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·3 October 2022

FAWNL: Burnley Women win top-two clash, bumper crowd at Exeter

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Newcastle United got the only goal at Norton. (Photo: Colin Lock)

Burnley win clash of FA Women’s National League Northern Premier top two, over 2,600 see Exeter City clinch an important victory.


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Northern Premier Division

AFC Fylde 2-2 Stoke City Huddersfield Town 2-0 Liverpool Feds (Att: 84) Loughborough Lightning 0-2 Boldmere St Michaels (Att: 155) West Bromwich Albion 1-1 Brighouse Town (Att: 80) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 Burnley (Att: 387)

Burnley replaced Wolves at the top after beating them 3-1 in front of nearly 400 at Telford, Huddersfield rose to third place as a late Kate Mallin goal made sure of the points against Liverpool Feds.

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Boldmere won the basement battle at Loughborough Lightning. (Photo: Andy Smith)

Southern Premier Division

Bridgwater United 1-1 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 107) Ipswich Town 3-0 Crawley Wasps (Att: 302) London Bees 2-4 Cheltenham Town (Att: 61) Oxford United 1-1 Watford (Att: 249) Plymouth Argyle 2-1 Gillingham (Att: 81) Portsmouth 5-0 Billericay Town (Att: 346)

Oxford United remain unbeaten thanks to a 94th minute equaliser from Leah Burridge, after Watford’s Andria Georgiou was sent off. Portsmouth beat Billericay to go within a point of the leaders. Cheltenham hit three second-half goals to win at London Bees, Plymouth came from behind to edge Gillingham with a winner from substitute Beth Ireland.

Division 1 Midlands

Doncaster Rovers Belles 0-3 Stourbridge Leafield Athletic 0-0 Peterborough United (Att: 67) Lincoln City 1-2 Solihull Moors Northampton Town 7-0 Long Eaton United (Att: 167) Sheffield FC 1-2 Sporting Khalsa Leek Town 2-2 Wem Town (Att: 40)

Stourbridge stayed top with victory at Doncaster, Alexandra Dicks hit a hat-trick as Northampton sank Long Eaton 7-0.

Division 1 North

Barnsley 0-1 Stockport County (Att: 140) Bradford City 1-2 Leeds United Chorley 2-4 York City (Att: 52) Durham Cestria 3-0 Middlesbrough (Att: 100) Merseyrail 0-0 Hull City (Att: 162) Norton & Stockton Ancients 0-1 Newcastle United (Att: 379)

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York City were 4-2 winners at Chorley. (Photo: John Shirras)

Ella Ritchie’s 13th-minute goal gave Stockport an impressive win at top-of-the-table Barnsley, Newcastle are level with them on points after victory at Norton, while third-placed Leeds beat hosts Bradford with a Laura Bartup brace.

Division 1 South East

AFC Wimbledon P-P Wymondham Town Ashford Town 0-3 Actonians (Att: 64) Cambridge City 0-1 Hashtag United Cambridge United 7-0 Chesham United (Att: 35) London Seaward 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Norwich City 7-0 Hounslow

Hashtag United remain top but now just by one goal, after Grace Gillard gave them the win at Cambridge City and Norwich City put seven past Hounslow.

Division 1 South West

AFC St Austell 4-6 Keynsham Town (Att: 102) Cardiff City LFC 5-0 Maidenhead United (Att: 100) Exeter City 3-1 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 2,621) Larkhall Athletic 0-3 Selsey (Att: 72) Moneyfields P-P Swindon Town Portishead 3-0 Southampton Women (Att: 62)

Cardiff City LFC made it five straight wins with as many goals against Maidenhead, Exeter beat Bournemouth watched by over 2,500 at St.James’s Park, while even a Bethany Everson treble could not deliver St Austell a first point at this level as visitors Keynsham hit six.

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