leeds United remain goal-difference ahead of Huddersfield Town after both won, York City recorded a good 3-2 result over Durham Cestria with substitute Emia Hendrickson-Eastwood scoring after 86 minutes.

Chorley and Barnsley battle for possession. (Photo: John Shirras)

Division 1 South East

Cambridge United 2-2 Ashford Town (Att: 87) Chesham United 1-0 Dulwich Hamlet (Att: 90) London Bees 3-0 AFC Sudbury London Seaward 0-5 Queens Park Rangers Real Bedford 2-1 Actonians (Att: 121) Chatham Town 0-2 Norwich City

Real Bedford retained a one-point lead at the top with two games in hand after a 2-1 victory over Actonians, Norwich City kept on their heels with a big 2-0 result at third-placed Chatham Town where Natasha Snelling and Holly Kennard were on target. London Bees beat AFC Sudbury 3-0 to climb to third, QPR went sixth with all five goals of the game at London Seaward. Ashford Town got off the bottom with a 2-2 tie at Cambridge United, Chesham United defeated Dulwich Hamlet by a single goal.

Division 1 South West

AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Abingdon United Keynsham Town 2-2 Bournemouth Sports (Att: 40) Maidenhead United 2-1 Bristol Rovers (Att: 100) Moneyfields 2-0 Bridgwater United (Att: 63) Southampton Women 0-1 Portishead Town (Att: 85) Swindon Town 6-0 Worthing (Att: 383)

Abingdon United restricted AFC Bournemouth to a 2-0 scoreline but it was a 16th win in a row for the Cherries. Moneyfields beat Bridgwater United by the same result, Swindon Town hit Worthing for six to take third place from them. Portishead edged the basement battle at Southampton Women and are just goal-difference behind Bournemouth Sports who drew at Keynsham.

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