_Five of West Ham United women’s team’s loanees were in action for their respective temporary clubs at the weekend..._
Hammers duo **Jessie Stapleton** and **Keira Flannery** did themselves proud in Sunderland’s Adobe Women’s FA Cup quarter-final tie at Manchester United on Saturday, but the Red Devils proved too strong for their lower-league opposition and ran out 3-1 winners.
Sunderland progressed to the final eight of the competition by seeing off Huddersfield Town, Exeter City and Portsmouth, but their journey came to an end at Leigh Sports Village.
The Barclays Women’s Super League outfit boasted a two-goal lead at the break after a pair of headers from Leah Galton and Maya Le Tissier. But the Lasses never gave in and halved the deficit on 70 minutes when Le Tissier’s clearance ricocheted into the net off of Louise Griffiths’ leg. However, Ella Toone denied Sunderland any late drama in second-half stoppage time, heading home Celin Bizet’s cross.
Elsewhere in the FA Cup, **Katelin Talbert** was an unused substitute in Aston Villa’s 2-0 defeat at Manchester City.
Meanwhile, **Ellie Moore** started her first game in Hashtag United colours on Sunday, and her FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division-topping side recorded a 3-1 victory at home to Cheltenham Town.
The ninth-placed visitors took the lead 24 minutes in, but the Tags restored parity four minutes prior to half-time, with Malika Apindia riffling home.
The home side asserted their dominance in the second period and went ahead through another Apindia goal, seven minutes after the restart, before Frankie Finlayson wrapped up the three points late in the day.
Hashtag’s lead over second-placed Ipswich Town was not extended though, as **Ruby Doe** and her side chalked up another win in their quest for promotion on Sunday.
The 19-year-old started and played 71 minutes of the Tractor Girls’ 3-0 away victory at seventh-placed AFC Wimbledon, with all of the visitors’ goals coming while Doe was on the pitch.
Ipswich had the lead at half-time with Megan Wearing’s 40th-minute glancing header, before they found a second through a free-kick from Grace Garrad. Wearing then notched her second of the game on the hour mark.
Town remain six points behind leaders Hashtag, but have three games in hand on their promotion rivals.
Elsewhere, **Inès Belloumou** and Malmö have made a bright start to their Svenska Cupen campaign with four points from two group-stage matches.
The full-back has played every minute of their cup campaign so far and after they defeated Vaxjo 4-3 last Monday, they drew with visiting Rosengard 1-1 on Saturday.
It could have easily been another three points for Malmö however, as they conceded an 89th-minute equaliser at the weekend after Isabella D'Aquila’s first-half opener.
Second in the Group 1 table but level on points with leaders Rosengard, Malmö travel to winless Linköping for their final group match next Monday.
Elsewhere, while Birmingham City were not in action at the weekend, it was another momentous week for **Shannon Cooke**, who won the Barclays Women’s Championship’s Player of the Month and Goal of the Month - for her stunning strike against Sheffield United - awards.
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