Swindon Town Women Knock Out Higher Division Opponents
Farah Crompton, who scored twice as Halifax beat Birmingham City PGA 3-1. (Sean Chandler / SPP)
Swindon Town Women defeated Cheltenham Town in the FA WNL Cup 2nd Round, while West Bromwich Albion needed penalties to overcome Leeds United.
Middlesbrough 2-1 (aet) Liverpool Feds
Burnley 4-0 Real Bedford
West Bromwich Albion 1-1 (aet) Leeds United (WBA won 4-2 on pens)
AFC Sudbury 0-3 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lewes H/W Dulwich Hamlet
Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Oxford United
Swindon Town 3-1 Cheltenham Town
Exeter City 0-3 AFC Bournemouth
Annie Colston’s double helped Swindon Town come from behind to eliminate higher-division Cheltenham. West Brom avoided an upset against Leeds as Molly Kehoe equalised and Monique Robinson netted the deciding penalty.
Plymouth overcame a two-goal deficit against Oxford as Ellie Noble and Phoebie Poole scored in the last 10 minutes. Molly Barron-Clark’s brace aided AFC Bournemouth 3-0 win at Exeter City.
Leanna Giles extra-time goal saw Middlesbrough past Liverpool Feds, Aimee Kelly’s two goals in as many first-half minutes set up Burnley’s victory over Real Bedford.
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*FA WNL Plate 2nd Round*Chorley 4-0 Notts County
Cheadle Town Stingers 2-1 Huddersfield Town
Stockport County 1-2 Durham Cestria
Halifax 3-1 Birmingham City PGA
Gwalia United 3-2 London Bees
Maidenhead United 2-2 (aet) Moneyfields (Moneyfields won 5-3 on pens)
Ascot United 0-2 London City Lionesses PGA
Norwich City 1-2 Brighton & Hove Albion Academy
Moneyfields twice equalised at Maidenhead before Megan Fox eventually won it for them in a shoot-out.
Durham Cestria dramatically overtured Stockport’s lead with a very late double by Lleuclu Mathias. Gwalia United did not have it all their own way despite two goals in the first seven minutes at home to London Bees.
Imogen Porteous-Williams scored twice as Cheadle edged out Huddersfield 2-1, Lizzie Hamer-Brown’s brace led to Chorley’s 4-0 defeat of Notts County.
Farah Crompton scored two of Halifax’s three goals against Birmingham City PGA.
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Northern** Premier Division**
Sporting Khalsa 2-3 Rugby Borough
Stoke City 2-2 Loughborough Lightning
Rugby Borough’s narrow victory at Sporting Khalsa reduced the gap to the leading pair, Wolves and Burnley. Stoke City climbed to fifth despite being held at home by Loughborough, who are now goal-difference away from escaping the drop zone.
Division One Midlands
Peterborough United 2-0 Leafield Athletic
Sheffield FC 1-0 Boldmere St Michaels
Peterborough United’s victory over third-placed Leafield extended their lead to five points. Sheffield FC gained ground on fourth-placed Boldmere, defeating them with a single goal.
Division One South East
Milton Keynes Dons 0-6 Fulham
Six-goal Fulham moved four points clear at the top, with second-placed Norwich City now having a game in hand.
Division One South West
Worthing 1-2 Abingdon United
Abingdon United moved up three places to fifth with a win at bottom-but-one Worthing.