Beth Merrick Brace Keeps Wolves Women on Burnley's Tail
Beth Merrick, scorer of both goals for Wolverhampton Wanderers. (Photo: Natalie Mincher/SPP)
A Beth Merrick brace keeps Wolves Women right on the tails of FA WNL Northern Premier Division leaders Burnley.
Northern Premier Division
Derby County 2-0 Halifax (Att: 251)
Hull City 1-3 Liverpool Feds
Loughborough Lightning 0-2 Rugby Borough (Att: 104)
Sporting Khalsa 1-2 Burnley (Att: 100)
West Bromwich Albion 2-1 Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0 Middlesbrough (Att: 559)
Burnley lead Wolves at the top by goal-difference, Claudia Walker took just 35 seconds to open the scoring and Millie Ravening doubled their lead, while a quickfire double from Beth Merrick had Wanderers two up over Middlesbrough in only 10 minutes.
Liverpool Feds came from behind at Hull with three goals during the last 20 minutes, West Brom also fought back versus Stoke as Fran Orthodoxou and Phoebe Warner got late goals.
Lily Greenslade was at the double for Rugby at Loughborough, Halifax substitute Ainsley Strickland was dismissed in a 2-0 defeat at Derby where Kate Oakley and Minnie Wilson netted.
Southern Premier Division
Billericay Town 0-6 Real Bedford
Cheltenham Town 3-4 Watford (Att: 160)
Gwalia United 0-3 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 145)
Oxford United 1-0 Exeter City (Att: 181)
Plymouth Argyle 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 740)
Hashtag United 1-0 Lewes (Att: 124)
AFC Bournemouth also lead Watford by goal-difference in the top two, the Hornets edging a seven-goal thriller with ten players after Drè Georgiou’s second yellow card, while Sophie Quirk bagged a late brace for the Cherries.
The cross from Gemma 📍
The header from Sophie 🎯
Highlights from today's win at Gwalia are now available on afcbTV 👇
— AFC Bournemouth Women (@AFCBournemouthW) September 14, 2025
Nicole Barrett’s goal saw Oxford edge Exeter, Emma Samways scored as Hashtag defeated Lewes, Wimbledon’s Ellie Dorey headed a late leveller in reply to Phoebie Poole’s effort for Plymouth.
Real Bedford hit hosts Billericay for six, with five goals before the break.
Division One Midlands
Lincoln United 1-1 Northampton Town (Att: 65)
Notts County 3-0 Sutton Coldfield Town
Peterborough United 2-0 Sheffield FC *(Att: 232)*Stourbridge 0-1 Kidderminster Harriers
Boldmere St Michaels 3-1 Worcester City (Att: 65)
Leafield Athletic 0-2 Barnsley Women
Fourth straight wins now for Peterborough and Boldmere, with the Posh holding a superior goal-difference. Kidderminster’s Niamh Deasy got the only goal of the game at Stourbridge, there were two goals and an assist for Notts County’s Emily Brett. Maddi Green scored with a deflected 30-yard shot for Lincoln United but Northampton’s Fay Noble equalised from the spot. Barnsley had a good victory at Leafield, Helen Lynskey and a Jemima Jarvis 20-yarder finding the net.
Stourbridge v Kidderminster Harriers
Kidderminster Harriers’ goal celebrations at Stourbridge. (Photo: clivejonespr.com)
Division One North
Blackburn Rovers 1-4 Stockport County
Cheadle Town Stingers 3-0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 90)
Durham Cestria 0-3 Huddersfield Town (Att: 45)
Norton & Stockton Ancients 1-2 Chorley (Att: 120)
Wythenshawe 2-2 Leeds United (Att: 114)
York City 1-3 Chester le Street Town (Att: 123)
Cheadle made it four wins from four to sit top by three points from both Huddersfield and Stockport. Felicity Jones got two of the Terriers’ three goals against Doncaster, Jess Battle hit a hat-trick for County at Blackburn. Chloe Dixon scored both goals for Leeds but they let slip a 2-0 lead to draw at Wythenshawe whose Amanda Goodwin levelled from range after 88 minutes. Chorley came from behind to win at Norton, Chester le Street did likewise at York.
Division One South East
Actonians 0-1 Milton Keynes Dons (Att: 72)
AFC Sudbury 0-1 Cambridge United
Dulwich Hamlet 0-1 Fulham
London Bees 0-0 Chatham Town
Norwich City 4-0 Luton Town (Att: 3,251)
Queens Park Rangers 2-0 Chesham United
Fulham took over at the top with Ellie Olds’ effort at Dulwich, while London Bees were held by Chatham. Norwich scored four times at Carrow Road, two first-half goals gave QPR victory, Becca Stephenson struck in the final moments to grab a win for Cambridge, Cheyanna Norman was the difference for MK Dons.
🎤 Andy Cook reflects on this afternoon's victory against Luton Town. pic.twitter.com/m2CbyRjtR8
— Norwich City Women FC (@NorwichCityWFC) September 14, 2025
Division One South West
Ascot United 1-0 Portishead Town (Att: 96)
Bournemouth Sports 1-1 Keynsham Town (Att: 40)
Bridgwater United 1-1 Maidenhead United (Att: 68)
Marine Academy Plymouth 0-2 Swindon Town (Att: 50)
Moneyfields 9-2 Abingdon Town (Att: 74)
Worthing 0-9 Bristol Rovers (Att: 81)
Swindon extended their perfect start to a fourth game to lead the table by a couple of points from Moneyfields and Bristol Rovers, who each netted nine times. Annie Colston bagged a brace for Town, Meg Jarvis hit six for the Gas Girls. Katie Fox’s goal gave Ascot their first victory at this level, Bournemouth Sports got a late leveller against Keynsham, Maidenhead converted an 84th-minute penalty to draw at Bridgwater.