Five teams take over top spots in the FA Women’s National League | OneFootball

Cheadle Town Stingers on the ball during the win at AFC Fylde that put them top of FAWNL Division 1 North. (Photo: John Shirras)

AFC Bournemouth, Cheadle Town Stingers, Ipswich Town, Northampton Town and Nottingham Forest went top of FA Women’s National League divisions.

Northern Premier Division

Derby County 0-0 Sporting Khalsa (Att: 178) Hull City 0-2 Burnley (Att: 256) Nottingham Forest 4-0 Stoke City (Att: 1,910)

Nottingham Forest forced their way back into pole position with four goals past Stoke City, Burnley went third with victory at Hull and next-to-bottom Sporting Khalsa picked up a point at mid-table Derby County.

Southern Premier Division

Gwalia United 0-1 Billericay Town (Att: 155) Ipswich Town 4-2 Oxford United (Att: 971) Lewes 2-0 AFC Wimbledon (Att: 902) Milton Keynes Dons 1-6 Exeter City Plymouth Argyle 0-2 Cheltenham Town Watford 2-0 Hashtag United (Att: 236)

Ipswich Town twice came from behind to defeat Oxford United 4-2 to take over at the top on goal-difference from Hashtag United, who lost at Watford. Lewes leapfrogged AFC Wimbledon and went fifth with a 2-0 win over them, Billericay, Cheltenham and Exeter all won away.

Division 1 Midlands

Barnsley Women 4-0 Lincoln United (Att: 124) Lincoln City 0-4 Worcester City Peterborough United 0-2 Northampton Town (Att: 249)

Peterborough played Northampton with any winner set to go top of the table, the Cobblers doing so on goal-difference from Leafield Athletic. Barnsley Women beat Lincoln United to rise into the top half, Worcester City secured their second ever win in the league with four goals at Lincoln City.

Division 1 North

AFC Fylde 0-2 Cheadle Town Stingers Huddersfield Town 4-2 Doncaster Rovers Belles (Att: 91) Leeds United 3-0 York City (Att: 4,801) Middlesbrough 2-2 Barnsley FC (Att: 403)

Cheadle Town Stingers won at Fylde to takeover at the top, Leeds only goal-difference behind them after they beat York City at Elland Road and Middlesbrough had to settle for a point at home by Barnsley FC with a late leveller.

Division 1 South East

Actonians 2-0 Ashford Town (Att: 54) AFC Sudbury 4-1 London Seaward (Att: 101) Chatham Town 1-0 Cambridge United Queens Park Rangers 2-1 Norwich City Real Bedford 3-0 Dulwich Hamlet (Att: 90)

Real Bedford celebrate scoring their first goal against Dulwich Hamlet. (Liam Asman/SPP)

Actonians saw off Ashford Town to remain in first place, second-placed Real Bedford beat Dulwich, with Chatham still a point behind them after edged Cambridge United with the only goal. AFC Sudbury went fourth, QPR defeated Norwich City at Loftus Road to leapfrog them into fifth.

Division 1 South West

Bridgwater United 3-1 Southampton Women (Att: 54) Keynsham Town 4-1 Worthing (Att: 35) Portishead Town 0-8 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 152) Swindon Town 4-4 Moneyfields

Eight-goal AFC Bournemouth lead the table after a ninth straight win, Swindon Town dropping to second after sharing eight goals with Moneyfields who had led 3-1. Bridgwater’s Hollie Tappin scored twice as Southampton Women suffered another defeat, while Keynsham sent Worthing to a 4-1 defeat.

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