Huddersfield Town Women Go Top After Victory at Leeds
Rhema Lord Mears who scored the only goal of the game for Huddersfield Town Sean Chandler SPP
Huddersfield Town Women went top of the FA WNL Division One North with a 1–0 victory at one of their title rivals, Leeds United.
The top four in the Northern Premier Division all won, as Burnley still lead from Wolves. Sporting Khalsa moved off the bottom with a good 2–1 result at Derby County.
Watford maintained a slim Southern Premier Division lead over Plymouth Argyle, while AFC Bournemouth also won. Real Bedford rose to fourth on goal difference as they condemned Billericay to a bottom-two finish. Lewes beat Exeter City 4–0 to take sixth spot from them.
Rhema Lord-Mears’ 74th-minute goal gave Huddersfield Town victory at Leeds United, whom they leapfrog along with Wythenshawe to sit top of the Division One North table. Durham Cestria moved level on points with fourth-placed Stockport County, where they won 2–1.
Boldmere saw off Sheffield FC 4–1 to take top spot in Division One Midlands, while Leafield Athletic became only the second side to deny Peterborough United a victory after a goalless draw.
Norwich City took the points at MK Dons with a Grace Riglar hat-trick to again knock Fulham off the top of the Division One South East table, but the Cottagers have a couple of matches in hand.
Division One South West remains led by Moneyfields by a point from Swindon Town, who have a game in hand, after both won away from home.
FA WNL results 22 February:
Northern Premier Division
Burnley 3-0 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 900)
Derby County 1-2 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 281)
Loughborough Lightning 2-2 Liverpool Feds (Att: 103)
Middlesbrough 1-2 Stoke City
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-0 Hull City (Att: 586)
Rugby Borough 1-0 Halifax
Southern Premier Division
AFC Wimbledon 0-2 Plymouth Argyle (Att: 817)
Lewes 4-0 Exeter City (Att: 382)
Real Bedford 6-0 Billericay Town (Att: 125)
Watford 3-0 Cheltenham Town (Att: 125)
AFC Bournemouth 2-0 Gwalia United
Division One North
Chester le Street Town 2-3 Blackburn Rovers
Chorley 1-0 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 103)
Leeds United 0-1 Huddersfield Town
Norton & Stockton Ancients 0-0 Cheadle Town Stingers
Stockport County 1-2 Durham Cestria (Att: 112)
Wythenshawe P-P York City
Division One Midlands
Barnsley Women 5-1 Stourbridge (Att: 104)
Boldmere St Michaels 4-1 Sheffield FC (Att: 103)
Lincoln United P-P Kidderminster Harriers
Northampton Town P-P Sutton Coldfield Town
Worcester City 2-1 Notts County (Att: 269)
Leafield Athletic 0-0 Peterborough United
Division One South East
AFC Sudbury 3-4 Luton Town
Chesham United P-P Fulham
London Bees 2-0 Dulwich Hamlet
Queens Park Rangers 3-1 Cambridge United
Milton Keynes Dons 0-4 Norwich City
Division One South West
Bournemouth Sports 0-4 Swindon Town (Att: 48)
Bridgwater United 1-1 Ascot United
Bristol Rovers 5-0 Portishead Town (Att: 125)
Keynsham Town 2-0 Abingdon United
Maidenhead United 0-3 Moneyfields
Worthing 0-2 Marine Academy Plymouth
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Wilf Frith
Wilf Frith is a women’s football news editor who works for Her Goal Magazine and had been with all its predecessors since 1996, becoming a founding team member after running Sunday Kicks. He has also held previous long-term roles as press officer for the Cornwall Women’s Football League and Penzance Ladies FC.