Ipswich Town Women retrieve two-goal deficit at Exeter City | OneFootball

Melissa Johnson (C) of Nottingham Forest celebrates her hat-trick against Wolves. (Natalie Mincher/SPP)

The FA Women’s National League Southern Premier Division top-two clash saw Exeter City draw 2-2 with Ipswich Town.

Northern Premier Division

Derby County 2-1 West Bromwich Albion (Att: 275) Liverpool Feds 2-1 Halifax (Att: 176) Sporting Khalsa 1-5 Rugby Borough (Att: 110) Stoke City 1-5 Burnley Stourbridge 2-4 Hull City (Att: 127) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-6 Nottingham Forest (Att: 449)

Rugby, Burnley and Nottingham Forest are the leading three following third straight wins. Yasmin Mosby was at the double for Rugby as they won with four second-half goals at Sporting Khalsa, Burnley also scored five on the road but Forest went one better as Melissa Johnson hit a hat-trick at Wolves. Derby defeated West Brom with a Kira Rai header in the dying minutes, Hull got off the mark with a win at Stourbridge, Aleesha Collins got Liverpool Feds’ winner against Halifax.

Southern Premier Division

Exeter City 2-2 Ipswich Town (Att: 645) Cheltenham Town 0-3 AFC Wimbledon Lewes 1-1 Watford (Att: 403) Oxford United 4-0 Gwalia United (Att: 98) Hashtag United 2-1 Billericay Town (Att: 186) Milton Keynes Dons 1-5 Plymouth Argyle

Ipswich had to come from two down to earn a draw at Exeter, Sophie Gillies getting both for the Grecians, Ella Rutherford replying twice for the Tractor Girls with the leveller after 88 minutes. Wimbledon’s Ashlee Hincks got two of their three goals at third-placed Cheltenham, who were joined on six points by Oxford and Hashtag. Lois Roche gave Lewes the lead against Watford but Jessie Gale equalised, Plymouth’s opening points were picked up at MK Dons.

Division 1 Midlands

Barnsley Women 1-2 Peterborough United (Att: 65) Lincoln City 2-6 Solihull Moors Loughborough Lightning 4-2 Leafield Athletic (Att: 92) Notts County 1-0 Sutton Coldfield Town (Att: 89) Worcester City 0-4 Lincoln United (Att: 129) Boldmere St Michaels 1-3 Northampton Town (Att: 121)

Loughborough Lightning score against Leafield Athletic. (Photo: Andy Smith)

Loughborough are top after Ella-Mai Coutts got their first two goals in the victory over Leafield, Peterborough are the only other side still with a perfect record after a 2-1 win at Barnsley Women came through Frankie Pim’s 90th-minute follow-up shot. Solihull sunk Lincoln City 6-2, Lincoln United won 4-0 at Worcester, Northampton ran out 3-1 winners at Boldmere and Notts County edged Sutton Coldfield with a single Toni McHamilton goal.

Barnsley Women score but Peterborough United left with the points. (Photo: Julian Barker)

Division 1 North

Barnsley FC 1-2 Cheadle Town Stingers (Att: 166) Durham Cestria 4-1 Chorley (Att: 70) Huddersfield Town 2-2 Norton & Stockton Ancients (Att: 86) Middlesbrough 3-1 AFC Fylde (Att: 236) Stockport County 2-2 Leeds United (Att: 139) York City 1-2 Doncaster Rovers Belles

Durham defeated 4-1 morning leaders Chorley aided by two Emily Hutchinson penalties and went top on goal-difference from Huddersfield who were held by Norton. Middlesbrough beat Fylde to also move onto seven points in the top three. Cheadle took the points at Barnsley FC where Harriet Houghton got their crucial second goal, Stockport’s Jess Brady scored a stoppage-time leveller to tie 2-2 with Leeds, Doncaster’s first points came 2-1 at York where Jess Tugby-Andrew headed a very late decider.

Division 1 South East

AFC Sudbury 2-2 Actonians (Att: 65) Cambridge United 6-1 Chesham United (Att: 89) Dulwich Hamlet 7-0 Ashford Town (Att: 480) Norwich City 5-0 London Seaward (Att: 303) Queens Park Rangers 0-2 Real Bedford (Att: 403) Chatham Town 4-0 London Bees (Att: 174)

Norwich sit in pole position with three wins in a row after putting five past London Seaward, Real Bedford also maintained their winning start by beating QPR at Loftus Road. Actonians stayed unbeaten but were held at Sudbury, Chatham beat London Bees 4-0, Cambridge United netted six oif which Bella Simmons finished four and Dulwich went one better.

Ede Buchele (19 Dulwich Hamlet) takes a shot against Ashford Town. (Liam Asman/SPP)

Division 1 South West

Abingdon United 1-4 Bristol Rovers Bridgwater United 0-4 Swindon Town Keynsham Town A-A Southampton Women (Att: 30) Maidenhead United 2-1 Bournemouth Sports (Att: 34) Moneyfields 1-2 AFC Bournemouth (Att: 124) Worthing P-P Portishead Town

AFC Bournemouth have nine points from three games after victory at Moneyfields was achieved with a Lucy Cooper effort in added time.  Swindon have begun similarly well and ran out 4-0 winners at Bridgwater. Bristol Rovers got going with all three points at Abingdon, as did Maidenhead with a Katie Akerman winner against Bournemouth Sports. Keynsham were 5-0 up against Southampton Women when the game was abandoned on 82 minutes due to a storm.

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