Women’s pre-season friendly round-up | OneFootball

Reanna Blades of Chelsea scores to make it 1-1 at the Emirates Stadium. (Photo: Paul Terry/Sportimage via Imago)

While Arsenal Women were beating Chelsea at the Emirates, there was a wide variety of friendly fixtures being played across the country.

Abbeymead 4-5 Longlevens Abbey Rangers 0-4 Dorking Wanderers Aberystwyth Town 1-0 Bethel Aberystwyth Town U-19s 2-3 Pencoed Athletic U-19s Actonians 2-0 Maidenhead United Alder 2-2 Blackburn CSC Alder Res 2-4 Blackburn CSC Res Alnwick Town 0-7 Middlesbrough Alton 1-9 Wycombe Wanderers

Arsenal defeated Chelsea 2-1 in the first of The Mind Series matches. Katie McCabe’s opener was cancelled out by Reanna Blades but Freya Jupp got the winner eight minutes from time. But the victory was marred by an injury to Arsenal’s Jordan Nobbs, who was stretchered off.

Ascot United 1-2 Portsmouth DS Athletico Middleton 6-1 Mersey Valley

Banbury United were trailing 3-1 to East Oxford close to half-time, when the game was abandoned due to a ‘horrible injury’ to one of their players.

Barking 3-3 Millwall Lionesses Barnsley 4-0 Durham U-23s Barnsley Res 0-1 Lincoln United Bedford 0-2 Stevenage Bedford DS 0-6 Stevenage U-23s Bedworth United 1-1 Sheffield FC Bexhill United 0-7 Ashford LFC

Biggleswade United were beaten 3-2 by Cheshunt, whose Tash Smits scored three times in the Hertfordshire side’s winning start to pre-season.

Billericay Town 1-2 Dartford Blackpool DS 2-5 Stockport County U-18s Boldmere St Michaels 2-1 Crewe Alexandra Bradford City 4-2 Lincoln City Brentford 1-0 Clapton Bridgwater United 5-0 AFC Bournemouth Brighton & Hove Albion U-23s 0-3 Southampton Bristol Rovers 3-3 Briton Ferry Llansawel Bromley 21-0 FC Peak Burnley Belvedere 4-1 Heyside Caldicot Town 1-3 Almondsbury Cardea 12-0 Chatteris Town Cheltenham Town 1-2 Solihull Moors Chester 12-0 Chester Nomads Chester DS 6-2 Egerton Corringham Cosmos 4-1 Southminster United Cwmbran Celtic 8-1 Bridgend Street Denham United 3-5 Chesham United Doncaster Rovers Belles 3-5 Durham Cestria Dropship 0-19 Signal Box Oak Villa Dulwich Hamlet 3-1 London Seaward Durham United 3-2 Consett

Everton edged Rangers 2-1, with Rikke Sevecke having headed the Toffees in front from a Claire Emslie cross. Aand although Jane Ross replied for Rangers, Nicoline Sørensen fired into the far top corner to win it for the hosts.

Exeter City 0-3 Swansea City FC United of Manchester 4-2 Leek Town Frontiers 4-0 Watton Fulbourn Institute Bluebirds 5-1 Newmarket Town DS Goring United 0-7 Caversham United Harrogate Town 2-1 Huddersfield Town DS Hartlepool United 2-4 South Shields Huddersfield Town 1-1 Blackburn Rovers Kempston Rovers 3-3 Stotfold Keynsham Town 2-3 Abingdon United Kings Lynn Town 1-1 Newmarket Town

Kiveton Park DS drew 1-1 with Dearne & District in a game that was abandoned on 65 minutes, due to a serious injury to a member of the hosts’ team.

Lancing 0-13 Hastings United Lawford 2-1 Haverhill Rovers

Northampton Town fought back from 2-0 down to win 5-3 at Leafield Athletic, the Cobblers’ third pre-season win in a row.

Leeds United 1-1 Hashtag United Leeds United U-23s 5-5 Farsley Celtic WFC Lincoln City Res 2-5 Hull City Res Liverpool Feds 0-1 Burnley Liverton United 1-5 Torquay United Long Eaton United 1-0 Stourbridge

Loughborough Lightning 0-5 Aston Villa Academy. (Photo: Andy Smith)

Malvern Town 16-0 Kidderminster Lions Meridian 1-0 Parkwood Rangers MK Dons 4-2 Moneyfields Norwich City Res 3-0 Sprowston Athletic Norton & Stockton Ancients Res 1-0 Wear United Notts County 1-1 Loughborough Lightning DS Ossett United 8-1 Stockport County Res Ossett United DS 1-1 Stockport County DS

Oxford United just got the better of Charlton Athletic, as Sarah King’s first goal for the club ensured a 1-0 victory.

Penwortham Town 3-1 Chorley DS Penybont 1-6 Llanelli Town Plymouth Argyle U-23s 1-3 Buckland Athletic Port Talbot Town 5-7 Larkhall Athletic Royal Wootton Bassett Town 0-9 Swindon Town DS Runcorn Linnets 5-0 Wirral Phoenix St Ives Town 1-0 Cambridge United DS Saltash United 4-3 Marine Academy Plymouth Saltdean United 1-0 Herne Bay

Sheffield United were 4-1 winners over Nottingham Forest. (Photo: Julian Barker)

Skipton Town 3-4 Thackley Spennymoor Town 3-3 Thornaby Stockwood Wanderers 2-2 Weston Super Mare Wadebridge Town 2-1 Charlestown Wakefield Trinity 4-4 Warrington Wolves Wantage Town 8-1 Stanford in the Vale Wendron United 2-20 RNAS Culdrose West Didsbury & Chorlton 3-4 Blackpool West Exe Park Rangers 0-10 Helston Athletic Woodingdean Wanderers 1-14 AFC Acorns Worthing 3-2 Kent Football United Wrexham 11-0 Prees United Wymondham Town 4-0 Cambridge United Wyrley 0-4 Northampton Town DS

York City 0-4 Newcastle United. (Photo: Colin Lock)

Midweek matches

Tuesday 3 August

AEK-Boco v Gloucester City Barnsley v Ossett United Cardiff City FC v Bridgwater United Fylde v Fleetwood Town Wrens Spennymoor Town v Newcastle United

Wednesday 4 August

AFC Wimbledon v Portsmouth (8pm) Almondsbury v Middlezoy Rovers (7.45pm) Bungay Town v Long Stratton Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur (7.45pm) Leeds United v Liverpool U-21s (7.30pm) Lewes v Worthing Long Eaton United v Loughborough Lightning

Thursday 5 August

Cambridge City DS v St Ives Town Cambridge United v Northampton Town Grimsby Town v Lincoln United Lincoln City v Derby County Merseyrail v Liverpool Feds (7pm) Moneyfields v Chichester & Selsey Port Vale v City of Stoke

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