Derby County Women win in front of over 6,000 at City Ground | OneFootball

Nottingham Forest pressure Derby County at the City Ground. (Photo: @NFFCWomen)

More than 6,000 were at the City Ground where Derby County beat Nottingham Forest in the FA Women’s National League.

It was only the Rams’ second win of the league season, as Yasmin Mosby and Eleanor Ashton scored in the opening ten minutes. Forest’s Holly Manders replied from the penalty spot before the break.

NORTHERN PREMIER DIVISION

AFC Fylde 2-2 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 80) Burnley 4-1 Stourbridge Halifax 1-3 Stoke City (Att: 70) Liverpool Feds 0-4 Newcastle United (Att: 247) Nottingham Forest 1-2 Derby County (Att: 6,037) Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Huddersfield Town (Att: 447)

Burnley stayed three points clear of Wolves after they both scored four in home games, Newcastle also netted four in going third, Stoke rose to fourth,

SOUTHERN PREMIER DIVISION

Hashtag United 1-2 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 79) London Bees 0-4 Cardiff City LFC (Att: 67) Oxford United 2-1 Ipswich Town (Att: 323) Portsmouth 7-0 Billericay Town (Att: 735) Rugby Borough 3-1 Cheltenham Town Chatham Town 1-2 Plymouth Argyle

MK Dons ended Hashtag United’s perfect start with a 2-1 win, allowing Rugby Borough to move top on goal-difference. Portsmouth’s seven goals against Billericay were just enough to leapfrog them in the table. Zoe Barratt grabbed a late decider for Oxford United against her former team Ipswich. Taya Pomfret put away a stoppage-time winner for Plymouth, her side having trailed at the break.

DIVISION 1 MIDLANDS

Northampton Town 4-2 Sutton Coldfield Town (Att: 741) Boldmere St Michaels 3-0 Notts County (Att: 42) Lincoln City 2-3 Solihull Moors Loughborough Lightning 4-2 Peterborough United (Att: 267) Sheffield FC 0-0 Leafield Athletic Sporting Khalsa 6-2 Leek Town

Loughborough Lightning made it five wins from six to remain in pole position, over 700 saw Northampton win at Sixfields.

Loughborough Lightning tackled by Peterborough United. (Photo: AndySmith)

DIVISION 1 NORTH

Barnsley WFC 2-1 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 85) Chorley 3-2 Chester le Street Town (Att: 84) Doncaster Rovers Belles 1-4 Middlesbrough FC United of Manchester 0-2 Stockport County Hull City 4-3 Leeds United York City 0-4 Durham Cestria (Att: 198)

Barnsley WFC still lead Hull City on goal-difference at the top, the latter edging third-placed Leeds United in a seven -goal thriller.

DIVISION 1 SOUTH EAST

AFC Sudbury 3-1 Haywards Heath Town AFC Wimbledon 8-1 Cambridge City (Att: 137) Actonians 0-3 Worthing Ashford Town 3-4 Cambridge United (Att: 91) Chesham United 4-1 London Seaward (Att: 65) Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Norwich City (Att: 1,900)

QPR had a crowd of 1,900 at Loftus Road but leaders Norwich City went away 2-1 winners. Worthing got all three goals at Actonians to stay within striking distance of the Canaries.

DIVISION 1 SOUTH WEST

Abingdon United 1-3 AFC Bournemouth Maidenhead United 2-6 Exeter City (Att: 53) Moneyfields 8-0 Keynsham Town Portishead Town 2-2 Southampton Women (Att: 42) Swindon Town 3-0 Bridgwater United (Att: 316) Torquay United 6-0 Selsey

Top of the table Bournemouth took the points 3-1 at Abingdon United, Exeter City went second with a 6-2 success at Maidenhead, Keynsham slipping to third after shipping eight goals at Moneyfields. Selsey’s Lauren Kelly-Stoner was sent off just six minutes in of a six-goal defeat at Torquay.

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